The future shock continues for young Scott Summers but Cyclops fans have reason to celebrate. Young Cyclops will star in a new ongoing series by Greg Rucka and Russell Dauterman according to Comic Book Resources. The new series starring one of the original X-Man follows a huge revelation in All-New X-Men #23 out today so before I continue here’s a major
SPOILER WARNING:
If you have not read All-New X-Men #23 then stop reading now.
Seriously.
Here it comes.
The new series will be an outer space road trip with young Scott and his father!
It was revealed in All-New X-Men #23 that Christopher Summers (aka the space pirate known as Corsair) is alive. Summers was believed to be killed by his own son- Gabriel (aka Vulcan) in the X-Men: The Rise and Fall of the Shiar Empire. This new book marks Rucka’s return to Marvel. The acclaimed writer with huge independent, creator-owned successes (Lazarus, Stumptown, Veil) tells CBR why he couldn’t turned down the leader of the X-Men: “I was offered the book by [editor] Nick Lowe, and he basically said that he had been talking to Brian Bendis, and he had suggested me, because, I believe as Bendis put it, “Greg’s got a son about Scott’s age, and it seems that could be a really good fit.” And that was how Nick sort of pitched it. I thought about it, and I was like, “Well, that sounds like it would be a hell of a lot of fun. Let’s try it.” There are a whole lot of irons in the fire right now, and timing for a freelancer is everything: When there’s a gap in the schedule, when you’re free, when you’re not, what’s coming up, what fell through and what didn’t. This was the right offer at the right time. It feels like I’ve been misquoted about this: I’ve never felt like, “Eh, fuck work-for-hire.” Work-for-hire has been very, very good to me, in many, many ways. It is a privilege, more often than not, to get to work on iconic characters. You’re talking about Scott Summers. Come on! This is a cool opportunity.”
Rucka explains the challenge and appeal of writing Cyclops: “When I started reading “Uncanny” way back in the day — and I mean way back in the day — there were characters I loved, and there were characters that I was kind of “meh” about. I was “meh” about Scott at the start. I had been collecting for about a year and a half, and I came to a realization — “Why is it that I feel like I haven’t connected with this guy?” Then the penny dropped for me, which was, “Oh, because he and I are an awful lot alike.” [Laughs] We’re very serious people; we take our responsibilities very seriously, we expect others to do the same, and we’re often frustrated by their lack of doing so. And we internalize a lot. If I were an X-Man, I’d probably end up being Scott — but I’d be the Scott who never, ever, ever managed to make anything work with Jean. [Laughs] There’s something Gary Cooper about him that I really like. There’s something about this kid — and I’m looking at him very much as a kid; for our purposes he’s 16 — he’s really trying to figure out how to be a stand-up man. Right now, he’s got an example that he’s not in love with. The stand-up man version of himself is problematic! I really like the character. I’m not sure Scott will ever be “cool.” Logan’s always going to be cool. Scott’s the guy who gets stuff done,” Rucka tells CBR. “One of the duties of the X-Men — we’ve talked about this for years and years — is the metaphor of being the outsider group. One of the things that Marvel has always done so well is talk about teenage trauma, and the difficulties of that. In so many ways, Scott is perfectly that. He is a young man trying to be a good man, and trying to stand for what he believes in, and trying to figure out how to love, and how to make new things work, and how to be responsible for other people — which is a huge thing. Scott’s always been a little too mature for his own good; certainly, young Scott. I find that incredibly appealing.”
All-New X-Men #23 is out now. Stay tuned for more details on Cyclops.
By Editor