“Eyes open means destruction; eyes shut means leadership — the X-Man whose identity is built on control.”
Fires kinetic energy beams from his eyes. Only ruby quartz can block them; he steers direction with his visor.
Years of Professor X's training compressed into battlefield tactics — the operational brain of the X-Men.
Cyclops is a man for whom control is survival. His ability to destroy if he opens his eyes has made internal discipline his highest priority since childhood. Cold and principled as a leader, but behind those principles is a long habit of suppressing emotion. After losing Jean, his idealism hardens into something darker — the most ironic arc in the X-Men.