Editing Jean Grey (section)

==Publication history==
Jean Grey debuted under the codename Marvel Girl in ''[[Uncanny X-Men|The X-Men]]'' #1 (September 1963), created by writer [[Stan Lee]] and artist/co-writer [[Jack Kirby]]. The original team's sole female member, Marvel Girl was a regular part of the team through the series' publication. Initially possessing the ability of [[psychokinesis|telekinesis]], the character was later granted the power of [[telepathy]],<ref>{{Cite comic
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Under the authorship of [[Chris Claremont]] and the artwork of first [[Dave Cockrum]] and then [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]] in the late 1970s, Jean Grey underwent a significant transformation from the X-Men's weakest member,<ref name="XMN105">{{Cite comic
| writer = Chris Claremont
| penciller = Dave Cockrum
| inker = Bob Layton
| story = Phoenix Unleashed!
| title = The X-Men
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The first comic Claremont saw at Marvel after coming there in 1969 was the first X-Men issue penciled by Neal Adams (issue 56), after which he became enamored of Jean Grey. But when he started to write X-Men in issue 94, the first issue after the creation of the new team in Giant-Size X-Men 1, Len Wein had already established that she was leaving the team. The artwork was already done, and it was too late to change. But he promised himself he would bring her back as soon as possible, which he did in issue 97 when he became the sole writer of the title. Claremont also decided to upgrade her powers significantly.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=k3CqDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Chris+Claremont+took+over+a+title+that+would+define+the+1980s%22&pg=PA200 American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s]</ref>
[[File:Marvel Girl House of X.jpg|thumb|Jean as Marvel Girl from ''House of X'' #1. Art by Pepe Larraz.]]
The storyline in which Jean Grey died as Marvel Girl and was reborn as Phoenix (''The Uncanny X-Men'' #101–108, 1976–1977) has been retroactively dubbed by fans "The Phoenix Saga", and the storyline of her eventual corruption and death as Dark Phoenix (''The Uncanny X-Men'' #129–138, 1980) has been termed "[[The Dark Phoenix Saga]]". This storyline is one of the most well-known and heavily referenced in mainstream American [[superhero comics]], and is widely considered a classic, including Jean Grey's suicidal sacrifice.<ref name="Epic">{{cite news|url=http://austin.culturemap.com/newsdetail/07-05-12-11-53-assemble-true-believers-legendary-x-men-comic-book-writer-chris-claremont-emerges-at-dragons-lair/|title=Assemble, true believers: Legendary X-Men comic book writer Chris Claremont emerges at Dragon's Lair|last=Graupman|first=Michael|date=July 12, 2012|publisher=CultureMap Austin|access-date=30 July 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711132720/http://austin.culturemap.com/newsdetail/07-05-12-11-53-assemble-true-believers-legendary-x-men-comic-book-writer-chris-claremont-emerges-at-dragons-lair/|archive-date=11 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="Classic">{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2012/7/13/lifebookshelf/11637153&sec=lifebookshelf|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221175046/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2012/7/13/lifebookshelf/11637153&sec=lifebookshelf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2013|title=Showdown Supreme|last=Rahan|first=Kaleon|date=July 13, 2012|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=July 30, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Claremont">{{cite news|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/books/2012-07-14/chris-claremont-dead-should-mean-dead/|title=Chris Claremont: Dead Should Mean Dead—'X-Men' mastermind talks the Phoenix and the flame|last=Whittaker|first=Richard|date=July 14, 2012|work=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|access-date=30 July 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717012525/http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/books/2012-07-14/chris-claremont-dead-should-mean-dead/|archive-date=17 July 2012}}</ref>

When the first [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] of "The Dark Phoenix Saga" was published in 1984, Marvel also published a 48-page special issue titled ''Phoenix: The Untold Story''. It contained the original version of ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #137, the original splash page for ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #138 and transcripts of a [[Round table (discussion)|roundtable discussion]] between Shooter, Claremont, Byrne, editors [[Jim Salicrup]] and [[Louise Simonson|Louise Jones]], and inker [[Terry Austin (comics)|Terry Austin]]. The discussion was about the creation of the new Phoenix persona, the development of the story, and what led to its eventual change, and Claremont and Byrne's plans for Jean Grey, had she survived.<ref name="Deeley">{{cite web|title=Dark Phoenix: The Director's Cut|url=http://www.fullfilmizlesin.com/dark-phoenix-the-directors-cut/|access-date=29 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629182245/http://www.fullfilmizlesin.com/dark-phoenix-the-directors-cut/|archive-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>

[[Chris Claremont]], the longest-running writer of the ''X-Men'' comics, revealed that his and Cockrum's motivation for Jean Grey's transformation into Phoenix was to create "the first female cosmic hero".<ref name="DPT"/> The two hoped that, like [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]] had been integrated into ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]]'' lineup, Phoenix would also become an effective and immensely powerful member of the X-Men. However, both Salicrup and Byrne had strong feelings against how powerful Phoenix had become, feeling that she drew too much focus in the book.<ref name="DPT"/> Byrne worked with Claremont to effectively remove Phoenix from the storyline, initially by removing her powers. However, Byrne's decision to have Dark Phoenix destroy an inhabited planetary system in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #135, coupled with the planned ending to the story arc, worried then-Editor-in-Chief [[Jim Shooter]], who felt that allowing Jean to live at the conclusion of the story was both morally unacceptable (given that she was now a "mass murderer") and also an unsatisfying ending from a storytelling point of view.<ref name="Deeley"/> Shooter publicly laid out his reasoning in the 1984 roundtable:

<blockquote>I personally think, and I've said this many times, that having a character destroy an inhabited world with billions of people, wipe out a starship and then—well, you know, having the powers removed and being let go on Earth. It seems to me that that's the same as capturing [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] alive and letting him go live on Long Island. Now, I don't think the story would ''end'' there. I think a lot of people would come to his door with machine guns...<ref name="DPT">{{Cite comic
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One of the creative team's questions that affected the story's conclusion was whether the Phoenix's personality and later descent into madness and evil were inherent to Jean Grey or if the Phoenix was itself an entity merely possessing her.<ref name="DPT"/> The relationship between Jean Grey and the Phoenix would continue to be subject to different interpretations and explanations by writers and editors at Marvel Comics following the story's [[retcon]] in 1986. At the time of the Dark Phoenix's creation, Byrne felt that, "If someone could be seen to corrupt Jean, rather than her just turning bad, this could make for an interesting story."<ref name="XEffectByrne">{{cite web |first=Jeffrey |last=Klaehn |url=http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/content/x-effect-interview-john-byrne-interview |title=The X-Effect: An Interview with John Byrne |work=Creator Interviews |publisher=Graphic Novel Reporter |access-date=January 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220053130/http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/content/x-effect-interview-john-byrne-interview |archive-date=December 20, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Salicrup and Byrne stated later that they viewed Phoenix as an entity that entirely possessed Jean Grey, therefore absolving her of its crimes once it was driven out.<ref name="DPT"/> However, the creative and editorial team ultimately agreed that Phoenix had been depicted as an inherent and inseparable aspect of Jean Grey, meaning that the character was fully responsible for her actions as Phoenix. As a result, Shooter ordered that Claremont and Byrne rewrite issue #137 to explicitly place in the story both a consequence and an ending commensurate with the enormity of Phoenix's actions.<ref name="DPT"/> In a 2012 public signing, Claremont spoke about the context of the late 1970s and the end of the [[Vietnam War]] during the story's writing, stating that the history of these events also made Jean Grey's genocidal actions difficult to redeem.<ref name="Claremont"/>

In the original ending, Jean does not revert to Dark Phoenix, and the Shi'ar subject her to a "psychic lobotomy", permanently removing all her telepathic or telekinetic powers.<ref name="DPT"/> Claremont and Byrne planned to later have [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]] offer Jean the chance to restore her abilities, but Jean choosing to remain depowered and eliminate the threat of Dark Phoenix returning to power.<ref name="DPT"/>

[[File:Xfactor1undecided.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The unfinished cover for ''X-Factor''#1, before Bob Layton and Jackson Guice decided on the fifth team member. (''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]'' #1) Art by [[Jackson Guice]].]]
After several years, Marvel decided to revive the character, but only after an editorial decree that the character be absolved of her actions during The Dark Phoenix Saga.<ref name="Busiek">{{cite web |url=http://www.comiclist.com/index.php/news/interview-with-kurt-busiek-marathon-man |title=Interview With Kurt Busiek: Marathon Man |publisher=ComicList |access-date=2013-11-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924070757/http://www.comiclist.com/index.php/news/interview-with-kurt-busiek-marathon-man |archive-date=2013-09-24 }}</ref> Writer [[Kurt Busiek]] is credited with devising the plot to revive Jean Grey.<ref name="Busiek"/> Busiek, a fan of the original five X-Men, was displeased with the character's death and formulated various storylines that would have met Shooter's rule and allowed the character to return to the X-Men franchise.<ref name="Busiek"/> He eventually shared his storyline idea with fellow writer [[Roger Stern]] who mentioned it to Byrne, who was both writing and illustrating the ''Fantastic Four'' at the time.<ref name="Busiek"/> Both series writer [[Bob Layton]] and artist [[Jackson Guice]], who were developing the series ''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]''—a team of former X-Men—had yet to settle on their fifth team member, initially considering [[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]].<ref name="5thmember">{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Cronin |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/06/26/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-161/ |title=Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #161 |work=Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=June 26, 2008 |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818054635/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/06/26/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-161/ |archive-date=August 18, 2010 }}</ref> Layton opted to fill the open spot with Jean instead, and both he and Byrne submitted the idea to Shooter, who approved it.<ref name="Busiek"/> Jean Grey's revival became a crossover plotline between the ''Avengers'' under Stern, ''Fantastic Four'' under Byrne, and ''X-Factor'' under Layton.<ref name="Busiek"/>

Busiek later found out that his idea had been used thanks to Layton, and he was credited in ''Fantastic Four'' #286 and paid for his contributions.<ref name="Busiek"/> The decision to revive Jean Grey was controversial among fans, with some appreciating the return of the character and others feeling it weakened the impact of the Dark Phoenix Saga's ending.<ref name="Busiek"/> Busiek maintained that the idea that led to Jean Grey's official return to Marvel Comics was merely a case of sharing his ideas with friends as a fan, and that he neither formally pitched the idea to anyone nor gave it the final go ahead.<ref name="Busiek"/> Claremont expressed dissatisfaction with the retcon, stating in 2012: "We'd just gone to all the effort of saying, 'Jean is dead, get over it,' and they said, 'Haha, we fibbed.' So why should anyone trust us again? But that's the difference between being the writer and being the boss."<ref name="Claremont"/> In a 2008 interview Byrne said he still felt Busiek's method of reviving Jean Grey was "brilliant", but agreed that in retrospect the character should have remained dead.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nickerson|first=Al |title=Claremont and Byrne: The Team that Made the X-Men Uncanny|journal=[[Back Issue!]]|issue=#29 |page=10|publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date=August 2008|location=Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref>

In the comics, having been fully established as separate from the "Jean Grey" copy created and taken over by the Phoenix Force, Jean is "absolved" of involvement in the atrocities of "The Dark Phoenix" storyline, and she returned in the first issue of ''X-Factor'' (1st Series).<ref name="XFT1">{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Bob Layton]]| penciller = [[Jackson Guice]]| inker = [[Josef Rubenstein]]| story = Third Genesis| title = [[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]| volume = | issue = #1| date = February 1986| publisher = Marvel Comics}}</ref>

Claremont later commented on how Jean's revival affected his original plans for Madelyne Pryor, stating that the relationship between the two women was intended to be entirely coincidental.<ref name="SerieJournalen">{{cite web| last1=Kristiansen| first1=Ulrik| last2= Sørensen| first2=Tue  |url= http://www.seriejournalen.dk/tegneserie_indhold.asp?art=&ID=32|title= An interview with Chris Claremont| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080223175441/http://www.seriejournalen.dk/tegneserie_indhold.asp?art=&ID=32| archive-date= 23 February 2008| website=SerieJournalen.dk |date= 1 May 1996| url-status=dead }} Accessed July 9, 2010.</ref> He intended Madelyne only to look like Jean by complete coincidence and exist as a means for Cyclops to move on with his life and be written out of the ''X-Men'' franchise, part of what he believed to be a natural progression for any member of the team.<ref name="SerieJournalen"/> Claremont expressed dismay that Jean's resurrection ultimately resulted in Cyclops abandoning his wife and child, tarnishing his written persona as a hero and "decent human being", and the "untenable situation" with Madelyne was dealt with by transforming her into a [[prolicide|prolicidal]] demonic villain and killing her off.<ref name="SerieJournalen"/>

Soon after the beginning publication of ''X-Factor'', Marvel also reprinted and released the original ''X-Men'' series under the title ''Classic X-Men''. These reissues paired the original stories with new vignettes, elaborating on plot points. One such issue, ''Classic X-Men'' #8 (April 1987), paired the original ''The X-Men'' #100 (Aug. 1976) story of Jean Grey's disastrous return flight from space immediately preceding her transformation into Phoenix ("Greater Love Hath No X-Man...") with the new story "Phoenix". The story further supported the retcon establishing Jean Grey and the Phoenix Force as two separate entities.<ref name="CLSX8">{{Cite comic
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| penciller = [[John Bolton (comics)|John Bolton]]
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Following the conclusion of ''Inferno'', Jean continued to be a mainstay character throughout the rest of ''X-Factor''<ref name="XFT53">{{Cite comic
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| story = Ghosts
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| date = April 1990
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| penciller = [[Allen Milgrom]]
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| story = Days of Future Present (Part 2)
| title = [[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]] Annual
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''X-Factor'' (1st Series) ended its run featuring the original X-Men with ''X-Factor'' #70 (Sept. 1991), with the characters transitioning over to ''The Uncanny X-Men'', explained in continuity as the two teams deciding to merge. The fourteen X-Men divide into two teams—"Blue" and "Gold"—led by Cyclops and [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]], respectively. Jean was added to the Gold Team beginning in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #281 (Oct. 1991).<ref name="UNCXM281">{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Jim Lee]], [[Whilce Portacio]], [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]
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| date = October 1991
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Following Cyclops's possession by the mutant villain [[Apocalypse (comics)|Apocalypse]] and disappearance in the conclusion of the crossover storyline "Apocalypse: The Twelve",<ref name="Twelve">{{Cite comic
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| story = The End of the World As We Know It (Part 2)
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| story = First and Last (Part 2)
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Jean was next featured in the six-issue miniseries ''[[X-Men Forever]]'' written by [[Fabian Nicieza]], which was designed to tie up the remaining plot lines. During the series, Jean revisited many of the events involving the Phoenix Force and the series introduced the concept of "Omega level mutants", a category for mutants with unlimited potential, which included Jean herself.<ref name="XMFRV">{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Fabian Nicieza]]
| penciller = [[Kevin Maguire (artist)|Kevin Maguire]]
| inker = [[Andrew Pepoy]]
| story = Chapter 3: All of God's Creatures...
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In June 2001, ''X-Men'' was retitled as ''New X-Men'' under writer [[Grant Morrison]]. The title consisted of a smaller team featuring Jean, Cyclops, [[Beast (comics)|Beast]], Wolverine, [[Emma Frost]], and Charles Xavier. The overarching plot focused on the team assuming the roles of teachers to a new generation of mutants at the Xavier Institute while navigating their personal relationships and dealing with newly emerging pro- and anti-mutant political sentiments.<ref name="NWXMNOMN">{{cite book |title=New X-Men Omnibus (Hardcover) |first=Grant |last=Morrison |publisher= Marvel Publishing |location=New York| isbn=978-0-7851-2326-2 |year=2006}}</ref> Jean also made minor appearances in other titles during the ''New X-Men'' run, such as Chris Claremont's ''X-Treme X-Men'', occasionally lending support to the characters.<ref name="XTRXMN27">{{Cite comic
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Jean and her connection with the Phoenix Force was examined again one year after the conclusion of Morrison's run on ''New X-Men'' in ''[[X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong]]'' written by [[Greg Pak]] in 2005.<ref name="PHNXEND">{{cite book |title=X-Men: Phoenix—Endsong |first=Greg |last=Pak |publisher=Marvel Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7851-1924-1 |year=2005 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780785119241 }}</ref> At the 2010 [[San Diego Comic-Con]] X-Men panel, when asked whether or not Jean would return, editor Nick Lowe responded by saying, "She's dead."<ref name="x-position">{{cite news
 |title       = SDCC 2010: Marvel X-MEN Panel
 |work   = Newsarama
 |date        = 2010-07-23
 |url         = http://www.newsarama.com/comics/sdcc-2010-Marvel-X-Men-panel-100723.html
 |access-date  = 2010-07-23
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Regarding Jean's actual return to the ''X-Men'' franchise, Marvel indicated that Jean's eventual return is being discussed but stated that the return of Jean Grey was "a story Marvel does not want to rush".<ref>{{cite web
 |last        = Manning
 |first       = Shaun
 |title       = CCI: The X-Men Panel
 |website   = Comic Book Resources
 |date        = 2008-07-25
 |url         = http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17374
 |access-date  = 2009-05-29 <!-- date checked-->
 |url-status    = live
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090501212131/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17374
 |archive-date = 2009-05-01
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 |last        = Johnson
 |first       = Alan
 |title       = WonderCon '09 - X-Men Panel
 |work   = Newsarama
 |date        = 2009-03-01
 |url         = http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090301-wondercon-xmen.html
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 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304115211/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090301-wondercon-xmen.html
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}}</ref> and 2010's ''[[X-Men: Second Coming]]'' which sees both Hope's return as a teenager and the return of the Phoenix Force.<ref name="X-Men: Kingbreaker">{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Christopher Yost]]
| penciller = Dustin Weaver; Paco Diaz
| inker = Jaime Mendoza; Vicente Cifuentes
| story = X-Men: Kingbreaker Part Four
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 |last        = Richards
 |first       = Dave
 |title       = Matt Fraction's 'Utopian' Vision
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Following the conclusion of ''[[Avengers vs. X-Men]]'' as part of the [[Marvel NOW!]] event, a teenage Jean Grey and the four other founding members of X-Men are transported across time to the present day by [[Beast (comics)|Beast]] in the series ''[[All-New X-Men]]'' by [[Brian Michael Bendis]].<ref>{{cite web
 |last        = White
 |first       = Brett
 |title       = Marvel NOW! Q&A: All-New X-Men
 |publisher   = Marvel.com
 |date        = 2012-08-07
 |url         = http://marvel.com/news/story/19161/marvel_now_qa_all-new_x-men
 |access-date  = 2012-08-09
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 |archive-date = 2012-11-03
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |last        = Truitt
 |first       = Brian
 |title       = Marvel NOW! refreshes creativity and characters
 |newspaper   = USA Today
 |date        = 2012-07-05
 |url         = https://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-07-05/Marve-NOW-comic-book-relaunch/56027428/1
 |access-date  = 2012-08-09
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The original adult Jean Grey returned to the Marvel Universe in a new series titled ''Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey'', released on December 27, 2017. The series was written by [[Matthew Rosenberg (writer)|Matthew Rosenberg]] with art by [[Leinil Francis Yu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/marvel-comics-bringing-the-original-jean-grey-back-to-life-like-a-phoenix?amp|title=Marvel Comics bringing the original Jean Grey back to life, like a phoenix|work=[[SyFy]]|last=Moore|first=Trent|date=September 13, 2017|access-date=September 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914131338/http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/marvel-comics-bringing-the-original-jean-grey-back-to-life-like-a-phoenix?amp|archive-date=September 14, 2017}}</ref>

Following the events of [[Extermination (comic s)|Extermination]] story, the time-displaced Jean Grey and the other original X-Men were returned to their original time, as part of [[Jonathan Hickman]]'s plan to reboot the entire X-Men franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/comics/2018/12/19/18148324/marvel-x-men-extermination-ending-cable-cyclops-ahab|title=Marvel puts five X-Men back where they belong — and brings one back from the dead|first=Susana|last=Polo|date=December 19, 2018|website=Polygon}}</ref>