jean grey - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 28 Dec 2023 13:34:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 jean grey - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Comics are still good: Presenting ComicsXF’s Top Comics of 2023 https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/28/best-comics-of-2023/ Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47540 This year wound down with a new wave of “comics are dying” discourse that proves how insular its fandom is, how it doesn’t consider larger economic factors like inflation and what other industries are struggling as people make decisions based on their disposable income. Yes, readers are aging out of the medium, and that affects...

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]]> 47540 Every caption in Immortal X-Men #17, explained! https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/22/immortal-xmen-17-jean-grey/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47213 Every issue of Immortal X-Men is narrated by one character. Issue #17, out today, is no different, except that in this case, the narrator is Jean Grey/the Phoenix, who is, well, currently not in the best shape. Is she dead? Is she comatose? Is she reliving all of her past trauma at once? Whatever the...

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]]> 47213 More Jeans than you can shake a Phoenix at in Jean Grey #4 https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/17/more-jeans-than-you-can-shake-a-phoenix-at-in-jean-grey-4/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47173 It’s a white hot cavalcade of Jeans Grey in the fiery final issue of our title character’s time-spanning reckoning with her tumultuous past(s). With the future of mutantkind on the line, will Jean douse the flames, or fan them? Jean Grey #4 is written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored by Marcelo Maiolo...

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]]> 47173 Open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the Doom-o-saur in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/15/staff-picks-nov-15/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47124 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: GIJoe: A Real American Hero #1: The Hama Cut: Skybound celebrates its acquisition of the G.I. Joe license with this director’s cut of the first-ever issue of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero....

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]]> 47124 Jean Grey #3 lights the Inferno anew! https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/26/jean-grey-3-lights-the-inferno-anew/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46992 35 years after their Inferno first ensorcelled us, Weezie & Maddie are out of Limbo and back in the thick of it. Will a demon-infested New York survive the experience? Jean Grey’s not the woman she used to be — but neither is Madelyne Pryor. Jean Grey #3 written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard...

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]]> 46992 Halloween means lots of Dracula in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/25/staff-picks-oct-25/ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46968 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s pick: Universal Monsters: Dracula #1: When Dr. John Seward admits a strange new patient into his asylum, the madman tells stories of a demon who has taken residence next door. But as Dr. Seward...

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]]> 46968 Jean Grey #2 makes subtext text as Wolverine goes Phoenix https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/27/jean-grey-2/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46666 We all remember when Jean piloted the shuttle and came back different — but what if she didn’t? The Phoenix force finds a new host (or two) in the latest installment of Jean’s undead journey through the living history of her past. Jean Grey #2 is written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored...

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]]> 46666 Get a front-row seat to the Frost-Stark wedding in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/27/staff-picks-sept-27/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46631 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s pick: Invincible Iron Man #10: You are cordially invited to the wedding of Anthony Edward Stark and Emma Grace Frost. Come join the lucky couple as they exchange vows. Attire is Hellfire formal. Orchis...

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]]> 46631 Jean Grey #1 goes to the past to wreck the future! https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/23/jean-grey-1-goes-to-the-past-to-wreck-the-future/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46360 After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Jean’s life is in shambles. Literally. But that’s nothing new for a woman who was into resurrection before it was cool. A life rife with retcons invites plentiful possibilities for different pasts and futures—which path(s) will Jean take? Jean Grey #1 written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard...

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]]> 46360 Enter the Realm of X in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/23/enter-the-realm-of-x-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46346 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Realm of X #1: After the Hellfire Gala, Magik, Mirage, Marrow, Dust and Typhoid Mary find themselves stranded in Vanaheim. Y’know, the Thor place? The locals seem to believe they hold the key...

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]]> 46346 Battle Of The Atom: Gray Jeans https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/17/battle-of-the-atom-gray-jeans/ Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45180 The Dark Phoenix Saga is the defining story in X-Men, and no character is more impacted by it than Jean Grey. This episode asks, perchance, what if stories didn’t think about it? Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 45180 The Trial of Jean Grey … Again … in A.X.E.: X-Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/05/the-trial-of-jean-grey-again-in-a-x-e-x-men-1/ Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43275 Jean Grey has that dream again where she hasn’t prepared for a pop quiz, and it’s worth 33% of the entire world’s grade in A.X.E.: X-Men #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Francesco Mobili, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: Just when I think it’s going to be a...

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]]> 43275 Redesigning Jean Grey https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/04/redesigning-jean-grey/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39692 You know Jean Grey. As an indelible part of the X-Men since its inception in 1963, you’d be hard pressed to find a fan of the line or indeed Marvel Comics in general without some opinion of her or connection to her. Until recently, Jean’s tenure in the Krakoa era has been defined by her...

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]]> 39692 Redesigning Marvel Girl https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/01/redesigning-marvel-girl/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39541 We’ve done a lot of these X-Men Redesigns now, covering a wide array of well known and beloved or infamous characters from X-Men history. But with spring in the air, we felt it was time for reinvention, for rebirth. With that in mind we plumbed the depths of X-Men lore to find an underdog, someone...

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]]> 39541 We Need to Talk About Jean Grey’s Green Dress https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/01/we-need-to-talk-about-jean-greys-green-dress/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30349 I’m sick of talking about Jean Grey’s green dress. You know the one—the minidress with the low-slung belt that debuted in 1967 and was abandoned in 1976 when Marvel Girl became Phoenix, before reappearing, along with the Marvel Girl codename, in 2019’s House of X/Powers of X and hanging around ever since. People love and...

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]]> 30349 Battle of the Atom: Kindergarten Cable with Dennis Hopeless https://comicsxf.com/2017/11/20/battle-atom-kindergarten-cable-dennis-hopeless/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:00:08 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2856 Zack & Adam are joined by Jean Grey scribe Dennis Hopeless for a great interview about Jean, Maddie, being dads, and everything in between. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by...

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]]> 2856 X-MEN RED Roster To Be Revealed https://comicsxf.com/2017/11/13/x-men-red-roster-revealed/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:53:40 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2820 For this #XMenMonday Group Editor Mark Paniccia has a special surprise for fans. The roster (most of it) will be revealed throughout the day starting in a little while. — Mark Paniccia (@MarkPaniccia) November 13, 2017 X-MEN RED, written by Tom Taylor (All-New Wolverine) with art by Mahmud Asrar (All-New, All-Different Avengers Generations: The Unworthy...

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