This EP is unreal ! <| sep |> They all came out before and it was intentional . After Secret Wars , Marvel had a linewide 8 month time jump . The events of Death of X take place then . It ' s a giant flashback . Characters have been talking about Cyclops doing something but it wasn ' t fully revealed until this week . I wouldn ' t say Marvel hates Cyclops . They ' re just trying to take him a new direction with varied results . He ' s been slowly changing into an antiherovillain depending on who you ask for the past decade or so . Cyclops was possessed by the Phoenix when he killed Xavier . He was going insane and out of control , Xavier tried to talk him down , PhoenixCyke wasn ' t having it . It happened in Avengers vs . Xmen if you ' re interested .