This week
Marvel had one of those little freebies with previews of all their upcoming "
Season One" graphic novels.
In the preview of the
X-Men: Season One book, we see the following scenes from the retelling of the
X-Men's first mission:
Really now?
Jean Grey tossing around
planes and
helicopters and
APCs on her first mission???
Obviously, writer
Dennis Hopeless and artist
Jamie McKelvie did not consult my alomst-
Peabody Award-winning series,
The Most Ludicrously Underwhelming Uses Of Marvel Girls Powers.
If they
had checked my series, they would have seen that early Jean Grey's telekinesis was nowhere
near the "throwing around heavy military craft" level.
Instead, she was much more comfortable in the "
tea kettle tossing" power level...
...she was
close to mastering the "
holding up a magazine as part of her Danger Room training" power level...
...she was
so powerful,
Scott Summers thought the best way to put her through her paces was
sewing...
...and of course, Jean's main usefulness during early X-Men adventures was the old reliable, "
Tossing Blankets And Capes Over Villains' Heads."
Moving jeeps and fighter jets?
Not so much...