The Many looks of Jean Grey Part Nine.... Will the real Jean Grey please stand up.

 This is where the story of Jean Grey gets a little bit complicated, and most of what had happened before would turn out to be a lie of sorts.. 

The last time anyone really saw the Real Jean was in X- Men 100 # when she died piloting a damaged space shuttle back to earth to save her fellow X-Men.

Then in X-Men 101#  Jean appeared to have been re born as The Phoenix. This we would all learn later lean that Jean was dying of radiation sickness as she flew the damaged Space Shuttle back to Earth.  Her mind cried out to her loved ones, which attracted what we now know as The Phoenix Force. The Phoenix Force manifested itself to Jean using Jean's own image. 

The Phoenix was some what intrigued with Jean's humanity, and made Jean an offer. That if she allowed Phoenix to merge minds with her she would heal her body. Jean agreed after being told by Phoenix there could be risks attached. All Jean wanted was to be with the person she loved.... Scott. So she agreed.

They merged minds and Phoenix manifested a new costume, and cocooned Jean's dying body so it could heal. The Space Shuttle would crash and end up in Jamacia Bay.  And the Phoenix would first appear to the X-Men.

But this Phoenix looked different as it wore colours more related to colours that Jean wore as Marvel Girl. This was later explained that the something had gone wrong during the Merger, in stead of the Phoenix having the dominate personality, it had taken on Jean's more gentle nature. 

  Not only did The Phoenix look like Jean, it believed it truly was Jean.  And as time moved on the real Phoenix's personally started to take over on occasions, so the real Phoenix was responsible for all the mass destruction in space not Jean.

When  later the Real Phoenix appeared to die on the Moon, the Phoenix force returned to the real body of Jean Grey that had been cocooned in an energy field deep underwater in Jamacia Bay.  It tried to merge with Jean again, but when Jean realised what evil the Phoenix had done she rejected it. The Phoenix returned the part of Jean's psyche it had borrowed, and went off to find another host.  Jean remained still healing in the energy cocoon.

Jean was presumed dead in 1980, but years later in 1986 the Mighty Avengers found a strange object in Jamacia Bay. They took it to Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four so that he could study it.

With a little help from his wife Sue, Reed managed to find out what was in side..... A Red Headed Woman in a Ripped  Black Evening dress. It was Jean Grey. The Real Jean Grey.

Jean was back, and now wanted it get back into action again.

Next time Jean learns what has been happening whilst she had been away.

Until then ENJOY !