Seriously. The Phoenix storyline was gold for the X-Men. It was the first and definitive step into making them the industry household name they became. It has since, IMHO, been milked down so much, that it has been spoiled. And now, as if that is not enough, it's being spread into the Avengers book with it's permenant retconning power (oftimes I've wondererd if that's not the true power of the Phoenix. Not the power of creation, but the power of erasing something good and replacing it with pure crap). I can't believe that people have spent pages of an AVENGERS APPRECIATION THREAD, speculating about who the Phoenix's new host will be. I actually had to re-check if I didn't click in the X-Forum by mistake. I long for the time in which we wondered how Immortus or Kang were manipulating events. Just a passing thought.
Peace