Marvel has shared new information about the upcoming Phoenix #12 comic written by Stephanie Phillips and drawn by new series artist Roi Mercado. The upcoming comic, which is scheduled to release on June 11, 2025, will focus on Jean Grey's encounter with her long-lost, older sister, Sara Grey. Phoenix #12 will unravel the mystery behind Sara's resurrection. She was the center of an unresolved mystery in the X-Men mythos before her tragic death in the early ‘90s, but it looks like all the questions surrounding that mystery will finally be answered when Phoenix #12 releases this June.
“Jean’s story is often defined by resurrection, so it feels deeply personal to ask her to confront the return of someone she lost and never expected to see again,” Phillips teased. “This forces Jean to grapple with more than just the weight of the Phoenix… It’s about the deeply human conflict between responsibility and longing. Can she balance the cosmic burden of what she is with the personal desire to reclaim what she lost?”
Check out the stunning cover of Phoenix #12 by the brilliant comic book artist, Lucas Werneck:
What is Phoenix #12 about?
Marvel Comics shared the official synopsis for Phoenix #12:
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF SARA GREY! Protecting the cosmos as Phoenix, Jean Grey has experienced near-limitless mystery and wonder – a universe of perpetual possibility! But nothing so magnificently unexpected as this: Her sister, Sara, has returned to life. Murdered by the Phalanx many years ago, another in a long line of Greys to lose their lives in untimely, violent ways, Sara nonetheless stands before Jean, alive and well. But – when?! Why?! How?! All of these are questions worth asking. And Jean Grey probably should. Needless to say…this would be a very different story if she did.
Phoenix #12 is scheduled to hit shelves on June 11, 2025.
Source: Marvel
