Quote Originally Posted by Harpsikord View Post
I wouldn't be surprised if Hickman recycled his script for Teen Jean (as Phoenix?) for Cyclops in Secret Wars. There has to be a reason that she was on the covers but never showed up.
The reason was, as stated by Brevoort, that "as we got deeper into the story and particularly as Jonathan had to gauge how many characters he was going to be able to service given the space he had, that list of survivors was paired back."

It's all here https://brevoortformspring.tumblr.co...nswered-on-the