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Inevitably, Grey and che other X-Fac*tor founders rejoined che X-Men.

Finally. Jean Cirey and Scott Summers were married. with che other X-Men m aucudanee. Durmg cheir honeymoon.Jean and Scott s souls were cransporced mto an alcernate futurę b\ Mocłier Askani (Rachel Si mmkrn) and infuscd into new bodies. As"Redd"and“Slyni."Jean and Scott raised Nathan Summers for ten years. Jean and Scott *s souls were then sent back to their original bodies in their natiee tinie period.

DRIFTING APART

Jean assinned the name "Phoeni.N” and linked herself with the Phocnix Force. Jean and Scott began dnfting apart froin one another. and Jean discovered thac Scott was having an atfair with Emma From. the farmer Wbite Queen.

Later. the tirst Xorn. posing as Magneto, siew Grey. Hut the Phoenix Forte resurrectetł Grey and bonded with her once agam. Jean Grey is now "the White Phoenix of the ('rowu" and inhabits a higher level of reality. known as the “White Hot Koom " PS

The senes X-Mcn: Tno Bnc depets an afternate futurę timolioo in wftch Jean Gr& ratums once morę as Pho< in timo for the loam’s last adventire.

t*s covor. Jean Groy appeors as Morw* Gfl1(ontho taft. tt>o X-Men) confrorrting ftorsołf as Dark PhoanW (on tł*> rtght).

BLACK QUEEN

The mutant Mastermind projected illusions directty into Phoenix's mind, in which she led a dissolute life in the 18th century. Thus he brainwashed her into becoming the sinister new Black Oueen of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. Phoenix regained her free will and sent Mastermind into a coma. However his malevolent tampering with her mind triggered her metamorphosis into the evil Dark Phoenix.

Hellfikl Ci ub, thereby awakening the dark side of her pcrsonality. Finally, Mastermind mcsmerized her into becoming the new Black Queen of the Hellfire Club. However Mastermind could not control her for long: Phocnix/Jcan Cirey not only turned agamst him, shc transformed into the insane Dark Phocnix.

Dark Phocnix battlcd the X-Men, and inadvertently destroycd an inhabited planet. Finally.Jeans original pcrsonality reasserted itself. To prevent herself from reeerting to Dark Phoenix. she committed suicide as the horrified Cydops looked on.

Back from the Dead

Upon the death ofPhocnixs body. the portion of Jean s consciousness within it returncd to her original body within the cocoon at the bonom ofjamaica Bay. Scott Summers eeentually married Madelyne Pkyok. who later proved to be a Jean Grey clone crcated by Mistek Simsilk. Scott and Madelyne had a child, Nathan. who became the warrior Gaih k Eventually the cocoon was found by the Avengers, and a revivedjean Grey emerged from it. Soon she. Cydops, and the other three original X-Mcn rejoined to found the original X-Factor team. Pryor went mad. developed superhuman powers as the Goblin Qucen. and died in combat with Grey.