10 Most Disturbing Scenes In Marvel Comics' Ruins

10. Jean Grey Is A Teenage Prostitute

Ruins follows the story of former Daily Bugle reporter Phil Sheldon as he tries to piece together what went wrong in the universe. He has a deep belief that the world should not have turned out to be the awful disaster it currently is and decides to investigate the superhumans that may or may not have ruined the world.

To the reader, it is obvious that these experiments/accidents are supposed to create heroes but have gone terribly wrong. For Phil Sheldon though, he is trying to piece together why the world seems so deeply flawed.

One stop on his journey is Washington, DC. Here, Sheldon talks with Nick Fury about the state of the world when a clearly teenaged Jean Grey comes up to the pair, propositioning herself for $20. It is an incredibly jarring moment that seems to come from nowhere and really communicates the dire status quo of this world.

Jean is supposed to be one of the most powerful mutants alive, yet here she is clearly just trying to survive, objectifying herself before she even even has the chance to grow up.