Why Cyclops is better than Captain America
So to only a few people surprises, my guess is the surprise will be from people that like mcu movies. a poll is on right now on marvel forum about cycke vs cap ,,,who is the better leader and to no one surprise if you are a comic veteran or even have a clue about these character from elsewjhere, Cyke is easily leading the poll.
[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?101587-Captain-America-or-Cyclops/page11[/url]
this is a true testatment because that is a marvel forum not even the x books forums
I thought I say this on the x boards to avoid more pain for those that love other marvel ips such as the captain america IP but the reason why cyke is better than captain america is...ah, there are many reason but I went for one i thought i did share on this board too and I am sure many would agree/
from the few I have seen with cap, his leadership is boring, one dimensional and predicable. not trilling to read about, I know this alone from [B]cable and xforce.[/B]
However When cyclops is in charge, you never know what you are going to get and there are major surprises in his leadership and technicality skills. cyclops always surprises and blows my mind in a good way.
one of the reason I had him in my top 20 best xmen list a few weeks back. and many of you had him in your top 3-5 too.
[url]http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?100602-Your-Top-20-X-Men-of-all-time/page4[/url]
also one thing cyclops had over captain america are his pals and to name the few. rogue, wolverine, emma, jean, cable, beast. cyclops has a great support system unlike cap who has further boring characters I have yet to see reference in pop culture or know by even name refernce.
Now for those who are saying steve is better because of patriotism , I get it but there is zero substance there. only one character has the best stories told that people will more likely read and re read and relate to...that is cyclops hands down.
IMO this is why cyke takes the cake over cap.
Cyclops vs His Avengers Counterpart
This is intended, in some ways, to be a defense of the BEST leader in the Marvel universe, although, I hope that by saying this at the start, I’m able to be aware of some of the bias that might seep into this, and thereby limit it, in order to be impartial.
Cyclops is a HERO. And I honestly can’t understand why anyone would consider him to be a villain. If you look at his behaviour prior to AvX, during AvX, and into IvX, it can all be understood in the context of him fighting for the survival of his people; and not only was he successful in staving off the extinction of the X-gene, but he also helped “re-start” his people. He was ultimately proven right in believing that Hope would be the catalyst that would reignite the mutant race, and if it had been up to the Avengers, they would have locked her away and not let that happen. The fact that the Avengers tried to intervene was even more galling when you consider how they behaved during House of M, where they considered Wanda to be an “Avengers problem”, and therefore discarded the X-Men’s views on how to handle that situation.
In terms of what happened during AvX, you’ll notice that they were living in a Utopia created by the X-Men until the Avengers continued to attack. The power they were imbued with was being used for good, not evil. You can argue that ultimately absolute power would have corrupted absolutely, but the truth is, he was not driven off the rails until the continued intervention by the Avengers. And even then, his behaviour can be explained by being overcome by the Pheonix.
In IvX, he was justified in again defending his people from being wiped off the map; and you’ll note that the Avengers were nowhere to be found during this crisis.
Based on all this, can you blame Cyclops for making hard choices (ie. X-Force, etc)?? He was the man that did what had to be done in order to preserve Xavier’s dream. This idea that he was a “speci-est” is just inaccurate; he did not put mutant survival ahead of humans, but thought it was just as important, not a sentiment shared by the Marvel Universe at large.
And when you compare his being vilified (by some) in comparison to Captain America, it’s even more shocking. Cyke had to deal with a more powerful entity (Phoenix vs cosmic cube), and did less damage, whereas Rogers established a tyrnannical state, that resulted in the execution of his friend(s) and others. In fact, the “hero” Cap running around the MU right now isn’t even really him, it’s an aspect of his imagination that has been personified by the Cube; the real Rogers has become an Agent of Hydra. But the other heroes have given him a pass, while still continuing to be wary of Summers.
I think it’s obvious that Cyclops is better than Captain America on every level, and I find this attempt to make him apologize for being the hero that was needed to be very puzzling. He’s got nothing to apologize for, in my opinion.