John Grey

John Grey is the father of Jean Grey, one of the founding members of the X-Men. A literature professor, he first appeared when Professor Xavier's students encountered Jean's family, grounding her story in an ordinary human family background.

Stepping out of the Silver Age alongside Marvel's mightiest mutants, John Grey made his debut in The X-Men #5 in 1964 — part of the foundational wave of characters shaped by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby at the very birth of the X-Men mythos. Over nearly six decades, he's woven through the pages of The Uncanny X-Men, The X-Men, and X-Factor, keeping remarkable company with icons like Charles Xavier, Wolverine, and Colossus, and claiming membership in both the X-Men and the Marauders along the way. With three key-issue appearances to his name and a publishing history stretching from 1964 all the way to 2023, John Grey is a quietly enduring thread in one of Marvel's richest tapestries — the kind of figure that rewards the dedicated collector who loves digging into the deeper roots of the X-Men universe.