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What If...?#32

Cover: Rod Ramos & Jan Anton Harpes

What If...? #32

Dec 1991 · Marvel · 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.70 GBP

“What if Phoenix Had Lived?”

writer George Caragonne · writer Chris Claremont · artist Rod Ramos · inker Sam de la Rosa · inker Jan Anton Harpes · colorist Renee Witterstaetter · letterer Janice Chiang · cover Rod Ramos, Jan Anton Harpes

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Full credits

writer George Caragonne

writer Chris Claremont

artist Rod Ramos

inker Sam de la Rosa

inker Jan Anton Harpes

colorist Renee Witterstaetter

letterer Janice Chiang

cover pencils Rod Ramos

cover inks Jan Anton Harpes

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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.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).