Cyclopshas long been one of the most respectedX-Men, largely due to his unparalleled tactical mind and decades of leadership experience. His iconic optic blasts garner plenty of respect on their own and make him shockingly powerful, but Marvel just revealed that his strongest ability is actually something completely different.
InGiant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1, readers get a glimpse of an incredibly intimate moment sharedbetween Cyclops and Jean Grey, wherein Jean asks him to fuse their minds. This ensures that there will always be a piece of Scott within her, and a piece of her within him. It further deepens the romantic bond they already share, but it goes beyond storybook love -this is a literal merging of souls that bonds Scott to the most powerful being in creation.
According to Jean,the permanent psychic bond makes Cyclops and Jean two halves of the same being. In addition to his own impressive abilities, Scott Summers shares a mind with the prefered host of the Phoenix Force - a fact that shines new light on several events from his life, including the time he himself became the Dark Phoenix.
Cyclops' Psychic Link With Jean Grey Is His Greatest Power
Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1by writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, artist Rod Rise, and letterer Clayton Cowles
Cyclops is synonymous with his optic blasts, the iconic red beams emitted from his eyes. At full strength, they’re a devastating concussive force that Scott needs specially designed visors with ruby quartz lenses to control. They’ve allowed him to take on Sentinels single-handedly and level entire forests, even if he tends to exercise much tighter control and precision in most battles.
His optic blasts pair perfectly with his incredible spatial awareness, years of relentless battlefield training, and his intrinsic motivation to protect his team, making Scott Summers one of the most impressive mutants around. Yet, despite his many merits, the psychic link Jean establishes between the two of them turns him into something even greater. They are two sides of an all-powerful coin, giving Scott a direct line to Jean even in her darkest times (or his own). To share that bond with anyone would be an advantage, buthe’s forever bonded to Life Incarnate and his greatest love.
Jean is the current host (and it turns out the creator) of the Phoenix Force - the embodiment of creativity in Marvel lore. This means that Scott is psionically tied to a being above even the gods. This explains several moments from the past, such as when Jean Grey was able to encourage Scott to continue running Xavier’s school when he’d decided to quit (despite being dead at the time.) Likewise,Scott absorbing the Phoenix ForceinAvXno longer seems like coincidence - it’s essentially confirmed that, as Jean’s other half, he was always destined to connect with the Phoenix Force himself.
Cyclops and Jean Grey Make Each Other Stronger
Their Connection Creates an Unstoppable Team
Cyclops and Jean Grey are one of the Marvel Universe’s most iconic couples and certainly themost memorable pair within the X-Men. Their relationship has always been rooted in a deep emotional connection, and it’s been tested through an endless parade of grief, loss, and unbelievable challenges. When they both inevitably reach the other side of whatever horrors they’re going through, they find their way back to one another. They are"like magnets",a phenomenon now further explained by this solid mental connection. Of course, they are drawn together when they each have a literal piece of the other within them.
Not only does this newly revealed link bolster Cyclops' own power, always ensuring that Jean Grey will feel and hear him in the moments that he needs her the most, but it cements their relationship as a permanent fixture. Despite hurting one another, and being beaten down by the very universe itself,they are truly inseparable. As long as they share the bond that they both agreed to, that will never change. They’re both better for it, acting as anchors in the roughest metaphorical waters, and that bond is strong enough to save worlds.
On his own,Cyclops is one of Marvel’s greatest leadersand a powerful mutant. His optic blasts are capable of cutting a wide path of destruction when needed, and his ability to execute battle plans is nearly unparalleled. In other words, he’s earned all the respect that he gets and does not actually need anything extra to be impressive, but even his strongest optic blast pales in comparison to sharing an unbending connection to a literal God. Jean Grey’s unbreakable psychic link toCyclopsis his greatest power, and together they are theX-Men’smost formidable duo.
X-Men
The X-Men franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities. Led by the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity. The series explores themes of diversity and acceptance through a blend of action, drama, and complex characters, spanning comics, animated series, and blockbuster films.
Cyclops
Cyclops, a.k.a. Scott Summers, is the X-Men’s core team leader and one of the first characters to appear in the franchise. As a human/mutant hybrid, Cyclops has the power to launch massive bursts of energy from his eyes that are regulated through the use of a specially designed visor. Despite his calm and collected demeanor, he tends to lose it when in the presence of a fellow team member, Wolverine.
