On Sun  5-Apr-1998 17:31 , Stephen Turner wrote:
ST> Talking about losses, is anybody here old enough to have read the John
ST> Byrne 
ST> X-Men that led up to the death of the original Jean Grey/Phoenix? Doesn't
ST> it strike you as a little strange, not to mention cruel, that they took a
ST> character with SOOOO much potential, made her into a monster, and then
ST> killed her off?
I never liked that either.
ST> The original Phoenix was the embodiment of characters like the Watcher,
ST> The
ST> Silver Surfer, Ego, Thor and such, in a female vessel....before she 
urned
ST> into Dark Phoenix, she saved the universe, defeated the evil side of the
ST> Shi'ar Empire, and did quite a few other things that proved quite
ST> impressive in
ST> her six or seven year tenure. Why would you kill off such a GREAT
ST> character and plot device?!
I think they are working on that now in the X Books...
                         Robert Richards - Sysop Alpha's Attic
                         Robert.Richards@attic.rook.wa.com
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