A Marvel Comics exec has shared artist Dave Cockrum's unused designs for Jean Grey's Dark Phoenix transformation, and the character could have ended up looking a whole lot different in the storyline...

The epic "Dark Phoenix Saga" kicked off in the pages of X-Men #129 and ran for nine issues, and has since been adapted to film twice (in X-Men: The Last Stand and Dark Phoenix). Both of those were so poorly received that it seems unlikely Marvel Studios will go anywhere near this one again, and that's a shame as Chris Claremont and John Byrne delivered a true classic.

Now, Marvel Executive Editor and SVP of Publishing Tom Brevoort has shared some of Dave Cockrum's unused designs for how Jean Grey could have looked after transforming into the Dark Phoenix.

As you can see below, the original plan was for the costume to be white, but given the quality of paper comic books were printed on at the time, there were concerns that just wouldn't work. Jean has donned a white costume as the Phoenix since then, of course, but some of the alternate versions below are definitely a lot different to what we ended up seeing in the 1980s.

Check out the concept art shared by Brevoort below, and then let us know your thoughts on these alternate takes on the iconic character in the comments section!

