Question about Ultimate Jean Grey

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:48:49 -0700, telequeue RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:


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>Actually, the answer to the original question is yes. In fact, it was
>a major plot during the "Phoenix?" arc. I don't have the issue in
>front of me, but I found an online review here that describes the
>relevant scene in Ultimate X-men #71:
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>[http://comicbookrevolution.blogspot.com/2006/06/comic-book-review-
>ultimate-x-men-71.html]
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[snip summary]

Thanks for that info. I remembered that conversation, but not the bit
about Jean's parents.

P.

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:37:50 -0000, "shortergirl06@gmail.com"
<shortergirl06.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Aug 16, 3:50 pm, grinningdemon <grinningde....RemoveThis@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:37:54 GMT, "Kenneth M. Lin"
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>> <kenneth_m_....RemoveThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> >"JLB" <barn....RemoveThis@shentel.net> wrote in message
>> >news:1187263683.561986.155320@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>> >> On Aug 16, 12:18 am, "Kenneth M. Lin" <kenneth_m_....RemoveThis@sbcglobal.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> "JLB" <barn....RemoveThis@shentel.net> wrote in message
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>> >>>news:1187232055.658122.154700@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...> Is the
>> >>> revelation of the fact her parents were members of the Shi'ar
>> >>> > church new, or was it previously revealed?
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>> >>> > JLB
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>> >>> It was revealed just that once. The term Shi'ar didn't even appear in
>> >>> Ultimate Universe until then.
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>> >>> In all honesty, the Ultimate Shi'ar sounds a whole lot like Scientology.
>> >>> And Ultimate Phoenix will look like a turkey.
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>> >> They've mentioned the Shi'ar several times. We've even met Lilandra
>> >> and they have a member of the church working at the school, since they
>> >> invested some money in the place.
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>> >> JLB
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>> >Yes, Shi'ar was brought up in many issues. However, your original question
>> >was if Jean's parents belonging to Shi'ar has been revealed before. I
>> >answered no and cannot understand why you responded with something
>> >completely different.
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>> Am I the only one who's sick of them drawing out the Phoenix story
>> line? It started in Millar's run and it just keeps going on and
>> on...they should either do something with it or drop it.- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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>Personally, I like Pheonix. But I honestly don't see it as a story
>line, more of a plot point.

I just love the original Phoenix saga...and I'm sick of the endless,
inferior retreads...it was never meant to be that way...and it just
chips away at the impact of the original story.