So, I had to jump on the crossover madness, and even though I've often been a fan of Bendis, there was just too much going on for me to care. 
 I was slightly interested in the phoenix storyline because I've never read any of the previous incarnations, but it was such a mess that I wondered what I was doing in this little sidequest of a comic. I could have been reading Hulk or more Wolverine-Prof-X, both of which I was really getting into. Call this a learning experience. Move on.