Cyclops
Scott Summers
Created by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
First Appearance
The X-Men #1 (1963)
Appearances
2,097
Primary Team
X-Men
Debut Era
1960s
The first X-Man and Xavier's chosen leader. Scott Summers fires uncontrollable optic blasts and channels that burden into rigid tactical discipline. Over the decades he evolved from dutiful boy scout to revolutionary militant — the man who killed Professor X and built a mutant nation. Every era of the X-Men is ultimately a story about what kind of leader Scott Summers chooses to be.
Appearances Over Time
Series
Most Appearances By Series
The Uncanny X-Men (1981) 212 issues
The X-Men (1963) 138 issues
X-Factor (1986) 83 issues
X-Men (1991) 78 issues
Astonishing X-Men (2004) 64 issues
X-Men: Legacy (2008) 49 issues
Classic X-Men (1986) 48 issues
X-Men (2021) 45 issues
New X-Men (2001) 44 issues
All-New X-Men (2013) 43 issues
Events
Event Participation
Dark Phoenix Saga (1980) 10/10
Inferno (1989) 8/14
X-Cutioner's Song (1992) 13/13
Bloodties (1993) 1/2
Age of Apocalypse (1995) 12/42
Onslaught (1996) 14/31
Decimation (2005) 7/10
Messiah CompleX (2007) 13/13
Utopia (2009) 4/4
Messiah War (2009) 2/12
Necrosha (2009) 7/13
Second Coming (2010) 17/22
Age of X (2011) 4/6
Schism (2011) 12/12
AXIS (2014) 9/9
HoX / PoX (2019) 5/12
Age of X-Man (2019) 2/31
X of Swords (2020) 7/23
First Appearance
The X-Men #1
1963
First Appearance
The X-Men #1
September 1963