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Generations #2
Generations: Phoenix & Jean Grey #1
Teenage Jean Grey is willing to do whatever it takes to avoid the fate that befell her predecessor. But when Jean is cast through time and comes face-to-face with the newly possessed Phoenix, will she find the key to saving herself…or learn that her fate is sealed?
31 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 9, 2017
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About the author
Cullen Bunn
2,099 books1,062 followersCullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books; The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press; and various work for Marvel and DC. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum.
All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.
And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.
Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.
All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.
And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.
Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.
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November 6, 2017
This books made the best argument why the original Jean Grey should return. She's everything the teenaged Jean Grey is not; and Marvel has more than enough comic books about awkward teenagers. The world needs the confident and cosmic-powered adult that Marvel and Grant Morrison took from us.
November 6, 2017
Beautiful cover by Stephanie Hans.
August 10, 2017
This was really good! I don't have much else to say. I wonder if Jean Grey (the Pheonix one, not the one from the past) will be brought back to life after Generations?
August 12, 2017
I rather enjoyed this. However I must admit, generations was built up to be this big game changer and instead it just seems to be cool generational meet ups to have the reader further ponder the way the mantels have passed (not necessarily the case here, but kind of, you get it.) I really want to hear Jay and Miles talk about this issue.
June 14, 2018
What can I say... I just love Jean Grey and The Phoenix. To me she is one of the greatest heroine, and sometimes villain, of marvel comics.
November 22, 2020
A lot of, “could have would have” not really sure the point of this back to the future like issue.
December 31, 2017
I thought the two meeting would be a little more... hopeful. But, what did I expect? Of course it's going to be sad. It's Jean Grey. Sure, it was kind of badass too. I just wanted more to come of it.
September 18, 2017
Real Rating: 4.5
Teenage Jean Grey finds herself in another world. Here as she trudges through throngs of beach-goers, she finds the older version of herself enjoying a good book as she suns herself. For the young Jean Grey, seeing an older version of herself is unsettling and even more with the Phoenix force hovering just above her. As the raptor-like bird disappates into nothing, the older Jean Grey is distracted by the arrival of a male, who tries to strike up a conversation with her. Unfortunately, older Jean is not interested in any way and sends of the male off. She, then, turns to the younger version of herself.
Older Jean does not quite seem so happy to see her younger self. It is at this point the younger Jean starts bombarding her older self with questions but the older version doesn't answer them right away. Instead asks younger Jean if she would like something to eat. The two end up at a resturant and then at a dance club. It is here where older Jean finally offers to give her younger version a taste of what the power of the Phoenix force.
The two head into space and to a world that is currently in chaos where its inhabitants are fleeing in terror from Galactus and his herald. Of course, Phoenix steps in to stop Galactus from devouring the world but it ends up taking both Jeans in stopping him.
For younger Jean, this still makes her resolve in destroying the phoenix force stronger especially since the older version of herself really has no idea of the corrupting powers she has coursing through her veins. And even before younger Jean can really offer any sort of answer to older Jean's inquiry, the Watcher appears and sends young Jean away.
Wow!
Just wow!
This issue was awesome! Younger Jean had a chance to see exactly what the Phoenix force was capable of - life saving. Of course, younger Jean still has it fresh in her mind of the darker aspects of what the force is capable of. So seeing the two versions of Jean together was a real treat!
I am hoping that this is the beginning of the revival of older Jean. I would love to see her come back to life and perhaps be there when the Phoenix force comes for her younger counterpart.
Or perhaps the Phoenix may not even be coming for the younger Jean. Maybe it could be coming for the older? Now that would be something!
Teenage Jean Grey finds herself in another world. Here as she trudges through throngs of beach-goers, she finds the older version of herself enjoying a good book as she suns herself. For the young Jean Grey, seeing an older version of herself is unsettling and even more with the Phoenix force hovering just above her. As the raptor-like bird disappates into nothing, the older Jean Grey is distracted by the arrival of a male, who tries to strike up a conversation with her. Unfortunately, older Jean is not interested in any way and sends of the male off. She, then, turns to the younger version of herself.
Older Jean does not quite seem so happy to see her younger self. It is at this point the younger Jean starts bombarding her older self with questions but the older version doesn't answer them right away. Instead asks younger Jean if she would like something to eat. The two end up at a resturant and then at a dance club. It is here where older Jean finally offers to give her younger version a taste of what the power of the Phoenix force.
The two head into space and to a world that is currently in chaos where its inhabitants are fleeing in terror from Galactus and his herald. Of course, Phoenix steps in to stop Galactus from devouring the world but it ends up taking both Jeans in stopping him.
For younger Jean, this still makes her resolve in destroying the phoenix force stronger especially since the older version of herself really has no idea of the corrupting powers she has coursing through her veins. And even before younger Jean can really offer any sort of answer to older Jean's inquiry, the Watcher appears and sends young Jean away.
Wow!
Just wow!
This issue was awesome! Younger Jean had a chance to see exactly what the Phoenix force was capable of - life saving. Of course, younger Jean still has it fresh in her mind of the darker aspects of what the force is capable of. So seeing the two versions of Jean together was a real treat!
I am hoping that this is the beginning of the revival of older Jean. I would love to see her come back to life and perhaps be there when the Phoenix force comes for her younger counterpart.
Or perhaps the Phoenix may not even be coming for the younger Jean. Maybe it could be coming for the older? Now that would be something!
September 21, 2021
Jadi, saya mampir ke buku komik berjudul Generations: Phoenix & Jean Grey ini karena saya sedang mengikuti serial X-Men Blue yang nomor 35-nya terjadi setelah peristiwa di buku ini. Generations adalah seri terbatas yang diterbitkan Marvel pada tahun 2017. Dalam seri ini beberapa tokoh pahlawan super Marvel, yang lama dan yang baru, dipertemukan.
Yang unik dari Generations: Phoenix & Jean Grey ini adalah tokohnya sebenarnya satu orang yaitu Jean Grey. Ini berbeda dengan tokoh di seri Generations yang lain, dimana tokoh baru orangnya berbeda dari tokoh lama, misalnya Peter Parker dan Miles Morales yang menjadi Spider-Man, Bruce Banner dan Amadeus Cho yang menjadi Hulk, dan Logan dan Laura Kinney yang menjadi Wolverine. Di Phoenix & Jean Grey, kedua tokoh sama-sama Jean Grey, hanya saja yang satu adalah Jean Grey muda (yang berasal dari seri X-Men Blue) dan yang satu lagi adalah Jean Grey yang lebih dewasa dan sudah menguasai (atau dikuasai) oleh kekuatan Phoenix.
Ikut menampilkan Galactus dan The Watcher, buku ini menceritakan dilema yang dihadapi oleh Jean Grey muda. Ia ingin menceritakan kepada Jean Grey dewasa tentang kekuatan Phoenix yang, meskipun sangat hebat, namun akan membuatnya kehilangan segala-galanya. Jean Grey muda telah mengalami perjalanan waktu dan dia tahu seberapa buruk tragedi yang akan terjadi pada Phoenix di masa depannya. Di sisi lain, ia sendiri bertanya-tanya apakah ia berhak mengungkapkan hal tersebut kepada Phoenix.
Yang unik dari Generations: Phoenix & Jean Grey ini adalah tokohnya sebenarnya satu orang yaitu Jean Grey. Ini berbeda dengan tokoh di seri Generations yang lain, dimana tokoh baru orangnya berbeda dari tokoh lama, misalnya Peter Parker dan Miles Morales yang menjadi Spider-Man, Bruce Banner dan Amadeus Cho yang menjadi Hulk, dan Logan dan Laura Kinney yang menjadi Wolverine. Di Phoenix & Jean Grey, kedua tokoh sama-sama Jean Grey, hanya saja yang satu adalah Jean Grey muda (yang berasal dari seri X-Men Blue) dan yang satu lagi adalah Jean Grey yang lebih dewasa dan sudah menguasai (atau dikuasai) oleh kekuatan Phoenix.
Ikut menampilkan Galactus dan The Watcher, buku ini menceritakan dilema yang dihadapi oleh Jean Grey muda. Ia ingin menceritakan kepada Jean Grey dewasa tentang kekuatan Phoenix yang, meskipun sangat hebat, namun akan membuatnya kehilangan segala-galanya. Jean Grey muda telah mengalami perjalanan waktu dan dia tahu seberapa buruk tragedi yang akan terjadi pada Phoenix di masa depannya. Di sisi lain, ia sendiri bertanya-tanya apakah ia berhak mengungkapkan hal tersebut kepada Phoenix.
August 14, 2017
Better than the Hulk Generations special, that's for sure.
Honestly, this had a solid story and I'm not even reading the current Jean Grey book (or the X-Men books, to be completely honest).
It didn't require much in the way of detailed understanding of the past. It gave the reader what was needed. And I personally feel it got it's point across.
Honestly, this had a solid story and I'm not even reading the current Jean Grey book (or the X-Men books, to be completely honest).
It didn't require much in the way of detailed understanding of the past. It gave the reader what was needed. And I personally feel it got it's point across.
July 29, 2019
My girl <3 I'm always down for reading something about Jean Grey. I wasn't a big fan of the "new" teenage Jean Grey, but she was okay in this. I really enjoyed watching past (future?) Jean interact with her present self. I just wish it had been longer.
December 19, 2017
Good art; story that made me want to PUNCH THE SCREEN.
February 27, 2022
Three and a half stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
September 18, 2024
A quick, fun read about a younger Jean meeting an older, Phoenix Jean!
TW for violence, attempted murder, hints at stalking, hints at death.
TW for violence, attempted murder, hints at stalking, hints at death.
June 28, 2023
Loved seeing the older and younger Jean Grey meet each other. I was slightly wishing that there was more to their meet up but I wasn’t awful. I was not expecting to see the watcher in this but after what-if it made me very excited to see him. I definitely like older Jean Grey more than teenager Jean Grey but that just might be because I like morally gray characters.
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