
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 the legacy of his mutant-human-harmony ideals. 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. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and has been a mainstay character of the X-Men series. James Marsden initially portrayed Cyclops in the 20th Century Fox X-Men films, while a younger version of the character was portrayed by Tim Pocock in the 2009 prequel film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and he was portrayed by Tye Sheridan in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019) as well as a cameo in Deadpool 2 (2018).Ĭyclops first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). Ĭyclops 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). 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 the team's primary leaders. Cyclops emits powerful beams of energy from his eyes, and can only control the beams with the aid of special eyewear which he must wear at all times.

Cyclops is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities.

Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the comic book The X-Men. Cyclops ( Scott Summers) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men.
