X-Men Forever is the name of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring the mutant superhero group the X-Men . The first is a 2001 miniseries, unrelated to the others. The second and third are the work of writer Chris Claremont .
101-514: The 2001 miniseries, written by Fabian Nicieza and Kevin Maguire, with inking by Andrew Pepoy, starred Jean Grey , Iceman , Mystique , Toad , and Juggernaut . Time travel was used as a plot device to explore the themes and history of the X-Men, and to resolve several dangling plotlines. The story takes place during several different points in the past, until they are eventually brought back to
202-469: A choice to either be completely out of control or bury them. He can't use them. That's pretty much it. But the thing that would be fun is that, with no powers, he's going to be the best that he's ever been. That's what the arc is about. [Cyclops has] been the team leader and the team washout in terms of popularity. He was defined by Jean [Grey] so much, and I just think that this guy is so interesting in his struggle against mediocrity. Then, when it's all laid on
303-479: A dispute with then editor-in-chief Bob Harras over the future direction of his plotlines on X-Force , Nicieza was fired from the X-titles, leaving X-Force with No. 43 and X-Men with No. 45. He later remarked, "I never wanted to leave [ X-Force ], and never felt my firing was justified. ... I don't recall being given a reason [for being fired], and I also don't recall asking for one. ... Considering it
404-558: A five-part epilogue: AvX: Consequences . As part of Marvel NOW! , there are two Cyclopes: the original Cyclops is featured in volume 3 of The Uncanny X-Men , which was launched in February 2013, and a younger time-displaced version as part of the All-New X-Men team, both series are written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Chris Bachalo . Uncanny X-Men features the remnants of Cyclops' Extinction Team, who have taken up
505-575: A four-issue mini-series beginning in January, 2024. In non-comics works, Nicieza co-scripted the direct-to-DVD animated feature Hot Wheels World Race , and the animated DVD feature The Black Belt Club , based on the Scholastic book series. In 2021, Nicieza created and executive produced the animated streaming series Superhero Kindergarten , based on the comic book series of the same name by Stan Lee . In 2021, Nicieza's first non-comic book
606-505: A machine to steal the powers of twelve select mutants and the body of Nate Grey which will make him virtually omnipotent. In order to save Nate, Cyclops willingly merges with the villain Apocalypse. He is believed dead until Jean and Cable track him down to Egypt and separate him from Apocalypse, killing Apocalypse's spirit in the process. Upon Cyclops' return to the X-Men following his possession, his personality has been altered as
707-507: A mainstay character of the X-Men series. Lee said that Cyclops and Beast were his two favorite X-Men, elaborating that "I love tortured heroes—and he was tortured because he couldn't control his power." Originally dubbed "Slim Summers", by The X-Men #3 his name was changed to "Scott", with "Slim" becoming a nickname. Scott Summers is the first of the X-Men recruited by Professor X ; Xavier hand-picks Scott to lead his X-Men, and to carry on
808-429: A metal crane causing it to fall towards an onlooking crowd. Scott thinks quickly unleashing a second blast that destroys the crane. The crowd thinks this is an act of violence, and forms a lynch mob. Scott hops onto a train and runs away. Wandering Scott encounters Jack O' Diamonds who tries to recruit Scott as a thief/villain but eventually battles the villain. Scott is found by Charles Xavier , directly after who erases
909-400: A new group of X-Men, which includes Storm , Colossus , Nightcrawler , Banshee , Thunderbird , Sunfire and Wolverine to rescue the others. When the other original X-Men ( Angel , Beast , Iceman , Jean Grey, and later additions Havok (his own brother Alex) and Polaris ) decide to leave in light of the arrival of the new X-Men, Cyclops stays, feeling that he will never be able to lead
1010-605: A normal life because of the uncontrollable nature of his powers. As an adult member of the X-Men, Cyclops unknowingly meets his father, now known as Corsair , leader of the Starjammers , a group of aliens opposing what they see as the tyranny of the Shi'ar empire. Jean learns of Corsair 's identity but keeps it from Scott and several more years pass before he learns his father's true identity. Cyclops privately questions his relationship with Jean after Jean dies trying to pilot
1111-531: A parachute and pushed them off the plane, hoping that they would survive. In Cyclops's first appearance in The X-Men #1, he is already leading the X-Men under tutelage of Professor X . Later, Scott's origin is first presented in The Uncanny X-Men #38–42 and later refined in The Uncanny X-Men #144 and The Uncanny X-Men #156. In 2010, Marvel released X-Men Origins : Cyclops #1 that describes
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#17327873568421212-466: A passionate kiss on the way home. A few days before Jean dies, Scott psychically proposes, and she accepts. After her death, he quits the X-Men, unsure of what to do anymore. He signs on as crew of a fishing boat, captained by Lee Forrester . After an adventure in which Lee's father is possessed by D'Spayre , Cyclops and the Man-Thing must fight D'Spayre, Scott and Lee find themselves shipwrecked in
1313-515: A real relationship with Emma. Together, the pair rebuild the Xavier Institute as co-headmasters. The new relationship between Emma and Scott leads to problems between them and the rest of the X-Men, all of whom believe that the pair are doing Jean's memory a disservice. Rachel Summers in particular feels hurt and angry by her father's lack of remorse for the psychic affair that hurt Jean before her death and Emma's part in it, and takes on
1414-515: A relationship with Jean Grey during their time in the "original" X-Men. For a long time, he refuses to admit, even to himself, that he has feelings for her, afraid he would be hurt again or that his optic blasts would hurt her – or anyone else he cared about for that matter – and also because he feels he is no match for his wealthy teammate Warren Worthington III , a.k.a. Angel, who is at first also romantically interested in Jean. What Scott does not know
1515-409: A result of being bonded with Apocalypse. This change causes a rift between him and Jean; he claims that Apocalypse made him question not only their relationship, but his life as a whole. He is instrumental in preventing the mutant Xorn 's suicide and in recruiting the powerful mutant to the X-Men. The two establish a close friendship; similarly, repeated missions with Wolverine result in the growth of
1616-746: A revolutionary, and sometimes violent course to promote mutant rights, and started up a new school for new mutants, the New Charles Xavier School for the Gifted. The younger Cyclops tries to make sense of his future and find a place for himself, while deciding if he even wants to stay an X-Man. In the new Dawn of X saga Cyclops has been given the role of Great Captain Commander. The X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White said regarding Cyclops role in Krakoa in an interview: "I think he [Cyclops]
1717-494: A romance with Jean, reclaiming his son. Scott soon learns that Mister Sinister ran the orphanage in which Scott was raised, and battled Sinister over this. Shortly after the X-Tinction Agenda , Scott reencounters Apocalypse, who infects Nathan with a techno-organic virus . Although Scott saves his son with the help of his teammates and through the combined strength of Nathan, Jean, and himself defeats Apocalypse, he
1818-802: A series of psychic therapy sessions, but the two soon engage in a full-fledged psychic affair. When Phoenix discovers the affair, Cyclops claims he and Emma shared only thoughts and thus had done nothing wrong. Meanwhile, Emma's snide and mocking jeers provoke a hurt and angry Jean to psychically confront her, using the full power of the Phoenix Force to 'burn through lies'. She forces Emma to admit her true feelings for Scott, and to face her many failures, sins, and personal demons. Furious at both himself and Jean, Scott confronts Jean and demands that she read his mind; Jean finally complies, only to discover that Scott and Emma never engaged in any physical contact, though Emma had offered it. After confronting Jean with
1919-545: A space shuttle through a solar flare, and then is reborn as Phoenix , feeling that this reborn Jean was not the same Jean he had loved. Yet when he thinks her dead for an extended period of time after a battle in the Savage Land , Scott is not able to mourn her, and believes this meant he did not really love her anymore. He briefly dates Colleen Wing . However, when Scott and Jean are reunited on Muir Island to fight Proteus , he rediscovers his love for her, and they share
2020-500: A tentative friendship between the two veteran X-Men. When Jean begins to show signs of the Phoenix Force again, the distance between the two grows larger and Scott begins abstaining from sex with Jean for the five months. Jean attempts several times to confront Cyclops, but he continues to push her away, claiming that Apocalypse had changed him too much on the inside. Jean, confused by the change in their relationship, confides in Logan and
2121-548: A three-issue arc in Action Comics #841–843 (July–Sept. 2006), co-written with Kurt Busiek. Nicieza also wrote JSA Classified #28 (September 2007). He is also one of the co-writers for The 99 , an "Islamic culture-based comic book" with Kuwaiti Naif Al-Mutawa, Other late-2000s DC work includes Nightwing and Robin , both titles being cancelled in connection with " Batman R.I.P. " and Nicieza then wrote an Azrael : Death's Dark Knight mini-series, part of
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#17327873568422222-576: A time when events completely out of his control had effectively shattered the life he had led up to that point. Scott admits that this theory is the truth, further admitting that he had 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, although it
2323-708: Is Mister Sinister , who is obsessed with the Summers and Grey bloodlines and has often manipulated events in Cyclops' life, resulting in various clashes with the X-Men. Cyclops is most often portrayed as the archetypal hero of traditional American popular culture—the opposite of the tough, anti-authority antiheroes that emerged in American popular culture after the Vietnam War (e.g., Wolverine , his X-Men teammate). James Marsden initially portrayed Cyclops in
2424-467: Is able to briefly bypass his own mental block and control his powers, though he reveals that his control is waning and temporary. For a time, Scott had prolonged amnesia about his childhood. Parts of his memory returned when he was unexpectedly attacked by the demon D'Spayre while on a leave of absence after Jean Grey's perceived first death. Scott spent most of his childhood at the State Home for
2525-531: Is alive, Cyclops leaves his wife and son and rejoins 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, who felt bad himself over
2626-527: Is devastated by Jean's death, and considers leaving the X-Men once more. It was revealed in the " Here Comes Tomorrow " storyline that, had he done so, it would have led to an apocalyptic alternate future. To prevent this, a resurrected, future-version of Jean uses her powers as the White Phoenix of the Crown and telepathically reached back in time to tell Cyclops it was okay to move on, leading him to start
2727-545: Is discovered and revived by the Avengers and the Fantastic Four . It is revealed that Jean Grey was alive and had never been The Phoenix. The Phoenix is revealed to have been a cosmic entity who placed a dying Jean Grey in a healing pod at the bottom of Jamaica Bay and replaced her taking on her appearance and memories, to the point of not realizing that "she" herself was not the real Jean Grey. After hearing that Jean
2828-402: Is dispatched by Professor X —as well as by Nick Fury , who has become the team's liaison with S.H.I.E.L.D. —to apprehend Fabian Cortez , who was last seen escaping from a disintegrating Asteroid M . The first five issues take place on the same night, and resolve some long-hanging plot threads left from Claremont's departure from the title in 1991. Among the events that occur in the first issue
2929-615: 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 teammate and telepath Psylocke tries to lure Cyclops into an affair behind Jean's back. Ultimately, however, Cyclops remains with Jean. Cable returns as well and reveals to Cyclops that he
3030-474: Is responsible for his poor control over his optic blasts. Several origin stories do not feature the head injury account with X-Men Origins: Cyclops #1 being the most recent. The head injury account has also been retconned in Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 as being due to a self-imposed mental block he made as a child to deal with the traumatic events of his life. With the help of Emma Frost, Scott
3131-465: Is seeking revenge for his fallen son, Logan. Marvel released X-Men Forever Annual #1 in April 2010, which dealt with Wolverine and Jean Grey's relationship, elaborating on their relationship in more detail, including insight to the betrayed heart of Cyclops . X-Men Forever Giant Size #1 involved the Shi'ar Imperial Guard desiring something from Professor X and the X-Men, resulting in a battle between
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3232-505: Is shooting people and turning very much into a leader. Not everyone is going to like it." Now, the X-Men leader has become more confident, outspoken, and audacious. This has had a significant effect on his leadership and his respect among teammates, most notably Wolverine. However, since the birth of Hope Summers , Cyclops has become increasingly unstable with his own self. Overprotective of those close to him, amoral in his new, Magneto -like view of humanity, and mentally ambiguous, Cyclops
3333-464: Is that Jean actually has a crush on him, but is too shy to make a move. Finally, on Bobby Drake 's 18th birthday, they reveal their passion for each other and become lovers. During one of the X-Men's adventures he rediscovers his brother Alex as his powers were manifesting. Alex would join the team with Scott as Havok. When the original team of X-Men are defeated by Krakoa , Cyclops is the only member able to escape and return to Xavier. He helps train
3434-554: Is that the characters must be preserved for Marvel's sake. But since these characters are being preserved in Uncanny , they can be altogether frighteningly mortal in Forever , as we'll be demonstrating fairly early on. The fact is, if a character is unlucky enough to die, it's a real thing and it isn't corrected a week later. They won't come back. There are consequences and from that basis everything proceeds. X-Men Forever Alpha , which
3535-431: Is the character's origin story . As a young boy, Scott Summers is orphaned after watching his parents die in a plane crash. Scott and his brother, Alex , were the only survivors as their parents placed the two boys in the only available parachute and forced them to jump from the plane just prior to crashing. The boys become wards of the state and are separated. When Scott's powers manifest uncontrollably, he runs away from
3636-562: Is the death of Wolverine at the hands of Storm , whose true nature is left undisclosed, outside of a stated allegiance to a group called The Consortium. The series revolves around the team of Cyclops, Jean, Rogue, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Beast, Sabretooth, and Professor X as they learn about and deal with the anti mutant group the Consortium and a mutant killing condition known as Burnout. The series never explains why Psylocke, Angel, Iceman, Banshee, Forge, Jubilee and Colossus are not part of
3737-402: Is the real Nathan Christopher Summers, while Stryfe is a clone of Nathan created in the event of his death who was stolen and raised by Apocalypse. Scott Summers and Jean Grey finally marry. During their honeymoon, they are brought into the future where they raise Cable for the first 12 years of his life during The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix miniseries. After helping Cable defeat
3838-488: Is the rock that their island nation is built upon. And I think that he is still very much a leader of his people, I think the people of Krakoa know him and what he has done for them over the years, and they look up to him. He is the head of the X-Men in any Super-Hero activity which is essentially the military of Krakoa. He might not be RULING Krakoa, but he is definitely leading it." Cyclops's history has undergone various revisions, both minor and major. The central fixed element
3939-459: Is transformed into the evil Onslaught , as a result of his recent attempt to wipe Magneto's mind causing Magneto's darker impulses to merge with Xavier's own subconscious darkness and manifest as a new personality. Although the X-Men defeat the evil entity and free Xavier, most of Earth's heroes are lost for a time. Xavier, who is left powerless after Onslaught's defeat, is arrested for his part, leaving Scott and Jean as leaders and co-headmasters of
4040-541: Is viewed as an antihero and occasionally even a villain in the minds of his fellow superheroes. Kieron Gillen 's run in Uncanny X-Men ended with an unrepentant Cyclops, who had become increasingly hardline during Gillen's run, in prison for his actions during Avengers vs. X-Men , up to and including him killing Xavier while under the influence of the Phoenix Force . Gillen wrote him openly suicidal in
4141-506: The New Thunderbolts series with Nicieza again as writer. Nicieza also worked on several limited series at Marvel and DC around the turn of the century. At Marvel he wrote Citizen V (2001), Citizen V and the V Battalion: Everlasting (2002) , X-Men Forever (2001), and X-Force vol. 2, as well as the short-lived ongoing series Hawkeye (2003); while at DC, he wrote the six-issue miniseries Supermen of America (1999) and
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4242-609: The 20th Century Fox X-Men films , and a younger version of the character was portrayed by Tim Pocock in the 2009 prequel film X-Men Origins: Wolverine . He also was portrayed by Tye Sheridan in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019), as well as a cameo in Deadpool 2 (2018). Cyclops first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , and has been
4343-550: The ABC television network before graduating in 1983 with a degree in advertising and public relations . His brother is Mariano Nicieza, also a comic book writer and editor. Until 1985, Nicieza worked for the Berkley Publishing Group , starting in the production department and becoming a managing editor. In 1985, Nicieza joined the staff at Marvel Comics , initially as a manufacturing assistant, later moving to
4444-711: The Battle for the Cowl storyline which dealt with the "Batman R.I.P." aftermath. After Death's Dark Knight concluded, Nicieza wrote the new Azrael ongoing series from issue #1–13 (December 2009 – December 2010). Nicieza began writing the DC series Red Robin from issues #13-26, the final issue (Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2011). DC announced Nicieza would be writing Legion Lost , a spinoff of Legion of Superheroes as part of DC's line wide relaunch initiative in September 2011. Nicieza wrote
4545-636: The Bermuda Triangle , where they stumble upon Magneto 's new base of operations. Scott soon returns to the X-Men. He then discovers that Corsair the leader of the Space Pirate group the Starjammers is actually his father. Scott originally believed that his parents died in the plane accident and is unaware that they, in fact, had been captured and sold into slavery by the Shi'ar. His mother
4646-564: The Elseworlds project JLA: Created Equal (2000), as well as some issues of the children's comic Justice League Adventures . In 2003 Nicieza co-created, with artist Stefano Raffaele , the horror miniseries The Blackburne Covenant , published by Dark Horse Comics . That same year he returned to two of his old characters with the Marvel series Cable and Deadpool , of which he wrote all 50 issues. In 2006, Nicieza returned to DC with
4747-586: The Justice League as the JLA . He also worked for Twist and Shout Comics writing and pencilling back-up stories in X-Flies Special #1 and Dirtbag #7. Later in 1996 Nicieza joined Acclaim Comics as senior vice-president and editor-in-chief. He was charged with revamping the companies intellectual properties which had previously formed Valiant Comics ' Valiant Universe . Nicieza as editor oversaw
4848-420: The Starjammers , including Corsair , and convinced X-Men writer Chris Claremont to use the characters for this series. In order to provide a plausible excuse for the Starjammers to make repeat appearances in X-Men , they decided to make Corsair the father of Cyclops. Summers remained a member of the team up through The Uncanny X-Men #138. After departing the main cast, he was a recurring character in
4949-506: The "X-Tinction Agenda" arc happened quite differently. Fabian Nicieza Fabian Nicieza ( / n iː s i ˈ ɛ s ə / ; December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men , X-Force , New Warriors , Nomad , Cable , Deadpool and Thunderbolts , for all of which he helped create numerous characters, among them Deadpool , Domino , Shatterstar , and Silhouette . Nicieza
5050-544: The 1940s. In 1991, Nicieza joined with artist Rob Liefeld in co-plotting and writing the final three issues of the New Mutants . In those issues Liefeld and Nicieza created the characters Deadpool and Shatterstar as well as the super team, X-Force . Liefeld and Nicieza then produced an ongoing X-Force title. Nicieza initially worked on the title as scripter. After the departure of Liefeld in No. 12, Nicieza became
5151-603: The Foundlings in Omaha, Nebraska and was subjected to batteries of tests and experiments by the orphanage's owner, Mr. Milbury, an alias for the geneticist Mister Sinister , who also placed mental blocks on Scott. In The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix limited series , both Scott and Jean were sent back in time to 19th century England by Madame Sanctity , a surviving member of the Askani sisterhood . In 1860, prior to
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#17327873568425252-598: The Marvel staff and began freelance writing for the company. Nicieza's projects in this period included the first four issues of National Football League -approved superhero NFL SuperPro (Oct. 1991 – Feb. 1992), and, with penciler Kevin Maguire , the four-issue miniseries Adventures of Captain America (also known by its cover-logo treatment, The Adventures of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty ) (Sept. 1991 – Jan. 1992), an origin-story retelling set in
5353-464: The Phoenix Force. When Scott finally returns to the X-Men, their new teammate Xorn (who was revealed to be Magneto, but was subsequently retconned as an imposter) attacks the X-Men. Having at last reached full Phoenix power, Jean confronts Xorn-Magneto and is killed in the process. As she is dying, Scott apologizes for hurting her, but Jean instead tells him that she understands and has never seen him more alive and urges him to live on. Scott, however,
5454-474: The X-Men. Scott has a difficult time adjusting to life outside of the X-Men and later, to his wife's dismay, he challenges Storm to a battle in the Danger Room for leadership of the X-Men. Despite Storm no longer possessing her mutant powers, she defeats Cyclops. Madelyne gives birth to their son, Nathan , and Scott returns to retirement from the X-Men. Shortly after the birth of his son Nathan, Jean Grey
5555-404: The assignment for two reasons. First, I saw a lot of potential in these characters that had already been deemed useless. And secondly, I really wanted to write a monthly book." Collaborating with pencilers Mark Bagley and later Darick Robertson , primarily, Nicieza went on to write the title for most of its first 53 issues (July 1990 – November 1994). Years later, Nicieza said that he considers
5656-453: The character first appeared in the comic book The X-Men . Cyclops is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants , born with superhuman abilities. Cyclops emits powerful beams of energy from his eyes and can only control the beams with the aid of special eyewear, which he must always wear. He is typically considered the first of the X-Men , a team of mutant heroes who fight for peace and equality between mutants and humans, and one of
5757-534: The character's childhood through his joining the X-Men. The early accounts in the X-Men comics use flashbacks to tell the origin story of Scott parachuting from his parents' plane. The flashbacks are often told from various narrative perspectives and place different emphasis on the events of this period. Scott's poor control over his power have been attributed to events in his childhood. In The Uncanny X-Men #156, Scott's parachute caught fire and Scott struck his head upon landing. This caused brain damage to Scott which
5858-522: The condition of Kurt Wagner and the kidnapping of Nathan Summers. Likewise, a cure for Burnout is never developed and the Wolverine clone that tormented Shadowcat in her nightmares is never brought to justice. Mr. Sinister was implied as the main behind-the-scenes antagonist, but never actually appeared. The series ended by revealing the true nature of the "Perfect Storm" character and her counterpart, little 'Ro. This final arc showed how certain events from
5959-565: The crowd's memories. Xavier then asks Scott to join him and the X-Men, he gladly accepts, as the first official member. In the X-Men's first field mission, he battles Magneto . With the X-Men, he battles the Vanisher, Unus the Untouchable, the Blob , and many others. Xavier would soon choose him to be deputy leader of the team and act as field leader whenever he was absent. Cyclops has
6060-435: The destruction of Ord's homeworld in the coming year. Not long after, the X-Men's Danger Room becomes sentient, attacking the X-Men and seeking to ultimately kill Xavier. Calling itself "Danger", "she" reveals that Xavier knew she had been self-aware since Shi'ar technology was installed in the Danger Room years ago, but chose to ignore her, effectively inhumanely using her only to train his teams of X-Men. After her defeat on
6161-493: The epilogue of the story, a young English orphan named Daniel (who was freed, one year ago, from the clutches of Nathaniel Essex by Scott and Jean) is shown arriving in New York Harbor from London . As a form of reverence toward the couple who recently showed him great kindness, when urged by his apparent guardian to adopt a new surname at the immigration station , Daniel chooses Summers. Although Scott does not make
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#17327873568426262-413: The familial connection between Daniel and himself, he suspects that his presence in this time (along with Jean's) did something else to affect the course of history, aside from stopping Mister Sinister and Apocalypse . When Scott is sixteen, he goes on a trip to New York with his orphanage supervisor. Scott walks near a construction site and his optic beam activates for the first time. The blast damages
6363-609: The final issue. This led to fill-in work on titles such as Classic X-Men , for which he provided backup stories, and in the Marvel Annuals ' 1989 summer crossover " Atlantis Attacks ". After Tom DeFalco , then Marvel's editor-in-chief, created the superhero team the New Warriors , using existing characters, in Thor No. 412 (Dec. 1989), he selected Nicieza to write the spin-off series. Nicieza recalled "I took
6464-491: The first Cable miniseries as well as the first few issues of the character's subsequent ongoing series . He also wrote the first solo Deadpool series, Deadpool: the Circle Chase in 1993. These series expanded the characters' personalities and established key background information for both characters, all things which were later used by other writers on those characters' subsequent ongoing books. However, in 1995, in
6565-445: The first 24 issues of its 25-issue run. Also in 1999, Nicieza began writing Thunderbolts with #34. He continued to write the book (initially with old partner Mark Bagley on art, later with Patrick Zircher and Chris Batista ) up until No. 75 when the title was revamped . The revamp was unsuccessful, and in 2004 the original version of the team was resurrected, initially in an Avengers/Thunderbolts miniseries, then later in
6666-431: The first 25 issues of New Warriors to be the best work of his career. Also in 1990 Nicieza began short runs on comics such as Alpha Flight (#87–101), Avengers (#317–325) and Avengers Spotlight , as well as the miniseries Nomad , which in turn led him to write the ongoing series Nomad vol. 2 in 1992. That year, Nicieza became editor of Marvel's children's imprint, Star Comics . Shortly afterward, he left
6767-503: The first six issues before leaving the title. In 2016, for the comics company Shatner Singularity, he adapted a Stan Lee poem into the graphic novel Stan Lee's 'God Woke' . That work won the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards ' Outstanding Books of the Year Independent Voice Award. In 2023, it was announced that Nicieza would be returning to the X-Men line of books to write the fifth volume of Cable , as
6868-509: The future version of Apocalypse, they are sent back to the past. At the request of Rachel Summers, Jean assumes the Phoenix identity. Mister Sinister, involved with the machinations of Apocalypse and Stryfe and still alive, tells Cyclops that there is another Summers brother , and leaves him wondering. As Cyclops deals with the fact that his son is now old enough to be his father, the X-Men are forced to battle their mentor when Professor Xavier
6969-521: The good of people, Cyclops hand-picks a new team in Astonishing X-Men of himself, Emma, Beast, Kitty Pryde, and Wolverine, which is subsequently used by Marvel as the chief representation of the X-Men. The team faces an alien named Ord of the Breakworld , who supplies Earth scientist Dr. Kavita Rao with a "cure" for mutation. The team subdue Ord and rescue the resurrected Colossus, but not before learning that one of their own will be responsible for
7070-482: The government-created time-pocket called The World and then Asteroid M . During his time with Wolverine, Scott reveals that he feels his relationship with Jean is stagnant and that the two of them had not progressed romantically since their initial teenage romance. He also confesses that he feels that Jean is so concerned with the school and her new powers that the two no longer communicate like before and that he feels left behind due to Jean once again being connected to
7171-514: The island of Genosha, the X-Men abandoned Xavier in disgust, with Cyclops no longer welcoming Xavier's input at the School or with the team. Cyclops also tutored a squad at the institute called The Corsairs , named after Cyclops's father. The team consisted of Dryad , Quill , Specter , and the three remaining Stepford Cuckoos . In Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #14, during an impromptu telepathic "therapy session", Emma Frost presented Cyclops with
7272-416: The last name of Grey in place of Summers. The other X-Men eventually come to accept the relationship and both Scott and Emma manage to reconcile with Rachel in their own ways, such as introducing Rachel to Jean's other family members. 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
7373-419: The legacy of his mutant-human-harmony ideals. Xavier views Scott as one of his most prized pupils; their relationship exhibits father/son qualities. From time to time, Scott's extreme loyalty to Xavier has cost him dearly in his relationships with others; but, over the course of the characters' publication history, he eventually emerges from Xavier's shadow as the X-Men's undisputed leader. Dave Cockrum created
7474-432: The line, when you find out the thing that's been holding him back from being just a complete bad ass has been himself all his life, that he's been lying to everyone, including himself, about who he is — that should be freeing. The Scott we're going to see is going to be a little bit different. This guy is either completely out of control or in control of something we're not used to. I wanted him to be an unabashed tough guy. He
7575-485: The lines' cancellation, Nicieza left Acclaim in 1999. Returning to freelance work, Marvel and the X-Men, Nicieza co-wrote the Magneto Wars crossover through Uncanny X-Men #366–367 and X-Men vol. 2, #86–87, with artist Alan Davis in 1999. This led to the successive Magneto limited series Magneto Rex (1999) and Magneto: Dark Seduction (2000), as well as an ongoing Gambit (1999) series which he wrote for
7676-463: The new version, dubbed "VH2", which re-imagined characters such as Solar , X-O Manowar , and Ninjak . Nicieza himself wrote the Turok title as well as a new series, Troublemakers . Turok met with success as a video game adaptation, and Nicieza was promoted to president and publisher of Acclaim Comics in 1997. He also wrote a Turok novella during this period. However, after staff cuts and most of
7777-481: The orphanage and wanders before being taken in as ward by Charles Xavier . When Scott was a young boy, his father, USAF Major Christopher Summers , took the family for a flight in their de Havilland Mosquito from his grandparents' home in Anchorage , Alaska , when it came under attack by an alien Shi'ar spaceship. As the plane went down in flames, Scott's parents fastened him and his younger brother Alex into
7878-429: 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
7979-480: The present. The miniseries consisted of six standard-length issues. In February 2009, Marvel announced a second X-Men Forever , which began its run on June 10, 2009. It ran semimonthly as a regular title, set in an alternate continuity of the Marvel Universe (Earth-161). This second series is unrelated to the earlier series by the same name. The series, written by veteran X-Men author Chris Claremont ,
8080-447: The promotions department as an advertising manager. During this period he began to take his first freelance work for Marvel, writing short articles for Marvel's promotional magazine Marvel Age . Nicieza's first published comics story came with Psi-Force No. 9 (July 1987), a title in Marvel's short-lived New Universe imprint. This led to his becoming that title's regular writer from #16 (Feb. 1988) until #32 (June 1989),
8181-432: The school. However, the pair go into retirement following Operation: Zero Tolerance , in which Cyclops is gravely injured when a bomb is placed in his chest. Scott and Jean return to the X-Men sometime 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 plans to use
8282-808: The second of two X-Men titles and featured Cyclops, Wolverine , Gambit , Psylocke , Rogue , and Beast as Blue team. Cyclops has recently been featured in another title launch with the second introduction of a new X-Men series Astonishing X-Men . Astonishing X-Men features Cyclops, Wolverine, Shadowcat , Colossus , Emma Frost , and Beast as a team. Throughout this time, Cyclops continued to make appearances in Uncanny X-Men Marvel has also used Cyclops to launch variant series of X-Men titles most notably Ultimate X-Men and New X-Men . Cyclops has appeared in limited series including Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix , Further Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix , X-Men: The Asgardian Wars ,
8383-456: The second series of Astonishing X-Men , X-Men: The Search for Cyclops , his own self-titled series Cyclops , and X-Men Origins: Cyclops #1. In 2000, Joseph Harris wrote the four-issue run titled X-Men: The Search for Cyclops that dealt with Cyclops's return after merging with Apocalypse in the events of the Twelve from The Uncanny X-Men #377. In 1991, writer Brian K. Vaughan worked on
8484-544: The self-titled series Cyclops #1–4. During Joss Whedon 's run of Astonishing X-Men , Cyclops adopts a new attitude unfamiliar to most accustomed fans. After Emma Frost's psychic intervention at the mansion , he temporarily loses his powers after owning up to his self-inflicted, traumatic past. This prompted an interview with Whedon in Wizard magazine #182. When asked if Cyclops did not have his powers anymore, Whedon replied: No, he doesn't have his powers. Well, he had
8585-455: The series until The Uncanny X-Men #201, after which he was featured in the launch of a new series by Marvel. This new series, X-Factor , launched in 1986 and starred the original X-Men team of Cyclops, Marvel Girl , Beast, Iceman , and Angel . Scott stayed with the X-Factor title through X-Factor #70. In October 1991, Summers returns to the X-Men to launch X-Men #1. This series was
8686-542: The team despite being X-Men at the same time in the mainstream continuity. Other major changes from the mainstream continuity included: Sabretooth admitting he was Wolverine's father, Professor X not being re-crippled by the Shadow King during the Muir Island Saga, and Cyclops's son Nathan not being sent into the future or receiving the legacy virus. Sabertooth incorporates himself into the X-Men by claiming he
8787-445: The team's primary leaders. The first-born son of Corsair , Scott Summers is the older brother of Havok and Vulcan . His first and most enduring love interest is his current wife, Jean Grey , with the two having a daughter, Rachel Summers , from an alternate future. Other significant love interests include his ex-wife Madelyne Pryor —a clone of Jean and mother of his son Cable —and fellow X-Man Emma Frost . Cyclops' archenemy
8888-530: The title's full writer, which he remained until 1995. By the end of 1992, Nicieza became regular scripter for X-Men vol. 2, beginning with No. 12 (Sept. 1992), working primarily with penciler Andy Kubert throughout his run. For the next three years, Nicieza was among the writers and editors of one of Marvel's most popular superhero franchises during a time of such popular, multi-series crossover story arcs as " X-Cutioner's Song ", " Phalanx Covenant " and " Age of Apocalypse ". During this period Nicieza wrote
8989-490: The truth, Scott leaves the Xavier Institute, and a short time later Emma is found shattered in her diamond form and believed killed. Scott soon finds himself at the Hellfire Club which had been turned into a sleazy strip club and tries to get drunk, attempting to escape the responsibilities, expectations, and demands which he feels are unjustly placed on him by the X-Men. He then accompanies Wolverine and Fantomex to
9090-586: The two kiss in the woods outside the school, but Logan walks away telling her that she should remain with Scott. Xavier leaves Earth while under the control of Cassandra Nova and Jean is left as Headmistress of the school. Her new responsibilities along with her growing powers, force Jean to put her attention elsewhere leaving Scott feeling ignored and his trauma from being possessed trivialized. Instead of attempting to reconcile with her, Scott turns to Emma Frost for consolation, feeling that he can talk to Emma about his problems. Their relationship ostensibly begins as
9191-576: The two teams. In July 2010, X-Men Forever was cancelled and replaced by X-Men Forever 2 in August 2010 (also set on Earth-161). The story picked up on the growing threat of Consortium and the Burnout disease, with the X-Men going undercover from society, as well as the Consortium taking control of S.H.I.E.L.D. It added Mystique and the Starjammers to the reoccurring cast. The series was cancelled at issue #16, leaving several dangling plot threads regarding
9292-520: The way he had handled the situation. The demons S'ym and N'astirh corrupt Madelyne's feelings of self-despair, transforming her into the Goblin Queen. Madelyne seeks revenge on Scott for leaving her. When it is revealed that she is a clone created by geneticist Mister Sinister , essentially for the purpose of becoming a brood mare , Madelyne cannot take it anymore and kills herself. Scott seemingly kills Sinister with an optic blast, and pursues
9393-511: Was a Top 10 selling title at the time, I felt it was a wholly unjustified decision." After 1995, Nicieza wrote short runs of Captain Marvel (vol. 2, 1995), Spider-Man : The Final Adventure (1995) and stories for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers before leaving the company in 1996. That year Nicieza did his first work for rival publisher DC Comics , co-writing Justice League : Midsummer Nightmare with Mark Waid which relaunched
9494-678: Was born in Buenos Aires , Argentina, the son of Omar and Irma Riguetti Nicieza. He was four years old when his family moved to the United States. Growing up in New Jersey , Nicieza learned to read and write from comic books. He lived first in Sayreville, New Jersey and moved to Old Bridge Township , where he attended Madison Central High School , from which he graduated in 1979. He studied at Rutgers University , interning at
9595-464: Was doing in X-Men Forever would never have been possible in the primary X-Men books because of the corporate needs of Marvel Comics: The one significant difference and advantage that Forever has over Uncanny is that we don't have to worry about corporate needs. The one great disadvantage with Fantastic Four or with X-Men or with Spider-Man or with any book in the mainstream Marvel line
9696-456: Was murdered by then Emperor D'Ken, leaving a grieving Corsair to escape captivity and form the Starjammers. He also finds out through Corsair that he has living grandparents, who own a shipping company in Alaska. During his first visit to his grandparents he meets Madelyne Pryor , a woman who bears a strong resemblance to Jean. Eventually he marries her, and after she gets pregnant he retires from
9797-551: Was only temporary. 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 ), who informed Cyclops that he
9898-506: Was originally advertised as a continuation of the storylines he intended for Uncanny X-Men and X-Men in 1991, but which never saw print because of his resignation from the title and Marvel Comics following X-Men #3. Despite the original billing as what "would have been written" by Claremont had he never left, the series quickly diverged from that idea into a more traditional "alternate universe" title. In an interview conducted with Wizard Universe , Claremont acknowledged that what he
9999-514: Was released in May 2009, was largely a reprint of the first three issues of the 1991 X-Men . The last pages were devoted to a bridge story meant to segue into X-Men Forever , including a scene that hints at the death of Wolverine . X-Men Forever began its run proper the next month, in June 2009. The story starts by leading directly from X-Men 1–3, as the team (no longer divided into Blue and Gold Teams)
10100-521: Was released: Suburban Dicks , a satirical crime novel set in the New Jersey suburbs. A second book with the same characters, The Self-Made Widow , was published in 2022. Cyclops (Marvel Comics) Cyclops is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men . Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby ,
10201-450: Was unable to save his son from the fatal infection. Distraught, Scott sends his son into the future where he can be cured. Next, Xavier's psionic enemy, 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". After Cyclops's return as field leader, much of the Blue team
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