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Madelyne Jennifer Pryor is a supervillain and occasional antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Paul Smith, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #168 (April 1983).
In a fatal bid for revenge, Madelyne wills herself to die, attempting to take Jean with her. As Madelyne dies, the fragment of the Phoenix Force that first gave her life emerges and bids Jean to use its power to save herself. Jean does so, thus breaking Madelyne's mental hold on her. New York returns to normal.
Pryor's transformation into Dark Phoenix is revealed to be an illusion by Mastermind, seeking revenge for what Jean Grey did to him during the Dark Phoenix Saga. In issue #175, Cyclops and Madelyne repeat the dialogue he exchanged with Jean Grey after Professor X locked away her Dark Phoenix powers, marking the parallel with the dissolving of ...
Shortly after Jean Grey (Phoenix) was believed dead, Cyclops (her longtime love interest, real name Scott Summers) met a woman who was almost her exact duplicate named Madelyne Pryor. Unbeknownst to either of them at the time, Madelyne Pryor was a clone of Jean Grey, created by Mister Sinister.
Madelyne Pryor: A clone of Jean Grey that is brought to life by a fraction of the Phoenix Force. [102] Sinister later creates six clones to take the energies from the Phoenix Five (Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Namor, and Magik), and while they manage to siphon some of the energy from the Phoenix, the entity burns away the Madelyne clones and ...
X-MEN '97 IS continuing its tradition of ripping from the comics for its plot. While not everything is as expected (Madelyne Pryor only has a short stint as the Goblin Queen), many of the ...
To prevent the Dark Phoenix from causing harm, Jean seemingly kills herself. Her death inadvertently activates Sinister's clone of Jean Grey and he decides to use it to further manipulate Cyclops. Named "Madelyne Pryor," the clone encounters Cyclops, and the two fall in love. After marrying and having a child, Nathan Summers, they move to Alaska.
Madelyne Pryor's history continues in the first half of X-Tinction, starting with the birth of Nathan Summers and the marriage's disintegration, to concluding at her death during the "Inferno" storyline. Most of the rest of her story with the X-Men is here.