X-Factor 1 lends even more confusion to Jean Grey as she says being in the stasis pod cost her her telepathy but boosted her telekinesis. Should be interesting reading ahead to see how she gets it back.

Cassandra Nova is a villain, so is Mister Sinister, Shadow King, and Exodus. Quentin Quire isn't a villain but he is definitely a nuisance and troublemaker, and Emma Frost was a former villain.

According to Wikipedia Mesmero can only hypnotize people..not true telepathy. Also, Purple Man is listed as mind control, which is also not telepathy.

Where are the villains...Mesmero and Purple Man?

It was a retcon. Her 'sharing' the Prof's telepathy didn't leave much room for her to retain the power.
I would imagine that he would have blocked the memory of her having it too, otherwise she wouldn't have been surprised when she first demonstrated her telepathic abilities.

Yeah I saw that in Wikipedia too.

It wasn't clear though if her having suppressed telepathy was the idea from the beginning or a retcon. I'm leaning towards retcon. But then is the story that ProfX founder suffering I'll effects of here telepathy and supressed it AND her memory of having it?

Jean Grey was born with both telepathy and telekinesis, but Jean was unable to control her telepathic powers. So Prof. X suppressed them until they were needed in the fight with Z'Nox. Originally her character was only telekinetic, but a writer changed it so she was also telepathic (explained at the time as her 'sharing' the Professor's powers). After a retcon, the previous story was used for her history. So in First Class she would not know that she possessed telepathic powers, because of the Prof.

Further adding to the confusion, in X-Men: First Class v1 #8 Jean actually SAYS she's NOT a telepath.
Is this some kind of retcon, a mistake or did she originally not have telepathic abilities?
I always thought she had telepathic powers that far surpassed Emma and could rival Xavier's.

Why do they fail so hard at making this clear/keeping this straight?

Because discussions are fun. Unless that's sarcasm, which doesn't carry well on the internet, in which case: because discussions are still fun.

[quote="Ethan2266"]I wasn't saying the Cuckoos are/were more power than Jean Grey. I listed that in no particular order. Franklin is an omega-level mutant with the ability to warp reality, so he essentially has any power he wants. One of the powers he manifests with his reality warping abilities is indeed telepathy.

I didn't know you were making a list, otherwise I wouldn't have listed telepaths that had already been mentioned. I suggest you look for lists of Marvel comics telepaths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Marvel_Comics_telepaths That may be a good start.[/quote]


Why didn't I think of looking for lists of Marvel's telepaths on Wikipedia? We could have avoided this whole thread.