My aim here is to enlighten the uninformed about the details of Scott Summers that might escape his image in pop-culture. He’s a highly conflicted, emotionally repressed character who’s had to carry the weight of a species for years while on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
And maybe there was a time when he was, but the Cyclops of the current era no longer qualifies for such degradation. It’s a fair question when the public generally knows him as the underdeveloped, stick-in-the-mud third side of the Wolverine-Jean Grey-Cyclops love triangle.Įven X-Men fans who dare delve deeper than the movies and cartoons might hear the name Scott Summers and recoil. Just days ago, Marvel announced May 2015’s Hero of the Month to be none other than Cyclops, leader of the X-Men, who beat out runner-up Silver Surfer by over 800 votes. It’s hard to order your people to die for you. Because a leader knows, it’s not so hard to die for your people.
