Scott Summers is the leader of Charles Xavier's X-Men, and their first member. He has the ability to absorb ambient energies in the environment and convert them into powerful optic blasts.
Origin
X-Men
New Team
Family Matters
Madelyne Pryor
X-Factor
Shortly after the birth of Nathan, it is revealed that Jean is not dead. The Phoenix is revealed to be a cosmic entity who had supplanted Jean, placing her in a healing pod at the bottom of Jamaica Bay, to be eventually revived by the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. Cyclops leaves his wife and son and returns to Jean, although Warren moves in on the now single woman. Jean joins with Cyclops and the other original X-Men as X-Factor, who pose as mutant hunters but in reality are trying to help their genetic brethren. Meanwhile, Pryor goes on to be an assisting member of the X-Men, apparently sacrificing her life during the Fall of the Mutants with her teammates, although she was left with feelings of despair over the loss of Scott.
Inferno
Apocalypse
Scott reencounters Apocalypse, who infects Nathan with a techno-organic virus. Although Scott saves his son with the help of his fellow teammates and through the combined strength of Nathan, Jean, and himself defeats Apocalypse, he was unable to save his son from the fatal infection. Distraught, Scott sends his son into the future where he can be cured.
Merging with Apocalypse
Scott and Jean return to the X-Men some time after at the request of Storm, when she grows concerned about the mental well-being of Professor X (who had returned sometime prior). Their return then leads to the events of The Twelve; in which Apocalypse locates twelve mutants which can power a machine to allow him to take the body of Nate Grey, the X-Man. In order to save Nate, Cyclops willingly merges with the villain Apocalypse. He is believed lost until Jean and Cable track him down to Egypt and separate him from Apocalypse, killing Apocalypse's spirit in the process.
The Muir Island Saga
Shadow King returns to combat the X-Men and X-Factor. After his defeat, Cyclops and X-Factor rejoin the X-Men team, and Scott is named leader of a newly created "Blue Team".
Return to the X-Men
After Cyclops' return as field leader, much of the Blue team is kidnapped by Omega Red and the ninjas of The Hand. After the captured teammates' rescue, Mr. Sinister sends Caliban, a former X-Factor member, to kidnap Cyclops and Jean for Stryfe, a madman and rival to Cable, both time-lost mutants. Stryfe tells the two that he is Nathan, sent to the future and abandoned. In a fight, Cable and Stryfe apparently die. Afterwards, the team battles Omega Red again, and fellow teammate and telepath Psylocke tries to lure Cyclops into an affair behind Jean's back. Ultimately, Jean Grey defeats Psylocke in a telepathic battle and claims Cyclops as her boyfriend alone. Cable returns as well and reveals to Cyclops that he is the real Nathan Christopher Summers.
Marriage
When Scott and Jean finally married they went on their honeymoon. They would be brought to the future to raise Cable for 12 years. They helped him defeat the Apocalypse of that time and were sent back to their own time. They would soon battle Professor Xavier who transformed into Onslaught. After they defeated him, Xavier was arrested, leaving Scott and Jean to take over as co-headmasters of the institute. They retired from the position after Scott was injured badly during a mission.
The Twelve
When they were finally convinced by Storm to return to the X-Men, Apocalypse found the 12 mutants that would help him take control of X-Man’s body. To save Nate, Cyclops agreed with Apocalypse to merge with him. He was thought to be dead until Jean and Cable defeated Apocalypse and was able to separate Cyclops from him.
New X-Men
Scott became disgusted with how Jean has been acting and leaves the X-Men to wander the country. Eventually he teams up with Wolverine and Fantomex to a time-pocket on Asteroid M. Cyclops would confess to Wolverine that their relationship has not progressed since they were teenagers and that Jean refuses to listen to him. He also confesses that he is attracted to Emma because she is more accepting than Jean. They return to Earth and eventually Jean is killed by Xorn.
Co-Headmaster
After Jean died Scott wanted to leave the X-Men again, but would soon find out that this would cause destruction in the future. The White Phoenix reveals it and would telepathically push Scott into a relationship with Emma Frost. The two would become co-headmasters of the Xavier Institute. This relationship made it uncomfortable for Rachel because of the idea that her father was with another woman so soon after her mother’s death. Emma and Scott reforms the X-Men with a new line-up consisting of Wolverine, Beast, Kitty Pryde, and eventually Colossus.Astonishing X-Men
Cyclops also tutored a squad at the institute called The Corsairs, named after Cyclops' father. The team consisted of Dryad, Quill, Specter, and the three remaining Stepford Cuckoos.
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
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
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.
Powers
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
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.
Earth-9997 (Earth X)
On Earth X, Cyclops is an older man known as Mr. S. He trains a new generation of X-Men.
Earth-311 (Marvel 1602)
In the year 1602, Cyclops is Scotius Summerisle, a member of Carlos Xavier's Witchbreed. He knew that Jean Grey was disguised as a man named John Grey and was in love with her, But became jealous when Werner (thins universe's version of Angel) also fell in love with Jean, without the knowledge of her disguise.
Earth-1298 (Mutant X)
In the Mutant X universe, Only Havok was the one who escaped back to earth when his parents and his brother, Scott, was captured by the Shi'Ar. Scott worked as a slave and eventually escaped and became a member of the Starjammers. He also became the lover of Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel). Eventually, his adventures led him to earth, where he was reunited with his brother, who is now the leader of the X-Men.
Earth-2182
In Nocturne's home reality Cyclops was the leader of the Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants. he has become bitter because of Wolverine's involvement on the death of Professor X (which he was indirectly responsible, as he was controlled the Shadow King) and Jean Grey. Cyclops almost killed Wolverine, who didn't fight at all. It wasn't until Nocturne intervened and possessed her teammate, Armageddon and used his telepathy to trigger Wolverine's claws to impale Cyclops' chest, although this didn't kill him.
Earth-58163 (House of M)
In the House of M reality Cyclops was married to Emma Frost and had kids. He is a pilot of Mutant Airlines in this universe.
Earth-2149 (Marvel Zombiverse)
In the Marvel Zombiverse, Cyclops is seen fighting alongside with other X-Men against a zombified Alpha Flight. Later he became a zombie and was later killed by Magneto by raining him down with metal shards.
Earth-41001 X-Men The End
MC2
Earth-2149 Zombiverse
Earth-8545 Legacy Virus Merged with Warlock
Scott is infected and dying from the Legacy Plague.Earth-311 Earth 1602 AD
Cyclops is known as Scotius Summerisle. As a child, he lives normally like the most until he founds out the reality that he is a Witchbreed. He then enrolled in Carlos Javier's school and was trained to defend himself from those who aims evil against him. He also had a chance to meet Jean who pretends to be a man and have fallen in love with her. He have faced different missions together with the team. He also had a mission with Robert where they have to rescue Werner. Though, their friendship was threatened after Werner became very close with Jean. Cyclops became jealous to his team mate and very affected everytime he sees both of them being close with each other.Other Media
Pryde of the X-Men
Pryde of the X-men
X-Men Animated Series
X-Men Animated Series
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 episode: Blind Alley. Scott and Jean also taught the New Mutants, because they wanted to teach them about the use 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 appeared to have been in a relationship with Jean Grey for a long time. 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.
Trivia
| 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: | 1704 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
