Jean Grey, Vol. 1: O Retorno de Jean

Jean Grey (2017)

by Dennis Hopeless (Narrator), Víctor Ibáñez (Illustrator), Harvey Tolibao (Illustrator)

Quandro a Garota Marvel adolescente viajou no tempo e chegou ao presente, ela descobriu sobre o terrível destino que assolou sua contraparte adulta. Possuída por uma entidade cósmica conhecida como Força Fênix, Jean Grey ficou presa em um ciclo interminável de vida e morte. Agora, determinada a escapar desse futuro, a jovem Jean decide escrever seu próprio destino.

Entretanto, quando ela tem uma premonição de que a Fênix está voltando para ela, Jean terá que lutar com unhas e dentes para não se tornar, outra vez, sua vítima! Jean pede a ajuda de alguns membros de sua antiga equipe - mas será que Rachel Grey, Quentin Quire e Esperança Summers terão as respostas que ela procura?

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, X Men, Superheroes, Comic Book, Fiction

140 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2017

About the author

Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum is an American comics writer from Kansas City, Missouri who has written for Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Boom! Studios, Arcana Studio, and Oni Press.

See also under Dennis Hallum

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 4 out of 5]

[2nd reading] This actually is quite funny and well written! Ooh for rereading. Jean seeks guidance on building defences against the Phoenix The issues with Hope & co. Thor and Prince Namor are top drawer. So finally I've found a Dennis Hopeless book I like! 8 out of 12 phoenixy Four Stars,

[1st reading] It's time displaced Jean Grey in her own series.. something the primary Jean Grey never got, and to be honest a solo book is something I never expected for any of the time displace-ees. This feels like a tour around the Marvel Universe with Jean Grey; wait-a-minute, that's exactly what this volume was with a phoenix-ish sub-plot. 6 out of 12, Three Star read.

2019 and 2018 read

[Artemy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loved Dennis Hopeless's Spider Woman, but his new Jean Grey series is pretty dreary.

Young Jean Grey from the past (jeez, those guys are still around) hears a mysterious voice in her head and sees visions of the Phoenix Force, so she thinks that she can't escape her fate and that the Phoenix will eventually come for her like it did for the other, original Jean Grey. Naturally, she and a friendly Bamf embark on a quest to travel the world and meet as many Marvel characters as they can to... I don't know, find out what's going on with her visions, I guess.

The comic had a promising first issue, but every subsequent installment was more boring and pointless than the previous one. Young Jean is and okay character, she's sassy and funny, but she's also not that interesting or original, and she doesn't have enough character to carry an entire solo series. There is no real story here, it's just an attempt to team up a character with a bunch of other characters.

Just like the rest of Marvel's current X-Men lineup, Jean Grey is a forgettable and uninspired series. Don't bother.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jean Grey, Jr. is understandably worried that the Phoenix Force is going to come for her like it did Jean Grey, Sr. back in the day. Not being the type to just roll over, she goes to some more experienced folks for advice and training. Cue some very cool guest stars...

Having initially been doubtful about this book I ended up really enjoying it. Turns out I really like time-displaced Jean and found her solo title very entertaining.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Marvel Team-Up featuring Jean Grey. Jean gets a vision of the Phoenix coming after her and starts hearing voices in her head. So she and Pickles the Bamf tour the Marvel universe first talking to other Phoenix hosts and then trying to prepare her for battle with the Phoenix. It was all just kind of bland and boring and seemed headed no where but maybe a future miniseries.

[RG · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was really disappointing. A young Jean Grey deals with the potential of becoming The Phoenix. Issue #1 was solid and had a potential story to build. I felt the following issues in this volume just were ways of joining up cooler characters with Jean. The young Jean was kinda boring. I probably wont continue with this.

[Jesús De la Jara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Comienzan con este volumen las nuevas aventuras en solitario de Jean Grey, la joven mutante desplazada del pasado hacia el presente, desde un inicio parece ser que la Fuerza Fénix vendrá nuevamente a la tierra y para ello Jean tratará de buscar la ayuda necesaria pero siempre por sí misma con el objetivo de poder dar pelea a esta amenaza cósmica. De esta manera buscará la ayuda de conocidos como Namor, Thor, Psylocke y Dr. Strange para adiestrarse y perfeccionar su poder.
El arte es relativamente bueno aunque la historia simplona.

[johnny ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

i love jean but this ain't it.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 2 out of 5]

The X-Men solo comics have usually been pretty bland, but with Hopeless writing this one, and with other recent successes like Lemire's Old Man Logan and Taylor's All-New Wolverine I was willing to give it a shot. And, the first issue was pretty good, with Hopeless really going to the heart of young Jean's character and setting her up in contrast to old Jean.

Sadly, the rest of the book isn't any good. First, it becomes Jean Grey Team-Up, giving us insufficient time with our protagonist and really choppy continuity. Then, Hopeless makes some poor plot choices. Half of the issues are about Jean asking people about hosting the Phoenix, and that's just dull, because they just give her cryptic answers about everything burning and still being scarred (and, no that's not in tune with any other characterizations of these way-too-many Phoenix hosts) and blah blah blah. The other two issues are about Jean learning too fight, which seems like a long way to go to see her discover how to make little pink axes.

I was thoroughly bored by the final issue, which was another talk-about-the-Phoenix issue, and also the one featuring the worst art, which had been degenerating throughout.

I won't be buying any future issues, though perhaps I'll borrow them from the library.

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought it was pretty good, I was never a fan of Jean Grey, but I'm digging her new personality, huge fan of the art as well, love Jean's facial expressions, she looks so loveable.

[L. McCoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just gotta say I am happy that this character has her own series. From what I understand this is her first solo series despite the fact that she is one of the most powerful Marvel characters. This is good.

What’s it about?
Jean thinks the Phoenix is in her head and going to fuck everything up (Side note: I notice some interesting similarities between Phoenix and Venom). The X-Men do some tests and claim that this is not the case. Jean is not convinced.
JEAN’S NOT CRAZY!
THEY’RE THE ONES WHO’RE CRAZY!
SHE JUST WANTS A PEPSI (well okay, I don’t remember Pepsi being mentioned in the book, just had to add that reference).

Pros:
The story is interesting. It’s very exciting and has a lot of cool stuff that should please superhero fans!
The art is pretty good. There are a few slightly iffy panels but for the most part it looks pretty good.
The characters are interesting. Not only Jean (one of the coolest X-Men IMO) but there are also a lot of team ups in this.
The action is almost nonstop and always exciting. This is one of the most important things for a superhero story so yeah, this book gives us a lot of that.
There is a bit of well done comedic relief.
This book does include a pretty cool ending.

Cons:
This story is a bit predictable. Except for the ending, it’s obvious, a part of why I like superheroes but they aren’t my absolute favorite thing in books anymore (they were when I was younger).
The dialogue is not awful though... I would perhaps say poorly done. There were quite a few cringey lines.
So this one character in this that I’ll be honest, I know nothing about (some guy with pink hair that does weird shit and acts slightly douchey) and his entire finger is wrapped around his gun’s trigger. Those who follow my reviews know that I’m really into guns so this annoyed me, especially since I read a lot of action comics and usually don’t notice this so I don’t think it’s common even. If this wasn’t bad enough he also does it while holding guns without shooting them, you shouldn’t have your finger on the trigger until you’re gonna shoot. This annoyed the shit out of me!

Overall:
Despite captain stupid-hair not using a gun properly, some cheesy dialogue and it being predictable, I got what I wanted from this book: a good story about a bad-ass superhero with lots of action and decent art. It may not be a masterpiece but it is really fun and that’s what I think most readers of superhero comics look for.

4/5

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jean befürchtet, dass sie in naher Zukunft mit Phoenix konfrontiert werden könnte, bekommt Panik und versucht sich darauf vorzubereiten. Dünne Handlung, nur wenige gute Ideen, mittelprächtige Zeichnungen. Aus dem Schatten der großen Dark Phoenix=Saga wird diese Story wohl nicht heraustreten können, zumal die junge Mutantin auch in Sachen Charisma nicht an ihr älteres Ich heranreicht.

[polly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó mucho. El personaje de Jean Grey siempre había llamado mi atención pero nunca conocía mucho sobre su historia. Este tomo trata un poco de como una Jean adolescente que sabe lo que es el Pheonix y lo que conlleva, trata de buscar una forma de huir de el o combatirlo. Creo que tiene muy buenas reflexiones y lo recomendaría bastante.

[bri 🧸 · Rating 4 out of 5]

bro jean grey, thor and doctor strange in one comic ill literally eat it

[Cassandra Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

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This brand-new Jean Grey-centric comic book series stars a teen Marvel Girl who travels through time to the present, completely avoiding the Dark Phoenix timeline. The only problem? The Phoenix still wants in. To prevent her fate, Jean teams up with Marvel favorites like Thor and Psylocke to try and prevent the inevitable in this fun, new series.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Read as single issues]
Teen Jean Grey isn't the most compelling character, I don't think. Especially not of the Original Five time displaced X-Men. And yet, here she is in her own ongoing series, and it's actually...pretty damn good?

The gist of the series is that the Phoenix is coming, and Jean's worried. Which, given her future self's track record with the Phoenix, makes sense. So she enlists as many people as possible to help her prepare for its arrival. Each issue is then Jean learning a valuable lesson about herself and her relationship with the Phoenix from a guest star, before moving on to the next.

This volume collects the first six issues, so we get previous Phoenix hosts Quentin Quire and Rachel Grey (which is a whole other awkward conversation since she's her future daughter from an alternate timeline. God, the Greys are weird, even for comic books), Namor, Odinson, Psylocke, and Doctor Strange. Each of them has something unique to offer, and give their individual issues very unique flavours. The storytelling morphs depending on who's involved, and the ultimate cliffhanger, while a tad predictable, gives a lot of scope for the next few issues for certain.

The art is a little all over the place. The series was announced with Victor Ibanez as the artist, who pencils three of the six issues here, with Harvey Tolibao, Anthony Piper, and Paul Davidson showing up for the latter three. They're all quite similar in style, that is to say nothing particularly spectacular (although I have fond memories of Davidson from X-Factor, X-Club, and X-Men Legacy), so the true star of this one is the story.

Worth a look - it'll probably surprise you, like it did for me.

[Morgan Wren · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just marathon read this, vol 2, and the Phoenix Resurrection mini series on a plane today. I think that this volume was the 2nd best of the three.

I liked that Teen Jean had her own voice and personality. There was some good reflective moments where they mention how flat her original character was. She was constantly shifting between sex-object, damsel in distress, and live in maid of the original X-men. It would be nice to see that tradition being broken, with Teen Jean running her own X-men team, and starring in her own series. This volume stars Jean, but each issue features her meeting with a famous Marvel character. It felt like they were just trying to have as many cameos as possible while building Jean’s voice was a secondary priority. I was disappointed that even when she’s the pilot of her own series she seems to be doing it from the backseat.

Luckily, things get a little better in Vol 2. She is still appearing alongside a large cast of other Marvel characters, but she starts to take charge and come into her own more in the later books. This Vol is 3-stars for me, the Phoenix Resurrection run was 2, but Jean Grey Vol 2 was the strongest of the three, and was a like a 3.75 for me.

[Michael Hicks · Rating 2 out of 5]

Confronted with a vision of the Phoenix Force’s return, and hearing a voice in her head that is not her own, the young, time-displaced Jean Grey goes on a quest to learn all she can about her older, now-deceased counterpart and how to stop the Phoenix. I liked Dennis Hopeless’s writing quite a lot and this book started off strong, but for a limited series these first six issues feel pretty aimless. Each issue involves Jean meeting somebody and getting into a fight. And that’s it. That’s the book. It does end with a neat reveal and I’m curious to see where it goes, and since there’s only two volumes to this series I may as well just finish it. Hopefully the book finds a purpose in part two...

[Jasmine · Rating 3 out of 5]

More enjoyable than I was expecting, but my enjoyment was a rather soured by jean grey showing up at the end (look, it's timetwisty, you'll know what I mean if you read it), and just the repetition of how many times we're told Jean's an Omega-level telepath. OKAY WE GET IT, can we have more of jean learning how to be badass? No? Fine.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Almost a Marvel Team Up book with Jean Grey meeting a different Marvel character each issue to try and deal with the rising Phoenix force inside her and if she can escape the fate or not. Enjoyable read with some really good art.

[danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was insane

[Armando · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good introduction into the new Jean Grey that manages to take a refreshing look on her relationship with The Phoenix. This new Jean who is technically the old Jean brought from the past to the future has yet to encounter the entity known as thr Phoenix and as a way to prepare for that fated encounter, Jean seeks out mentors such as Pyslocke, Thor, Doctor Strange and more so that she can become better prepared to not make the same mistakes as her future self.

Overall this ends up being a really great story of self discovery but I felt like Jean's actual character was overshadowed by a more interesting supporting cast. It wasn't until the final chapter that I felt like she became her own character.

[Javier Muñoz · Rating 3 out of 5]

La joven Jean Grey (la adolescente, la del pasado, la que no está muerta esta semana...) llega a contactar con la entidad Fenix y teme que esta intente controlarla, para evitarlo comienza a visitar a distintas personas que han sido en algún momento poseidas por Fenix o que han tenido relación en algún momento con ella, buscando además a otros superhéroes que puedan ayudarla a prepararse para su llegada.

Un cómic entretenido y bien dibujado, que nos lleva a visitar a grandes iconos del universo marvel, no sólo del apartado mutante, sino que también nos encontramos con parsonajes clásicos como Thor o Namor. para entrar en esta miniserie no es necesario haber leído nada en concreto del universo mutante, aunque supongo que si se conoce un poco la historia de Jean grey con la entidad Fenix se disfruta un poco más, además asistimos a un desfile de personajes del universo marvel (en especial el universo mutante) que si nos pilla sin conocerlos quizás no nos diga demasiado, yo al menos he disfrutado de cada referencia, y tampoco es que sean muy oscuras, lo que más se recuerda son los new x-men de Morrison, que cualquiera que haya entrado un poco en el mundillo mutante los habrá leído aunque sea de pasada.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Se você curtiu a vinda dos X-Men Novinhos do passado para o nosso presente e, principalmente a fase de Dennis Hopeless nos Novíssimos X-Men, vai gostar desse título novo da Jean Grey novinha. na história, Jean sente que a Fênix está se aproximando dela para tomar seu corpo novamente. Então, ela empreende uma busca com vários mentores, desde ex-avatares da Fênix até guerreiros como Thor, Psylocke e Doutor Estranho para ajudá-la a se defender da possessão da entidade cósmica que vem aí. Assim como as histórias dos X-Novinhos, as histórias de Jean são leves, mas divertidas. Nesse encadernado, ela percorre o mundo com a ajuda do teleportador Picles, um pequeno Bamf remanescente da dimensão que salvou Noturno da morte. Mas o interessante fica a revelação da última histíoria, a com o Doutor Estranho. A de que não é exatamente a Fênix que está retornando para o nosso mundo, mas uma coisa muito diferente. Quem esteve acompanhando as movimentações das revistas X nos Estados Unidos, já deve saber muito bem quem está vindo aí. É com essa presença que a jovem Jean Greyzinha vai ter de lidar no próximo e último encadernado de sua série-solo.

[C. Varn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Refreshing and frustrating

Hopeless does a good job of reviving the teenage Jean Gray, but every issue series of crossovers with the only consistent thread being fear of becoming the Phoenix becomes tiresome. Thor, Psylock, Dr. Strange... The crossovers don't always seem to add much to the title. Enjoyable but still a bit slight. It is clear, however, that Marvel is aiming it's X-men comics and their one-off titles at younger teens and moving anyway from the hyper-convoluted mutant soap opera that X-men were in 90s and early aughts.

[Judah Radd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strong first issue, strong sixth issue, #2-5 were a little fillery.

I really liked the art, and the character writing and dialogue was pretty good (even though it was yet another snippy snappy witty japes and quips type deal.)

I plan on reading the second collection. Not bad, people who like fun YA feeling comics will dig.

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

New Jean Grey

This is different than what I was use to seeing and a different story line than what I was use to.

[José · Rating 2 out of 5]

50/100.

Veo a un Jean Grey joven muy descafeinada. Lo único interesante de este volumen son los secundarios episódicos como Psylocke o Doctor Strange.

[Roglin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this so much, but I just couldn't. Nightmare Fuel started off really well, and extremely promising. But then it flopped. There wasn't a clear path of plot, and a lot of the story made no sense to why things were happening.

[☮ morgan ☮ · Rating 4 out of 5]

:)

[Ross Alon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like Dennis Hopeless. He gets these characters, And his writing is fun. But X-men characters books are always small in scope and feel insignificant so unless you are a real x-men fan, you can skip this.

As for the plot, you can call this (and the following volume) deconstructing of the phonix, somewhat similar to as iron-man arec from a few year ago.