Ah. So he was under the mistaken (?) impression that Jaxon somehow faked his own death, then?

Of course, he was certainly right about Courtney and the rest, since they showed up later on.

I love JB's answer.  Regardless of whether his answer accurately reflected Roger's statement of 20+ years ago, it's simple, effective, and gets the story back moving.

But somewhere, some guy at Marvel is planning a series of 6 issue mini-series detailing the elaborate backstory behind it to culminate in multiple crossovers.