Dr. John Grey (Marvel)

John Grey is a male comic character that features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

John Grey was a male human who married Elaine Grey with the pair living in Annandale-on-Hudson in New York. The pair had children in the form of his older daughter Sara Grey and Jean Grey. During this time, John was employed as a history professor at Bard College located in the area. He later became aware of the fact that his daughter Jean was a Mutant and that her abilities were manifesting.

After Xavier treated his daughter, he was shown to be happy that Jean was better and felt gratitude towards Charles for helping her. (Uncanny X-Men v1 -1)

During the Inferno, he was temporarily transformed into a demon by the Goblyn Queen who was a clone of his daughter Jean.

After the death of his daughter Sara, Dr. Grey and his wife Elaine began to care for their grandchildren Gailyn and Joey.

During Operation: Zero Tolerance, John and his family was saved by the actions of Nate Grey who was an alternate version of his grandson Nathan Summers.

In a family gathering, the entirety of the Grey family arrived at the family home to celebrate. They were targeted by members of the Shi'ar Death Commandos who had received orders to eliminate all bearers of the Grey Genome due to them being favoured hosts of the Phoenix. This saw Dr. John Grey being the first to be killed before the rest of the family perished at the hands of the Shi'ar forces. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #468)

Overview

Personality and attributes

When Jean was a child he told her once that he could not say whether she was better as he had always seen her as perfect. John felt an eternal gratitude towards Charles Xavier for helping his daughter and felt that he could never repay the man. (Uncanny X-Men v1 -1)

Notes

• Dr. John Grey was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in X-Men v1 #5 (May, 1964).

Alternate Versions

• In X-Men: Evolution, John Grey and his wife both appeared in the alternate universe setting based on the animated television series.
• In X-Men: The End, John Grey and his wife were shown to still be alive in an alternate future setting. Cyclops notified him of his daughter's return following the rebirth of the Phoenix.
• In Ultimate Marvel, John Grey and his family appeared in the alternate universe setting designated as Earth-1616. The Greys were shown to had placed their daughter Jean Grey into a mental institution at a young age because she heard 'voices' and suffered from hallucinations. Professor Grey was confronted by the Wasp about his daughters whereabouts whilst he was in his greenhouse. He informed her that he knew about Magneto being alive and that the X-Men had deliberately told him nothing about their whereabouts so as to prevent any telepath from finding the information by reading his mind. Professor Grey told Wasp that growing up with a Mutant made him aware of being telepathically scanned and knew that she had brought with her S.H.I.E.l.D. telepaths.

In other media

Television

• In X-Men: Evolution, Jean Grey's father was briefly seen in the animated television series alongside with other members of the family in the episodes "On Angel's Wings" and "Dark Horizon".
• In Wolverine and the X-Men, Jean Grey's father briefly appeared in the animated television series where he was shown as being an old friend of Charles Xavier.

Films

• In X-Men: The Last Stand, Jean Grey's father was not identified as name though in the credits was identified as Mr. Grey in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Adrian Hough. He was shown in the opening scene when Charles Xavier visited the family home with Mr. Grey referring to his daughters abilities as being an 'illness'.

Appearances

• X-Men:
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