What If...? #32 [Direct]

(December 1991)

What if Phoenix Had Lived? (Table of Contents: 1)

Phoenix / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Rodney Ramos

Inks

Sam de la Rosa (pages 15, 20 & 22 only); Jan Harpes

Colors

Renee Witterstaetter

Letters

Janice Chiang

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 named 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 just a copy of the real Jean Grey.

Indexer Notes

Breastfeeding 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.