X-Men ’97 Makes Its Jean Grey/Madelyne Pryor Switch Even More Tragic with Unseen Moment:- One of the most notable aspects of the animated series X-Men ’97 was the replacement of Jean Grey with a clone of herself, Madelyne Pryor, and the revelation that the clone was carrying Scott Summers’ child.
X-Men ’97 Makes Its Jean Grey/Madelyne Pryor Switch Even More Tragic with Unseen Moment
At the time, everyone, including Madelyne herself, believed Madelyne to be the genuine Jean Grey. And now that Marvel Comics has revealed one devastatingly revealed event, the drama around that story arc takes on an even more terrible turn.
X-Men ‘97 Didn’t Show the Heartbreaking Process of Madelyne Pryor Realizing She’s a Clone
After Scott and “Jean” announced their pregnancy, the X-Men hosted a baby shower at the Grey family’s home in X-Men ’97 #4 by Steve Foxe and Salva Espín. With the exception of Wolverine, who is merely brooding in a corner, everyone is having a good time, but the Marauders’ onslaught abruptly ends it.
In an attempt to completely destroy the X-Men, the wicked mutants blow a hole in the side of the house, taking them by surprise. However, “Jean” experienced a small existential crisis before to the Marauders’ onslaught. Regarding a childhood memory, Jean’s father remarked and asked his putative daughter whether she remembered.
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She said she didn’t. As like her life doesn’t belong to her, “Jean” confesses to Storm that she has been experiencing this degree of memory loss frequently lately. After the original Jean Grey returns to the X-Mansion in the anime series, Madelyne Pryor comes to terms with the fact that she is a clone. But prior to it, she gave off the impression that she was the actual Jean Grey, and she firmly thought so.
But even before the actual Jean made a comeback, Madelyne was starting to recognize that she was a clone, according to this prequel comic series. Madelyne’s mental instability was partly caused by the realization that was gradually showing up as memory loss.
Madelyne Pryor’s Identity Crisis Makes Her Fall to Villainy More Believable in X-Men ‘97
Even without accounting for Mr. Sinister’s influence, Madelyne’s descent into villainy is also made more plausible by the X-Men ’97 comic book. Madelyne had been in a condition of disassociation for months before her appearance as the Goblin Queen.
She could see her identity slowly disappearing in front of her eyes and felt helpless to stop it. Thus, her already fragile psyche fully broke when it was revealed that she is a clone, giving rise to the evil Goblin Queen.
Not only does Madelyne Pryor’s descent into villainy seem more plausible, but it also highlights her strength that she had been battling an identity struggle for several months prior to discovering she was a clone.
Madelyne was able to reclaim her role as a villain despite everything, and she even helped to create Genosha, the mutant safe haven. But even with her strength, Madelyne Pryor’s journey as a Jean Grey clone in X-Men ’97 was immensely heartbreaking, made the more so by this unknown scene.
