History YMMV / TheDarkPhoenixSaga

%%* EvilIsSexy: The White Queen. The Black Queen. Dark Phoenix.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This story had such a massive impact on the ''X-Men'' - and for that matter, comics in general - going forward that most audiences (and arguably, some writers) have forgotten, or don't understand, ''why'' it came across as so revolutionary. Prior to her becoming Phoenix, Jean Grey was pretty much the weakest of the X-Men and her role was basically limited to "the woman" of the team. Elevating the helpless damsel woman to ''the'' most powerful member of the team, if not the entire Marvel universe, and '''THEN''' having her turn evil had never been done before in a comic book and was absolutely jaw-dropping to witness at the time that it was fresh. Imagine if the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse had Pepper Potts get hold of the Infinity Gauntlet, then turn evil and [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar perform the snap]] before Iron Man had to kill her. That's how unprecedented it was when first released. Nowadays, "becoming a supervillain and then dying" is pretty much [[ItWasHisSled all non-comic fans know about her character]], and the dozens upon dozens of powerful female comic book characters or [[FaceHeelTurn superheroes becoming super-villains]] have made her achievement seem much less significant.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Colossus' guilt over being forced to kill Proteus in the previous arc is brought up once in the opening pages of the first issue of the saga and [[AbortedArc never mentioned again]]. Even when it could have become plot relevant again later on during the final issue when Wolverine tells him to put down Phoenix during their reverse FastballSpecial, it has Piotr inexplicably claim that killing is "[[SeriesContinuityError something I have never done before]]."

** This story became the standard against which all X-Men arcs are judged, and has been retold and revisited in almost every media. Sometimes, it's the only reason a creative team will even put Jean Grey in an X-Men story to begin with. It's been a good decade since the last screen adaptation to not treat it like the only story she was ever in.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This story had such a massive impact on the ''X-Men'' - and for that matter, comics in general - going forward that most audiences (and arguably, some writers) have forgotten, or don't understand, ''why'' it came across as so revolutionary. Prior to her becoming Phoenix, Jean Grey was pretty much the weakest of the X-Men and her role was basically limited to "[[TheChick the woman]]" of the team. Elevating the helpless damsel woman to ''the'' most powerful member of the team, if not the entire Marvel universe, and '''THEN''' having her turn evil had never been done before in a comic book and was absolutely jaw-dropping to witness at the time that it was fresh. Imagine if the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse had Pepper Potts get hold of the Infinity Gauntlet, then turn evil and [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar perform the snap]] before Iron Man had to kill her. That's how unprecedented it was when first released. Nowadays, "becoming a supervillain and then dying" is pretty much [[ItWasHisSled all non-comic fans know about her character]], and the dozens upon dozens of powerful female comic book characters or [[FaceHeelTurn superheroes becoming super-villains]] have made her achievement seem much less significant.

--->'''Wolverine''': Okay, suckers...you've taken yer best shot...now it's ''my'' turn!