Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey

by Matthew Rosenberg

Leinil Francis Yu (Illustrator), Matthew Rosenberg (Script Writer), Leinil Yu (Cover Designer), Carlos Pacheco (Illustrator), and Joe Bennett (Illustrator)

Collects Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Of Jean Grey #1-5. She will return, like a Phoenix from the ashes! Years ago, Jean Grey perished, and the X-Men mourned her loss. Now, when strange events start happening all over the world, the X-Men can only come to one conclusion: the one, true Jean Grey is back! Kitty Pryde, Old Man Logan and Cyclops lead squads across the globe, chasing events connected to the Phoenix - yet with friends disappearing and familiar enemies returning, they're fighting a losing battle. Meanwhile, a young woman named Jean starts to go insane in her peaceful, suburban life. Nightmares and daydreams spill over into the world and reveal cracks in her reality. Jean needs to escape. The X-Men need to stop the cycle of death the Phoenix brings. And their worlds are about to collide - violently!

• ISBN10: 1302911635
• ISBN13: 9781302911638
• Publish Date: 17 April 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Marvel Comics
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781302911638

Reviews

This was okay with dialogue choices that I didn't agree with or just odd with some weird art drawings in some places. It did have mostly great art, especially with the phoenix.

I think this one is just 5 single issues with X-men traveling all over the place to figure out "clues" on where the Phoenix is and in the Last issue Jean Grey is back. They probably could have told this story in a shorter way in the younger "Jean Grey" series book instead of giving it it's own mini-series.

Jean Grey was created during a different time period where she didn't get to shine as much as the boys over the years, some would even call her boring. I've loved the personality of younger Jean Grey (she's the only one of the OG in the future that I can stand right now) that is now in the present, that I want to see them do justice to the fiery personality I know adult Jean can have and I hope we get it in future issues that she is in.

Jean is back and I am excited that she is, but I'm not hopeful because Marvel has made some bad choices with the X-men during this time period.

As I said, the book was just okay, nothing terrible about it, but it's just an average story, where nothing major happened and at the end Jean is back. You can skip it, all you need to know is she's back, that's it.