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Eric Jansen
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Posted: 11 April 2019 at 5:18pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Wait, isn't Cyclops dead?

And if he isn't, this reminds me of a line from a Woody Allen movie: "They shot him in the eyes."  "Oh my God, you mean he's blind?!"  "Dead."  "Oh yeah, because the bullets--they go through."  (Or something like that!)
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Posted: 11 April 2019 at 5:43pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Paging Mr Fix-it!
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I think it's plausible. But it's questionable whether it's a good idea that should have happened. 

In the scene, he isn't firing an optic blast, so the bullet would not have encountered any resistance prior to hitting the visor. We can see that the visor was broken, so my "No-Prize" explanation for it is that the bullet shattered the ruby quartz lens of his visor, and the ruby quartz shrapnel was what actually caused him to lose his eye.

If anything, his optic blasts probably saved his life, because it was a straight shot, at fairly close range. His power probably slowed the velocity of the bullet down enough that it didn't go through his head and so only his eye was damaged.

That said, I'm torn on whether this was a good idea. I'm inclined to give Matt Rosenberg the benefit of the doubt and give him a chance to see all this through. But i have reservations over whether this was a good idea.
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Posted: 12 April 2019 at 7:19am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

So Nightcrawler was really a demon and Cyclops has really got just one eye...

Where do they get all these ideas?
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Posted: 12 April 2019 at 7:32am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Wait until you find out that Ororo was the human manifestation of the Force of Nature, and Sean Cassidy is actually a female faerie.* And Marvel Girl actually mutated from a light black pair of denim pants, and Logan was a wolverine mutated into human form. Oh... wait...

*I'll bet Claremont would have loved it.
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Posted: 12 April 2019 at 9:29am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Mr. Byrne, it is really being part of this forum that has made me realize the way many current comic creators think. Why wouldn't a character named Cyclops have one eye? Stan and Jack obviously made a mistake that has now been rectified. 

Two other things...
1) The next creator will just give him his eye back and this will be forgotten. 
2) Why does it matter whether Scott Summers has one eye? I'm not sure this will ever really have an impact on the character or the story line.


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Jonathan D., I'm not sure if you're serious or not, but the answer to your question is: Cyclops was named as he was because it was descriptive of his super hero identity. It was for the readers as much as anything... those initial Marvel heroes were all pretty much named descriptively of their appearance or powers. The exceptions that I see were Thor, Mr. Fantastic, Marvel Girl, and maybe the Thing.

As opposed to the appearance of Deathkidney or SlashButt. ;)
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Posted: 12 April 2019 at 11:20am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

Yeah, you'd never guess which character was Thor from a line-up from just from his appearance...
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Posted: 12 April 2019 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Peter M. - I'd expect Thor to be a guy with a sprained arm and a lisp. :)

In 1962, who knew who Thor was? Yes, by process of elimination from the Avengers, you'd get him. But the average comic reader might not. You make a good point; I'm just not sure it was quite so obvious. YMMV, obviously.
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Posted: 12 April 2019 at 2:55pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Granted, Greek mythology might be a little more popular than Norse mythology, but both “Cyclops” and “Thor” require a certain level of cultural literacy. Maybe people might be expecting a bearded redhead, but Thor is the guy with the hammer. 
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Posted: 12 April 2019 at 3:59pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

I think the question is best avoided because Cyclops' powers are pure fantasy, even more so than most super-powers.
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Posted: 13 April 2019 at 12:00pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

To my mind, losing an eye would throw Cyclops' powers off. He'd have to relearn how to use it and compensate for the loss. 
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