The Dark Phoenix Saga Essay
The Dark Phoenix Saga
The Dark Phoenix Saga is an extension of the storyline of the X-Men and it focuses on the phoenix force and Jean Grey. The saga refers to Jean’s corruption and fall. When Jean returned from a space mission, she attains the ultimate potential as a telekinetic and a telepath. She becomes incredibly powerful, but she still decides to voluntarily restrain the power so as to keep herself under control. Most American superhero comics heavily reference it and consider it a classic.
Jean Grey’s Relationship with Mastermind
As Mastermind tries to prove himself in order to join the Hellfire Club’s Inner Circle, Jean’s vast power becomes his target. Mastermind impersonates Jason Wyngarde and starts to seduce the naïve Jean. With the help of Emma Frost’s mind-tap device, Mastermind projects illusions into Jeans mind. She begins to believe that she can relieve the memories of Lady Grey, the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club. Eventually, she accepts that she is the Black Queen which makes her help the club to capture the X-Men. Consequently, Cyclops, Jean’s …show more content…
Even though it appears to be a club for the social elites, its inner circle secretly influences most world events to accomplish their selfish desires. As a member of the inner circle, Emma Frost engages Phoenix in a psychic battle that rendered her comatose. She initiates an attack that made the X-Men to believe that she is dead but in reality she was recovering from Phoenix’s attack. In another scene, Emma Frost uses telepathy to force Kitty Pryde’s guardians to transfer Kitty to the Massachusetts. Later, she switches minds with Storm in order to destroy the X-Men. However, Mastermind reverses the process to restore them to their respective bodies. As the headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy, she wanted Kitty Pride to study in her school because she had the ability to make herself and other objects near her to be
The Dark Phoenix Saga is an extension of the storyline of the X-Men and it focuses on the phoenix force and Jean Grey. The saga refers to Jean’s corruption and fall. When Jean returned from a space mission, she attains the ultimate potential as a telekinetic and a telepath. She becomes incredibly powerful, but she still decides to voluntarily restrain the power so as to keep herself under control. Most American superhero comics heavily reference it and consider it a classic.
Jean Grey’s Relationship with Mastermind
As Mastermind tries to prove himself in order to join the Hellfire Club’s Inner Circle, Jean’s vast power becomes his target. Mastermind impersonates Jason Wyngarde and starts to seduce the naïve Jean. With the help of Emma Frost’s mind-tap device, Mastermind projects illusions into Jeans mind. She begins to believe that she can relieve the memories of Lady Grey, the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club. Eventually, she accepts that she is the Black Queen which makes her help the club to capture the X-Men. Consequently, Cyclops, Jean’s …show more content…
Even though it appears to be a club for the social elites, its inner circle secretly influences most world events to accomplish their selfish desires. As a member of the inner circle, Emma Frost engages Phoenix in a psychic battle that rendered her comatose. She initiates an attack that made the X-Men to believe that she is dead but in reality she was recovering from Phoenix’s attack. In another scene, Emma Frost uses telepathy to force Kitty Pryde’s guardians to transfer Kitty to the Massachusetts. Later, she switches minds with Storm in order to destroy the X-Men. However, Mastermind reverses the process to restore them to their respective bodies. As the headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy, she wanted Kitty Pride to study in her school because she had the ability to make herself and other objects near her to be