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b"http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/6121556\\n\\nWe\\u2019re starting 2018 off right by going through the essential comic books for Scott Summers and Alex Summers. That\\u2019s right it's Cyclops and Havok time. Any chance we can get to talk X-Men, we\\u2019re going to leap at it. This was a fun episode to do because Cyclops and Havok have such long and rich histories not only with the X-Men but X-Factor as well.\\xa0\\n\\nScott Summers first appeared in X-Men #1 and Alex debuted in issue #54. Scott starts off as the boy scout and natural leader while Alex is more reluctant to lead and a bit more rebellious. Throughout their history in the comic books though, they gradually switch places as Alex becomes more of a team player & leader and Scott becomes a revolutionary.\\xa0\\n\\nSome of Scott\\u2019s decisions through the years are tough to defend. After marrying Madelyne Pryor (the clone of Jean Grey), he ends up abandoning her and their child when he finds out Jean Grey is still alive. It\\u2019s a real shitty move. Years later, while recovering from Apocalypse messing with his head, he starts cheating on Jean psychically with Emma Frost. Hey, he might be a great team leader but his love life leaves a lot to be desired. But once mutant kind is facing extinction, it\\u2019s hard not to see why Scott makes some of the choices he does. You might not be full Team \\u2018Cyclops Was Right\\u2019 but the extreme choices makes are a direct result of having the weight of the entire mutant race on his soldiers.\\xa0\\n\\nThere are a few things we don\\u2019t cover here. First, we don\\u2019t cover the young, time displaced Cyclops. He\\u2019s basically become his own separate character and we might cover him at a later date. Second, the Summers bloodline is actually pretty complex and A LOT. So we limit this discussion to just Scott and Alex (with a touch of Gabriel). We\\u2019re going to cover Nathan (Cable) later on this year closer to Deadpool 2. Although, we do get a bit of him in The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix.\\n\\nHere are some of the essential comic issues we covered:\\nScott Summers:\\n\\n\\n \\tUncanny X-Men 1 - First appearance of Scott Summers (Cyclops) and the X-Men\\n \\tClassic X-Men 42 - Mister Sinister in the orphanage\\n \\tX-Men Giant Size #1\\n \\tUncanny 125 - 128\\xa0\\n \\tDark Phoenix Saga\\n \\tX-Factor Vol 1\\n \\tUncanny X-Men 243\\n \\tX-Men Vol 2\\xa0\\n\\n \\t#1 - 3\\n \\t#30 - Scott Summers marries Jean Grey\\n\\n\\n \\tAdventures of Cyclops and Phoenix\\n \\tSearch for Cyclops 1 - 4\\n \\tNew X-Men - Grant Morrison - #114 - 154\\n \\tAstonishing X-Men - Joss Whedon\\n \\tMessiah Complex\\n \\tSchism\\n \\tAvengers vs X-Men\\n \\tUncanny X-Men - Bendis\\n \\tDeath of X\\n\\n\\nAlex Summers:\\n\\n \\tUncanny X-Men 54 - First appearance of Alex Summers\\n \\tUncanny X-Men 58 - First appearance of Alex Summers as Havok\\n \\tX-Factor Minus 1\\n \\tIncredible Hulk #150\\n \\tUncanny X-Men Volume 1\\n\\n \\tIssue 158\\n \\tIssues 233- 255\\n\\n\\n \\tWolverine/Havok Meltdown\\n \\tX-Tinction Agenda\\n \\tX-Factor #87\\n \\tX-Factor 101 - 105\\n \\tMutant X\\n \\tRise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire - Uncanny X-Men 475 - 486\\n \\tX-Men: Emperor Vulcan\\n \\tX-Men Kingbreaker\\n \\tUncanny Avengers"