Over the previous few months, Marvel has been revealing an entire host of latest X-Men titles spinning out of the upcoming Fall of X occasion that guarantees to shake Krakoa to its core. Today the writer introduced that legendary comics author Louise Simonson and artist Bernard Chang are launching a brand new Jean Grey ongoing series this August. No extra members of the artistic workforce had been introduced. The first concern contains a cowl drawn by Amy Reeder.
For those that haven’t been holding with the X-Men comics, after seemingly dying for the the ultimate time nearly 20 years in the past within the pages of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run, Jean Grey rose from the ashes like her former moniker within the Phoenix Resurrection miniseries. The character beforehand acquired her first ongoing series, specializing in the time displaced model of Jean Grey, again in 2017.
Here’s how Marvel described the brand new series:
FALL OF X will formally kick off in July’s X-MEN: HELLFIRE GALA #1 the place epic tragedy will strike and mutantkind’s future will spiral into uncertainty. Throughout this interval of turmoil, Jean Grey, the guts of the X-Men, holds the important thing to rescue mutantkind, however first she’ll have to go on a journey alone into the darkest intervals of her historical past. Joined by artist Bernard Chang (Children of the Atom), Simonson will reveal senses-shattering new insights behind key moments in Jean’s previous together with her early days with the X-Men, her breathtaking first interplay with the Phoenix Force, her surprising confrontation with Madelyne Pryor, and extra. Each chapter might be filled with heartbreaking secrets and techniques and pulse-pounding thriller as Jean discovers the reality of what’s occurring and what she should do… From the ashes of Jean’s previous comes the one hope for the X-Men’s salvation!
After the occasions of the Hellfire Gala, Jean’s life is in shambles. Mutantkind is in dire straits – and there’s nothing this founding X-Man can do. She’ll have to save lots of herself first. And which means trying into her previous – for the second when all of it went flawed – in a determined try to save lots of her and all Krakoa’s future!
Louise Simonson isn’t any stranger to the X-Men franchise having labored on traditional runs on X-Factor and New Mutants. She expressed nice pleasure on the alternative to revisit the character:
“I beloved writing X-Factor and Jean was a pivotal a part of these tales, from the escape from her Phoenix-created cocoon to her life and loss of life battle with the Goblin Queen in ‘Inferno.’ So It’s actually thrilling to discover Jean’s half in this new mega-adventure
“Jean has always been a pivotal character, the fulcrum upon which so many vital story points balance. She has been constantly impacted by events outside herself and struggles to control the things she can. Her life experiences have made her cautious, less impulsive and certain than when she was younger. Her telepathic power lets her know the best and worst of those around her but she remains loving and empathic, with a strong moral core. She’s brave and constantly questions herself: Did I do what was right?”
Look for Jean Grey #1 to reach in shops and digitally on Wednesday, August twenty third.
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