X-Men ‘97
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Summary
Jean Grey ’s whole life has change inX - man ' 97episode 3 , " Fire Made Flesh " , and the details of this tragic event might only make it bad for theMarvelhero . X - Men ' 97episode 2 ’s endingintroduced a second Jean Grey , forget the X - Men with a huge secret in their hand . AfterProfessor X ’s demise inX - Men : The AnimatedSeries , Magneto ’s apparent redemption , and Storm ’s depowerment , the X - Men are stretched thin . affair only seem to get worse with the birth of a new villain and the return of another , but resolution might start to appear when subtle clues come to light .
X - Men ' 97episode 3 sport the birth of the Goblin Queen — the byname Jean Grey ’s clone take when she realizes that all her store before her babe , Cyclops ' mutant Logos Nathan Summers , are false . It also brings back a long - time X - Men villain , Mister Sinister , who not only promote Jean Grey ’s ringer to give in to her dark impulsion but also rack the X - Men with hair-raising illusions . It ’s clear that Mister Sinister is behind Jean Grey and her clone ’s personal identity problems , but the question of how and when he created the clon is left loose .
When Was Jean Grey Replaced By Her Clone?
X - Men ' 97episode 3 does n’t state when precisely Mister Sinister replaced the real Jean Grey with a clone , setting up a frustrating mystery for both Jean Greys , Cyclops , and the rest of the X - man , as none of them will know who they have been interacting with and for how foresightful unless Mister Sinister himself reveals the trueness . However , what ’s for sealed is that the clone , who names herself Madelyne Pryor after follow to terms with her cloned nature , is the person who gave nativity to Nathan Summers .
Taking Nathan Summers ' parturition into bill , Madelyne Pryor must have substitute Jean Grey at least a little before Nathan ’s concept nine month before the outcome ofX - humanity ' 97episode 3.This tidbit may suggest thatX - gentleman’s gentleman : The Animated Series ' first two episodes hold the answer . InX - human : The Animated Seriesseason 2 , episode 2 " Till Death Do Us Part - Part 2 " , Mister Sinister nobble Cyclops and Jean Grey as they head to their honeymoon , but the X - Men arrive just in time to stop the scoundrel from stealing the couple ’s genetic material .
Cyclops and Jean ’s second attempt to have time for themselves is even more probable to have resulted in Jean ’s replacement .
water flea and Jean Grey seemingly return safe and wakeless with the X - Men , but Mister Sinister may have had enough clip to swap Jean Grey with a clon . However , X - Men : The Animated Seriesseason 4 ’s four - part finale , " Beyond Good and Evil " , is central , as Cyclops and Jean ’s 2d attempt to have prison term for themselves is even more potential to have resulted in Jean ’s replacement . In the 1995 coda ’s first instalment , Mister Sinister ’s henchmen"The awful Boys"kidnap Jean , leaving Cyclops marvel why they did n’t take him also . This part of the timeline leave more room for Nathan Summers to be consider .
X - Men ' 97 time of year 1 is now available on Disney Plus , and here is everything we know about Season 2 ’s characters , story details , and more .
Marvel Comics Answers The Jean Grey Mystery
Madelyne Pryor ’s comic Bible origin affirm the possibility that one of Jean Grey ’s kidnappings led to Madelyne ’s creation inX - Men ' 97 . In Marvel Comics , Mister Sinister already holds genetic cloth from the ecstasy - Men long before Jean Grey is replaced . The villain creates a clone of Jean in purchase order to make Nathan Summers ' birth possible , but he abandons his project when the ringer does n’t match Jean ’s powerfulness . It ’s only until Jean Grey die out after becoming the Dark Phoenix that Mister Sinister reawaken Madelyne Pryor , as the Phoenix Force choose her as its new horde .
In the funnies , Cyclops marries Madelyne Pryor knowing she ’s Jean Grey ’s clone , as Jean Grey is still dead when Cyclops match her .
X - Men : The Animated Seriesseason 3 conform Marvel Comics ' Dark Phoenix saga , which included Jean Grey ’s death and resurrection . IfX - Isle of Man ' 97follows the author cloth to the letter , then it ’s possible that Mister Sinister commence creating Madelyne Pryor after kidnapping Jean Grey for the first time , and then finish her project after Jean Grey ’s brief expiry freed up the Phoenix Force . However , X - workforce ' 97could take some creative liberties and reveal thatMister Sinister simply kidnapped Jean a 2nd time after happen out how powerful the Phoenix Force made her .
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The more significant detail here , and the likely solution to Jean Grey ’s cloen mystery is that Marvel Comics are releasing anX - Men ' 97prelude , whose first issue ( released March 27th ) terminate with Mr Sinister give away his programme to clone Jean . The shameful suggestion in that progeny is that Jean was already significant when Sinister replaced her , potentially setting up a second Grey / Summers tiddler ( who could well go on to become Cable ’s clone Stryfe inX - Men ' 97 ’s coming episode .
X - Men ' 97(2024 ) # 1 is written by Steve Foxe , penciled by Salva Espin with the cover art by Todd Nauck
The MCU Has The Same Issue As X-Men ‘97
A similar mystery to Jean Grey ’s clon mystery has been the case of debate in the MCU ’s Earth-616.Secret Invasionrevealed thatWar Machine was supervene upon by a Skrullat some point betweenCaptain America : Civil Warand the present day , with various point in the timeline seeming evenly likely . LikeX - Men ' 97 , the MCU ’s main timeline could explicate that the impostor Rhodey began appearing after the actual one was incapacitated by Vision , before fighting Thanos in Wakanda , or after the Blip , but every possibility still sounds like a forced retcon due to how suddenlySecret Invasionrevealed its twist .
Madelyne Pryor ’s comic book case law makes herX - Men ' 97introduction less egregious , but it still implies that the Jean Grey that appeared in at least a full season ofX - Men : The alive Serieswan’t the original one . To reduce this disconfirming implication , the best scenario for both " impostor " storyline would be to opt the most late option for the moment the part are replaced . The actual Jean Grey could have been interchange the second time Mister Sinister ’s collaborator kidnapped her , and the real Rhodey could have enter in the Avengers ' battles until a Skrull supplant him correct afterAvengers : Endgame .
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