X-Men - Part 8

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Don't forget the retcon they did to bring her back for X-Factor. The real Jean Grey was still at the bottom of Jamaica Bay, and the Phoenix creates a duplicate that essentially believes itself to be Jean until it kills itself in Dark Phoenix Saga. The point being, the plot of GSX, that the Phoenix somehow separates itself from its own created body to join with Dark Legion is funny.

Don't forget the retcon they did to bring her back for X-Factor. The real Jean Grey was still at the bottom of Jamaica Bay, and the Phoenix creates a duplicate that essentially believes itself to be Jean until it kills itself in Dark Phoenix Saga. The point being, the plot of GSX, that the Phoenix somehow separates itself from its own created body to join with Dark Legion is funny.

The retcon has been recontextualized. Jean's original body was healing in Jamaica Bay but that was the real Jean Grey in DPS. No sure how much you've kept up with her but Marvel has been reaffirming that Jean and Phoenix are one being and thats been a major plot point of her character arc since her death and resurrection at the last Hellfire Gala.



In her solo, they revisited DPS and she acknowledged and fully accepts as her with no excuses or qualifiers. In the past she'd always mention a disclaimer of it not really being her but no anymore. The GSX issue was written with that current context. Jean fully understands who she is as Phoenix now whereas she was confused and unaware of alot of that back when she returned in X-actor