Does the return of Jean Grey lessen the impact of the Dark Phoenix Saga?
Yeah, but what can you possibly do on a company-owned book that can’t be ruined? I mean, they brought back Jean Grey, but that doesn’t make reading the story of her death any less poignant. JB: Well, speaking as the “they” in question, I actually think the death of Phoenix (not Jean) was made even MORE poignant by the revelation that the thing that killed itself was a doppelganger. The story was, after all, about the triumph of the human spirit. By saying Phoenix was not Jean, we now say the human spirit is so powerful that even a COPY will make the ultimate sacrifice when the circumstance demands. Or, at least, that’s what it WOULD say, if Chris hadn’t kept beating that particular dead horse.
Yeah, but what can you possibly do on a company-owned book that can’t be ruined? I mean, they brought back Jean Grey, but that doesn’t make reading the story of her death any less poignant. JB: Well, speaking as the “they” in question, I actually think the death of Phoenix (not Jean) was made even MORE poignant by the revelation that the thing that killed itself was a doppelganger. The story was, after all, about the triumph of the human spirit. By saying Phoenix was not Jean, we now say the human spirit is so powerful that even a COPY will make the ultimate sacrifice when the circumstance demands. Or, at least, that’s what it WOULD say, if Chris hadn’t kept beating that particular dead horse.
