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This volume features the 1st appearance of Madelyne Pryor, Wolverine's Wedding, and the Return of the Phoenix. When Jean Grey unwittingly became the Phoenix, she attained power beyond conceptions, and then she died. But now a woman, Madelyne Pryor, has appeared who could be Jean Grey's twin. Is she the Phoenix reborn?
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If you needed a model of why X-Men became so popular/relevant in the 1980s, this is it: not flashy art, or huge crossovers, or even super villains to fight. Instead, we have a strong, thoughtful piece of character work that looks at tolerance, group identification, and the changing political and cultural landscape of 1980s America, and how that would be reflected in a superhero setting.
What saddened me, re-reading this book for the first time in over a decade, is how relevant the whole thing still feels today. I mean, Rev. Stryker might have a youtube series rather than a cable channel, and he'd be hawking certain brands of fried chicken as a way to “stand up for traditional DNA”, but otherwise, it could be published today as a statement on tolerance in the 2010s with little alteration.
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16 primary books18 released booksUncanny X-Men (1963-2011) is a 5-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1980 with contributions by Fabian Nicieza, Eric Fein, and 26 others.