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To Better Know a Hero: Jean Grey

First Appearance X-Men #1, September 1963 Nicknames and Aliases Marvel Girl, Phoenix, Dark Phoenix, Red, Redd Dayspring Powers and Abilities Jean is a mutant born with tremendous telepathic and telekinetic abilities, enabling her to read and control minds, project her thoughts, enter the Astral Plane, mentally lift and move objects, and fly by levitating herself, …

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Cyclops and Jean Grey, the Original X-Men Power Couple

“Once upon a time, there was a woman named Jean Grey, a man named Scott Summers. They were young. They were in love. They were heroes.” – Narration from Uncanny X-Men #137 by Chris Claremont & John Byrne For over thirty years, Scott Summers and Jean Grey, Cyclops and Jean Grey nee Phoenix nee Marvel …

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Claremont and Byrne’s Uncanny X-Men Sets the Bar High for Future Superhero Teams

  Uncanny X-Men 108-109, 111-143 (1977-1981) Writer: Chris Claremont Penciller/Co-plotter: John Byrne Inker: Terry Austin, Colorist: Glynis Wein Publisher: Marvel Along with Frank Miller’s run on Daredevil, Chris Claremont’ work on Uncanny X-Men during the late 1970s and 1980s was the most innovative and creative Marvel Comics title. But the comic was at its peak of brilliance when …

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