Because I don't take that as a statement of objective fact. Your reading of PHOENIX: ENGSONG is very different from mine; as far as I can tell, the Jean in that was, in essence, a zombie shell inhabited by the Phoenix Force. And while there's certainly some aspect of Jean still within that forcfe, that's not quite the same thing as being actually alive in a conventional sense.
 

Has this been a consistent view expressed by the editorial staff at Marvel? I could have sworn I remember them making a comment sometime after End Song about the Phoenix appearing in the series being Jean. Perhaps someone else with more patience than I have will be able to locate the quote.  



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