Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 Review

Writer: Ed Brisson / Artist: Carlos Gomez /Marvel “In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.” – Desiderius Erasmus The return of a legend: fan-favorite X-Men leader Scott Summers aka Cyclops aka Cyke aka Scotty Bluetights aka Slym Dayspring aka Gloomy Face.  After dying a senseless and anticlimactic death during the Mutant-Inhuman Wars in the “Death of X” mini-series, Xavier’s star pupil joins the living to reclaim and rethink his position in the message of his mentor. Timing was never his strong suit (how long did it take Cyke and Jean to get married? 34 years?), and so of course, Cyclops is back, but the X-Men have already been wiped away by X-Man on the beaches of British Columbia. Death is Not the End

Cyclops was first shown alive in the final panel of Extermination #5 after Kid Cable successfully sent the Original Five back to their timeline. This issue fills the how, why, and what happened to bring a dead man back to life. Using the entire timeline as his office, Kid Cable pinpoints a key moment in Cyclops’ life as the key to reviving his father. Several stylized pages follow – tinted, inked, and penciled in an impressive homage to the Golden Age style of early X-Men comics. During one of his “off-days,” Cyclops saves the life of a research student under attack from a giant robot controlled by deranged technology professor who loses his job. Thankful, the student promises to do whatever he can for Cyclops to repay him.  Kid Cable visits the man in the future,…