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Madelyne "Maddie" Jennifer Pryor-Summers is a fictional character in books published by Marvel Comics, primarily featured off-and-on as an antagonist of the X-Men. Originally the love interest and first wife of X-Men leader Cyclops (Scott Summers), she became a long-standing member of the ''X-Men'' supporting cast, until a series of traumas—being abandoned by her husband, losing her infant son, and discovering that she was a clone of Jean Grey—eventually led to her being manipulated into becoming a supervillain. She and Cyclops are the parents of Nathan Summers. Her biography has been rendered particularly complicated because of the many retcons involved in the publication history of both her character and that of Jean Grey. ==Publication history== Madelyne Pryor was introduced during the acclaimed 1983 ''Uncanny X-Men'' run that saw long-time writer Chris Claremont pair with artist Paul Smith for a series of issues that would see the Jean Grey look-alike marry the retired X-Men leader Scott Summers (Cyclops). Madelyne's hairstyle design was modeled off the book's editor at the time, Louise Jones (later Louise Simonson)〔''The X-Men Companion, Volume II''. 1982. Fantagraphics Books, Inc.. p5, 108.〕—a design retained on the character until 1988. Claremont named the character after Steeleye Span singer Maddy Prior. Claremont had already created a character named "Maddy Pryor", a little girl that appeared very briefly in ''Avengers'' Annual #10 (1981), and has no in-story connections to the X-Men character.〔 Claremont, nonetheless, years later used the opportunity to indulge in an in-joke: in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #238 (1988), a similar child would appear as Madelyne's mental image of herself, wearing the same clothes as the little girl from ''Avengers Annual'' #10, repeating the girl's same line of dialogue, but also singing "Gone to America," one of Steeleye Span's biggest hits. According to Claremont, the original link between Madelyne Pryor and Jean Grey was entirely the product of Mastermind. Seeking revenge against the X-Men after Jean (as Phoenix) had driven him insane, Mastermind uses his powers of illusion to convince Scott and the others that Madelyne is Phoenix incarnate—a cosmic threat—in an attempt to have the team kill her. Mastermind's plan fails, and Madelyne and Cyclops are married shortly after.〔''Uncanny X-Men'' #174〕〔''Uncanny X-Men'' #175〕 Claremont had conceived Madelyne as a device to write Scott Summers out of the X-Men and have him retire "happily ever after" with Madelyne and their child. The story became more complicated in 1986 when moves by the editors and other writers to reunite the original X-Men, for the new title ''X-Factor'', resulted in Jean Grey's resurrection and Scott leaving his wife and son. This deeply compromised the character of Cyclops and left little room for Madelyne, and Cyclops' actions then—and towards even Jean Grey much later—have been controversial ever since. Marvel avoided addressing these problems, instead resorting to a ''deus ex machina'', in the 1989 ''Inferno'' crossover (co-scripted by Louise Simonson, with Claremont), where Madelyne is retconned to be a clone of Jean Grey created by Mr. Sinister to produce a child with Scott Summers, and corrupted by her anger and demonic influence into the Goblin Queen, leading to her elimination and into an object of ''damnatio memoriae'' (and "nonperson" status) for several years. Asked about his intended plans for Madelyne's character, Claremont said: Madelyne Pryor was brought back in 1995 as a supporting character in ''X-Man'', a marginal X-Men related title.〔 Though by around 2001 (along with the cancellation of the ''X-Man'' title), this became a false start at reviving the character, as Pryor would again cease being featured in any Marvel titles, except when Chris Claremont included the character in his non-canon limited-series, ''X-Men: The End'' (2004-2006). In 2008, exactly 25 years since the character's debut in ''Uncanny X-Men'', Madelyne Pryor was brought back in the flagship X-Men title for the first time since 1989.〔〔 By 2009, after less than 12 issues,〔''X-Men: Phoenix Force Handbook'' (released July 2010)〕〔 Pryor would be declared "''apparently destroyed''",〔 and would not be featured in another story again until 2014 (exactly 25 years since the ''Inferno'' storyline) in the secondary title, ''X-Men'' (Vol. 4).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madelyne Pryor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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