User blog comment:ΚΟΜΙΞ/Avengers vs X-men 12 The Phoenix Force was destroyed?/@comment-6009409-20130118063728

"Quickly for fan questions this week, since we're doing all fan questions next week, KurtW95 asked, "Was the Phoenix Force really destroyed in AvX 12? Or was it just banished from Earth? Because I thought it was too powerful to ever be destroyed."

Alonso: The Phoenix Force was split into many pieces and dispersed around the world to reignite mutantdom, like a flame lights a candle." (Alonso stepped into the chair at the top of Marvel's Editorial department earlier this year)