The Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix (X-men and Cable) [Paperback]

Scott Lobdell (Author), Gene Ha (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Marvel Entertainment Group (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785101713
• ISBN-13: 978-0785101710
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #596,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars History of the Summers Family Tree, January 25, 1999

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This review is from: The Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix (X-men and Cable) (Paperback)

There are simply too many people in the X-universe that carry the name "Summers". Well, at least this book clears some questions about one of them (Now if it wouldn't raise so many more). The story starts just after X-Men 30, with Scott Summers and Jean Grey-Summers (newly wed), are pulled 2000 years into the future by Mother Askani (Who happens to be Rachel Summers, the alternate future daughter of the newlyweds, who is a major time traveler). Their mission. Raise baby Nathan (who is, if you want to get technical, Rachel's older baby brother [did that even make sense?]) So here are Scott (who goes by "Slym") and Jean (Who goes by "Redd") raising one of the most powerful mutants, who has to disguise himself as a human, in a world where it is "survival of the fittest." And in this world, humans are not counted amongst the fittest, and are trated as such (Very much like in modern day comics with mutants). The unfortunate thing is that the series covers a few days in each book, over a period of twelve years. It gives us only a glimps into Cable's life. Oh well, The Askani Son series picked up the pieces there!

5.0 out of 5 stars The origins of Nathan Dayspring Sumers aka CABLE, July 29, 2008

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Dave X "X- Dave" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix (X-men and Cable) (Paperback)

This story presents how Cycplops(slim) and Jean Grey (red) go to the future and why they had to leave cable, their son in that distant future, the art is really good and the story is really interesting.

4.0 out of 5 stars Sorting out the Summers family tree, July 18, 2006

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix (X-men and Cable) (Paperback)

The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix trade paperback collects the 1994 miniseries that attempted to sort out one of the most bizarre family trees in comics, even by X-Men standards.

In this series, newlyweds Scott Summers and Jean Grey, otherwise known as X-Men Cyclops and um, Jean Grey (the name Marvel Girl must be passé) are snatched from their island honeymoon and sent 2,000 years into the future by their elderly daughter Rachel (who arrived there from yet another future timeline) to watch over Scott's infant son Nathan, who had been sent to that very future in order to survive the techno-organic virus that was killing him in "our" time. Rachel, like her mom, is the sometime host of the powerful Phoenix force, and Nathan would grow up to become the mutant warrior known as Cable. Nathan has a cloned duplicate called Stryfe, who is being raised as the heir to Apocalypse. Oh yes, Nathan's mother was Madeline Pryor, a now deceased (sort of) clone of Jean Grey.

I told you it was complicated!

This series attempts to weave these very different threads into a somewhat cohesive pattern. Scott and Jean end up spending more than a decade in the future, which gives them the opportunity to actually raise young Nathan, who is unaware of exactly who his guardians really are. The "Dayspring Family" eventually joins the underground resistance movement and makes what appears to be a final confrontation with Apocalypse. I say "appears" because Apocalypse is killed about as often as Jean Grey, and with similar long term success.

Scott Lobdell does an admirable job with an obviously difficult group of characters, origins, and events. While the series is not as fun and exciting as other X-Men adventures, it is a necessary story to tell, if for no other reason than to clean up the storylines abandoned by so many other writers.

Gene Ha's artwork is absolutely incredible. Ha is one of the most underrated artists working today, with an attention to detail that has to be seen to be believed. His art totally sets the tone of the series, and makes the otherworldly setting and characters seem that much more believable.

Overall, the Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix is a key part of X-Men history. It may not be as fascinating as X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga or the Age of Apocalypse, but it is an important part of the lives of several key X-Men characters.