X-Men comics have revealed Jean Grey is actually Mutant Alpha, the creator of the mutant race. But what exactly does this idea mean…?
The X-Men‘s Jean Grey is officially the godlike “Mutant Alpha.” it’s long been clear the telepath and telekinetic Jean Grey is one of the most powerful mutants of all time. Jean is an Omega level telepath and telekinetic, which means that – to quote Jonathan Hickman’s House of X #1 – her powers are “deemed to register — or reach — an undefinable upper limit of that power’s specific classification.” In Jean’s case, those powers ultimately bind her to the Phoenix Force, and it’s often difficult to tell where Jean ends and the Phoenix begins.
The twisted geneticist Mr. Sinister has always been fascinated with the bloodlines of Scott Summers and Jean Grey, believing them to be the key to the evolution of the entire mutant race. There’s actually a surprising reason for his obsession; Sinister hails from the Victorian Era, and he crossed paths with a time-lost Cyclops and Phoenix while he was still human. In the main timeline, Sinister has come close to unraveling the truth about Jean’s powers; but in another timeline, the twisted “Age of Apocalypse” reality, he figured it out.
Jean Grey Is Mutant Alpha
In 2005’s Age of Apocalypse miniseries, by C.B. Cebulski (under the pen name of Akira Yoshida) and Chris Bachalo, the Sinister of that reality revealed he had focused his attention on discovering the being he called Mutant Alpha. According to Sinister, the genetic code of a single prehistoric mutant gave rise to the entire mutant race. “It stood to reason that our mutant progenitor would not simply cease to exist,” Sinister explained. “I believed that this all-powerful mutant, or at least its powers, would be passed from generation to generation to ensure the survival of our superior species.” Sinister came to believe he had successfully identified this mutant – Jean Grey.
Jean has always been an important mutant; she was the first young mutant to be discovered by Professor X, explaining why her mind was the first one he had recorded a copy of on Cerebro. As the years have passed, though, the X-Men have discovered Jean has a mysterious connection to the Phoenix, one perhaps in part explained by her being Mutant Alpha. She’s often stood as the champion and defender of the mutant race – not only in the main timeline, but also in timelines as diverse as the Age of Apocalypse and the Ultimate Universe. All this fits perfectly with Sinister’s theory that Jean is Mutant Alpha, born to protect and champion the mutant race of her era.
The idea of Mutant Alpha has never really been explored in detail – largely because it was theorized in an alternate reality, at a time when Jean Grey was dead in the main timeline. Jean has returned, however, and it would be great to see Marvel explore the truth behind this fascinating theory. Hopefully it won’t be long before X-Men comics reveal the truth about Jean Grey and Mutant Alpha.
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