Each issue of this limited series will also include a new backstory as well.

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Maybe Jean will be in one of the backstories? The villian is suppose to haunt the founding members of the team so I am sure that Rachel is being used in place of Jean for the current story.

They are definitely using Rachel as a Jean substitute. Rachel's role in Wolverine's Enemy of the State storyline would have been done with Jean if she were around. Since Deadly Genesis has to do with the founding and second generation teams it would have been Scott and Jean being captured instead of Scott and Rachel. I bet if Jean were around it would be her defending her family from an intergallactic invasion.

When X-Men Unlimited was doing consecutive stories featuring each of the original X-Men when it came for Jean's turn they did a Rachel story. Rachel has even taken Jean's place in the Betsy power switch. Now Rachel has the shadow form with Phoenix tatoo and a connection to Betsy and we are to forget that this was first done between Betsy and Jean.

It just seems like instead of giving Rachel her own stories they are just doing stories with her that they would have done with Jean if she were around.

Its unfortunate for both Jean and Rachel.