In the preview of the X-Men: Season One book, we see the following scenes from the retelling of the X-Men's first mission:
Really now? Jean Grey tossing around planes and helicopters and APCs on her first mission???Obviously, writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Jamie McKelvie did not consult my alomst-Peabody Award-winning series, The Most Ludicrously Underwhelming Uses Of Marvel Girls Powers.
If they had checked my series, they would have seen that early Jean Grey's telekinesis was nowhere near the "throwing around heavy military craft" level.
Instead, she was much more comfortable in the "tea kettle tossing" power level...
...she was close to mastering the "holding up a magazine as part of her Danger Room training" power level...
...she was so powerful, Scott Summers thought the best way to put her through her paces was sewing...
...and of course, Jean's main usefulness during early X-Men adventures was the old reliable, "Tossing Blankets And Capes Over Villains' Heads."
Moving jeeps and fighter jets? Not so much...
Early Jean was a classic Stan Lee Girl. Just like Sue and Wanda. She stood there, and pointed her hands, but she never hauled off and HIT something. And she fainted a lot, or got kidnapped.
ReplyDeleteActually, the sewing one would help with precise control and being able to maneuver what she's levitating around smaller areas. The rest is still lame.
ReplyDeleteI believe they just decided to modernize and update her power set. That's the idea with these Season One series, right? To review classic stories with a more modern audience in mind? Her early power levels were ridiculous if we think about how she became one of the most powerful mutants ever born.
ReplyDeleteWell we cant blame early writers , back then at their time , these things are already marvelous. as the decades passby ideas progress and people tend to expect something new every now and then.
ReplyDeleteWell if you thought her early powers were useless you should be glad about this power upgrade then. I'm glad they are modernizing the story esp if they want to bring in more women readers.
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