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''ComicBook/XMenRed'' launched following this story's conclusion, joining color-based sister titles ''[[ComicBook/XMenGold Gold]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/XMenBlue Blue]]'' as part of the ''Franchise/XMen'' line.

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''ComicBook/XMenRed'' launched following this story's conclusion, joining color-based sister titles ''[[ComicBook/XMenGold Gold]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/XMenBlue Blue]]'' as part of the ''Franchise/XMen'' ''ComicBook/XMen'' line.



* TeethClenchedTeamwork: According to WordOfGod, [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Wolverine]] and Hellion still aren't on speaking terms after their [[WillTheyOrWontThey frielationship]] collapsed during the Liu ''X-23'' series, but they're forced to work together while investigating one of the Phoenix phenomenon.

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: According to WordOfGod, [[Comicbook/{{X [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} Wolverine]] and Hellion still aren't on speaking terms after their [[WillTheyOrWontThey frielationship]] collapsed during the Liu ''X-23'' series, but they're forced to work together while investigating one of the Phoenix phenomenon.



* WorkingWithTheEx: [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Wolverine]] and [[Comicbook/NewXMenAcademyX Hellion]] are put on a team together when the X-Men break up to investigate Phoenix-related phenomena. Per WordOfGod their silence around each other throughout the mission is the result of their ugly split during Liu's ''X-23'' ongoing.

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* WorkingWithTheEx: [[Comicbook/{{X [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} Wolverine]] and [[Comicbook/NewXMenAcademyX [[ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX Hellion]] are put on a team together when the X-Men break up to investigate Phoenix-related phenomena. Per WordOfGod their silence around each other throughout the mission is the result of their ugly split during Liu's ''X-23'' ongoing.
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* LongTitle: ''Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Of Jean Grey'' is quite a mouthful. [[http://assets1.ignimgs.com/2017/09/18/phoenix-resurrection-cvr-1505759692605_1280w.jpg The trade dress for issue #1]] seems to suggest it's more of a subtitle than anything else.
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A new ongoing series, ''ComicBook/XMenRed'', will launch following this story's conclusion, joining color-based sister titles ''[[ComicBook/XMenGold Gold]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/XMenBlue Blue]]'' as part of the ''Franchise/XMen'' line.

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A new ongoing series, ''ComicBook/XMenRed'', will launch ''ComicBook/XMenRed'' launched following this story's conclusion, joining color-based sister titles ''[[ComicBook/XMenGold Gold]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/XMenBlue Blue]]'' as part of the ''Franchise/XMen'' line.
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'''''Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Of Jean Grey''''' is a five-issue limited series published by Creator/MarvelComics, written by Matthew Rosenberg and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu for the ComicBook/MarvelLegacy branding initiative.

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'''''Phoenix ''Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Of Jean Grey''''' Grey'' is a five-issue limited series published by Creator/MarvelComics, written by Matthew Rosenberg and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu for the ComicBook/MarvelLegacy branding initiative.
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* BattleInTheCentreOfTheMind: In the ''Jean Grey'' tie-in, [[spoiler: Teen Jean has one with the freaking Phoenix!]]

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* BattleInTheCentreOfTheMind: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: In the ''Jean Grey'' tie-in, [[spoiler: Teen Jean has one with the freaking Phoenix!]]
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Plot details are being kept to close to Marvel's vest, but it's known that ComicBook/RachelSummers --Jean's daughter with ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} from a {{bad future}}-- and the time-displaced teenage Jean will factor majorly into the story. The latter's ongoing title, ''Jean Grey'', will also have a tie-in issue.

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Plot details are being kept to close to Marvel's vest, but it's known that ComicBook/RachelSummers --Jean's -- Jean's daughter with ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} from a {{bad future}}-- future}} -- and the time-displaced teenage Jean will factor majorly into the story. The latter's ongoing title, ''Jean Grey'', will also have a tie-in issue.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: According to WordOfGod, [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Wolverine]] and Hellion still aren't on speaking terms after their [[WillTheyOrWontThey frielationship]] collapsed during the Liu ''X-23'' series, but they're forced to work together while investigating one of the Phoenix phenomenon.

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* BattleInTheCentreOfTheMind: In the ''Jean Grey'' tie-in, [[spoiler: Teen Jean has one with the freaking Phoenix!]]



* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Why isn't the young Jean Grey involved in this? The Phoenix Force ''kills her'' in the penultimate issue of her series.]]

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Why isn't the young Jean Grey involved in this? The Phoenix Force ''kills her'' in the penultimate issue of her series.]] Of course, this being a series involving the Phoenix, [[spoiler: she's resurrected after she basically bullies the Phoenix into doing so.]]


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* TragicVillain: The Phoenix comes off as this in Issue 5, with adult Jean [[spoiler: telling it off and telling it to leave her alone, stating that they're not good for each other, in a way that comes off as a bad break-up. The Phoenix ultimately concedes, and flies off, looking rather lonely.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Adult Jean earns her right to life outside the Phoenix's influence and reunites with her fellow X-Men, while the teen Jean returns to the world of the living and the Phoenix leaves for parts unknown. Unfortunately, Scott dies once again in Jean's arms, but not before they express their love for each other one last time.]]


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* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Upon learning the Phoenix resurrected her so they can be merged again, Jean is angry and disappointed that she can only live by the Phoenix's rules and tells the firebird that having a great destiny without having any say in it is no life at all.]]


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* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, Jean forfeits her destiny as a Phoenix host just to live as her own person.]]
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** [[spoiler:''Jean Grey'' #11 ultimately has teen Jean force the Phoenix to swallow its pride and bring her back to life.]]


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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The Phoenix Force suffers this in both the main title and the ''Jean Grey'' tie-in - teen Jean's refusal to roll over and die causes it to screech out that she can't stop it and that the Phoneix is forever and it really breaks when the older Jean refuses to bond with it again and just would rather be dead again.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:In ''Jean Grey'' #11, it's revealed that the Phoenix Force ''wanted'' to bond with teen Jean, but because she went on her quest to fight the Phoenix Force, it decided to just kill her and resurrect the original Jean from her ashes.]]
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** [[spoiler:Issue 5 ultimately brings back both Jean Grey and Scott Summers, but Scott is killed off as an attempt by Phoenix to keep trying to get Jean to bond with it again.]]


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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Issue 5 spends half of the book with Jean telling off the Phoenix for its constant attempts to bond with her and that she didn't want to keep getting resurrected.]]
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*** Issue 4 ultimately reveals that [[spoiler:those who are being seen aren't actually alive, but manifestations from the Phoenix Force.]]


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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Modern day Beast surmises that the entire thing is a plan by the Phoenix Force to get Jean to finally accept fully bonding with it - it has drawn the X-Men into the "egg" it's created to put them into a DuelToTheDeath in order to force Jean to bond with it.]]
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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Jean walks past a church with Revelations 6:8[[note]]I looked, and behold, an ashen horse. And he who sat on it had the name of Death[[note]] on a sign out front. Appropriate already due to the number of dead characters who turn up, but gains a double meaning when [[spoiler:Banshee appears at the diner where she works. Sean most recently served the Apocalypse Twins as their Horseman of Death, and is currently being treated by the X-Men to free him from their influence]].

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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Jean walks past a church with Revelations 6:8[[note]]I 6:8[[labelnote: *]] I looked, and behold, an ashen horse. And he who sat on it had the name of Death[[note]] Death [[/labelnote]] on a sign out front. Appropriate already due to the number of dead characters who turn up, but gains a double meaning when [[spoiler:Banshee appears at the diner where she works. Sean most recently served the Apocalypse Twins as their Horseman of Death, and is currently being treated by the X-Men to free him from their influence]].



* SrawkcabSpeech: [[spoiler:The projection of Annie Richardson encountered by the children at the start of the story speaks backwards. Specifically, "Daed ffo retteb erew ew" ("We were better off dead"). When the X-Men arrive on the scene later, Rachel is affected by the psychic residue, and absently says the same thing.]]

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* SrawkcabSpeech: SdrawkcabSpeech: [[spoiler:The projection of Annie Richardson encountered by the children at the start of the story speaks backwards. Specifically, "Daed ffo retteb erew ew" ("We were better off dead"). When the X-Men arrive on the scene later, Rachel is affected by the psychic residue, and absently says the same thing.]]
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* MindScrew: This is the nature of Jean's existence, particularly the meaning of the different players who appear in her world ([[spoiler:most of whom, like Annie, Scott, and John, are actually dead]]). It's let unclear through the first couple issues whether or not it's happening in the real world, or if Jean is perhaps in some sort of psychic prison or purgatory.

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* AstralProjection: ''Something'' is projecting memories of people or events from Jean's past in the real world, including apparitions of [[spoiler:Annie Richardson's death when Jean's powers first manifested, and psychic ghosts of Jean herself from the time of Annie's accident, Logan, Hellfire Club guards, and Seamus Mellencamp]].



** [[spoiler:Several projections of deceased individuals also appear in the real world, including Annie and Logan.]]

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** [[spoiler:Several projections of deceased individuals also appear in the real world, including Annie Annie, Logan, and Logan.Seamus Mellencamp.]]


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* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler:The apparition/projection of Annie Richardson has black, empty eyes, that just makes her encounter with the children at the start of the story even ''creepier''.]]


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* GreasySpoon: Jean finds herself working at a small-town diner, with no memory of her past life, [[spoiler:and surrounded by people, like Annie Richardson and Thunderbird, who are dead.]]
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Jean walks past a church with Revelations 6:8[[note]]I looked, and behold, an ashen horse. And he who sat on it had the name of Death[[note]] on a sign out front. Appropriate already due to the number of dead characters who turn up, but gains a double meaning when [[spoiler:Banshee appears at the diner where she works. Sean most recently served the Apocalypse Twins as their Horseman of Death, and is currently being treated by the X-Men to free him from their influence]].


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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: When Jean first comes home from the diner, the photos near the door are her graduation photo, and a picture of herself with her mother and father. [[spoiler:When Scott comes calling, the graduation photo has changed to one of her and Scott together. Additionally, in the same panel her pet bird has keeled over dead in its cage.]]


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* SrawkcabSpeech: [[spoiler:The projection of Annie Richardson encountered by the children at the start of the story speaks backwards. Specifically, "Daed ffo retteb erew ew" ("We were better off dead"). When the X-Men arrive on the scene later, Rachel is affected by the psychic residue, and absently says the same thing.]]
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* WorkingWithTheEx: [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Wolverine]] and [[Comicbook/NewMutantsAcademyX Hellion]] are put on a team together when the X-Men break up to investigate Phoenix-related phenomena. Per WordOfGod their silence around each other throughout the mission is the result of their ugly split during Liu's ''X-23'' ongoing.

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* WorkingWithTheEx: [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Wolverine]] and [[Comicbook/NewMutantsAcademyX [[Comicbook/NewXMenAcademyX Hellion]] are put on a team together when the X-Men break up to investigate Phoenix-related phenomena. Per WordOfGod their silence around each other throughout the mission is the result of their ugly split during Liu's ''X-23'' ongoing.
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** [[spoiler:Several projections of deceased individuals also appear in the real world, including Annie and Logan.]]


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* BrownNote: Rachel is overwhelmed by psychic residue near Annandale-on-Hudson, while Cable goes down when Cerebro overloads while he's using it to pinpoint more phenomena.


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* ExplosiveInstrumentation: Cerebro explodes while Cable is using it in an attempt to track the Phoenix phenomena appearing across the world.


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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's unclear exactly ''what'' or ''where'' Jean's suburban refuge actually is. Is it a real place? Or is it a projection of Jean's psyche? Complicating matters are that it's mainly populated by [[spoiler:characters who are dead, or in the case of Banshee trapped ''between'' life and death, (however that then raises the question of Magneto's presence, as he's currently very much alive)]] and has yet to interact with the world beyond it.
* PowerFloats: Two children who are impacted by the psychic manifestations are found by the police unconscious, bleeding from no apparent wounds, and ''floating'' at about head height. [[spoiler:Magneto]] also spends the duration of his battle against Iceman, Chamber, Boom-Boom, Longshot, Wolverine, and Hellion floating in the air.


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* WorkingWithTheEx: [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Wolverine]] and [[Comicbook/NewMutantsAcademyX Hellion]] are put on a team together when the X-Men break up to investigate Phoenix-related phenomena. Per WordOfGod their silence around each other throughout the mission is the result of their ugly split during Liu's ''X-23'' ongoing.
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* BadassBoast: While talking to Jean in the diner in issue 2, [[spoiler:[[Comicbook/{{Magneto Erik}}]]]] starts to have a PsychicNoseBleed, which he passes off as a war injury. When Jean asks if he fought during "The War" he responds, "I ''was'' the war."

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* BadassBoast: While talking to Jean in the diner in issue 2, [[spoiler:[[Comicbook/{{Magneto Erik}}]]]] [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} Erik]]]] starts to have a PsychicNoseBleed, which he passes off as a war injury. When Jean asks if he fought during "The War" he responds, "I ''was'' the war."
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* BadassBoast: While talking to Jean in the diner in issue 2, [[spoiler:[[Comicbook/{{Magneto Erik}}]] starts to have a PsychicNoseBleed, which he passes off as a war injury. When Jean asks if he fought during "The War" he responds, "I ''was'' the war."

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* BadassBoast: While talking to Jean in the diner in issue 2, [[spoiler:[[Comicbook/{{Magneto Erik}}]] Erik}}]]]] starts to have a PsychicNoseBleed, which he passes off as a war injury. When Jean asks if he fought during "The War" he responds, "I ''was'' the war."

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** Among others that are apparently back are [[spoiler:Banshee, Scott, John and Elaine Grey, and most surprisingly Annie Richardson.]]
** [[spoiler:Thunderbird and Madrox make appearances in issue 2.]]
* CrisisCrossover: Downplayed. ''Jean Grey'' is the only other title tying into this series.

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** Among others that are apparently back appear in Jean's suburban purgatory are [[spoiler:Banshee, Scott, John and Elaine Grey, and most surprisingly Annie Richardson.]] However it is as yet unknown what their presence means.
** [[spoiler:Thunderbird and Madrox make appearances in issue 2, while Moira [=MacTaggart=] is mentioned.
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** [[spoiler:Thunderbird and Madrox make appearances * BadassBoast: While talking to Jean in the diner in issue 2.]]
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* CrisisCrossover: Downplayed. Largely self-contained, as ''Jean Grey'' is the only other title tying into this series.series. The other books in the X-Men line continue to run as normal, and there is no crossover with any of the other franchises.



* SpinOff: ''X-Men: Red'' will feature a new team led by post-revival adult Jean.

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* SpinOff: ''X-Men: Red'' will feature a new team led by post-revival adult Jean.Jean, and will be spinning out of the series.
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* PsychicNoseBleed: Rachel gets one while investigating the floating kids in Annandale-on-Hudson.

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* PsychicNoseBleed: Rachel gets one while investigating the floating kids in Annandale-on-Hudson. [[spoiler:Magneto gets one at the diner where Jean works after his projection is "killed" by Wolverine in the real world.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prior to the announcement of this series, the spirit of adult Jean was seen in an issue of the ''Jean Grey'' ongoing series, which focuses on her time-displaced counterpart trying to defeat the Phoenix Force once and for all.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prior to the announcement of this series, the spirit of adult Jean was seen in an issue of the ''Jean Grey'' ongoing series, which focuses on her time-displaced counterpart trying to defeat the Phoenix Force once and for all.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prior to PsychicNoseBleed: Rachel gets one while investigating the announcement of this series, the spirit of adult Jean was seen floating kids in an issue of the ''Jean Grey'' ongoing series, which focuses on her time-displaced counterpart trying to defeat the Phoenix Force once and for all.Annandale-on-Hudson.
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** Among others that are apparently back are [[spoiler:Banshee, Scott, John and Elaine Grey, and most surprisingly Annie Richardson.]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Why isn't the young Jean Grey involved in this? The Phoenix Force ''kills her'' in the final issue of her series.]]

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Why isn't the young Jean Grey involved in this? The Phoenix Force ''kills her'' in the final penultimate issue of her series.]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Why isn't the young Jean Grey involved in this? The Phoenix Force ''kills her'' in the final issue of her series.]]
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A new ongoing series, ''X-Men: Red'', will launch following this story's conclusion, joining color-based sister titles ''[[ComicBook/XMenGold Gold]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/XMenBlue Blue]]'' as part of the ''Franchise/XMen'' line.

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A new ongoing series, ''X-Men: Red'', ''ComicBook/XMenRed'', will launch following this story's conclusion, joining color-based sister titles ''[[ComicBook/XMenGold Gold]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/XMenBlue Blue]]'' as part of the ''Franchise/XMen'' line.
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'''''Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Of Jean Grey''''' is a five-issue limited series published by Creator/MarvelComics, written by Matthew Rosenberg and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu for the ComicBook/MarvelLegacy branding initiative.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As you probably guessed by the title]], ''Phoenix Resurrection'' features [[BackFromTheDead the revival]] of [[ComicBook/JeanGrey its titular heroine]] (the ''original'' one, not the [[ComicBook/AllNewXMen time-displaced teenage one]]), who was {{killed off for real}} in ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' #150.

Plot details are being kept to close to Marvel's vest, but it's known that ComicBook/RachelSummers --Jean's daughter with ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} from a {{bad future}}-- and the time-displaced teenage Jean will factor majorly into the story. The latter's ongoing title, ''Jean Grey'', will also have a tie-in issue.

A new ongoing series, ''X-Men: Red'', will launch following this story's conclusion, joining color-based sister titles ''[[ComicBook/XMenGold Gold]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/XMenBlue Blue]]'' as part of the ''Franchise/XMen'' line.

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!! ''Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Of Jean Grey'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* BackFromTheDead: The original Jean Grey, who has been canonically dead since 2004 -- [[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga and that wasn't even the first time it happened]]. You can't ''really'' expect a Phoenix to stay permanently deceased, can you?
* CrisisCrossover: Downplayed. ''Jean Grey'' is the only other title tying into this series.
* LongTitle: ''Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Of Jean Grey'' is quite a mouthful. [[http://assets1.ignimgs.com/2017/09/18/phoenix-resurrection-cvr-1505759692605_1280w.jpg The trade dress for issue #1]] seems to suggest it's more of a subtitle than anything else.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prior to the announcement of this series, the spirit of adult Jean was seen in an issue of the ''Jean Grey'' ongoing series, which focuses on her time-displaced counterpart trying to defeat the Phoenix Force once and for all.
* SpinOff: ''X-Men: Red'' will feature a new team led by post-revival adult Jean.
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