Reading order
Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X Men Icons | 2001 | Dan Abnett | Buy |
X-Men Icons was a Marvel anthology concept from the early 2000s, producing standalone miniseries devoted to individual X-Men characters. Each entry in the line focused on a specific hero with a creative team suited to that character, giving readers self-contained stories outside the main X-Men continuity. Dan Abnett wrote the Cyclops-focused volume in 2001, which collected as X Men Icons.
Cyclops, Scott Summers, is one of the founding X-Men and the team’s longtime field leader, a character defined by his discipline, tactical thinking, and complicated emotional life. Abnett’s approach to the character in this period reflects the broader X-Men publishing context of the early 2000s, before Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run shifted the direction of the books.
This is a short standalone collection best approached by readers already familiar with Cyclops and the X-Men. It works as a self-contained character study and does not require knowledge of any ongoing X-Men storyline to follow.