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Madelyne always bore a striking resemblence to the then deceased Jean Grey. Numerous individuals, including Lilandra Neramani, mistook her as Jean reborn. To make matters more suspicious, Madelyne's mind was closed to Professor X and she was the sole survivor of a mysterious plane crash that occured at the exact moment the Phoenix committed suicide on the Moon; or so she thought. In reality she was a clone of Jean Grey. She met Scott Summers in Alaska, fell in love, and the two married. Scott was amazed how much she was like Jean and was even tricked by Mastermind to think she was Dark Phoenix.

During a Sentinel attack, Madelyne's mutant powers of telepathy and telekinesis emerged. Later, Madelyne became pregnant and named her son Nathan (an implanted suggestion by Mister Sinister).

When the real Jean Grey returned, Cyclops decided that he needed to see her even if it meant abandoning Madelyne and Nathan. Mister Sinister aimed to eliminate Madelyne before the truth of her creation was revealed, and sent his Marauders to kill her. Maddie used her latent psychic powers to defend herself, but lost baby Nathan to her enemies.

In her dreams, The demons N'Astirh and S'ym appeared, toying with her self doubt and tempted her with great power. Madelyne slowly lost herself to the dark side of her personality, and agreed to help the demons create a link between Earth and the extradimensional Otherplace in exchange for locating baby Nathan. Yet, as she grew more powerful and adopted the guise of the Goblyn Queen, neither the demons nor Mr. Sinister could suceed in making her their pawn.

As the Goblyn Queen, Madelyne decended into madness after Sinister revealed she was only a tool modeled after Grey. She seduced Havok and attempted to sacrifice the recovered baby Nathan atop the Empire State Building to permanently open a gateway between Earth and Otherplace. Both acts were done to spite Cyclops. Madelyne was brought into direct conflict with both the X-Men and X-Factor, after they defeated N'Astirh's invading demonic army. Pryor and Jean Grey fought one-on-one, with Madelyne unleashing a psionic force intending to destroy both herself and her opponents. Yet, the mutants were able to shield themselves along with baby Nathan. Close to death because of her insane strategy, she attempted to drag Jean in a psychic bond and kill her as well. Jean was able to resist, instead acquiring the memories of Madelyne and the part of her soul the Phoenix Force had implanted in Maddie.

Years later, Nate Grey, the powerful X-Man traveled to this world. His mind looked for a companion, and Madelyne's spirit was somehow empowered and given a form once again. This new being attracted the attention of Selene. She used Madelyne against Trevor Fitzroy and Madelyne was part of the Hellfire Club. Still unsure of herself, she went to see X-Man. Seeing that he had befriended Jean Grey angered her. She lashed out, and it took the combined powers of Jean and Nate to stop her.

Madelyne also went looking for her son. She formed a bond with Cable while he was in the middle of his Askani meditation. After some heated discussion, they decided on a neutral contact point in Alaska.

Madelyne was killed and replaced by an evil alternate Jean calling herself the Red Queen, who was looking to manipulate X-Man. The faint echo of her astral form is the last anyone has seen of her.

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