Jean Grey

Jean Grey was the first mutant, other that Magneto's own children, recruited to be an X-Man. Jean's parents knew something was wrong with their daughter and, no no place left to turn, contacted Magneto, who had recently announced his intentions to train mutants in the use of their powers. As the X-Men came together, Jean remained their lone telepath. Due to a lack of telepathic teachers, Jean was unable to block out many of her teammates' pains and wants. The man whose pain came through to her most glaringly was the mysterious Weapon X. She felt for Logan and these feelings eventually became love.

During a mission, Jean was captured by Prelate Scott Summers. In the months that she was held prisoner, Sinister realized that Jean was an Alpha Class mutant. Sinister would eventually take Jean's DNA, combine it with Scott's and create Nate Grey, a mutant powerful enough to challenge Apocalypse himself. Without the rest of the X-Men, Weapon X stormed the Breeding Pens and freed Jean. In a fight between the two, Weapon X lost a hand and Prelate Summers lost aneye. Jean and Weapon X did not rejoin the X-Men, but fought Apocalypse's forces in Europe. Surprisingly, Sinister informed them of Apocalypse's plan to destroy Europe. Taking the information to the Human High Council, Weapon X and Jean were asked to destroy Apocalypse's Atlantic Sea Wall, so the Council could send Sentinels to evacuate North America before the nuclear strike.

Although Jean knew it was necessary to take out Apocalypse, she left Logan to warn all she could of the impending nuclear strike. Once in America, Jean was able to sneak into Apocalypse's kingdom in New York City, where she was captured by Prelate Alex Summers. Alex also took his brother, Scott, captive because he believed he was in league with Jean. Alex gave them to the Dark Beast to use as genetic fodder. Able to escape, Jean and Scott freed prisoners from the pens during the chaos of the battle between the X-Men and Apocalypse's forces. While Jean was concentrating on a telekinetid shield in the sky to protect them from the approaching nuclear warheads, she was killed by a plasma blast from Alex Summers.

Jean Grey's First Costume