So there was already tension between the two, now add an attractive red head named Jean Grey to the mix and oooooh boy, classic alpha male competitor behavior. Jean Grey and Scott Summers (Cyclops) have quite the romantic history and Wolverine was always stuck in the friendzone.
Don't get me wrong though, this rivalry didn't stop them from working well together. In fact, for most of their time as teammates, these two were really close. They have the utmost respect for one another and know that they are both valuable members of the team. So let's break down each guy indivually.
Wolverine - I could write a dissertation on this guy. I've been reading his comics for almost my entire life. Logan is the best there is at what he does and what he does is not very nice. Basically, he's good at killing people. Like REALLY good at it. He was born in the 1880's, and has led a very difficult life. He really is the toughest SOB in Marvel Comics history. So he's tough as nails, and also has heightened animal-like senses, speed, strength, and agility. He's an expert at hand to hand combat, and has studied martial arts and samurai culture in Japan with actual ninjas and samurai warriors.
He is tough and battle hardened, having been through several wars; working special ops military missions for the Canadian CIA; fighting alongside Alpha Flight (Canada's X-Men, but government sponsored); AND survived having adamantium, the 2nd strongest metal in the Marvel Comics Universe (next to Vibranium, the stuff Cap's shield is made of) grafted to his skeleton. Wolverine also has razor sharp retractable adamantium claws that can cut through almost anything like a hot knife through butter. To top it all off, Wolverine's greatest ability is his healing factor combined with his resistance to pain. "Pain n me are old friends," is one of my favorite Wolverine quotes that I use in my regular life. His healing factor is incredibly strong, only outmatched by Deadpool's healing factor, because Deadpool can actually regenerate lost limbs. Wolverine could have a body part removed, and his healing factor would keep him alive but would just heal up the spot the missing limb came from. In the Ultimate Universe, the Ultimate Wolverine was ripped in half by the Hulk. His legs were thrown two miles away from his top half, and he crawled to them and reattached himself. I don't know if that would be the same in the main Marvel Universe, but it could probably happen.
In close quarters, this fight is over relatively quickly. Wolverine is too good of a scrapper, with deadly weapons at the end of his arms. However, he is vulnerable to range attacks, and Cyclops' optic blast are VERY powerful.
Yeah, Cyclops is a lot stronger than a lot of people realize. First let's look at the man himself. He's been the battlefield leader of the X-Men for (nearly) his entire career. That's really saying something. The X-Men are comparable to the Avengers as far as success rate, and could quite possibly be mightier depending on who you talk to. So as a commander, Cyclops is almost as good as Captain America on the battlefield. And that goes for fighting capabilities as well. Cyclops is excellent at hand to hand combat, being able to handle fighting off multiple aggressors at once.
That's not where he's strongest though. The whole reason Cyclops is called Cyclops is because of his mutant power. He can fire incredibly powerful concussive blasts from his eyes. Cyclops' optic blasts are so strong that the writers at Marvel have said numerous times that we have yet to see just how strong Cyclops is. Iron Man once measured the force of his blasts, which came to be almost 2 gigawatts. Wikipedia describes two gigawatts to be about half of the peak power of the Doel Nuclear Power Plant. To give you a visual idea of how powerful he is, Cyclops can blast through solid rock, has blown the top off of a mountain and once knocked Thor's hammer from his hand. He has pinpoint preciscion and accuracy and can change the size of each blast from small enough to fit through a keyhole to wide enough to cover a football field. As I said before, he almost took out the entire X-Men team during the DARK PHOENIX SAGA with one of his optic blasts and in yet another alternate universe (The Age of Apocalypse), Cyclops blew off Wolverine's hand while Wolverine cut out one of Cyclops' eyes!
The Overview
The fight that I always wanted to see actually happened during the SCHISM storyline in the X-Men comics. Great story! One of the best X-Men stories that I have read in recent years. The fight is intense with no clear victor.
After an intense mission that has left most of the X-Men angry with one another, what would have been an ordinarily quick flare up of tempers has turned into a potentially deadly situation. Wolverine's claws popped and Cyclops' visor sparked, and soon enough the men decided to take matters outside. Wolverine led the way into the woods outside Xavier Mansion in Westchester, NY. With a blink of an eye, he disappears into the brush with Cyclops giving chase.
After a few moments, Cyclops stops to search for signs to where Wolverine could be hiding. He glances around, keeping aware of his surrounding.
About 15 yards away, Wolverine crouches on a tree limb, watching Cyclops search the area around him. He could wait here all day, but he won't have to because after a few seconds, Cyclops walks right beneath him. Wolverine silently drops from the tree branch, directly behind Cyclops.
He stands saying, "I could have killed you just now, Bub."
Cyclops spins lighting up his visor, and yells, "Then why didn't you!" And blasts Wolverine in the chest with a strong red burst of energy. Wolverine flys back striking hard against a big tree. "Ooof," he grunts, having the wind knocked out of him. Wolverine sees stars, but shakes his head clearing it quickly.
"That was a big mistake, Summers!" growls Wolverine.
"Stay back, Wolverine, I'm warning you!" Cyclops yells back.
"Give me your best shot!" Wolverine shouts back and springs forward. Cyclops answers with another powerful blast of energy, but narrowly misses Wolverine, who begins leaping forward in diagnal lines to avoid the blasts coming from Cyclops. With one last leap, Wolverine connects with a vicious slash of his claws, ripping open a deep wound in Cyclops' shoulder. Wolverine swipes again, this time Cyclops dodges and blasts Wolverine with such a powerful energy burst that Wolverine crashes through several trees. Instead of letting Wolverine collect himself and heal, Cyclops starts showering Wolvering with energy. Even with all the force, Wolverine pops his claws and crosses his arms in front of himself, covering his face; and starts pushing back against Cyclops' relentless energy beam. The closer Wolverine gets, the harder Cyclops pushes out his energy beam.
The flesh of Wolverine's arms start to melt away revealing the adamantium laced bone underneath but he keeps pushing closer. Cyclops with sweat starting to pour down his face, leans in and intensifies his energy beam even harder than before. Wolverine's face starts to crackle and melt away, with bits of muscle, skull and blood now showing through. With a final push Wolverine hurls himself forward, his claws piercing Cyclops' chest and continuing, his fleshless, smoldering arm gets stuck halfway through at the bicep. With a final death spasm, Cyclops fires a blast so powerful, Wolverine's head blows clean off his shoulders! Both bodies sink to the ground, Wolverine, now headless, still has his arm trapped inside Cyclops' chest.
Winner: Draw.
You can't have a clear winner here. Wolverine is basically an unstoppably killing machine, and Cyclops has no problem with obliterating any obstacle he has in front of him. To much evidence to support either one's victory.
Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend Silver Internet Surfers! Come back Monday for another Game of Thrones discussion!
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