What If...? #32

(December 1991)

What if Phoenix Had Lived? (Table of Contents)

Phoenix / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Caragonne (script, co-plot); Chris Claremont (co-plot)

Pencils:

Rod Ramos

Inks:

Jan Anton Harps; Sam de la Rosa (pp. 15, 20 & 22 only)

Colors:

Renee Witterstaetter

Letters:

Janice Chiang

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Phoenix; X-Men [Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Colossus; Storm; Wolverine]; Watcher [Uatu]; VILLAINS: Magneto; Mastermind; Shadow King; Jean Grey (Cameo); Professor X (Cameo); Angel (Cameo); Beast (Cameo); Kitty Pryde (Cameo); Lilandra (Cameo); Dr. Doom (Cameo); Arcade (Cameo); The Brood; Wendigo; Garokk; Caliban; Rachel Summers; New Mutants [Cannonball; Dani Moonstar; Sunspot (Cameo); Wolfsbane [Rahen Sinclair] (Cameo); Karma (Cameo)]; Imperial Guard [Gladiator (Cameo, Flashback); Smasher (Cameo, Flashback); Starbolt (Cameo, Flashback); Oracle (Cameo, Flashback); Manta (Cameo, Flashback)]

Synopsis:

The Shi'ar give Jean Grey a psychic lobotomy, cutting her off from the Phoenix force and her own mutant powers; Jean, now a normal human, leaves the X-Men and marries Scott; Magneto abducts her to Asteroid M and offers to reconnect her to the Phoenix force but she refuses; She returns to earth and has a daughter, Rachel; While Scott is off fighting the Secret Wars, Jean is accosted by Mastermind whose body is hosting the Shadow King; Jean is shot by the Shadow King who vows to use baby Rachel as his host body; As she is dying, Jean remembers that she is merely a copy of the actual Jean Grey.

Indexer Notes

Breast feeding panels. Story is based on X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #137.

Precise inks credits supplied by Sam de la Rosa via the GCD Error Tracker.