>>83468933 But Phoenix deaths aren't like other deaths, by definition of the concept.
And that wasn't one of the current two Cyclops either:
Babyclops is just a stuck timetraveller from the past, and the Adultclops we all know and misremember is the one who has been reported dead off-panel...
... BUT reality was rewritten, remember?
Those two versions of Cyclops are part of the new reality formed after the big SecretWars retcon.
The Phoenixclops version2 from SecretWars was the Phoenixclops of that past version of the 616 reality, and he died before the big retcon.
So bear with me here, IF ... *IF* THAT original non-retconned version of Phoenixclops is brought back from the dead by the Phoenix Force then that will mean that there's THREE versions of Cyclops to account for:
Non-retcon Phoenix Cyclops (if he comes back to life)
Stuck timetraveller from the past teen Cyclops.
And the adult Cyclops who died off-panel post-SecretWars-retcon.