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Jean's mutant powers of telepathy and telekinesis first manifest when her best friend is hit by a car and killed.

Jean mentally links with her friend and nearly dies as well.

The event leaves her comatose, and she is brought back to consciousness when her parents seek the help of powerful mutant telepath, Charles Xavier.

Xavier blocks her telepathy until she is old enough to be able to control it, leaving her with access only to her telekinetic powers.

Xavier later recruits her as a teenager to be part of his X-Men team as " Marvel Girl ", the team's sole female member.

After several missions with the X-Men, Xavier removes Jean's mental blocks and she is able to use and control her telepathic powers.

She begins a relationship with teammate Cyclops ( Scott Summers ), which persists as her main romantic relationship, though she also develops a mutual secret attraction to later addition to the team, Wolverine.