This evolution doesn’t go far beyond cosmetics, and its about to change everything.

Phillips’s insight into Jean’s new developments continues her decades of power creep within the Marvel universe.

Shes pulling energy directly from the stars around her from the fabric of the universe itself.

Comic book art: Jean Grey engulfed in flames  as the Dark Phoenix 40th anniversary cover

InPhoenix#11,Jeans powers take on a new formthat goes beyond the Phoenix Forceas weve known it.

Her costume now visually reflects this, with the night sky stitched into the very fabric of her design.

ByPhoenix#13,this transformation will seemingly reach its peak.

Split image of Cyclops and Charles Xavier

Jean has stopped being a host and become a cosmic force in her own right.

She is no longer simply reacting to the Phoenix; she exists in harmony with it.

Jean isnt just stronger, shes becoming something the Phoenix itself must now reckon with and confront head on.

Comic book art: The Original Founding X-Men Team rush forward.

Its the next chapter in a long narrative arc about identity, choice, and responsibility.

Despite her ability to unmake planets, Jean remains grounded in compassion and doubt.

Professor X has officially left the X-Men.

The Face of Jean Grey Phoenix in Comic Art

With the team’s iconic original leader gone from the franchise, the mutants need a new figurehead.

That personal growth continues in the next arc,as Jeans sister Sara Grey re-enters the picture.

It’s about becoming something more than a symbol.

Phoenix #11 cover, Jean Grey bathed in cosmic flames

Phoenix#11will be available May 14, 2025, from Marvel Comics.

Jean Grey fights Thanos as the Phoenix

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