Hey, folks how's it going? As you can tell from both my icon and name I'm a Cyclops fan. During my many excursions on the internet I've stumbled across a blog site known stormantic.com and found some rather interesting reads((most of them of course focused on Storm)). While I'm not sure how many people have heard of this site what I found of interest was this...

 

It was really cool to find the above image by Alan Davis in which Cyclops argues for his existence. At the time this was drawn by Davis, Marvel editorial was about to kill of Cyke and merge him with big bad Apocalypse. Davis was not a fan of this idea and drew this artwork to argue his point. I find it to be a definitive understanding of the character and I agree with everything it says. To me, it’s not about whether Cyclops or Storm is the better leader. It’s about what kind of leader would I rather follow if I were an X-Man.  I prefer Storm because I would rather have an empathic ally than a stern taskmaster.  However, Cyclops represents the patriarch, and like Wolverine, we must learn from and rebel against his authority if we are to become our own leader. Cyclops serves a very important function in the X-Men.  He represents the life lessons of The Emperor tarot card and I wouldn’t want it any other way."

     Now my problem with the above comment is first, the crass favoritism towards Storm, second is how the author comparison of Scott to a patriarch or  familial and religious figure, and third is how he makes it sound as though Scott's only role within the team is to serve as an authoritative doormat. Other comments would follow describing Cyclops as the "uncool" desire a return of the old days him being the "nerdy, uptight, and conflicted leader." To me a lot of those comments imply to me that everyone except Cyclops is allowed to experience character growth and become "hip" and "cool" versus being competent, dependable, and consistent. I've even read a comment on another forum in which one person preferred Scott as Jean and Professor Xavier's "lapdog".

     In the case of Storm fans; is it really hard to swallow that the only reason isn't able to lead is because she is having to devote the majority her time to being queen of Wakanda or do people just simply not want Scott to lead?

     I honestly don't understand the reasoning behind a lot of these fans opinions. The Scott Summers that we have now is a culmination of his character from the sixties on through the eighties. As far as the nineties I don't remember much about him sans the cartoon, Zero Tolerance, and that ghastly costume with those useless pouches, miscellaneous belts, and half-cowl. From what I understand that was an era in which the character practically did nothing and yet it seems people are okay with this out of utter dislike from him and/or  favoritism towards other characters. 

So my question is why is it that others want him to regress back to a time in which there was no character growth for anyone and instead only plot-based characters, gimmicky cross-overs, and just bad writing overall?

Personally my favorite era is his current incarnation. He's over Jean, he's no longer lamenting over his inability to control his powers,he's confident, and he's adorned in a costume that reflects his better years.

So, which era of Cyclops do you prefer? What role do you like him best in and why? And please let's keep things civil and objective.

Same with all X-Men, the Yellow and Blue jumpsuit era from the Cartoon I grew up with.

idk, but I do like seeing his hair, the cowl always looked odd on him to me

90s-Messiah Complex. Fraction doesn't know how to write the nuances of his character at all.

Morrison and Whedon write him best.

I do, however, feel this is a good place for my demotivational poster;

I like him As long as he's not written by Fraction. I Love him when he's written by Whedon, Yost or Ellis,

• Emma cheats on Scott with Namor
• X-Men turn on Scott
• Scott goes evil

• Emma doesn't cheat on Namor.
  
• X-Men turn on Scott
• Scott and Emma leave Utopia with Magneto, Xavier and a few others to star in a side-book (like X-Men), while Wolverine and the Utopia-story keep focus in Uncanny.  

Whedon writes him best.

Definitely current Cyclops, him is an example of what I call proper character development. 

I didnt know Cyclops had fans ??? How that can be ?

I liked the late 90's era Cyclops (Jim Lee art no hood) but current Cyc with Emma is my fav. Gives him an edge he didnt have before when he was a puppy obsessed with Jean.

I didnt know Cyclops had fans ??? How that can be ?

I liked the late 90's era Cyclops (Jim Lee art no hood)

I liked the late 90's era Cyclops (Jim Lee art no hood) but current Cyc with Emma is my fav. Gives him an edge he didnt have before when he was a puppy obsessed with Jean.

I completely agree that Morrison and Whedon wrote him best.

Apart from that, I like him with Emma.  Jean cast too much of a shadow.

Oh, and I like him without the hood, makes him look less cold.

I have a feeling that Cyclops might get killed off..........

I'm going to point the finger at Emma. I reckon his relationship with her makes him look like a puppet on a string. Also, he just seems out of touch with the rest of the characters

Cyclops has always been fantastic. And underrated. I think the TV show and the movies have depicted him as really lame. But he's one of the best characters that has ever come out of X-Men comic books. Easily. (Kitty Pryde is better, but who can really beat Kitty Pryde?) Of course, I was always a fan of Leonardo on the ninja turtles, so judge my answer accordingly.

I liked the late 90's era Cyclops (Jim Lee art no hood) but current Cyc with Emma is my fav. Gives him an edge he didnt have before when he was a puppy obsessed with Jean.

The badass leader Cyclops.

Whedon wrote him best, but I do enjoy the current Scott ( I enjoy Scott , period ). One of the thinks I enjoy about Cyclops are his fans. I do find them to be more mature than other fans. I´m not trying to insult anybody but just sharing my experience. On some boards you can´t have a conversation about Cyclops without Storm-fanboys, Jean-fanboys and Wolverine-fanboys insulting the character or his fans. Or constantly how much stronger and cooler their favourit is even though the thread is not about who is better... Or people who open hate-threads in his forum....

And most Cyclops fans I seen acknowled is flaws and mistakes. But other fans don´t acknowled the flwas of their favourit charakter but have no proplem blaming him.

Sorry but I had to vent^^

Here's my choices:

- X-Men: The Animated Series - Yes, it's a TV show and is separate from the comics (although I hear it stayed quite true to the X-Men storyline), but this is what made me become a Cyke fan. As a little kid growing up without any father figures, I looked up to Cyke, who was dependable, responsible, and would pretty much do anything for his family, even Wolverine. I thought those were commendable qualities and ones that I wished I would one day have. While I grew out of that phase and don't see him or any other characters as father figures but just as characters, I still consider Cyke to be my all time favorite comic book character due to this show.

- Astonishing X-Men - It was the first X-Men comic I ever read and one of my first comics in general. The writing was just phenomenal and brought a lot of depth to the classic characters that were part of the cast. Since I hadn't read any of the X-comics that came before, I was a bit surprised at how different Cyke was compared to the X-Men TV series. I don't know how to explain it, but I guess 'badass' and 'awesome' would be two words I would use to describe him.

Today's Cyclops is probably my favorite Cyclops. Except for the random Jean Grey namedropping. That was weird.

Character-wise... The current no-bs Cyclops.

Design-wise... Ultimate and New X-Men costumes

After the garbage Schism was, still current Cyclops since his attitude and growth into the bad arse he is today made him my fave character.

Current Wolverine inspired Cyclops who be bangin dem hoes and keeping bro's on their toe's always right and keepin it tight, got Magneto on his knees.. something about... bee's.. or tree's...  
 
Oh no wait, Morrison version. 

90's Cyclops for me

EDIT: Really I just prefer Cyclops before his Apoc-possession. I really especially Cyclops under Simonson's pen.

As for recent depictions, I do think Whedon made Cyclops "cooler" while imo Morrison's Cyclops came across as pathetic. I also don't like his relationship with Emma Frost. It seems detrimental to both characters.

@Caligula said:

Whedon writes him best.

This.

@dementedtheclown said:

Same with all X-Men, the Yellow and Blue jumpsuit era from the Cartoon I grew up with.

And definitely this one, I will never forget that opening theme music :D

Though I like every depiction of Scott, my favorite era was from the early 2000's to M-Day plus Ellis' characterization and I simply love him during the O5 X-Factor run since Louise Simonsen took over.

People always say he's "not supposed to be a badass". But if you read X-Factor and other comics from that time (I just finished Cyclops: Retribution) he has always been. Not like Wolverine, but in his own way.