Scott Summers is a mutant with the ability to fire destructive optic beams from his eyes.[14] As the first X-Man Cyclops,[40] he has ascended from super hero field leader to a mutant revolutionary icon.[41] The firstborn son of Major Chris Summers,[42] Scott and his brother Alex witnessed the apparent murder of their parents by the Shi'ar Emperor D'ken.[43] As an introspective orphan and in the clutches of the nefarious Mister Sinister, his mutant abilities first manifested.[44] After escaping Sinister's orphanage, Summers was rescued by Professor Xavier, a fellow mutant who ran a school aimed at helping mutants to control their uncanny abilities.[45][40]
As the leader of Xavier's X-Men, a task force with the goal of ensuring peaceful coexistence between humans and mutants, Cyclops guided other mutants in countless missions and adventures,[14][46][47][48][49] and even became the headmaster of Xavier's School.[50][51] When mutantkind was on the brink of extinction, Cyclops gradually transformed the X-Men into a more extremist faction to ensure the survival of mutants,[52][53] even going to war against the Avengers during the coming of the Phoenix to Earth, an event that cost the life of his former mentor Xavier.[54] As a revolutionary leader,[41] Cyclops has become an iconic figure for all of mutantkind, amalgamating aspects of Xavier's dream and Magneto's ideals.[55]
After Xavier returned,[56] a mutant-exclusive nation was established on the living island of Krakoa, which completely reshaped mutant society.[57] Cyclops has been assigned the nation's defense as the Captain Commander of Krakoa,[20] being the de facto leader of the X-Men.[58] Alongside his wife, Jean Grey, Cyclops has decided to reform the X-Men as a Krakoan super-hero team fighting to protect the whole world.[59]
