
In closing, Claremont wrote he still bears a grudge 30 years later over losing the chance to let Cyclops be a father. Unfortunately, he never got to answer those questions as “it all got thrown away” and “it took Louise Simonson two years, if not longer to figure out how to resolve it.”

To get that death out of his system, and get on with real life. “Scott was the base, the foundation of the team… He’s the core around which everything orbits, which is why with Madelyne, it meant so much to me to give him a happy ending to resolve the whole Jean conundrum. He wanted to keep Scott grounded and thought life with Madelyne was the happy ending all involved really deserved. Scott dumped her for Jean when it turned out she hadn’t really perished in “The Dark Phoenix Saga.”īringing Jean back was a controversial decision Claremont, on the side of leaving her dead, fought with Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter over. “Logan is cool, Scott is not… My problem is I thought Scott was a wonderful character until the moment he walked out on Madelyne, and went back to Jean-and that was dishonorable and destroyed him as a character.”Ĭlaremont is referring to Jean Grey clone Madelyne Pryor who is also the mother of Cable. After being asked “Why does everyone think Wolverine is the bee’s knees when Cyclops is the best X-Man?” by a Scott Summers fan, Claremont went into what he thinks ruined the character - and made him less cool.

One of those things was where the arc for the group’s leader Cyclops wound up.
