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Originally posted by Sir Goulum:
Phoenix? Whats the Phoenix transformation...I'm lost....  [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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In the comics, in perhaps one of the best known storylines in X-Men history, Jean Grey sacrifices herself by insisting on piloting a space shuttle containing the X-Men through a radiation storm back to Earth. They all figure her to die from the radiation. They were wrong. She comes flying out of the water as Phoenix, a massively powerful being with nearly unlimited abilities. At first, she uses these abilities for good. However, Mastermind and the Hellfire Club manage to seduce her to the dark side, at which she becomes Dark Phoenix. At that point, she lets loose with all of the darker emotions that she normally keeps inside (btw, this is when the Jean/Logan relationship heats up in the comic, as he understands having to fight your own dark side). She eventually goes completely over the edge, destroying an entire solar system. Eventually, Professor X manages to subdue the Phoenix, suppressing her abilities. However, the X-Men are then abducted by Lillandra, who is intent on destroying Phoenix. In the ensuing battle with her forces, Cyclops falls, and Phoenix cuts loose. She eventually sacrifices herself to save the universe.
Of course, they had to bring her back. You find out later that Phoenix was a cosmic entity that offered to save Jean Grey's life while she was dying in the shuttle. It replaced her, and emulated her physically, mentally, and emotionally (so in every way that counts, she was Jean Grey). It put her in stasis inside the shuttle, so that when it crashed she would slowly be healed until she was ready to return. Then, they find her in the crash and recover her, leaving a lot of explaining for Cyclops to do (he only married her clone and had a child while she was gone, but that is a different story!).
It is definitely a different approach that they are taking in the movie, but still it results in a similar story: Jean Grey becomes Phoenix, who will eventually become Dark Phoenix.