WHAT WE LEARN THIS ISSUE:
ALIENS CALL EARTH, SOL-3 AND EARTHLINGS, TERRANS. HEY ALIENS, SPEAK ANGLISH!
JEAN GREY IS BENEFICENT NO LONGER!
WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PERMANENTLY END THE DARK PHOENIX PROBLEM BY STABBING JEAN'S HEAD OFF WITH HIS CLAWS, WOLVERINE TOTALLY PUSSES OUT!
CYCLOPS PROPOSED TO JEAN, WITH HIS MIND, AND SHE SAID YES, WITH HER MOUTH!
Recap: Dark Phoenix has been such a cunt lately, with her mass murdering and all, that Shi'ar Empress and Xavier sperm receptacle Lilandra has to call an emergency meeting of her grand council, where a whole bunch of freaky lookin aliens with wack ass names decide that if the empire - nay this universe, is to survive... PHOENIX MUST BE DESTROYED.
Shit, even Jimmy Carter calls the "Avenjuhs" and tells them to be ready because an energy force of unknown origins but considerable power is approaching earth. Fuck.
Dark Phoenix does indeed come back to Earth, stopping at her parents house to say bye to her fam. Dark Phoenix only wants to obliterate them but Jean's subconscious is fighting back. And while she's in the midst of threatening her dad, the X-Men get off their angsty asses and attack!
The fight is more about appealing to whatever shreds of humanity Jean Grey may have left rather than physically confronting the Phoenix force. It sounds super duper corny, and it is, but it also works. I dare say its the best writing of Claremont's career, and Byrne handles Jean Grey's changes from black hearted ravager of worlds to noble spirited human super hero with skill and deftness. Look, its totally gay, but I don't care, I love this shit.
Anyway, Xavier finally gets through to Jean, who was also fighting the Phoenix Force from within her own mind, and she ends up sorta back to normal. But then, just when you think its over, they're zapped away by some teleportation device and we're left with a cliffhanger, with a promise that next month will reveal the "end of an epic" in a 35 page masterwork. Oh and also Angel is there because he flew Xavier's crippled all the wat to the Hudson Valley from god damn New Mexico.
Anyway, next issue is the fuggin tits, I can't wait!
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