• 6.0
  Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson Dec 22, 2013

  Tell me that's not just a little bit heart-breaking in it's own way? You can't, unless you're a robot, in which case I submit: 100111000110111100001. *rimshot* In either case, I remember now what drew me to this, one of the earliest X-Men stories I ever read (once again supporting my theory about "jumping-on points", which is "Jump on, shut up and hang on.") As someone who remembers what it was like before Phoenix was revealed to be an external force (read: scapegoat) and how the dead Jean Grey was fodder for X-Men tragedy up to her resurrection in '87, this 'story-behind-the-story' is fascinating, touching and well-constructed. Phoenix - The Untold Story #1 serves now as an artifact of a simpler time in comic book history, and is hard to appreciate thanks to the twisted tributaries of the river known as "X-Men," but is still a good read (especially the part in the back where the editorial team gets together and seemingly figures out how to resurrect Jean, something they'd do not long Read Full Review

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