Cyclops (Marvel)

Cyclops in House of X v1 #1.

Cyclops is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Origin

The First X-Man in X-Men v1 #23.

Scott Summers was a male human Mutant born the son of Christopher Summers and his wife Katherine Ann Summers. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #144) His parents later had another child with this being a younger brother named Alexander Summers. (X-Men v1 #54)

When Scott was a young child, he was plagued by mysterious headaches his doctors could never properly diagnose. His mother feared that it might be cancer or some kind of aneurysm, never suspecting that his headaches were actually a side effect of her son's burgeoning mutant power. (X-Men: Prelude to Schism v1 #3)

He was 10 years old and his brother was 6 years old when their parents took them on a flight on-board their father's plane. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #144)

Although the burning chute lessened the fall. One account states that Scott's emerging mutant powers, force beams fire from his eyes, was what lessened the impact. Scott still struck his head causing brain damage that would affect him the rest of his life. (X-Factor v1 #39) The destruction of the Summers plane was witnessed by people who began a search party immediately. (Uncanny Origins v1 #1) Scott's memories of what truly happened to his parents were confused thanks to the injuries he sustained in his fall and he was frequently plagued by nightmares of these lost memories. (Classic X-Men v1 #41) Reviving from the fall, Scott was plagued by headaches that were the first sign that he was a mutant. Scott and Alex were later found by government officials out searching for poachers and were rescued. (X-Men Origins: Cyclops v1 #1)

The brothers were then taken to County General Hospital in Anchorage with Scott's injuries leading to him suffering from some memory loss. In this time, the siblings were deemed orphans leading to Dr. Robyn Hanover taking custody of Scott Summers as she was the administrator of a state-run orphanage in Nebraska. They were then taken to live Sunset Home for Foundlings where the orphans had to stay until they were adopted by a family. (Uncanny Origins v1 #1)

Mr. Sinister played many roles in Scott's life. As Michael Milbury, he was the head of the orphanage. As Nathan Masters, he was the chief doctor and as 'Lefty' or Nate, he was a fellow orphan. Sinister understood that Scott's recurring headaches were caused by his emerging mutant powers and, through trial and error, would find that ruby quartz glasses helped ease his pain. Sinister tormented Scott as Lefty and even killed his potential foster parents before they could adopt him. When Scott befriended a new doctor, Robyn Hanover, who was able to reach the boy thanks to his admiration for planes and pilots, Sinister brainwashed her. From that day on, she acted as cold toward Scott as the rest of the orphanage staff. Fortunately for Scott, just when he felt more alone in the world than ever, he was telepathically contact by Charles Xavier and his young ward, Jean Grey. Although the glimpse Scott caught of them was brief, he formed a bond with Jean in that moment that would last forever. (Classic X-Men v1 #42)

After a training session, Professor X came to reveal the latest recruit to join the school with this being a beautiful red headed woman named Jean Grey. (X-Men v1 #1)

X-Men

Now calling himself Professor X, Xavier was ready to reveal the X-Men to the world. Soon the threat of the mutant terrorist known as Magneto became very real and Xavier called upon his X-Men to prepare for their first battle against his one-time friend. Through Xavier's guidance, Cyclops and the X-Men succeeded in stopping Magneto from taking over the Cape Citadel missile base, forcing the master of magnetism to flee. (X-Men v1 #1) Later when the mutant teleporter known as the Vanisher began stealing government secrets, Professor X offered the X-Men's aid to the government to stop him. Xavier himself defeated the Vanisher by using his mental powers to cut off his access to his powers, allowing the X-Men to easily capture him and his minions. (X-Men v1 #2) Later when the Angel had another personality shift following exposure to radiation unleashed by a test by Stark Industries, Cyclops and the X-Men stood back to allow the armored hero Iron Man deal with the danger posed by the Angel until he reverted back to normal. (Tales of Suspense v1 #49) Cyclops and his teammates later met the supremely powerful hero known as the Sentry, assisting him in defeating his foe the General who was attempting to steal nuclear weapons to launch against the nation of France. (Sentry/X-Men v1 #1) About this time, Scott began to develop feelings for Jean Grey, but kept his feelings secret because he feared that his powers might someday harm her. It was about this time that Xavier soon located another mutant, the immovable Blob who was working as part of a carnival freak show and sent the X-Men to recruit him. However the X-Men soon learned the error of welcoming the Blob in with open arms when he turned out to be uninterested in joining the X-Men and later attacked the school. While the X-Men kept the Blob and his army of carnies at bay, Xavier completed a device that allowed him to wipe out all memory of the X-Men's headquarters and secret identities from the mind of the Blob and his cohorts. (X-Men v1 #1)

After the team graduated, Xavier took a short leave of absence and nominated Scott as leader while he was gone, sensing his natural talent for this position. (X-Men v1 #7) Secretly, Scott cared deeply for his teammate, Jean, but did not dare to admit his love, because leadership required his full attention and he did not want private feelings for a member of his team to influence his decisions. He also worried that he could injure a lover with his uncontrollable optic beam and the fact that the handsome Angel flirted heavily with Jean did not help matters either. One day, Scott was trying to compose his thoughts in a letter to Jean when Beast burst in, battered and bruised by a mob of humans that attacked him just for being a mutant. (X-Men v1 #8)

Time-Displacement

The time-displaced Summers in All-New X-Men v1 #18.

Hank was on the verge of quitting the X-Men when an older version of Hank appeared via time travel. Weary, haunted and covered in blue fur, the aged Beast spoke of a future in dire peril. He wanted Scott to come with him to the future and confront his own older self before he sparked off a mutant genocide. Even that wasn't as shocking as Beast's next statement that the future Cyclops had killed Professor X. Scott was confused and furious by Beast's theatrics, but the original five X-Men agreed to accompany Beast into the future to see this darkest timeline for themselves. (All-New X-Men v1 #2)

While confronting the future Cyclops, Jean read his mind and was incredibly disturbed at what she had seen. This caused her to reject Scott. Under Jean's leadership, the team decided to stay in this time until its problems were resolved. (All-New X-Men v1 #4) Cyclops could not reconcile his own mind with what he had seen and heard about his future self. As the original five X-Men returned to the mansion, Hank went to work trying to cure his older self's condition while Scott was confronted by Wolverine and the rest of the current X-Men. Wolverine went so far as to suggest killing the young Cyclops in hopes that it would mean Professor Xavier would be alive again. Beast was stabilized but, when he prepared to send the original five home, Jean refused. She had seen into Hank's mind during the procedure and knew the entire history of the X-Men from his perspective. Jean insisted the team stay and fix things before returning to the past. Scott, Hank and Bobby voted with her to stay, for Scott couldn't accept the idea of being mind-wiped and sent home, unable to prevent the fate he had seen for himself. However, after what she had seen of their future, Jean no longer wanted anything to do with him either. (All-New X-Men v1 #5)

The next day, Cyclops took it upon himself to find answers. He stole Wolverine's bike and made his way into Manhattan, seeing the world as it currently stood. Scott checked in at a safety deposit box he still kept in a local bank, and found a storehouse for mementos of a life he had not yet lived. Most poignant among the box's contents was a wedding invitation for Scott Summers and Jean Grey. The shape-shifter Mystique found Scott at the bank and made contact with him, offering him her own version of mutant affairs, and sowing seeds of doubt that the X-Men were telling him everything about his future. Scott returned to the mansion and wordlessly passed the wedding invitation on to Jean, showing that he knew what she picked up from Hank's mind. (All-New X-Men v1 #7)

When Cyclops' future self came to the School in order to find recruits for his X-Men, the young Angel left with him, to young Cyclops' dismay. (All-New X-Men v1 #11)

Cyclops and the other past X-Men were placed under the tutelage of Kitty Pryde, with whom they were to continue their training. Cyclops continued to uncover more and more about his future, including his marriage to Jean. He eventually uncovered the truth about Mystique, and foiled her scheme to buy Madripoor with the other X-Men. (All-New X-Men v1 #14)

During a mission to subdue a new mutant, Cyclops, the original X-Men and Kitty Pryde came under attack by Sentinels. They were assisted by the arrival of adult Cyclops and his team, and together they defeated the Sentinels. During the battle however, past Cyclops took a hit, and was briefly clinically dead, causing his future self to blink out of existence. After being healed by Triage, Cyclops recovered and his future self returned. Shortly after that, a team of "X-Men" arrived from the future. (X-Men: Battle of the Atom v1 #1)

Return to the Present

Cyke in Classic X-Men v1 #44.

When Professor Xavier was seemingly killed, the X-Men were ordered to disband by Fred Duncan. Upon reading Prof. Xavier's will, his fortune was to be used for a trust fund, with the mansion becoming the property of the X-Men and Scott to act as a trustee for both the fund and the school. (X-Men v1 #46) From then on, Jean and Scott were almost inseparable and went on several missions together. Even when the X-Men were disbanded by FBI Agent Fred Duncan after Professor Xavier's death, Jean and Scott stayed together. Scott found a job as a radio moderator while Jean worked as a photo model. To give her role more credibility, Scott acted as her overly jealous boyfriend. (X-Men v1 #48) When dozens of latent mutants were summoned to San Francisco by Mesmero and what seemed to be Magneto who was actually an android duplicate. The X-Men came to be reunited and were overpowered by the villains and their mutant army. (X-Men v1 #50)

Afterwards, the original team decided that it was time to try and live a life outside of superheroing. Only Cyclops remained behind to help to train the new team. He felt that he would not fit in with society, living in constant fear his optic blast could injure somebody. (X-Men v1 #94) However, this diverse new team was made up of independent adults and loners and they didn't work as well together as the original team, despite the hard training that Cyclops put them through. Thunderbird paid the ultimate price for this in the team's next mission. Trying to prove himself, John Proudstar jumped aboard the escaping Count Nefaria's plane and took it apart until it exploded. The death of one of his charges lay heavy on Cyclops' mind. (X-Men v1 #96)

Mutant Revolution

In an effort to stop the Phoenix, Iron Man had created a machine which he believed capable of destroying it. However, it would instead split the Phoenix Force which came to now possess five avatars who were Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus and Illyana Rasputin. With this power, they came to take Hope Summers with them as they headed to Earth in order to change the world. (Avengers vs. X-Men v1 #5)

Return

In the aftermath, the X-Men were reported dead following an altercation with Nate Grey. This saw widespread anti-Mutant sentiment as the government began arresting Mutants and also looking to administer a vaccine that eliminated the X-Gene. As a result, many Mutants went into hiding as public opinion had turned against the X-Men. Summers then attended a political rally at Empire State University where a Senator gained the approval of a wide crowd for further anti-Mutant measures. On camera, Cyclops called on Mutants to rally under his banner as mankind was looking to exterminate them and asked them to meet him where it all began in Salem Center, Westchester. Whilst waiting, he was ambushed by the Reavers, Purifiers and Sapien League who sought to murder him but he was assisted by the resurrected Wolverine who helped him defeat their attackers. (Uncanny X-Men v5 #11)

Overview

Personality and attributes

He was sometimes given the nickname of Slim Summers. As one of the X-Men, he came to take the code name of Cyclops. (X-Men v1 #1) His status as the team leader and being one of the founding members of his team led to him also being known as the First X-Man. (X-Men v1 #42) On Krakoa, he had to hide the fact that he had died and been reborn forcing him to take on a new identity in the field as Captain Krakoa. (X-Men v6 #6)

Scott frequently listened to the radio, and even worked as a DJ for some time. (X-Men v1 #48)

Iceman disliked Cyclops' inability to socialize with his fellow X-Men. In his view, Cyclops was a grouch who thought that smiling or having fun was sinful. (X-Men v1 #5)

Scott Summers was the son of Major Christopher Summers who was a pilot in the U.S.A.F. and his mother was Katherine Ann Summers. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #144) He had a younger brother who was named Alexander Summers. (X-Men v1 #54) Unknown to him initially, he had another younger brother who was named Gabriel Summers. (X-Men: Deadly Genesis v1 #6)

Whilst being an outlaw, he came to recruit a new team of X-Men with his student and teammate Eva Bell showing a romantic interest in Cyclops, though Summers did not reciprocate these feelings. (Uncanny X-Men v3 #5)

Powers and abilities

He came to learn that he was a Mutant who was given superhuman powers from birth. (X-Men v1 #1) According to Apocalypse, Cyclops was registered as being an Alpha-level Mutant. (X-Men v2 #97)

His power manifested as a powerful energy beam that emerged from his eyes. The energy beam was strong enough to smash targets into walls or destroy barriers in its path. (X-Men v1 #1)

It took the utmost control for him to fire his optic blasts on a lower setting. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #144)

Cyclops potentially had the capacity to will his optic blasts to twist and curve in any given direction without need to bounce off a solid surface. (Cyclops v3 #11)

Under Professor X, he underwent training that would allow him to operate in the field as a superhero. (X-Men v1 #1)

Part of his costume included a visor where a control was located on the side of the headband. This allowed him better control in managing his eye beams and helped him control its intensity. (X-Men v1 #1)

At one point, he came to be the host of a part of the Phoenix Force and gained incredible cosmic power as a result. (Avengers vs. X-Men v1 #5)

Notes

• Cyclops was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in X-Men v1 #1 (September, 1963).

In other media

Television

• In Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the animated television series where he was initially voiced by actor George DiCenzo and later on by actor Neil Ross.
• In X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the animated television series pilot where he was voiced by actor Michael Bell.
• In X-Men, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series where he was voiced by actor Norm Spencer.
• In Spider-Man, Cyclops made a guest appearance in the 1990s animated television series in the episode "The Mutant Agenda" and "Mutant Revenge" where he was voiced again by actor Norm Spencer.
• In X-Men, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series where he was voiced by actor Norm Spencer. Young mutant Jubilee was attacked by several Sentinels, of which followed her through a mall. As she ran outside, Cyclops came to her aid. Jubilee questioned who he was, before Cyclops formally introduced himself and told her to take cover as he shot down the Sentinel chasing her. At the Xavier Mansion, Jubilee tried to escape after being taken back for recovery. Cyclops was deployed by Xavier to keep her on the premises. Cyclops was amongst the X-Men as Xavier made plans for Storm's fellow members to be deployed alongside her. As Xavier emerged from the room, Cyclops quickly followed after him. Cyclops expressed his confusion and distaste at the X-Men being involved in any type of negative human interaction before Xavier left him. Soon after, Wolverine confronted him about his disdain for the mission, something that visually irritated Cyclops. Wolverine continued to pressure him into battle by inferring that he would face him anytime. As the two stood against each other, Jean Grey ran to their position. She told Cyclops that she had checked Jubilee's room and discovered she had wandered off. Deciding to make matters into his own hand, Wolverine concluded he was going after her, something Cyclops advised against doing. Cyclops continued by stating the two and the other X-Men had a job to do. Much to his discharging, he was given a rejection by Wolverine, who then proceeded to push Gambit into a wall. As Gambit prepared to strike back at his oppressor, Cyclops urged him to let Wolverine go off on his own, which Gambit abided by. With Wolverine's absence, he continued alongside the X-Men that night and listened to their stories of first discovering their powers. As Rogue expressed her distaste in her father discovering her powers, Cyclops concluded that every member of the group had to face what she went through at some point. Cyclops remained outside with Gambit and Rogue as the others descended into the building. After the latter commented on Cyclops' nervousness, he explained his desire to know what was happening inside. As several military vehicles passed by the three without detecting their presence, Cyclops concluded the group had trouble. Cyclops led Gambit and Rogue against the vehicles, with the rules of no humans being harmed and to watch out for themselves as well. As he and the two continued to fight, Cyclops deduced the battle's true difficulty and called in Storm to aid them from inside the base. However, the group was forced to leave Morph and Beast behind. As they arrived at the Xavier Mansion, Cyclops claimed to Wolverine he understood his frustrations before being assaulted by the latter with a blow to the stomach.
• In X-Men '97, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the revival animated television series where he was voiced by actor Ray Chase.
• In X-Men: Evolution, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Kirby Morrow.
• In Wolverine and the X-Men, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Nolan North.
• In Marvel Anime: X-Men, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the anime television series where he was voiced by Japanese actor Toshiyuki Morikawa and by English actor Scott Porter in the dub.

Films

• In X-Men, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the 2000 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor James Marsden.
• In X2, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the 2003 live-action film sequel where he was portrayed again by actor James Marsden.
• In X-Men: The Last Stand, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the 2006 live-action film where he was once more portrayed by actor James Marsden.
• In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Tim Pocock.
• In X-Men: Days of Future's Past, Cyclops appeared briefly in the setting of the 2014 live-action film where he was once again portrayed by actor James Marsden.
• In X-Men: Apocalypse, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the 2016 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Tye Sheridan.
• In X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the 2019 live-action film where he was again portrayed by actor Tye Sheridan.
• In Logan, Cyclops was referenced in the setting of the live-action film.
• In Deadpool 2, Cyclops made a brief guest appearance in the setting of the live-action film where he was once more portrayed by actor Tye Sheridan.

Video games

• In X-Men: Destiny, Cyclops appeared in the setting of the 2011 video game where he was voiced again by actor Nolan North.
• In Avengers Alliance, Cyclops appeared as a playable character in the setting of the 2012 video game.
• In Marvel Heroes, Cyclops appeared as a playable character in the setting of the 2013 MMORPG video game where he was voiced again by actor Scott Porter.
• In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. Cyclops was added as a playable character in a patch 2019 where he was voiced by actor Scott Porter.

Appearances

• X-Men v1: (1963)
• Uncanny X-Men v1:
• Uncanny Origins v1:
• Avengers vs. X-Men v1:
• Cyclops:
• Uncanny X-Men v5:
• House of X v1:
• X-Men v6:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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