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September Character of the Month: Cyclops

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The Dark Knight's time as our Character of the Month has come to an end and the voters have selected the next character that'll receive our praise: Scott Summers, a.k.a. Cyclops. The latest poll included four other X-Men characters, but the former leader of the mutant team knocked them all away with his optic blasts. The Fuzzy Blue Elf, Kurt Wagner, earned a distant second place and Wolverine held onto the third place spot. Sadly, Storm and Jean Grey didn't receive a lot of love and the Mistress of the Elements trailed behind the powerful telepathic mutant.

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Now that Cyclops is the Character of the Month, you'll be seeing him appear more than usual on our homepage throughout September. Not only will we test his abilities as a combatant in the Battle of the Week (feel free to make suggestions below!), but we're also going to highlight his Best Battles, Best Covers, and Must Read Stories. Needless to say, the dude's going to get a lot of love this month and it'll hopefully be a fun and educational experience for everyone. And hey, if you don't like Summers, no one's forcing you to click on those articles, right?

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As stated above, Cyclops really obliterated the competition and he had a strong lead pretty much the whole time. Here's the poll results just in case you're wondering how the voting turned out.

  • Cyclops 34%
  • Nightcrawler 24%
  • Wolverine 23%
  • Jean Grey 10%
  • Storm 8%
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How about we begin the Cyclops celebration right now! Share your favorite image of the X-Man in the comments below and explain why you think it's so excellent. Let the Scott Summers praise begin!

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@wolverine08 said:

@omnicrono said:

@ravisher said:

as a kid i liked wolverine

as a man i like cyclops

Simple yet profound.

Wouldn't really call it profound at all. Kind of generalizes Wolverine as something for children frankly.

mm.. they're both for children..

and they both can be appreciated by adults.

When I was a kid I found Cyclops dull and liked Wolverine, but as an adult I like them both and can see how much of what I like about either is the relationship they have to each other. Like all of the best X-men characters, they're both more interesting because of each other.

lol... guys, relax. It was just a joke.

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Meh.

Cyclops has always been more fun to play as in videogames than anything to me.

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Yay! My fave Marvel character won out.

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A good battle of the month would be Cyclops vs Deathstroke...

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I'm really glad cyke has won. this should be a good month.

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this makes me happy

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@time said:

Hooray for Cyclops. The Ultimate douchebag. He treats women like crap. Couldn't care less about his friends and family. Some how, its his month, even though Logan is the one that is dying. Let's worship Scott and forget about everyone esle, wait second, Marvel has done that for years.

Boo hoo hoo

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@Teerack: What other couples are there in the Marvel Universe that have emotional/physical abuse? As far as I know Mr. Fantastic has not abused Invisible Woman in any way nor has Spiderman abused Mary Jane when they were married. Heck even characters famous for their bad attitudes like the Hulk and Wolverine haven't treated the women in their lives the way Scott has. The only other couple I can think of that has had a case of emotional/physical abuse is Janet Van Dyne and Hank Pym, who can actually be cleared from that crime because he had been replaced by a Skrull at that time.

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@vandinejd_1991:

  • You clearly don't know anything about the Fantastic Four since there is a lot of emotional abuse in Mr Fantastic and Invisible Woman's marriage. Reed often lies and neglects his wife and kids, as well as manipulates her. The subject has actually exploded into some great arguments a few times.
  • Wolverine has cheated on four different girlfriends and killed his wife, as well as trying to sleep with another mans wife.
  • Banner has repeatably put his own selfish desires ahead of Betty every time it finally looks like their relationship is going to work, and it often makes Betty walk out on him.
  • Crystal cheated on the Human Touch with Quicksilver and then eventually left him for Quicksilver just like Scott left Madelyn for Jean.
  • Hank Pym hit Janet in a moment of lost control and then went and cheated on her years later when they were still having problems, it just happened that the girl he cheated on her with was a Skrull who then replaced him(Skurll Pym came in the picture the same day Janet and Hank split so everything Hank did was on him not a skrull).
  • Wanda lost control of herself and forced her husband Vision to try and kill his closet friends and resulted in him being killed.
  • Hawkeye has cheated on Spider-Woman, Black Widow, and Mockingbird.
  • Iceman has cheated on three of his girlfriends.
  • The way Rogue handled her feelings for Magneto were really cruel to both Gambit and Magneto.
  • Gwen Stacy tried to get Peter to propose to her and when it didn't work she went and had sex with Norman Osborn.
  • Namor(nuff said).

Domestic issues in comics aren't uncommon at all, and people who are good people really aren't immune to the these kind of stories.

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@time said:

Hooray for Cyclops. The Ultimate douchebag. He treats women like crap. Couldn't care less about his friends and family. Some how, its his month, even though Logan is the one that is dying. Let's worship Scott and forget about everyone esle, wait second, Marvel has done that for years.

Boo hoo hoo

real mature avenger85

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We did it guys...

haha!

but srsly, wotta doosh! (don't worry, I don't actually type like that)

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@novemberx2 said:

Jerklops

First thing i'd do if i got control of the x-men franchise is have it reveal emma frost had been brainwashing him. then have her and stepford cuckoo killed by cyclops.

Dear god that would be the worst thing I could think of. God forbid characters have real life attributes and ideals that don't mesh with everyone. Look at our government system. Ran, in most part by two opposing political partys who have clashing morals. Neither side is evil.(Though i'm sure both parties think the other is evil..) Truth is, life is complicated and truth is even more complicated. There are many characters that annoy the crap out of me, but they add depth. Stories where everyone agrees is not a story.. Its a get together, and it's usually boring.

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No character deserves this more than Cyclops.

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Storm only has 8% ?! I thought Comic Vine LOVED her?

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I thought comicvine was infamous for its Strom fans

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@Teerack : awesome list man lol

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@teerack: Crystal cheated on the Human Touch with Quicksilver and then eventually left him for Quicksilver just like Scott left Madelyn for Jean. Then Crystal had a affair with some real estate agent after her and Pietro got married.

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@avenger85 said:

@time said:

Hooray for Cyclops. The Ultimate douchebag. He treats women like crap. Couldn't care less about his friends and family. Some how, its his month, even though Logan is the one that is dying. Let's worship Scott and forget about everyone esle, wait second, Marvel has done that for years.

Boo hoo hoo

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ROFL

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I wanna see cyclops fight cyborg

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I didn't manage to get a vote in but my favorite character of the bunch was still the winner.

Cyclops > Wolverine

~KL~

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none of his kids with jean inherited his powers. I wish he gets to lead the whole x-men again after the matthew mission

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@teerack: Wolverine killed his wife?

Indirectly. His actions resulted in her being killed after he walked out on his pregnant wife. I think they went back and added to it to make her one of the people Winter Solider assassinated.

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Yea for Cyclops! One thing that confuses me now is the amount of people that hate him because of his "revolution" but... what has he done that's revolutionary other than saying he's starting one? Has he attacked humans without provocation? Is he trying to destroy human government? Can anyone explain to me what revolutionary actions he's taken that are so unforgivable? From what I've read, his revolution is nothing but a slogan. Both his school and Logan's are training the students in combat and both groups routinely end up fighting with someone who attacks them. What's the actual difference?

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@numi: Nothing. Bendis completely failed at moving the plot forward.

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This is a great month to be born in baby! LOVE Cyke, so glad he's finally getting his just dessert.

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I'm glad he win huuurraaayyyy lol

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Wow. I see how a lot people are excited about Cyclops. I'm so happy to hear he did win.

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Happy Cyclops won, both him and Storm were poorly portrayed cinematically and just didn't have enough screen time and lines to make a lasting impression on the audience.

I really hope the next Storm does the Comic Book version Justice.

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Happy Cyclops won, both him and Storm were poorly portrayed cinematically and just didn't have enough screen time and lines to make a lasting impression on the audience.

I really hope the next Storm does the Comic Book version Justice.

As long as she is played by Halle Berry I seriously doubt that.

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Meh.

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Cyclops is the ultimate human comic book character

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Cyclops is the ultimate human comic book character

lol

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I like Cyclops when he was black...

so awesome

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lol

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Yes. And he also

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lol