Who Is Madelyne Pryor? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Madelyne Pryor is a Marvel comic book character, with over 1,189 comic issue appearances. Madelyne Pryor is Cyclops's first wife, Cable's mother, and a clone of Jean Grey created by Mr. Sinister. After Cyclops abandoned her and her son, she was tricked and seduced by demons to harness great demonic power.

Who is Madelyne Pryor?

Origin Phoenix Force entering her. Mr. Sinister, sensing the potential of Jean Grey's powers wanted to kill her parents and take her to his orphanage but his plans were stopped since Jean was already being treated by Charles Xavier , and he thought that approaching a powerful telepath would be too dangerous. Although, he was able to take a blood sample from her. With the blood sample Sinister took, he cloned Jean Grey, and Madelyne Pryor was born. When the clone reached puberty she didn't manifest any mutant ability, so Sinister was disappointed. When Jean Grey died on the moon, the Phoenix Force returned to Earth and entered Madelyne's body since it was looking for Jean's genetic material. Sinister, seeing that his creation was finally reaching the potential he always hoped for, gave her the name Madelyne Pryor and created a background for her that consisted of her being a pilot and the only survivor of a plane accident.

Key facts

Madelyne Pryor is of mutant origin and first appeared in "By Friends Betrayed". The character is published by Marvel. With 1,189 recorded issue appearances, Madelyne Pryor ranks among the most featured characters in comics.