Since Charles Xavier founded the X-MenThe team’s roster has shifted and changed. Its original members cycled in and out over the years as they grew in power, experienced tragedy and grief, and battled through life and death before finding their way back. No one knows that journey better than you Jean GreyAnd artist Lucas Werneck captured her very essence with concept art for her new look.
In a post on Instagram, Werneck shared Concept art for Jean Gray as The Phoenix, who is currently starring in a solo series written by Stephanie Phillips. Jean Gray is one of the most powerful telepaths in the world, but that only scratches the surface.
To speak of Jean Gray is to speak of life, death and rebirth. It’s not an easy idea to capture in a costume, but Werneck has managed it with a stunning, fiery design, Depicting in her classic green and gold surrounded by the blazing wings of a phoenix, perfectly combining the cosmic entity with the mutant.
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Marvel artist Lucas Werneck gives Jean Gray a look that captures her immense power
Concept art posted by @lukaswerneck Completely merging with the Phoenix is ​​finally taking Jean beyond the X-Men and Mutantkind.
As the Krakoan era drew to a close for Mutantchild, Jean Grey’s next chapter was just beginning. Since she first encountered the Phoenix, Jean has been in a push-and-pull relationship with the entity that, in turns, took everything from her and gave it all back. It puts the power of life itself at your fingertips, paired with the ability to burn it all to ash. Combined with her omega-level mutant abilities, it means that Jean has spent much of her life as one of the most powerful forces in the Marvel Universe.
Completely merging with the Phoenix is ​​finally taking Jean beyond the X-Men and Mutantkind. Her duty is to the universe, and for now she and the Phoenix act as a force of good together. This new quest pairs her heroic drive with the immense power at her fingertips in a way no other Phoenix boss (or even Jean herself) has managed to do. Although it is a new trajectory for her life, it does not necessarily come at the expense of her old one, and The most important elements of both come into Werneck’s breathtaking art.
For the first time since they met, Jin and the Phoenix were truly one being.
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For the first time since they met, Jin and the Phoenix were truly one being. The cycle of the Phoenix all leads back to Jean, and she has taken a new post as a guardian of the universe, patrolling the cosmos. In short, she embraces all her potential at once, and Werneck’s concept art does the idea justice. With her past and relationships still in tact, her future is more open than ever. As Jean Gray accepts her place outside the X-Men, she and the Phoenix are better off for himAnd the concept art shows both forces at peace.