By Mark Rodriguez
Time to wrap up this story before the Guardians of the Galaxy hit theaters... and also to see exactly how Jean Grey gets herself out of this situation. For those missing out, the Shi'Ar empire has kidnapped the younger Classic Teen Jean from the 60's or so and have put her on trial for crimes she committed as the Phoenix... which technically speaking since she's a girl out of time, she hasn't committed these crimes yet. The X-Men team up with the Guardians of the Galaxy and The Starjammers, and now is the part where we get to the fighting! But then Jean arrives and tells them that they're right in their accusations.
The story opens with Jean telling The Gladiator that she now knows about what will eventually be possessed by the Phoenix and commit these crimes, and they won't be able to stop it and she won't be able to control it. She says if they kill her, the Phoenix is a force of nature and it will find another host. Gladiator reminds her that she is the last of the Grey family... and Jean gets angry and won't forgive him for killing her family randomly 'just in case'. Jean turns into a pink glowing being of power and attacks Gladiator while the rest rush into battle.
Jean blasts Gladiator into one of the spaceships. Hepzibah asks if she's ever done something like this and Gamora thinks this is something completely different from the Phoenix. The Oracle wants to help her and Jean warns her to stay out of her head. Inside Oracle's mindscape, she explains that Jean is now able control her telepathic and telekinetic powers at the same time. Jean announces she's not the Phoenix, but something new. Gladiator flies into her and they both clash.
After a big explosion they both fall, but Star Lord catches Jean. Oracle then declares the fight is over. Jean wakes up and is alright, though she sees the image of the glowing pink energy woman behind the gang (as a ghost or symbolism or whatever since no one else can see her).
Oracle tries to convince Gladiator that Jean is different now and they should leave her alone, but says it's not her decision to end the battle. Cyclops says it's his and he will kill them if they go to Earth looking for Jean again. Cyclops threatens that he'll bring down all the Marvel superheroes down upon them if they even think about grabbing Jean again, and Quill reminds him that they protect Earth so they won't let them get near the planet either.
Gladiator warns that history will repeat itself and they'll all die by Jean's hand. Jean says whatever happened to her is new, and the X-Men are now making new history. Gladiator throws out some more threats against the Guardians and leaves. Gamora says it's over and it's time to go,
The heroes fly off and Jean is surprised the Shi'Ar let them go. Quill explains his father is powerful dictator and they wouldn't want to anger him if anything were to happen to him. The heroes relax and the X-Men make sure Jean is alright. Jean does notice Angela looking rather sinister in the background.
Soon enough the X-Men are back on planet Earth where Angela reminds them thay they owe them big time. Kitty thanks Quill for everything, and he gives her a communicator, not just for emergencies but also just to talk. Quill and Kitty seem to be very happy to have met each other and she kisses him on the cheek. Groot starts talking to the normal non-talking Earth trees and Rocket tries to stop him. He then sees normal Earth raccoons and freaks out, telling them to put some pants on.
Cyclops then drops another bombshell on everyone... he decided to go off with his father into space. Everyone is surprised and Kitty doesn't allow it, but Scott tells her 'it's my dad'. Scott tells Jean that they eventually get married and have kids and have a future full of good and bad together, but it never ends happily for them... so maybe this way they will be happy.
Cyclops leaves and tells X-23 to watch over the gang. Angels wonders if they ever find a way back to their own time, should they return without him? The X-Men head back home, feeling sad, and Jeans gets on her knees, showing more signs of her mysterious new powers.
My Opinions-
And so ends this epic crossover between the time-traveling All-New X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy. What started with something already tried and true probably way too many times... (the Phoenix) now ends with something new. I honestly wish Gladiator didn't cut Jean off before she finished saying 'I am....' cause I really wondered what new thing she was going to call herself.
Overall it was a good story and it ended very unexpectedly, with Jean having new powers, Cyclops leaving to fly off into space with his dad, and the Shi'Ar adding themselves to the list of space enemies that hate the Guardians. The story was pretty good and a lot more stuff happened issue after issue when compared to Battle of the Atom. It also did a good job to add the on-going conflict of these characters getting used to their new time period and the future events that were already spelled out for them.
One last thing I want to throw in here is that thanks to this comic I remembered who the Starjammers were, cause hey... I knew Cyclops' dad had a team of space pirates but I haven't seen the 90's X-Men cartoon since.... well, the 90's... so of course I'd forget the name. So at Zenkaikon 2014 at a 'Bad Comic Book Movie' panel which dealt with the X-Men, Ghost Rider and Judge Dredd movies... they randomly asked what was the name of Cyclop's father's team. Thanks to this comic, I got it right and I got a free season set of the Fantastic Four animated series released some time back. Maybe I'll finally review it someday.
Time to wrap up this story before the Guardians of the Galaxy hit theaters... and also to see exactly how Jean Grey gets herself out of this situation. For those missing out, the Shi'Ar empire has kidnapped the younger Classic Teen Jean from the 60's or so and have put her on trial for crimes she committed as the Phoenix... which technically speaking since she's a girl out of time, she hasn't committed these crimes yet. The X-Men team up with the Guardians of the Galaxy and The Starjammers, and now is the part where we get to the fighting! But then Jean arrives and tells them that they're right in their accusations.
The story opens with Jean telling The Gladiator that she now knows about what will eventually be possessed by the Phoenix and commit these crimes, and they won't be able to stop it and she won't be able to control it. She says if they kill her, the Phoenix is a force of nature and it will find another host. Gladiator reminds her that she is the last of the Grey family... and Jean gets angry and won't forgive him for killing her family randomly 'just in case'. Jean turns into a pink glowing being of power and attacks Gladiator while the rest rush into battle.
Jean blasts Gladiator into one of the spaceships. Hepzibah asks if she's ever done something like this and Gamora thinks this is something completely different from the Phoenix. The Oracle wants to help her and Jean warns her to stay out of her head. Inside Oracle's mindscape, she explains that Jean is now able control her telepathic and telekinetic powers at the same time. Jean announces she's not the Phoenix, but something new. Gladiator flies into her and they both clash.
After a big explosion they both fall, but Star Lord catches Jean. Oracle then declares the fight is over. Jean wakes up and is alright, though she sees the image of the glowing pink energy woman behind the gang (as a ghost or symbolism or whatever since no one else can see her).
Oracle tries to convince Gladiator that Jean is different now and they should leave her alone, but says it's not her decision to end the battle. Cyclops says it's his and he will kill them if they go to Earth looking for Jean again. Cyclops threatens that he'll bring down all the Marvel superheroes down upon them if they even think about grabbing Jean again, and Quill reminds him that they protect Earth so they won't let them get near the planet either.
Gladiator warns that history will repeat itself and they'll all die by Jean's hand. Jean says whatever happened to her is new, and the X-Men are now making new history. Gladiator throws out some more threats against the Guardians and leaves. Gamora says it's over and it's time to go,
The heroes fly off and Jean is surprised the Shi'Ar let them go. Quill explains his father is powerful dictator and they wouldn't want to anger him if anything were to happen to him. The heroes relax and the X-Men make sure Jean is alright. Jean does notice Angela looking rather sinister in the background.
Soon enough the X-Men are back on planet Earth where Angela reminds them thay they owe them big time. Kitty thanks Quill for everything, and he gives her a communicator, not just for emergencies but also just to talk. Quill and Kitty seem to be very happy to have met each other and she kisses him on the cheek. Groot starts talking to the normal non-talking Earth trees and Rocket tries to stop him. He then sees normal Earth raccoons and freaks out, telling them to put some pants on.
Cyclops then drops another bombshell on everyone... he decided to go off with his father into space. Everyone is surprised and Kitty doesn't allow it, but Scott tells her 'it's my dad'. Scott tells Jean that they eventually get married and have kids and have a future full of good and bad together, but it never ends happily for them... so maybe this way they will be happy.
Cyclops leaves and tells X-23 to watch over the gang. Angels wonders if they ever find a way back to their own time, should they return without him? The X-Men head back home, feeling sad, and Jeans gets on her knees, showing more signs of her mysterious new powers.
My Opinions-
And so ends this epic crossover between the time-traveling All-New X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy. What started with something already tried and true probably way too many times... (the Phoenix) now ends with something new. I honestly wish Gladiator didn't cut Jean off before she finished saying 'I am....' cause I really wondered what new thing she was going to call herself.
Overall it was a good story and it ended very unexpectedly, with Jean having new powers, Cyclops leaving to fly off into space with his dad, and the Shi'Ar adding themselves to the list of space enemies that hate the Guardians. The story was pretty good and a lot more stuff happened issue after issue when compared to Battle of the Atom. It also did a good job to add the on-going conflict of these characters getting used to their new time period and the future events that were already spelled out for them.
One last thing I want to throw in here is that thanks to this comic I remembered who the Starjammers were, cause hey... I knew Cyclops' dad had a team of space pirates but I haven't seen the 90's X-Men cartoon since.... well, the 90's... so of course I'd forget the name. So at Zenkaikon 2014 at a 'Bad Comic Book Movie' panel which dealt with the X-Men, Ghost Rider and Judge Dredd movies... they randomly asked what was the name of Cyclop's father's team. Thanks to this comic, I got it right and I got a free season set of the Fantastic Four animated series released some time back. Maybe I'll finally review it someday.
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