Scott Summers is a mutant with the ability to fire destructive optic beams from his eyes.^[14] As the first X-Man Cyclops,^[31] he has ascended from super hero field leader to a mutant revolutionary icon.^[32] The firstborn son of Major Chris Summers,^[33] Scott and his brother Alex witnessed the apparent murder of their parents by the Shi'ar Emperor D'ken.^[34] As an introspective orphan and in the clutches of the nefarious Mister Sinister, his mutant abilities first manifested.^[35] After escaping Sinister's orphanage, Summers was rescued by Professor Xavier, a fellow mutant who ran a school aimed at helping mutants to control their uncanny abilities.^[36][31]