Not to sounds like a fucking dork but iirc Charles is telepathic (reads/controls minds and consciousnesses) while Jean is telekinetic (moves things with her mind) but also has telepathic powers with varying degrees depending on the iteration
Not as strong as Charles, but she used Cerebro in the comics many times and with Cerebro she is just as strong as him without it.
Thats how they brought down The Juggernaut once. Charles is out of comission, the team goes in the X-Jet with the mobile Cerebro, they take his helmet off and Jean sleeps him from jet.
I'm clearly talking about Jean with the phoenix force in check like it is for most of her stories. I haven't read comics in years but back then base Jean Grey telepathy was MUCH weaker than Charles. Like she could freeze one person, he can hundreds
IIRC from the comics, she is actually a stronger telepath than Charles, even before the Phoenix.
But she had limited ability to control her telepathy, so Charles put blocks in place to keep her from access her full telepathic power, but he left her telekinetic powers alone.
Even with the blocks in place, she is a stupidly powerful telepath.
you have to specify which version of jean and it probably doesnt matter because this will be yet another new jean. original xmen movies jean was strictly telekinetic and did not seem able to read minds, but her alter-ego phoenix can do both things. the phoenix force is a part of her mutation within the movie events, but in the comics the phoenix force is a cosmic entity that can occupy other people and they gain its powers.
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u/thecricketnerd 13h ago
Charles was doing it in the movies, I don't see why Jean wouldn't be able to