Scott Summers

Scott Summers is a student at the Xavier School for Mutant Education and Outreach and the mutant hero known as Cyclops.

Early Life
Scott Summers was born to USAF pilot Christopher Summers and his wife, Katherine in Anchorage, Alaska. The Summers lived there for the first twelve years of Scott's life. One day, Christopher decided to take Katherine and Scott on a plane flight. Tragically the plane's engine malfunctioned and was about to explode. Katherine strapped Scott into a parachute and pushed him out of the plane. Scott's mutant power manifested and a beam of red energy fired from Scott's eyes, slowing his descent. However, Scott sustained a head injury in his landing.

Waking up in a hospital one year later, Scott was visited by a geneticist named Mister Essex. He provided Scott with a pair of sunglasses made of ruby-quartz, which he said would prevent Scott's mutant ability from randomly discharging. Essex explained to Scott that he was a mutant, but due to his head injury, he wouldn't be able to control his power without the lens.

Scott was put into foster care for the next two years, until he was found by CIA Agents Fred Duncan and Moira MacTaggert and Professor Charles Xavier.

X-Man
In X-Men Volume I, Scott is enrolled at the Xavier School and meets Jean Grey, Bobby Drake, and Hank McCoy.

Powers

 * Optic Blast: Scott has the ability to fire powerful concussive energy beams from his eyes. However, due to his head injury as a young boy, he cannot control this ability without a special visor or sunglasses.
 * Spatial Awareness: Scott possesses an uncanny sense of trigonometry; able to observe objects and the angles found between the surfaces of these objects. Scott uses this ability to cause his optic blasts to ricochet off objects at a trajectory of his liking.
 * Energy Resistance: Scott is immune to the effects of his own powers; as well as being able to withstand his brother's ability with no ill effects.

Abilities

 * Skilled Fighter: Scott has been trained in martial arts and unarmed combat.
 * Skilled Tactician and Strategist: Scott seems to be an exceptional natural-born leader.