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While her looks may not be as varied as Storm’s, Jean’s are just as impactful in her regard. And sometimes all it takes is a little makeover from the Phoenix Force to give her a brand new identity to call her own. Here Jean’s seven best costumes, ranked.
7) Marvel Girl
The first outfit Jean wore outside of the matching training suits was a simple green dress with yellow gloves and mask of the same color. This was the first time she donned the green and yellow and it mostly stuck from there. While the dress itself might not be the best thing for a hero to wear, it’s look is too iconic not to make a best of list. Simple yet effective, this original look is the base for what would become one of her best suits later one.
The suit was used mainly after the matching suits were ditched in favor of costumes that helped differ from each other a little bit more. After that, it disappeared until the tail end of the Dark Phoenix Saga and would return much later in the Krakoa era. What a place to start and her suits only get better from here.
6) New X-Men
What were you expecting, yellow spandex? As much as some people love and others hate the black leather costumes, they are truly iconic. For some these looks worked, but not so much for others. Out of the heroes it worked on, Jean the best, especially with that long leather coat.
This era also marked the end of Jean Grey for quite a few years as well. The Phoenix returned and eventually lead to her death for about ten years or so. But this is the world of Marvel, no one ever stays dead unless you’re Mar-Vell. Jean would return but this costume was long gone, unfortunately
5) X-Men: Red
The only costume on our list that doesn’t feature yellow or green, we have her X-Men: Red look. On paper this look shouldn’t work but it feels like a slight recolor of another classic we will be getting to shortly. As odd as it is, the blue and red just fit super well on Jean and it stands out in a good way from all of her other costumes.
So far outside of her classic suit this is her only comic suit in the video game Marvel Rivals and looks just as good there. This may not be everyone’s favorite look for her but it was a great one that really should have stuck around a lot longer.
