What If? Vol 2 33

What If? Vol 2 #33 Published January, 1992 Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artist Rodney Ramos "What If... Phoenix Rose Again?" Writer George Caragonne Penciler Rodney Ramos Inker Jimmy Palmiotti Colourist Renee Witterstaetter Letterer Janice Chiang Previous Issue Next Issue What If? Vol 2 #32 What If? Vol 2 #34

Appearing in "What If... Phoenix Rose Again?"

Featured Characters:

• Phoenix Force
• Phoenix (Rachel)
• Phoenix (Jean)

Supporting Characters:

• X-Men
  • Professor X
  • Havok (Alex Summers)
  • Beast (Hank McCoy)
  • Archangel
  • Lockheed
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Death)
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
  • Rogue
  • Storm
  • Shadowcat (Death)
  • Wolverine
  • Dazzler
• Magneto (Magnus)
• Destiny (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Mark V Sentinels (First appearance)
  • Master Mold (Destroyed)
  • Unit Omega IV (Destroyed)
  • Unit Gamma-4567 (Destroyed)
  • Unit Omega-567 (Destroyed)
• US Government
  • President David Russell (First appearance)
  • Unnamed US President (First appearance)
  • Henry Peter Gyrich (First appearance)
• Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)
• Shadow King
• Mastermind (Only in flashback)
• Mr. Sinister (Cameo)
• White Queen (Emma Frost) (Cameo)
• Donald Pierce (Cameo)
• Omega Red (Cameo)
• Fenris (Cameo)
  • Andrea Strucker (Cameo)
  • Andreas Strucker (Cameo)
• Apocalypse (Cameo)
• Sabretooth (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• New Mutants
  • Sunspot
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Mirage
  • Magma (Amara Aquilla) (First appearance)
  • Wolfsbane
• Avengers (First appearance)
  • Thor (First appearance)
  • Vision (Victor Shade) (First appearance)
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers) (First appearance)
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark) (First appearance)
• Fantastic Four (First appearance)
  • Reed Richards (First appearance) (Death)
  • Thing (Ben Grimm) (First appearance)
  • Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (First appearance)
  • Invisible Woman (First appearance) (Death)
  • Franklin Richards (First appearance)
• Domino (Neena Thurman) (First appearance)
• Uatu
• Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (First appearance) (Death)
• Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch) (First appearance) (Death)
• Firestar (Angelica Jones) (First appearance) (Death)
• Namor (First appearance) (Death)
• Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (First appearance) (Death)
• Hulk (Bruce Banner) (First appearance) (Death)
• Darkhawk (Chris Powell) (First appearance) (Death)
• Moira MacTaggert (First appearance)
• Sean Cassidy (First appearance)

Locations:

• Earth-9112 (Reality)

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "What If... Phoenix Rose Again?"

Jean got shot by Mastermind and her Phoenix powers reignite. She remembered destroying the cocoon holding the real Jean Grey. She flew to save Rachel and found her to be a full grown woman with all of her powers because of Mastermind. After a struggle, Jean killed Mastermind and reverted Rachel back to normal. Jean decided to focus on just being a wife and mother and force herself to stay on the sidelines. No one knows about her powers coming back.

Several years passed and the Mutant Registration Act was on the verge of being passed. Knowing that the end could be near, Jean secretly went to the President and altered his mind into being more accepting to mutants. Unfortunately, a human assassin killed the President and Henry Gyrich became president. The Sentinels attacked the X-Men and every other super powered being alive. Everyone gathered at the X-Mansion and Logan confronted Jean about her returned powers. He tried to kill her but Jean wiped the revelation out of his mind. She realized that the others knew, including her husband and so she left.

The next morning, the survivors attacked the Sentinels and nearly died but Jean appeared as Dark Phoenix and destroyed every single Sentinel. Destiny appeared to her and told her that every vision of Phoenix's future is that of death. For the sake of everyone, Phoenix flew up into space and become one with the cosmos.

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