Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Jesus. Phoenix as well now? Wasn't she powerful enough already?
Different writers different ideas of how much is too powerful and how much is not enough.
That's why we get retcons that change the story. Like after Phoenix (II) went dark phoenix and destroyed the sun, a writer thought she was too powerful so killed her off.
Well, then someone else decided that killing off jean was a mistake so they brought her back wiithout the phoenix powers. Explaining that she was actuallyin a cacoon on the ocean floor.
Then another one decided she was better with the powers so they gave them back and made her Phoenix (IV)
Then another one thought she was too powerful again and killed her off again.
Then another one thought that once again killing her was bad, so they bring her back in a fashion, where she's outside of the 616-verse holding the 616-verse, where she fixes it.
Now we get to wait and see what happens next.
Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Which comic was it, of the 231 X-Men ones?
You can probably track down some of GS's essays to get a more descriptive explination with references to where these different events take place.