Marvel Comics has revealed Jean Grey will star in a self-titled, five-issue series this winter, penned by main X-Men series scribe Jed MacKay, with art by Rogê Antônio (Cyclops). Picking up from the upcoming X-Men/Fantastic Four crossover DNX, the book will see Jean return to Earth after her recent spacefaring adventures, and discover what transpired to her fellow mutants. The full synopsis adds, “The Phoenix is headed to Earth. Jean Grey is aflame within. When she touches down, will she consume all she touches… or will she maintain control of the life-giving, life-taking power coursing through her?”
The book marks Jean’s first since the Phoenix series that ran from 2024 to 2025. Its announcement comes shortly after the character (played by Sadie Sink) was introduced into the MCU in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and the subsequent announcement confirming Sink will reprise the role in Marvel Studios’ X-Men reboot, releasing May 5, 2028. (The character is also set to make her Insomniac Games debut in the Wolverine game, releasing on PlayStation 5 on September 15, where she is played by Krizia Bajos.)
MacKay comments, “It felt like it was time — Jean coming into X-Men was largely precluded by the Phoenix series that was running when we launched, and even after that wrapped, I continued to hold off on it until the time seemed right. After all, adding the Phoenix to your team book throws off the balance in a pretty dramatic way. Now, post-DNX, we’re going to see the X-Men in a position to need Jean Grey — and Jean Grey in a position to need the X-Men. Dovetailing that into this moment being one where Jean is in the public consciousness more than she has previously just worked.”
X-Men group editor Tom Brevoort adds, “In terms of [DNX‘s] after-effects, you already know about one thing that’ll be coming straight out of it: Jean Grey. And it’ll have an impact on the launch of Maximum X-Men as well, though not to the point where you’ll have to have read one to follow the other. The effects will also ripple out to some degree across the other books. But the biggest place it will hit is in Alaska and in Jed’s slice of the pie, where it will be relatively seismic.”
Jean Grey #1 will be released on November 25, with covers by Joëlle Jones, Ito, Miguel Mercado, Nogi San, and Peach Momoko, some of which you can check out below. In the meantime, DNX will begin on September 2, and wrap up with issue #5 on November 18. Maximum X-Men #1 will follow in December.
