Cable’s backstory, as it would eventually be revealed, was this: Cable is the son of the X-Men’s Cyclops and his then-wife, Madelyne Pryor. That baby had debuted in 1986’s Uncanny X-Men No ...

Nathan Summers--the baby who would eventually become Cable--made his debut in The Uncanny X-Men #201 in 1986. His parents were Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor, a clone of Jean Grey.

Cable is actually Cyclops' son, the product of a relationship with Madelyne Pryor, a clone of Jean Grey, who at one point was known as the Goblin Queen. It was the '80s, and goblins were all the rage.

How to resurrect Cyclops (if you are Teen Cable) Step 1 : Find a Brilliant Scientist who owes Cyclops his life, you know, because he’s a superhero who has saved a lot of people.

Like many of Marvel Comics’ UncannyX-Men, Cyclops has a ridiculously convoluted family tree. Even when compared to those of his fellow Children of the Atom, Scott Summers’ bloodline has been a ...

The name Cable stems from his father telling him that he’ll be “a cable that unites the past with the present and future” (Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix No. 4, 1994).

That dangling thread would be Cable, who appeared in X-Men: The Animated Series but never had his connection to Cyclops and Jean Grey addressed in the show. Thanks to X-Men ’97, we can now say ...

Cyclops and Jean Grey’s baby in X-Men ’97 explained Cable made his animated debut in the first season of X-Men: The Animated Series , in the episode titled “Slave Island.” ...

Scott Summers, aka Cyclops, leader of the X-Men, is one of Marvel Comics' most underrated heroes. He is so often mocked and looked down on as a lesser hero on the X-Men's roster, and that simply ...

The X-Men '97 directors dig into Cyclops, Jean Grey and Cable's "bittersweet" family goodbye, along with cameos from Spider-Man and more.

Cyclops, Jean Grey, and their time-travelling son Cable (okay, he was born to Jean's clone Madelyne Pryor, but they share the same memories, just go with it) have to escape the Sentinel threat.