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Warning ! Spoilers ahead for Ms. Marvel : Mutant Menace # 3!For year , fan have wondered whetherCyclops ’ opthalmic blasts would still continue to fuel from his eyes even if he were n’t alive . The appearance of a fresh zombi version of Cyclops seemingly answers this interrogative by revealing thatthey will go forward fire for a while after he ’s numb .
InMs . wonder : Mutant Menace#3 by Iman Vellani , Sabir Pirzada , Scott Godlewski , Erick Arciniega and VC ’s Joe Caramagna , Kamala and her acquaintance Red Dagger are assail on a rooftop by a living dead Scott Summers . Thanks tothe X - Men ’s Resurrection Protocols , whenever a mutant dies , they are upraise in a Modern consistence . Ms. Marvel realize that this corpse was leave behind behind after Cyclops fail on a mission , and it was afterwards steal and reanimated as a monstrous arm . The two heroes manage to defeat the zombified version ofKamala ’s former Champions mate . Kamala knock its body into the gentle wind while Red Dagger stabs it , riding its body down as it falls into an bowling alley below .
But even though it ’s patently trounce , its ocular blasts continue to fire into the melodic phrase .
water flea ' optic blasts are his most iconic power , but 10 - Men lore formally states that Scott Summers actually has three mutant ability .
Cyclops Keeps Firing His Optic Blasts Even After He Dies
Is There a Limit to How Much Energy He Can Expel?
While Ms. Marvel is concerned about the fact that the blasts are still firing , Red Dagger is n’t worried at all . “ unstrain . It ’s only a danger to the clouds , ” he say . “And give how easily his hide flays , it wo n’t be long before the body combust itself out too . ” After that , the two do not seem interested about the zombi , instead pivoting into a romanticistic moment . As they share a kiss on the rooftop , the zombi Cyclops ’ cherry-red eye beams can still be seen behind them , firing up into the sky . It ’s almost as if the optic blasts are fireworks , adding to the romance .
In most zombi fable , a animate corpse can only be defeatedby demolish its brainpower . This is usually accomplished with a headshot or a hard gust to the skull . In this subject , reader do n’t get confirmation that the zombie spirit Cyclops is in reality down for the count . However , Ms. Marvel and Red Dagger are intelligibly not interested about it getting back up and take up its attack . Therefore , it ’s safe to assume that the reanimated corpse has been “ killed ” once again .
During a subsequent fight with more zombified go - manpower , the crimson eye blasts are no longer witness , indicating that they may have burned out . The snake god Cyclops is n’t image again until the issue ’s last page , when it and theother zombie X - Menare held in the powerful hair of Medusa , female monarch of the Inhumans . It ’s unclear if the zombies have been truly counteract or if she ’s just seized them , though there seems to be little reason that she would keep them “ live . ”
Kamala Khan ’s role as drawing card has advisedly duplicate Cyclops ' own , with Ms. Marvel showing she has what it take to lead the ex - human being .
How Cyclops' Optic Blasts Work
Are Cyclops' Eyes a Portal to Another Dimension?
for make sense of why Scott ’s beams uphold to dart out even after his soundbox is bushed , it ’s important to understandhow Cyclops ’ powers actually work . means back in 1968’sX - Men#43 , a back - up chronicle title “ Call Him … Cyclops ” by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth institute how Cyclops shoots his fabulously powerful ocular light beam . It ’s divulge that Scott ’s centre absorb luminousness from the sun and convert it into energy . after stories would expand on this , establishing that his body absorbs and metabolise other character of energy , such as cosmic rays and Vasco da Gamma rays . It ’s state that as he catch older , his trunk becomes capable of take in and stack away even more energy , making his blast potentially even more powerful .
There is some contention overthe source of Cyclops ’ concussive blast . Many fans believe that the Department of Energy in Scott ’s optic beams really come from another proportion . This confusedness halt from the first edition ofThe Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe , published in 1983 . The book tell that Scott ’s eye represent as “ interdimensional aperture between this universe and another , non - Einsteinian universe , where forcible laws as we know them do not pertain . ” This other creation is fulfill with particles that “ generate dandy , directional concussive forces when they interact with the objects of this universe . ”
The next variant ofThe Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe , published in 1985 , would do away with this account . This edition states that “ the precise nature of this energy and its descent remain unknown , ” but that it is likely due to absorbing sunlight . grant toCBR , some subsequentOfficial Handbookspublished by Marvel , as well as postings on its site , would mention the portal to the non - Einsteinian cosmos . However , this has never been established in an actual funny history , so its canyon status is unclear . This young zombie Cyclops seems to point that his body stores energy , and that his visual blasts will die down as he expends that energy and his eubstance burns up .
Fans may think that Cyclops of the X - Men shoot lasers from his eye - but it ’s actually one of the most unimaginable power ever !
Cyclops Doesn’t Play a Big Role in AnyMarvel ZombiesStories
Marvel Needs to Give Fans More Undead Scott Summerses
Zombies have been a popular staple of Marvel Comics for years , particularly aftertheMarvel Zombiesuniversewas introduced in the pages of 2005’sUltimate Fantastic Four#21 by Mark Millar and Greg Land . In the variousMarvel Zombiesseries and one - guesswork that have been published , Cyclops has once in a while made appearance , but has rarely ever been feature . He ’s usually seen in the setting or depicted as another shuffling fellow member of a zombie horde . He ’s almost never seen fire his visual blasts , but given that most Marvel Hero of Alexandria keep their powers after becoming zombie , it ’s fair to think that the undead Scott does as well .
The practiced zombie iteration of water flea can be seen in 2020’sMarvel Zombies : Resurrection#1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Leonard Kirk . In this story , the X - Man Forge has turnedthe deceased Cyclops ’ oral sex into a weaponthat fire Scott ’s optic blast like a laser artillery . It ’s never revealed exactly how Forge managed to harness the exponent of Cyclops ’ blasts or how long this gun will last , but it ’s safe to assume that its power is limited until it runs out of energy .
The fates of Wolverine & Cyclops have been uncover in Marvel Comics ( sort of ) , and their ending brings a everlasting tight to their cryptic - seat rivalry .
The Many Deaths of Cyclops Are All Missing One Key Element
Scott Almost Always Dies with His Visor On
The closemouthed we ’ve gotten is the movieX - Men Origins : Wolverine , when Deadpool is present Cyclops ’ power . When Logan decapitates Deadpool , his oculus shaft go on firing , make a ton of wipeout as it falls to the ground . However , you would be firmly - pressed to detect an ten - Men fan who takes anything that happens in that movie to be canonical or classic .
The ending ofMs . wonder : Mutant Menace#3 does not explicitly state whether or not the zombie Cyclops is numb or merely incapacitated . But the case of the story certainly give the impression that water flea ’ beams keep on fire after death , until the vim that ’s stored up in his body runs out . The upcoming new chapter for the go - Men sees water flea leading a new team , and the current Resurrection Protocols are unconvincing to last into this new era . Therefore , it might be a while until we see Scott Summers die on the comic strip varlet and get more solution about what happen toCyclops ’ optic eruption after he dies .
Ms. Marvel : Mutant Menace#3is available now from Marvel Comics .
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.
Ms. Marvel : Mutant Menace#3 ( 2024 )
Cyclops , a.k.a . Scott Summers , is the X - Men ’s core team leader and one of the first characters to look in the franchise . As a human / mutant hybrid , Cyclops has the big businessman to found monolithic bursts of energy from his eyes that are regulated through the use of a especially designed visor . Despite his calm and collected demeanor , he run to lose it when in the presence of a fellow team fellow member , Wolverine .
