Visually distinctive due to his Ruby Quartz visor, Cyclops is a mutant with the ability to absorb solar energies and redirect them as a concussive blast through his eyes. He has had long-term relationships with Jean Grey and later Emma Frost. Cyclops remains leader of the X-Men.
History
Origin
Scott lived in an orphanage in Nebraska where he would be used in experiments by the owner Mr Milbury. As he grew up, Scott developed a destructive mutant power; his eyes would produce incredibly powerful concussive blasts. He couldn't control his power because of the damage to his head he'd experienced when falling from the plane. Whilst living in the orphanage, Scott was given a pair of red-lensed glasses. He didn't understand why, but he knew that they restrained his mutant power. It transpired that Mister Sinister played many roles in Scott's formative years, including Mr Milbury, the head doctor at the orphanage, and the orphan bullies 'Nathan Masters' and 'Lefty'. As Lefty he tormented Scott often by killing his potential foster parents so that they wouldn't adopt him. Even when Scott befriended staff member Robyn Hanover due to their shared liking of planes, Sinister brainwashed her so that she would be as cold as all the other staff.
The First X-Man
When Scott was 16 years old, he ran away from the orphanage and found a mutant named Jack O'Diamonds. Jack wanted Scott to help him break into the nuclear power plant ,which had triggered his mutant abilities in the first place. Scott only agreed because he knew Jack would kill the guards there if he didn't help him. While the two broke in, Professor X heard of the break in and tried to stop them. Eventually Jack absorbed so much radiation that he was atomized, and so Professor X offered for Scott to join the X-Men. He accepted so Xavier could teach him to control his abilities. As such, Scott adopted the codename Cyclops and became the first X-Man. The Professor provided Cyclops with a Ruby Quartz visor to help him restrain his destructive eye blasts. Although Cyclops could never control his power, he finally had a means to use it with confidence. He soon met new team-mates, other mutants his age. They bonded well together and they called him Slim Summers, due to his slight-frame. Togther they became the original five X-Men.
Cyclops proved he still had his brilliant leadership skills when he managed to disguise himself as "Eric the Red" and infiltrated Magneto's base of operations when he was building an army of mutants.
The All-New All-Different X-Men
A third group of X-Men was assembled, and Cyclops led them to battle Krakoa. They were successful and saved the original X-Men. However, the rescued X-Men couldn't accept the new X-Men in their lives and left the mansion. However, Cyclops remained at the school for fear of his uncontrollable powers.
Orphan No More
Soon after the original five X-Men had formed, Cyclops' long lost brother Alex was discovered. Like Cyclops, Alex had developed a highly destructive mutant power which was detected by Cerebro. Known as Havok, he joined the original X-Men. An unusual genetic quirk between brothers, neither Cyclops nor Havok could hurt each other with their mutant powers. Instead, they would absorb the energies and redirect it in their own powers. However, being more tactically minded and more experienced in battle, Cyclops would always defeat Havok in brotherly scraps.Cyclops' family continued to expand. As the X-Men's adventures continued to take them into space, they came in contact with a band of space pirates known as the Starjammers. The captain of the Starjammers was known as Corsair, and for a long time they resented each other while admiring their leadership skills. Some years later it was discovered that Corsair was in reality Christopher Summers; Cyclops & Havok's father. It transpired that Christopher & Katherine were saved by the burning plane by a group of intergalactic slavers. Katherine had died at the hands of the Shi'ar despot D'Ken. Christopher had managed to escape and continued to fight D'Ken's regime with his small band of pirates under the re-imagined persona of Corsair.
Birth of Phoenix
Despite the departure of the original X-Men, Cyclops continued to date Marvel Girl. He found that he had a new rival for her affections in the form of Wolverine. The new Canadian member of the X-Men had a wilder personality compared to Cyclops, and he was open about his attraction to her.Soon, she became involved into the X-Men's adventures when Sentinels attacked them on Christmas Eve. The young couple were kidnapped along with Banshee and taken to an abandoned SHIELD platform in orbit around the Earth. There, the anti-mutant activist Steven Lang unveiled his plans for a new generation of Sentinels. The other X-Men and Dr Corbeau arrived to rescue their kidnapped team-mates, but the destruction of the SHIELD space station damaged their escape shuttle.
Cyclops and Phoenix
The young couple continued to date. Cyclops was impressed with her new level of power and control. She created a special telepathic rapport between them so they could always contact each other through the power of thought. She accompanied the X-Men to Scotland to stop Moira MacTaggert's mutant son Proteus from destroying all of reality. On their way back to America, Cyclops proposed to Phoenix and she accepted.
Dark Phoenix
However, Phoenix began to experience realistic illusions wherein she was living in 18th Century England and was betrothed to a mysterious man known only as Nikos. She didn't confide in Cyclops what had been happening to her. When they were sent to investigate the appearance of a new mutant in a seedy New York City nightclub, she was again blindsided by the illusion. Cyclops noticed, but trustred her when she said nothing was wrong. Instead, he focussed on trying to recruit Dazzler to the X-Men. As they approached Dazzler, the remaining X-Men came under attack from Hellfire Club guards.
X-Man No More
The Shi'ar allowed the remaining X-Men to return to Earth. However, Cyclops struggled to be an X-Man while he grieved for the woman he loved. During an adventure in the Savage Land he began to feel numb, and considered that he didn't truly love Phoenix. He briefly entered into a dating relationship with Colleen Wing, but soon after left the X-Men to travel on his own.At first he travelled as a ship's mate onboard Aleytys Forrester's boat. They grew close, but Cyclops remained distant as he was still mourning. When they returned to her family home, Cyclops observed Lee's father being murdered by D'Spayre. He revealed his mutant powers to save Lee from D'Spayre, destroying the house during the fight. Afterwards they grew closer, but the romance was short lived as Cyclops returned to Alaska to spend time with his father and brother.
Madelyne Pryor
It was a whirlwind romance for Cyclops and Maddie. It wasn't long before they were married, and Maddie became pregnant with their baby son. Cyclops returned to the X-Men with Maddie at his side. There he struggled to maintain a healthy balance between his role as an X-Man and that of a husband and soon-to-be father. He resumed leadership of the X-Men and took the team to Asgard to rescue the New Mutants. When they returned to Earth they appeared in France in time to fight riots outside the trial of Magneto.
While the X-Men had been away from the mansion, Maddie had been left all alone. During her solitude in the mansion, he water broke and she gave birth to their son. Without Cyclops' agreement she named the boy Nathan Christopher Summers. However, the name caused arguments between her and Cyclops. He had wanted to call his son Christopher, after his father, however Nathan reminded him of the bully from the orphanage.
Cyclops conceded defeat and left the X-Men once more. Together with Madelyne and the baby, he travelled back to Alaska. There, she resumed working for the Summers family airline. Cyclops also began working for the family company. However, he clearly wasn't happy with his new domestic life.
X-Factor
While Cyclops was living in Alaska, the Avengers and Fantastic Four made a marvellous discovery. Hidden on the floor of Jamaica Bay was a stone cocoon. It transpired that Marvel Girl had been placed in a catatonic state and left in the stone pod to protect her while a cosmic being known as the Phoenix replaced her. With her resurrection she was returned to her former team-mates, Angel, Beast & Iceman. Marvel Girl couldn't understand why the world had changed so much; that their mentor had abandoned his dream to live in space while their former foe Magneto was leading the X-Men. The others had grown tired of trying to fit in to regular everyday life and with her miraculous return from the dead they decided to reform.
Back in the city, he was reunited with his first love. However, he could not passionately embrace marvel Girl as he was burdened with the guilt of what he had just done. Cyclops soon discovered that Marvel Girl only had her telekinetic abilities; she had lost her telepathy and could not read his mind. Therefore Cyclops chose not to inform her about Madelyn or his infant son. Instead he maintained a stoic distance from her that continued to upset and frustrate her.
Guilty Husband
Cyclops soon became a victim to his own guilt, and the machinations of both Mr Sinister and Cameron Hodge.He returned to Alaska to see his estranged wife & child. However, he was not prepared for the sanitising job that Mr Sinister and his Marauders had performed. So when he arrived the house had been thoroughly cleansed of all signs they had ever lived there. At the airline, all the staff had been replaced, and all the files on Maddy had been destroyed. He couldn't find any trace that they had lived. As his sanity began to spiral out of control, Cyclops found a grave marked for Madelyn. At her graveside he began to hallucinate; he spoke to the ghost of Jean Grey who merged into Phoenix and then into Maddy. Frustrated and upset he shot through the apparition with his powers.
The red beam attracted a local law enforcer who took Cyclops along for questioning. However, as he drove back to the station they were attacked by a half-destroyed Sentinel. Cyclops convinced the police officer to release him from his handcuffs and hide while he battled the Sentinel. Afterwards the police officer thanked Cyclops for saving him and their nearby town and took him back to the house. There Cyclops began to think he was going mad until he found one of baby Nathan's toys that had fallen behind the radiator.
Despite Marvel Girl's protests that she wasn't the phoenix, Cyclops finally removed his Ruby Quartz visor. Amazingly his eyes didn't fire their destructive concussive force. However, his moment of rapture was short-lived when he realised that Leech was holding on to his leg. Leech had temporarily removed Cyclops' power. The other young wards of X-Factor raced into the scene with Iceman and Beast. When they inspected the computer, the hologram of Phoenix leapt out to taunt them. Realising what had happened, Cyclops was forced to accept the reality that Marvel Girl wasn't Phoenix, nor his missing wife. He apologised for nearly killing her and thanked Leech for saving them all.
The Hunt For Nathan Christopher Summers
With his secrets about his estranged wife & child finally revealed, Cyclops continued to work with X-Factor to save young mutants and searched for his missing family with Marvel Girl's help. X-Factor had been publicly revealed as mutants, but because they struggled at their own cost to save lives of New Yorkers after Apocalypse's attack they were accepted as local heroes.What Cyclops didn't know was that Madelyne had been on the run from the Marauders. Her journey took her to San Francisco where she crossed paths with the X-Men. They saved her and took her back to their new base in Australia. While X-Factor had been battling the Four Horsemen in New York, the X-men appeared to sacrifice their lives in Dallas. A television news crew filmed the events, and broadcasted Madelyne's impassioned plea to Cyclops to find Nathan Christopher.
Cyclops & Marvel Girl travelled to Alaska to visit the orphanage where Cyclops had grown up. There, they uncovered Mr Sinister's secret laboratories underneath the building, along with dozens of mutant children including with Gailyn & Joey Bailey; Marvel Girl's missing niece & nephew. When they finally found baby Nathan he was kept unconscious in a pod along with other mutant babies. However, they came under attack from Nanny and her Orphan Maker. While they were battling to stop Nanny from kidnapping Gailyn & Joey, demons suddenly appeared and stole baby Nathan. Marvel Girl was forced to leave her family in Nanny's care in order to save Cyclops' son.
Inferno
The demons took baby Nathan to N'astirh. The demon sorcerer had corrupted Madelyne's feelings of self-despair, transforming her into the Goblin Queen. With her growing telepathic and telekinetic powers, the Goblin Queen sent her hordes of demons to find her missing son. She wanted her revenge upon Cyclops for leaving him by destroying the only evidence of their marriage; she was going to murder their son.
Madelyne's memories informed Marvel Girl of who had been the real mastermind behind Madelyne Pryor's existence. Mr Sinister had cloned Jean Grey, but the clone remained lifeless. When the Phoenix died on the moon, it approached the lifeless body of Jean Grey on the floor of Jamaica Bay. When Jean unconsciously rejected the Phoenix it found another host; the body of her clone. When the Phoenix animated the clone's body, Sinister implanted her with false memories, gave her a name and placed her in Alaska where she was guaranteed to meet Cyclops. However, Madelyn retained the Phoenix' replicated telepathic & telekinetic abilities. Although she hadn't realised it for many years, she had been using her powers on a subconscious level, and had caused Cyclops' defeat when Storm challenged him for the leadership of the X-Men. However, without the same experiences and love that Jean Grey had experienced, Madelyn slowly became corrupted by the power.
Apocalypse & Askani
Finally Cyclops was surrounded by the family he had always wanted; he had Jean Grey instead of Madelyn, and together they cared for his son as their own. They referred to the baby as Christopher, as Cyclops' had always intended, and Jean thought of him as her own son. Even when Nanny and the Orphan Maker re-appeared they were able to defeat them and rescue Jean's brain-washed niece & nephew. When X-Factor went to go on a mission in England, Jean packed baby supplies and insisted that they took baby Christopher with them. However, their family life was soon ruined.
Cyclops was torn between keeping his son & watching him die, or handing him over to a complete stranger & never his son ever again. Ultimately Cyclops wanted his son to live, and gave the baby to Askani. Immediately she disappeared into the future.
Return to the X-Men
Soon after, both X-Factor and the X-Men were forced to combat their former allies on Muir Island who had been possessed by the Shadow King. Many of the X-Men had been scrambled across the globe, but after their victories in Madripoor, the Savage Land, Genosha, America and Muir Island they had a larger roster of members than ever before. Instead of sending members away, they decided to merge all the teams including X-Factor, and then split the X-Men into two strike teams. While Havok, Polaris and other Muir Island X-Men became the new government sponsored X-Factor, the old X-Factor was assimilated into the new X--Men Blue & Gold teams. Cyclops commanded the Blue team, while Storm lead the Gold team.
X-Men: Blue
Under Cyclops' command, the X-Men aided Longshot & Dazzler in the Mojoverse, defeated Omega Red in Russia, and ninjas from The Hand. Cyclops' team was more physically violent than Storm's Gold team. Aside from Beast & Rogue, the Blue team included members that Cyclops had either struggled to co-operate with in the past, or had never worked with before.
There had been long running tensions between Cyclops & Wolverine because of their mutual attraction to Jean Grey. Gambit was a natural loner and often worked to his own agenda. Jubilee was still very young and relatively inexperienced in action. Psylocke had been through many life-changing experiences since Cyclops had first met her, and the two began to become attracted to each other. Although they never physically or psychically entered into a relationship, Psylocke was open about her flirtation with Cyclops who tried to deny his attraction for her.
X-Cutioner's Song
As they were enjoying a relaxing cup of coffee, Jean caught Cyclops daydreaming about Psylocke. As he was reassuring her that it was nothing, they were ambushed by Caliban and kidnapped before any of the other X-Men could do anything to help. Meanwhile, Stryfe disguised himself as Cable and shot Professor Xavier's with a techno-organic bullet at a peace rally in Central Park. The X-Men divided their resources between those who would work to save the Professor, those who went to hunt down Cable, and those who investigated their missing friends. The X-Men were led on a wild goose chase. They captured X-Force, fought the Mutant Liberation Front, Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Dark Riders, before they teamed up with Apocalypse to uncover who had orchestrated several attacks at once.
Stryfe's plans were finally revealed. He believed that he was Nathan Christopher Summers, who had been abandoned in the future where he was raised by cold & unloving machines. He had wanted his revenge on his biological parents. However, Stryfe had been wrong. Instead he was a clone of the techno-organic infected baby. He was Cable's clone, and Cable was in fact Cyclops' missing son.
Stryfe opened a vortex to kill everyone. However, Cable leapt into the Vortex with Stryfe. Stryfe was killed, but not before he unleashed the Legacy Virus into Earth's atmosphere. Cable appeared to drag the destructive power of the vortex forwards through time saving everyone. Cyclops had finally been reunited with his son, only to lose him again.
Cyclops' Telepathic Women
Jean Grey confronted Psylocke about what sort of relationship she had with Cyclops. Psylocke admitted that she was sexually attracted to him and took the opportunity to attack Jean. Although Jean was a more powerful telepath, she could not prepare herself for Psylocke's most powerful attack; her telepathic knife. However, Psylocke was ultimately stopped by the appearance of a woman who claimed to be Psylocke.
Cyclops accepted Kwannon as an X-Man, and she was given the codename Revanche. However, after Psylocke attacked Jean, he kept his distance from her and their attraction soon ended.
Wedding Day & Honeymoon
It had been years since Madelyne had died. Cyclops and Jean had been through a lot, and nearly lost each other on several occasions. They decided that they should get married before anything else happened to them. The date was set, the invitations went out, and they arranged for a priest to perform the ceremony at the mansion. Storm ensured that the weather would be suitably warm and bright. Surrounded by their friends and family, Jean Grey finally became Jean Grey-Summers.
However, the instant they had left the safe confines of the mansion Cyclops and Jean were snatched away. This time they were dragged thousands of years into the future. There, they found themselves inhabiting bodies that had been created for their psychic consciousnesses that could reproduce their own powers. They were finally reunited with the little baby boy whom they thought they would never see again. As Redd & Slymm, Jean and Cyclops were given the chance to raise Nathan Christoper Summers, otherwise known as the Askani Son.
After 12 years had passed, Redd & Clymm bade their son a tearful farewell. Rachel Summers had become an elderly womanknown as Mother Askani, who had established the Askani religion in order to raise her half-brother. She summoned the power to send her biological parents back into the past, but upon doing so urged Jean to take on the name Phoenix. Cyclops & Phoenix were forced to leave him once again, and their minds were returned to their real bodies back in the present day. However, they discovered themselves lying on a beach and dressed in strange uniforms. There, they had to air an elderly woman. They encountered Mr Sinister, who informed Cyclops that he had another brother. Once they had successfully helped the old lady, they were free to enjoy the exotic island for the remainder of their honeymoon.
Onslaught & Operation: Zero Tolerance
Back in the present day with the X-Men, Phoenix was telepathically kidnapped by the being known as Onslaught. It was a psychic entity created when Professor Xavier had mind-wiped Magneto, and it had eventually manifested. Although the X-Men managed to defeat Onslaught with the help of the Fantastic Four and Avengers, the non-mutant hero teams were lost in a different dimension.
The Twelve
Cyclops & Phoenix spent some time apart from the X-Men to recuperate, but they were convinced by Storm to return. Apocalypse had found the dozen fabled mutants referred to as 'The Twelve'. They were 12 powerful mutants who would help power a machine that would enable Apocalypse to take control of Nate Grey's body. In order to save Nate Cyclops agreed to merge with Apocalypse; thereby becoming the new host body.For a long time Cyclops was considered to have died in action. However, neither Phoenix not Cable gave up on him. They tracked Apocalypse and confronted him in Egypt. There, they were able to separate Cyclops from Apocalypse, freeing his body and destroying Apocalypse's spirit in the process. However, Cyclops' mind was still haunted from the experience of being merged with Apocalypse for so long. He began to question his life, relationships and how he handled situations in the X-Men.
New X-Men, New X-Man
The Mansion became a school again, and began to accept mutants from around the world on a much larger scale than ever before. The X-Men continued to operate from the mansion, with Cyclops performing administrative & liason duties for the school and as an X-Man out in the field. However, Cyclops' behaviour had noticeably changed. On the way back from a mission in Australia to retrieve a new mutant with Wolverine, they encountered a new breed of Sentinels commanded by Cassandra Nova. The plane crashed, leaving them without any additional resources and baby sitting the physically-mutated 'Ugly' John. Cyclops commanded Wolverine to watch over Ugly John, but soon they were ambushed and held prisoner by Nova's new Sentinels. Already wounded Ugly John was terrified. Cyclops found them and put Ugly John out of his misery by looking at him without his Ruby Quartz visor lens. Cyclops killed Ugly John with his optic blast.Upon their return to the mansion, the X-Men soon came under attack directly from Cassandra Nova. As Professor Xavier's genetic twin, Nova had a strong telepathic mutant mind. When she attacked Cyclops she disabled him by telepathically placing his mind in a dark room filled with giant cockroaches who spoke to him. He couldn't differentiate between the hallucination or when his friends addressed him. Eventually he was freed from Nova's grasp, and she appeared to be defeated. However, when Phoenix tried to approach him to discuss what had happened, he continued to push her away.
Psychic Affair
They continued to have their affair. As it was telepathic in nature, they would often be in contact while in the company of others. Therefore many X-Men became suspicious whenever either one of them fell silent. Phoenix directly questioned Cyclops about what had happened in Hong Kong. His attitude was cold, and purposefully aimed at hurting his wife with the implication that both he and Emma had been awake all night.
Enraged, Phoenix telepathically attacked Emma without mercy. Cyclops grew angry with Phoenix for doing so, and demanded that she finally look into his memories of the night he spent with Emma in Hong Kong. Doing so, she discovered that Cyclops had not engaged in sexual intercourse with Emma Frost. However, he made it clear of how he was aware that his telepathic relationship with her was just as bad as if it had been a physical affair.
Weapon Plus & Xorn
Frustrated with himself and with Phoenix' reaction, Cyclops spent a lot of time away from the Institute. Wolverine found him heavily drinking at the Hellfire Club, which had been converted into an exclusive gentlemen's club. The two of them were soon caught up with the schemes of Fantomex who had convinced them both to aid him as he broke into the Weapon Plus facilities. He promised Wolverine information of his past and the Weapon X project, while Cyclops was promised the chance to violently unleash his powers on random villains.
Neither Wolverine nor Fantomex gave Cyclops the chance to recover from his alcoholic binge drinking. Hung over, Cyclops was dragged into the heavily guarded time-pocket facility known as The World. Their mission led them to a space station in orbit around the Earth. While inside Asteroid M, Cyclops confessed to Wolverine how he felt that his relationship with Phoenix had not progressed since they were teenagers. He was frustrated and angry that she refused to listen to him. He also admitted that he was attracted to Emma because she was more accepting than Jean without judging him for wanting to try something different.While they had been in space, the new remedial teacher Xorn revealed his true identity and plans. Xorn was secretly Magneto, and had turned his special learning class into his new Brotherhood. Cyclops was astonished as he had liberated Xorn from the U-Men in Hong Kong, and considered Xorn to be a good friend. However, Magneto's strength had faltered and he was reliant on thenew mutant-power enhancing drug called Kick. In a final confrontation with Magneto, Phoenix managed to defeat him but was mortally wounded. As she lay dying in Cyclops' arms, he apologised for hurting her. With her last words, Phoenix comforted Cyclops. She told him not to worry, and how he had looked more alive than ever. As she died, she told him to live his life.
Headmaster Summers
Soon after Phoenix' funeral, Cyclops went to stand at her graveside. Emma Frost arrived in a limousine and made him an offer. The chance to live together and work side-by-side as joint headmasters of the Institute. She made it clear that if he said 'no' that she would walk away and close the school.
After Phoenix had observed the dark future, she returned to the moment when Cyclops rejected Emma's offer. With a psychic nudge, she pushed Cyclops into changing his mind and accepting a physical relationship with Emma Frost.
New School, Old X-Men
Together Emma Frost and Cyclops reformed the X-Men. Members of the team would be both teaching staff and X-Men field agents. The various X-Men would each lead and teach a 'squad' of students. As such, Cyclops named his squad The Corsairs after his father.Deciding that the X-Men need to play more of a role in emergency rescue and aid, and thus garner attention on mutants in a more positive light where mutant abilities are used for the good of people, Cyclops hand-picked a team in order to get out into the world more. This team faced an alien named Ord of the Breakworld. The team subdued Ord, but not before learning that one of their own will be responsible for the destruction of Ord's homeworld within the coming year.
Soon after, the Danger Room began to show signs of sentience and hostility towards it's owners. The X-Men soon defeated both Danger and Ord, but the consequences effected the X-Men deeply. Professor Xavier had known of the sentience within the Danger Room and had chosen to suppress it and keep it a secret. The X-Men were dismayed by this information and pushed the Professor away. Cyclops was already headmaster of the Institute, and he had assumed the role of mentor to all the X-Men as well. Professor Xavier had trained Cyclops to be his successor, but instead of waiting for him to hand over the reigns Cyclops had taken the authority on his own.
During a telepathic "therapy session", Emma Frost presented Cyclops with the possibility that his lack of control over his optic blasts actually stems not from physical brain damage, but from a sort of mental block that the young Scott imposed upon himself after the combined traumas of the loss of his parents, separation from his brother, and shocking manifestation of his powers; this is seen as a coping mechanism, giving Scott something to focus on and try to maintain some sort of control over at a time when events completely out of his control had effectively shattered the life he had led up to that point. Surprisingly, Scott seems to admit that this theory is the truth of the matter, further admitting that he had even blocked making this decision out of his memory, to preserve the fallacy in his own mind and prevent others from discovering his "secret." The issue ends with Scott apparently in a catatonic state, with his eyes uncovered and displaying their natural shade of brown, with no evidence of his powers manifesting. Later he manifests, and has full control over, his optical blasts.
Deadly Genesis
After the events of House of M, nearly all mutants were left depowered, and Xavier was missing. A mysterious villain then attacked and easily defeated several members of the team, including Cyclops and his alternate-reality daughter, Rachel. The two were captured and taken to an undisclosed location, which Cyclops vaguely remembered visiting in the past. Eventually managing to free themselves, Cyclops and Rachel attempted to escape, only to run into their captor, revealed to be Vulcan, Cyclops’ younger brother. This new information has left Cyclops resentful towards Professor X and has gone so far as to demand that Xavier leave the school as it is no longer his.
Civil War
Cyclops, along with the other surviving original X-Men, declare neutrality on the subject of Civil War. When Bishop leaves the team to join the Registration supporters and locate the escaped 198, Cyclops eventually helps the futuristic X-Man in recovering them.
World War Hulk
Cyclops uses a full beam blast to stop the Hulk, refusing to let the Hulk take Professor Xavier regardless of his own feelings towards his mentor regarding the truth about Krakoa. While it peels off some of the Hulk's skin, he was able to walk towards Cyclops and clench his entire face, effectively containing the blast. After Hulk left when Mercury told him about the mutant race being near-extinct, Cyclops began to forgive Professor X while the wounded were being tended to.
Messiah Complex
Cyclops leads a team to Alaska to find the new mutant detected by Cerebra. When the team arrives, they find nearly every child in the town killed, dead Marauders and Purifiers, and the baby gone. He sends a team consisting of Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Angel, and Colossus to find former Acolytes for information on the Marauders. He argues with Xavier, who complains about not telling him about his team. Scott tells Xavier it's not his X-Men anymore and that he can do what he wants. Scott also calls in X-Factor to help with the situation, asks Rictor to infiltrate the Purifiers, and asks Madrox and Layla Miller to go see Forge. Upon discovering that Cable has kidnapped the new born mutant, Cyclops orders the reforming of X-Force with Wolverine leading the team. Their first mission is to hunt down Cable and retrieve the baby. Cyclops later breaks all ties with Professor X and asks him to leave the mansion, as Xavier continues to question Cyclops' judgement. Later on, Cyclops is seen with his own team and X-Factor, to help out Wolverine against the Reavers and to capture the baby from Cable. Cable eludes the X-Men.
After finding the Marauders' hideout on Muir Island, Cyclops dispatches X-Force and Bishop to go there and retrieve the baby. During the final battle, Cyclops sends the New X-Men against the Marauders, believing that Sinister's forces will be caught off guard by unfamiliar opponents. The students prove to be effective. Cyclops then confronts Cable demanding the baby. Cable, with a gun pointed at his father, begs Cyclops to let him escape into the future with the baby, however Cable gives the child to Cyclops, after Xavier points out that the future of all mutantkind is at stake and Cyclops, as leader of the X-Men, speaks for mutantkind. Cyclops holds the baby and, realizing that the child deserves the chance to make its own destiny, gives her back to Cable. Cable teleports to the future just as Bishop fires a round at the child. The shot misses her and hits Xavier in the head. Cyclops strikes Bishop with an optic blast, and Cyclops declares the X-Men disbanded.
Divided We Stand
But, revealed in the current storyline, Divided, Cyclops didn't really disband the X-Men, but rather just made everyone take a break. He is now vacationing in the Savage Land with his girlfriend, Emma Frost. They see Ka-Zar and Shanna there and spend some time with them, but are called to San Fransisco by Angel. When they get there, they see that all of San Fransisco has been submerged in some sort of psychic projection of the 60s. Emma uses her powers to help Cyclops and herself fit in. But, the " Goddess" senses their presence and sends the police after them. Luckily, Cyclops is saved from the bullets by Emma's diamond form, who jumps in front of him as they fire.
Manifest Destiny
Soon after, the X-Men find themselves dealing with an anti-mutant group calling themselves the "Hellfire Cult", which is being lead by one of Emma's former pupils, Empath, and a mysterious red-headed dominatrix calling herself "The Red Queen". After an assault on the Hellfire Cult's base, Cyclops is seduced by Emma who is oddly enough wearing the same outfit as the Red Queen. When Scott later mentions this event to Emma at a Dazzler concert, Emma is confused. At that moment, Scott sees a familiar red-headed woman standing on the other side of the club. When Emma asks him what he saw, he cryptically tells her that he thinks his dead ex-wife Madelyne Pryor is actually alive.Following the sighting of his ex-wife, Cyclops begins to behave more withdrawn and secretive. This behavior begins to worry Emma, along with the fact she has begun to notice the odd behavior of Wolverine and Archangel. When she confronts him about all this, he gives her permission to enter his mind. Inside, she finds a black box, which she is unable to open. Within the box, Cyclops claims are all the plans and secrets that he, as the X-Men's leader, has developed for their survival. Emma seems unconvinced, but lets the matter rest for the moment, when Karma arrives. She informs them that the news has footage of the massacre that occurred during the Messiah complex and that the mutant baby's birth has been linked as the cause.
As a result, a resurrected Graydon Creed and assorted other previously dead foes, begin pushing to outlaw mutant reproduction. The new anti-mutant propaganda has caused an explosion of hate crimes on mutants and former mutants. As a result, Cyclops has opened the doors of the new base to all those in need of protection and sanctuary.
Utopia
Because of growing upheaval among mutants and investigation from Trask causes mass mutant riots to break out all over San-Francisco. The mayor demands that the mutant "leader" Cyclops puts a stop to this. Though Scott is not the actual leader of all mutants he takes much if not all of the bad press. Unbeknown to Scott Emma is now apart of Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers. Scott sees Emma on television leading the Dark Avengers to stop the mutant riots. Scott later learns that Emma now calls herself the "Black Queen" (It is still unknown if Emma is still loyal to the X-men and even to Scott). After seeing this he goes to see Norman at his base Alcatraz. Norman tells Cyclops to surrender to stop the mutant riots. Scott interrupts him telling him to surrender. While still in shock Norman ask Cyclops what he means. Cyclops tells him that he needs to get the mutants under control and make H.A.M.M.E.R. and the Dark Avengers leave San-Francisco. After Norman refuses Cyclops leaves telling Norman that he tried. Norman vows that he will personally kill Cyclops.Powers
Optic Blasts
Cyclops has the ability to absorb ambient solar energies which his body metabolizes and converts into powerful optic blasts. Unchecked, his optic blasts can easily level buildings or more. These red concussive blasts are not lasers, and do not create any heat. Rather than cutting or burning, his blasts are pure kinetic energy. They can push or smash objects with pure force. However, there is no action/reaction involved with this force; Cyclops' head is not pushed back when he uses his power. It has been theorized that this is because the particles are extra dimensional in nature.
Scott has also become a highly efficient team leader with superb tactical skills. He has undergone extreme physical and psychological training at Xavier's school. He is at peak human physical condition in strength, speed, and agility, and is an excellent fighter even without his powers. Scott's spatial perception is nearly superhuman, giving him near-perfect aim, and the ability to calculate deflection shots with his beams. He is also an expert pilot.
Cyclops' brother, Alex Summers A.K.A. Havok, is completely immune to Cyclops' powers, and likewise Cyclops is unharmed by Havok's plasma blasts(although he can be recharged by his brother's energy, and his brother can by his), but is effected by Vulcan's.
Equipment
The introduction of the Ruby Quartz visor revolutionised his whole life. They were securely fastened to his head, and easily opened & closed for him to filter out the correct amount of energy he required. Although Cyclops has never mastered his own mutant power, he has mastered the use of the visor. It has become a distinctive icon for his appearance.
Although he does revert to wearing styled Ruby Quartz sunglasses when in casual dress (and particularly during public appearances) Cyclops continues to keep the visor with him at all times. It is more manageable in battle, and provides him the security and comfort of having a stable source of Ruby Quartz instead of glasses which could potentially fall off at any moment.
Alternate Realities
Earth-295: Age of Apocalypse
When Scott Summers was still a child, his father was flying his family to Canada when their ship was attacked by a Shi'ar spacecraft. Giving Scott the only parachute on board the plane, he threw his two sons out of the aircraft and into the Canadian wilderness. The two brothers were taken to an orphanage run by Sinister who later adopted the two of them, considering them the closest thing Sinister had found to genetic perfection. Scott quickly became Sinister's favorite of his two sons due to Scott's genes and ability to lead. This favoritism would strain the relationship between Scott and Alex, who grew jealous of his brother Scott. Unbeknownst to both Scott or Alex, their real father, Christopher, had managed to escape from the Shi'ar and made his way back to Earth in a Shi'ar airship. Unfortunately he was also infected with a Brood egg and his ship was captured by Apocalypse's forces. He was taken to the breeding pens where he was experimented on by Henry McCoy for a number of years. Cyclops began to question the treatment of the prisoners in the breeding pens and secretly began to release them. On one occasion, Jean Grey was captured by Cyclops during a mission with the X-Men and sent to Sinister's lab. However, Cyclops became attracted to her spirit and dedication to her past life. He contemplated returning Jean to her friends but Weapon X had infiltrated the labs and freed Jean himself, encountering Cyclops along the way. The two fought in a ferocious battle with Weapon X taking out Cyclops's left eye while Cyclops retaliated by obliterating Weapon X's left hand with an optic blast. Both Jean and Weapon X managed to escape but a bitter resentment remained between Cyclops and Weapon X.
Cyclops soon learned that Apocalypse's Horseman, Death, was trying to cause a mutiny and seize power for himself. Cyclops knew he had to make a stand and helped Blink free her captured teammates and release Sunfire from his prisoner. Blink teleported Cyclops and then her teammates to safety as Sunfire incinerated Death. It was around this time that Sinister had created X-Man using both Scott and Jean as genetic templates, who were both unaware of this development. Sinister planned to use this mutant to overthrow Apocalypse as ruler. On one occasion, Cyclops came into contact with X-Man and tried to help him escape from the pens. However, the rash mutant refused his help and escaped the pens by himself. Both were unaware of their relationship to each other or that they were secretly been watched by Sinister himself. Cyclops also became increasingly concerned by Sinister's sudden disappearances. He broke into his lab and discovered the place had been thrashed. Cyclops realized that Sinister had abandoned them and betrayed Apocalypse.
Cyclops continued to rescue people from the breeding pens. Unfortunately people began to suspect that something was amiss. They questioned a young mutant named Lorna Dane ( Polaris) who had witnessed the previous nights escape. Unfortunately, Lorna had a fragile mind and thought she had witnessed Magneto rescuing the prisoners. Alex ordered that she be interrogated by the Dark Beast but Cyclops stopped the torture and ordered her release back to the pens. That night. Cyclops, in disguise, broke into the pens and rescued Lorna but his activities were detected by Northstar and Aurora. With his face hidden by the darkness, Cyclops attacked the two twins and made his getaway. Meeting a member of the underground at the Hudson River. Cyclops gave Lorna over to them. However, his face was no longer in disguise and his activities were been monitored by Havok from a distance. Jean Grey had returned to Sinister's lab in an attempt to locate him, but she was captured by Havok and sent to the Beast. Cyclops was stunned to see Jean again and when he refused Havok's order to kill her, Havok revealed that he knew Cyclops had been helping the prisoners escape from the pens. Cyclops was then captured and, along with Jean, was tortured by the Beast. However Jean used her psychic powers to remove Cyclops' visor and Scott released a concussive blast on the Beast, rendering him unconscious.
The two escaped and tried to free the prisoners in the breeding pens. However, Apocalypse had ordered that all of the prisoners be killed as a means to convey his message of survival of the fittest. Outside, Cyclops and Jean met X-Man who had come to dismantle Apocalypse's rule. X-Man discovered that the two were his parents while Jean and Scott both felt an odd connection with the boy. However, they wished each other luck in their journey and departed ways as Jean and Cyclops made their way to the Brain Trust. The Brain Trust psionically anesthetized the prisoners so they lacked the will to escape. Jean used her psychic powers to destroy the Brain Trust as Cyclops ordered the Bedlam Brothers, who had also betrayed Apocalypse rule, to disable the main generators and knock out all of the lights. As the prisoners escaped, Cyclops and Jean fought Havok with Cyclops knocking Havok unconscious. They both led the prisoners to safety but Jean sensed that the Human High Council had unleashed their bombs which were making their way to Apocalypse's America. In an attempt to hold the bombs back, Jean blanketed the sky with a telekinetic shield. Unfortunately Havok sneaked up from behind them and killed Jean and Cyclops with his powers. Weapon X avenged his beloved by stabbing Havok in the back and killing him.
Earth-1610: Ultimate Universe
When teammate Colossus quit and returned to Russia, Cyclops and Marvel Girl followed and convinced him to rejoin; during this period Scott and Jean grew closer, and soon after, became an item. Though his relationship with Jean had already ended, a jealous Wolverine fought with Scott. Xavier tried to force them to learn to co-exist, sending them on a mission to the Savage Land to find missing U.S. marines. They faced a sentient computer and its army of cyborg zombies; while fleeing a collapsing underground complex, Wolverine deliberately let Cyclops fall in to a chasm. Cyclops survived the fall, albeit severely injured, and clung to life by eating grubs and worms to survive. After twenty-six days he was found by Brotherhood members, who failed to recognize him as "the traitor Cyclops", and took him back to their new base, the Citadel, for medical treatment. When Magneto plotted to reverse Earth's magnetic fields, Cyclops summoned in the X-Men in time to stop him. After the battle, Cyclops confronted a penitent Wolverine and violently removed him from the team. Months later, Cyclops reconsidered and invited Wolverine back, feeling it was his best chance to rehabilitate. Scott was reunited with his estranged brother Alex, who joined Emma Frost's rival mutant educational program, The Academy of Tomorrow. They failed to resolve their differences. Later, when Lorna, now called Polaris, apparently lost control of her powers and killed several people, Cyclops tried to prevent Alex and other Frost students from breaking into the Triskelion to rescue her. He is killed in the final issue of Ultimatum by Quicksilver who shoots him in the back of the head.
Earth-9997: Earth X
On Earth X, Cyclops was an older man with a receded hairline known only as Mr S. Following in the footsteps of Professor X, Mr S trained the new generation of X-Men.
Earth-311: Year 1602
In the year 1602, Scotius Summerisle was a member of Carlos Xavier's Witchbreed. He wore crude red-glass spectacles that entirely covered his eyes. He led the Witchbreed on a mission to free Werner from execution. Scotius knew that John Grey was was really Jean Grey, and was in love with her. However, as no-one had informed Werner who had struck up a friendship with 'John' he believed that he was trying to woo her. After Jean died aiding the heroes to speed across the ocean, Scotius snapped at Werner to stop pretending Jean was a boy. He later apologised when he realised that Werner's intentions were purely fraternal.
Earth-1298 Mutant X
In the Mutant X universe, only Havok escaped back to earth when the family plane caught fire. His parents and his brother Scott were captured by the Shi'ar. Scott worked as a slave and eventually escaped to became a member of the Starjammers. He also became the lover of Carol Danvers. Eventually, his adventures led him to earth where he was reunited with his brother, who was by then the leader of the X-Men.
Earth-2182
In Nocturne's home reality Cyclops was the leader of the Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants. He had become bitter because of Wolverine's involvement in the death of Professor X and Jean Grey which he was indirectly responsible for as he was controlled the Shadow King. Cyclops almost killed Wolverine, who refused to retaliate. Nocturne was forced to intervene by possessing her teammate Armageddon and use his telepathy to trigger Wolverine's claws. Cyclops was stabbed in the chest, but not fatally wounded.
Earth-58163: House of M
In the House of M reality Cyclops was married to Emma Frost who he had children with. He was a pilot of Mutant Airlines until he encountered Layla Miller who restored his memories of Earth-616.
Earth-2149: Marvel Zombiverse
Cyclops was seen fighting alongside with other X-Men against a zombified Alpha Flight. However, he must have lost the battle, as when he was see next he had also become a zombie. The zombified Cyclops was destroyed by Magneto who impaled him with a torrent of raining metal shards.
Earth-41001 X-Men: The End
In this reality Cyclops is shown to be the husband of Emma Frost and to be the father of her four children, Megan a teenage daughter with some kind of telepathic ability, twin girls and an infant son named Alex. He states that he has no feelings for Jean, The Phoenix, any longer yet he respects her. As the X-Men have to aid the situation in Shi'Ar by fighting the evil Cassandra Nova who was consumed by the Phoenix, he have died together with Jean as his former love lies above him showing both of them dead. Though, as Cassandra nearly defeated all of them, Madelyne appears as the only one to face her. Madelyne then merged with Jean and revived everyone. Scott was brought back to life and Jean still treats him as a very important person in her personality. Scott along with some of the X-Men have remained in the Shi-Ar while others are sent back to Earth so that they can defeat Cassandra by occupying their respective spaces in the Tree of Life.MC2
Cyclops was the leader of the X-Men who told J2 about Juggernaut's disappearance. He was also abducted by Loki to terminate the Age of Heroes.Earth-8545: Exiles Legacy Virus
On a world visited by the Exiles, the Legacy Virus threatened to wipe out all life on Earth. Warlock merged with Cypher to protect him, but accidentally triggered a new strain of the transmode virus. Cyclops is among those infected and dying from the Technarch Legacy Plague.
Earth-1191: Bishop's Future
In home time line of characters such as Bishop, Shard, and Trevor Fitzroy, Cyclops is shown as a considerably aged Cyclops, who has survived with the help of cybernetic prosthetics.He also has a daughter, Ruby.
X-Men: Misfits
In a manga universe created with Del Rey, Cyclops was one of many students attending Xavier's Academy for the Gifted. Unlike other incarnations, this Cyclops was much younger than Jean Grey who was a teacher, and therefore presumably does not have an ongoing romance with her. He wears distinctive dark glasses, but has not been seen with his visor yet. He hasn't yet been addressed as Cyclops. Scott also has a marking on the back of his right hand that resembles the letters sXe. It is unclear whether it is a tattoo, or something that he likes to draw on himself. He studied hard, wanted to use the Danger Room outside of school hours to train more, and is a staunch vegan.
During the trip to New York City, Cyclops seemed to enjoy taking in the art & culture on display, and was distracted until Blob reminded him that they had been asked to keep a close eye on someone. He was quick to intervene and attempted to maintain the peace when the Hellfire Club members incited a riot at a local anti-mutant protest. However, this led him in to direct conflict with his own brother who seemed possessed and out of control. Cyclops was unable to stop Havok, but did help to gather everyone together after the chaos of the fight.
Earth-2301: Marvel Mangaverse
As part of the X-Men, Cyclops is wearing a enourmous circular visor.Film & Television
The Marvel Superheroes
The X-Men made their first animated appearance on the 1960s The Marvel Superheroes. Cyclops was seen with all the original X-Men line-up.
X-Men: Pryde of the X-men
Cyclops was first seen in a mission in the danger Room. He was then introduced to the newest team member Kitty Pryde and welcomed her. He is the leader of the X-Men. During the X-Men's attempt to retrieve the power circuit, he was the one in-charge of commanding his members. Cyclops also faces Emma Frost one on one. At the end of their successful attempt, he was safely in the Blackbird together with the other X-Men. 
X-Men Animated Series
X-Men: The Animated Series
Scott is an X-Man who has a relationship with Jean Grey. He discovered that he is a son of Corsair. He also fought Alex (Havok) during a mission of the X-Men who have to save Polaris from the X-Factor whom they have mistaken to be her kidnappers and they don't know that they are brothers even if their powers don't have effect on each other. However, they even didn't have a chance to know that they are related.
X-Men: Evolution 
X-Men: Evolution
Scott is one of Xavier's first X-Men. Scott is a member of the X-Men who trains the New Mutants. He is also a student of Bayville High and his mutancy is a secret until the sentinel attacks them. He acts as the leader of the X-Men for some missions and is looked up to as a great leader. He has a relationship with his team-mate Jean Grey and they first become a couple in the season three episode: Blind Alley. Scott and Jean, in season four, begin to teach the New Mutants on the use of their of their powers. In the battle against Apocalypse, Cyclops leads the x-men in the battle against Apocalypse. He is seen as an adult x-man in the vision of the future, alongside with: Jean Grey, Storm, Rogue, Beast, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Shadowcat, Iceman and X-23.
Wolverine and the X Men
Cyclops was already an older and more experienced member of the X-Men and had a long-term relationship with Jean Grey. Both Jean and Cyclops' mentor, Professor Xavier, disappeared after the mysterious explosive attack on the mansion. With the mansion razed to the ground and the X-Men disbanded, Scott struggled to find Jean on his on. After an unsuccessful year of searching, he ended up living in a run-down apartment. He didn't shave, and appeared to sit watching the news all day desperate for any sign of Jean's whereabouts.
This was where Wolverine found him. The two had already fought over something unrevealed, which Jean had insisted that he apologize to Logan for just moments before the explosion. After a year Cyclops appeared to be just as aggressive towards Wolverine. So much so that when Logan approached him to rejoin the X-Men, Cyclops used his optic blast to send Logan flying through the wall and out into the street.
Cyclops finally relented and joined after he heard the news that Emma Frost had used Cerebro to locate the Professor. Scott remained hopeful that she would also be able to locate Jean in a similar way, but she claimed that she was unable to. However, Cyclops joined the team and aided in the raid on Magneto's Genosha to retrieve the Professor. Once the Professor's body had been returned to the mansion, he appeared as a telepathic projection in front of the X-Men. The Professor was telepathically contacting them from 20 years in the future, and asked that the X-Men endeavor to prevent the Days of Future Past style future from occurring. Cyclops was visibly shocked when the Professor asked Wolverine to lead the X-Men instead of him.
Since then his obsession to find Jean Grey drove Cyclops to confront the X-Men's old enemies, The Marauders. He attacked, defeated and kidnapped Harpoon out on the street. The other X-Men didn't share his belief that Harpoon could lead him to Sinister, and therefore to Jean. However Emma Frost confirmed that she had telepathically probed Harpoon's mind and revealed the whereabouts of the other Marauders. Consequently Cyclops went on a rampage, openly using his mutant powers in public, and violently destroying Sinister's laboratory. He was eventually overwhelmed by the many duplicates of Jamie Madrox, who appeared to be in Sinister's employment, but was eventually saved by the other X-Men.
He has since been more relaxed, to the point that he did not change into his X-Men uniform when Rogue informed them of the Brotherhood's impending attack. He was still in his civilian clothes when the attack begun, and had his ruby quartz glasses knocked off early in the fight. Toad spat adhesive slime to make the glasses stick to the ceiling, and began to goad Cyclops over his lack of control. However, he then opened his eyes to unleash the full force of his powers straight through the mansion. He disabled various members of the Brotherhood this way, but then covered his eyes with his arms until Logan returned his ruby quart glasses. Scott remains obsessively loyal and desperate to find Jean Grey. So much so that he appears oblivious to Emma Frost who continues to look at him longingly from afar.
Marvel Superheroes /Cyclops appears alongside Beast, Angel, Iceman, and Jean Grey in the episode Dr Dooms Day.
Spider Man and His Amazing Friends/ Cyclops and the X-Men appeared in the episodes The Origin of Iceman, A Firestar is Born,The Education of a Superhero, The X men Adventure. Spiderman the Animated Series. Cyclops and the XMen guest starred in the episode Mutant Agenda,Mutants Revenge.
He also is a main character in Xmen, X2,Xmen the Last Stand,and Xmen Origins Wolverine. He is a playable character in Marvel's Xmen, Xmen for Sega Genesis,Xmen Arcade Game, Xmen 2 Clone Wars, Spiderman and the Xmen :Arcade's Revenge,Xmen 3 Mojo World,Marvel vs Capcom series,Xmen Mutant Apocalypse,Xmen Mutant Academy,Xmen Mutant Academy 2, Xmen the Next Dimension, Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
| Super Name: | Cyclops |
| Real Name: | Scott Summers |
| Aliases: |
Scott Summers Scotius Summerisle Mr. S Eric The Red Slym Dayspring Cyke Slim Summers Mutate #007 4 Eyes Headmaster Captain X-Merica |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Mutant |
| 1st Appearance: | X-Men #1 |
| Appears in: | 1884 issues |
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