Adam-X The X-Treme

Much to my (pleasant!) surprise, and thanks to the eagle eyes of Let’s Talk New Warriors, Adam-X was spotted on the variant cover being done by Bagley deemed “every mutant ever” (which, while a cool title, pretty sure the cover doesn’t feature every mutant ever! In the pages of New X-Men alone, when they had Xavier’s School be a school for mutants, there were hundreds of them! And I know they’re not all featured on this wide cover… I think…!)
But regardless, I was very happy to see that Adam was remembered, acknowledge and drawn. I do wonder if Adam was remembered because Bagley (who worked on the original run of The New Warriors along side Fabian, who created Adam-X – that it was his nod to a good friend to include Adam on the cover as one of the mutants!) Whatever the case may be, I am quite happy. Here’s the other covers:

While Deathbird never encountered Adam, she was directly related to D’Ken (who is the father of Adam). Learn all about her here!

It looks like it’s just a cameo appearance (along side of Night Thrasher and a few others). But I am just happy to see Adam appearing somewhere. With Deadpool, and breaking the 4th Wall (which the issue seems to be focused on), it’s difficult to know if what’s happening in the issue is considered “in continuity” or some “alternate world” of the 4th Wall.

When I initially saw both Adam and Night Thrasher, I thought this was going to be something where they spoof the lesser accepted characters – but sure enough, included in there is none other than the Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider as well as Silver Surfer.

Eagle eyed Twitter user @HLHPattison noted that it looked like they were doing a nod / homage to NEXTWAVE.

Check it out…

Calling it NextForce is a clear indication that it’s definitely intended to be a homage to NextWave. I am, however, curious if Adam will be appearing in the next issue…

In one of the recent articles, there was disappointing information from Jordon D. White about Adam-X:

AiPT!: There was a time not too long ago when including a controversial ’90s character like Joseph in a modern X-Comic would seem insane. So on that note–Jordan, in your time as X-Men Senior Editor, have you ever received a story pitch so ridiculous you just had to say no? And if so… what was so crazy about it?

Jordan: Errrr… well, I don’t know that I’ve ever been pitched the return of a character that I thought was too crazy. There’s no bad characters, it’s all how they are used and if someone has a story to tell with them. Although, that being said, I was literally telling Chris Robinson yesterday that we are not bringing Adam-X back any time soon. Sorry, guys.

I think the only “too crazy” things I have had to say no to are things that went too far in the realm of violence or sex… which is ironic since in my tenure as Deadpool editor I definitely put out a lot sex and violence that other editors might think was ALREADY too much. But in general, I am a fan of someone pitching an idea that is “too crazy to work” and then telling me why it works. I think that can lead to some really fun and surprising stories.

Matthew: Let me bring Adam-X back, you coward!

I’ve rambled about how much I enjoy the character. I’ve even said how a joke character like Squirrel Girl went on to be a major player, so while many joke about Adam-X for his “90’s X-Treme Looks” – there’s no reason Adam couldn’t be used in a viable manner, and be given the chance to get away from the 90’s nitch so many people know him for. I’ve even compared him to Vulcan, who went on to “steal” Adam’s story to explain Sinister’s “brothers” comment to Scott.

But something I’ve not talked about is… what would I do, if I was given the chance to write Adam-X in the Marvel Universe as it stands right now.

One of the things I discussed previously, is about how I’d do a slight redesign of Adam-X. Wouldn’t even be that big of a change; mostly tapper down on the amount of blades he has. Adam originally had blades on his shoulders, arms, legs, everywhere. So I would remove them, and just leave the ones on his glove and a knife on the side of his boot (which is what he would use to throw to cut people), plus his axe (maybe just one). I would leave the long hair, the backwards hat. Maybe remove the soul patch on his chin, and just leave him five o’clock shadow or just clean shaven.

So now, story wise – what would I do. One of the important details to know is, Darkhawk, under the control of one of the Talons, murdered Lilandra. This, it would seem, left the Shi’ar Imperial Throne without an heir. Lilandra had no children of her own, Deathbird is exiled (again), and D’Ken was killed (again), by Vulcan. And Vulcan, who had married Deathbird to take the throne vanished into the Cancer Verse (fitting, since I felt like he was a disease) and has not (yet) returned.

So who sits on the Shi’ar Throne? Right now, it’s none other than the Shi’ar most powerful member of the Imperial Guard – none other than Gladiator. Gladiator does not want the throne, but he is the best suited when there’s no natural heir.

Enter, The Starjammers. We discover that Adam, at some point (perhaps after Cyclops had called on him to help stop Juggernaut in Uncanny X-Men #542, had asked Cyclops (off screen) about finding a way to return to space, since he wasn’t having much luck on Earth – and wanted to check out if there was indeed any truth to what Erik the Red had told him, in the pages of Captain Marvel (Legacy) #2 and #3. With Corsair alive again in the Marvel Universe, the Starjammers are called down to pick up Adam and take him to Shi’ar space. The entire trek, Corsair keeps talking about how Adam looks strangely familiar, similar to how Phillip Summers (Christopher Summer’s father) had done in the pages of X-Men #39. Adam insists that he doesn’t know Corsair, but Corsair persists. Hepzibah and the others think that Corsair is a little out of his mind (since none of them had ever met or seen Katherine before her demise, at the hands of D’Ken).

Refusing to give up his fight, Corsair manages to sneak some DNA from Adam and gives it to Sikorsky to analyze. Sikorsky returns with the fact that Adam possesses both Shi’ar and human DNA (something we already know). Sikorsky then notes that Adam shares a similar DNA strand to Scott and Alex. When Corsair asks what that means, Sikorsky confirms that Adam possesses DNA from Katherine Summers, as the only logical explanation. Corsair is shocked. Corsair confronts Adam about this, and Adam explains he never knew who is “biological mother” was. Only that he was “created” as the sole purpose of combining powerful Mutant DNA into the Royal Shi’ar Bloodline, and that according to Eric the Red, Adam was the son of D’Ken. Adam confirms that, according to Eric that Katherine was kept as a “pleasure maid” and bore Adam as a son, from D’Ken.

Corsair is initially furious, because standing before him stood an heir of D’Ken. But the rest of the Starjammers, upon learning Adam’s secret help talk sense into Corsair. They all agree that what they need to do is go to the Shi’ar Palace and explain who Adam is. With no rightful ruler, Adam – as the son of D’Ken – is the natural heir to the throne. However, despite his displeasure of serving on the Throne, Gladiator does not want to give up the Throne to someone he doesn’t know – especially a “cross breed” such as Adam. Naturally, this leads to a conflict, where The Imperial Guard is fighting the Starjammers. In swoops Deathbird, along with her two siblings, Black Light and White Noise, who promise the Starjammers to aid them with putting Adam on the throne – and the Starjammers, fighting the Imperial Guard, need all the help they can get – and agree, but know that Deathbird plans to betray them.

As the fight with the Imperial Guard escalates, Sikorsky appears with the DNA that indeed does confirm that Adam is the heir of D’Ken. This splits the Imperial Guard into two factions (those simply loyal to the throne; and those who refuse to put a “half breed” on the throne). Those loyal to the throne team up with the Starjammers (which includes Gladiator) and just as the battle seems to be in their favor, Deathbird strikes Gladiator from behind with a blast that weakens him, then throws one of her famous spears at Gladiator. However, the spear that would have killed Gladiator is taken by Adam-X who leaps in front of the spear and takes the hit. Deathbird screams, furiously as she and her siblings are forced to retreat. Adam’s sacrifice that almost gets him killed earns Gladiator’s respect; final page of the limited series is with all of them kneeling to Adam who sits on the Shi’ar throne.

The follow up would be – what would Adam be like as the ruler of the Shi’ar? Would he even want such a position?

Real Name: D’Ken Neramani
Aliases: Emperor D’Ken
Identity: Not Known To The General Public of Earth
Occupation: Shi’ar Majestor
Citizenship: Shi’ar Citizen
Place of Birth: Aerie, M-31/Andromeda galaxy
Known Relatives: Emperor Neramani (father, deceased); Ka’ardum (adoptive uncle); unnamed sister (deceased); Deathbird (sister); Lilandra (sister, deceased); Vulcan (brother-in-law, deceased); Charles Xavier (ex-brother-in-law, deceased); X-Treme (son); Black Light (nephew); White Noise (niece); Sharra Neramani (niece or daughter)
Group Affiliation: The Shi’ar Empire
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #97
History: D’Ken Neramani was the ruler of the Shi’ar race, ruling over the Shi’ar Empire, which was one of the most powerful and wide spread extraterrestrial space faring races in the Marvel Universe.

Though Deathbird was technically older than her brother, D’Ken, she was denied the throne due to her actions, which resulted in murdering her own sister. This led to Deathbird’s exile and denial of the throne, which then placed D’Ken as the next rightful heir to the throne.

D’Ken led a small Shi’ar force to Earth, where he had detected “great genetic” potential, and in doing so – abducted Christpher and Katherine Summers, who threw their sons Scott (Cyclops) and Alex (Havok) out of the plane on a single parachute hoping that they would survive. Christopher Summers was made a slave in the mines, while Katherine was added to a part of D’Ken’s harem. After spending time in the mines, Christopher Summers sought to free Katherine Summers, but that attempt failed as it led to Christopher bursting into the room with D’Ken and Katherine. Christopher was subdued and forced to watch D’Ken gut her.

Little did Christopher Summers know that D’Ken was interested in a Shi’ar / Human hybrid and gathered Katherine’s genetics and mixed it with his own, and fertilized one of her eggs within the lab. At the same time, he also discovered that Katherine was pregnant and took that child and raised it in a lab as well. The first would result in the Shi’ar hybrid of Adam-X, and the second would lead to Gabriel Summers.

Christopher Summers was forced to work the mine pits, sentenced to death. He adopted the name Corsair and formed a rebellion with Raza, Hepizbah, and Ch’od and formed the Starjammers.

In the meantime, D’Ken grew increasingly more unstable. At the time, his youngest sister, Lilandra who was serving as the Grand Admiral of the Shi’ar Empire learned that D’Ken had hoped to tap into the power of the M’Kraan Crystal. Lilandra spoke out against him, which led to her arrest. Lilandra had managed to escape and took a ship headed for Earth, hoping to get the help of Charles Xavier and his X-Men. D’Ken sent Eric the Red after Lilandra to kill her before she could get the help from the X-Men.

Lilandra had reached Earth and explained to Xavier what was happening, but Eric the Red captured her and escaped through the stargate that led back to the M’Kraan Crystal, where D’Ken and the Shi’ar Imperial Guard waited. Xavier and the rest of the X-Men however, followed Eric the Red through the stargate; and had it not been for the power of the Phoenix, the universe would have been wiped out by D’Ken’s madness.

D’Ken was left incurably insane as a result of the power of the Crystal. Lilandra took up the mantle of becoming Empress of the Shi’ar Empire, with Xavier as her consort.

Many years later, D’Ken’s mental state was restored by Gabriel Summers, known then as Vulcan. Though Vulcan had originally sought to murder D’Ken, D’Ken convinced him that he should marry his sister, Deathbird, whom Gabriel had developed a romantic relationship with, so that they could rule the Shi’ar Empire after Lilandra had been overthrown. Vulcan agreed, but during the ceremony, he surprised everyone by murdering D’Ken, incinerating him so that only his bones remained.

Height: 6’0″
Weight: 187 lbs
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Black (Feathers)

Powers: D’Ken possesses standard Shi’ar psychology and has no additional super powers. As a Shi’ar, D’Ken can lift 1 ton in Earth-like gravity and has a stamina superior to standard humans.

The AiPT folks did a Cyclops Week and interviewed Fabian Nicieza where he talked about Adam-X. You can read the whole thing by click this link! But I wanted to capture the part that Fabian had mentioned about Adam:

AiPT!: Speaking of Summers family revelations, you co-created the character Adam-X with the intention of making him the third Summers brother. Do you remember where this idea to give Cyclops and Havok a half-alien half-brother came from?

Nicieza: It came kind of out of nowhere while I was scripting issue X-Men #23. I wanted to make Sinister live up to his name, so let him be a suspicious, malevolent trickster. A “slip of the lip” to either reveal a truth or send an opponent to chase after a lie made sense to me. I hadn’t necessarily thought of Adam-X or a backstory at that point, but when Bob Harras reacted positively to the idea, I immediately said, “The child of Kate Summers and D’Ken. The Shi’ar wanted to experiment with a human/Shi’ar hybrid and fertilized an egg outside of her womb and grew it in a lab. She never knew about it, Corsair never knew about it, but he’s still alive.”

Bob liked that, too, and we decided to introduce him in the X-Force Annual that was going to debut new characters.

AiPT!: Marvel eventually revealed the third Summers brother to be Gabriel Summers, or Vulcan, whose origin definitely shares similarities with what you had planned for Adam-X. How did you feel about Marvel’s resolution to what ended up becoming one of the biggest X-Men mysteries?

Nicieza: Never read it. Don’t think I ever will. That tells you all you need to know about how I feel about that. Sometimes, the lack of respect that can be shown by subsequent editorial and creative decision-makers resonates with some things more than others.

Real Name: Genis Vell
Aliases: Captain Marvel, Legacy
Identity: Public Identity
Occupation: Adventurer
Citizenship: Titan
Place of Birth: Titan (14th Moon of Saturn)
Known Relatives: Mar Vell (Captain Marvel, Father, deceased), Elysius (Mother), Phyla Vell (Sister, deceased), Hulking (half brother, deceased)
Group Affiliation: Formerly the Thunderbolts
First Appearance: Silver Surfer Annual #6
History: After the death of her husband, Mar Vell, Elysius grew increasingly lonely and using Titanian science sampled some of Mar Vell’s genetic sample to conceive the child, Genis. Genis was artificially aged to allow him to defend himself against Mar Vell’s enemies who might seek him out. Learning of his true lineage, Genis came into possession of the Nega Bands that had been worn by his father. In honor of his father, and continuing his father’s legacy, Genis adopted the name Legacy for a brief while. 

Adam-X would next encounter Legacy, while Adam was under the influence of Eric the Red’s mind control. Adam-X attacks Legacy; but with his help is able to break free of Eric the Red’s mental hold.

Together, Legacy and Adam-X track down Eric the Red. It’s there that Eric the Red explains that Adam-X is dubbed “The Forsaken One” and that he is a hybrid of specific genetic potential into the Shi’ar monarchy – and that Adam-X was born to rule the Shi’ar throne as the only living child of Majestor D’Ken.

Eric the Red explains that Katherine Summers was not immediately killed by D’Ken. He had been fond of Katherine and kept her as a consort, while Christopher Summers Corsair was sent into the slave pens. For a time, D’Ken used Katherine as his pleasure maid, until one day Christopher escaped from the pits and made his way to the palace, where he was recaptured. As punishment, it was there that D’Ken made Christopher watch as he killed Katherine Summers.

Erik the Red is seemingly destroyed; though Adam notes that he doubts that’s the end of Erik the Red. Adam and Legacy then parted way.

Genis Vell eventually took on the handle of Captain Marvel. Genis would eventually also become merged with Rick Jone’s psyche which would then trigger his Cosmic Awareness. As a part of a pawn of Entropy and Epiphany, Captain Marvel was manipulated into recreating the universe; and in doing so, the world was changed and Phyla Vell was created, who would go on to become his sister. However, Genis was driven insane by his Cosmic Awareness – Genis went to Titan to attack them, but was pulled into a vortex where his sanity was restored; but the name of Captain Marvel tarnished forever, for the crimes he had committed while insane.

Genis would eventually encounter a future version of himself and merge, creating a new, more powerful version of himself. He would then return to Earth and become a part of the Thunderbolts.

Genis adopted the name Photon, which drew the attention of Monica Rambeau, who had at one time had the name Captain Marvel as well; and had changed her name to Photon when Genis surfaced with the name Captain Marvel. They went to a bar to discuss code names and agreed that Genis could keep the name Photon and that Monica would adopt the name Pulsar.

Baron Zemo returned when Genis’ Nega Bands were absorbed into his body and claimed that Genis was too powerful, too insane, and would be responsible for the destruction of the entire Universe. Zemo then used the Moonstones to rip Genis’ energy apart and send portions of him into the different corners of the Dark Dimension, so that ideally, he could never pull himself back together.

Height: 6’2″
Weight: 210 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Silver (dyed blond), White (when using Cosmic Awareness)

Powers: Being part Kree and part Eternal, Genis’ genetic make up was rather unique in that it adopted the strengths of both sides of his lineage. He possessed a resistance to poison, toxins, disease and infections as well as a higher natural physical capability, as well as, psionic and cosmic energy reserves which they use to bolster their physical power to greater heights. This genetic make up also gave Genis super strength that exceeded that of his father, allowing him to lift 15 tons.

He was also able to survive in the vacuum of space without need of oxygen or even suffering from temperature extremes.

Inheriting his mother and father’s energy-based powers, Genis-Vell could absorb and metabolize stellar energy which gave him all sorts of phenomenal cosmic power which he regularly used to ballast his body and mind; building both to incredible heights.

Genis-Vell was able to teleport himself and others to and from any known point within the universe at will.

Like his parents, Captain Marvel could harness and discharge stellar energies as potent photon blasts from his hands which could decimate most anything they were faced against.

Genis-vell was so adept at manipulating ambient energy through the Nega-Bands he could create and shape protective energy barriers which he had total control over. More than using it for himself he even created protective shielding around others by focusing his powers on them.

In his Photon persona, Genis became able to read, sense, broadcast and receive psychic imprints from across the multiverse and back. This in tune with his Hyper-Cosmic Awareness enabled him to manipulate psychoactive phenomena from the past, present, ever changing future as well as from alternate timelines and realities as a whole.

While bonded to Mr. Jones, Genis later manifested a version of his father’s “Cosmic Awareness” somehow activated by their physical union and broadened with his transformation into a more “mature” form of himself from the future. This awareness granted him a sort of omnipresent consciousness that enables him to perceive objects, individuals, and cosmic threats or anything of significance to him anywhere, even if they were cloaked by invisibility or illusion.

Genis-Vell like his father, could also drawn power from the Nega-Bands themselves. When he achieved his fullest potential, Genis consumed the Nega Bands making their power and access to other universes his own.

In truth, there was virtually no end to the power level in which Genis could achieve had he not been killed by Zemo.

Real Name: Katherine Ann Summers
Aliases: Ann, Kate
Identity: Public Identity
Occupation: Unknown
Citizenship: United States Citizen with no criminal record
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: Philip Summers (father in law), Deborah Summers (mother in law), Christopher Summers (alias, Corsair, husband), Scott (alias Cyclops, son), Alexander (“Alex,” alias Havok, son), Jean Grey (daughter-in-law), Gabriel Summers (son), Adam Neramani (half-son), Rachel Summer (Phoenix, grand-daughter in alternate time line), Nathan Christopher Charles Summers (Cable, grand-son). Note: Due to alternate time lines and the like, the Summers family tree begins to get extremely complicated, so we’re just going to focus on the above.
Group Affiliation: None
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #108
History: Major Christopher Summers was a pilot in the US Air Force; and while on vacation with his family (his wife Katherine, and his two young sons, Scott and Alex), their plane is attacked by an alien vessel commanded by the Shi’ar Empire. When their plane bursts into flame, Katherine is forced to make the difficult choice of giving the only parachute on the plane to their eldest son, Scott, whom she then tells to cling to Alex as tightly as possible, and shoves them out of the burning plane.

Scott and Alex witness the plane crashing and exploding, believing their parents to be dead. Unbeknownst to them that both their father and mother had been teleported aboard the Shi’ar vessel and taken to the Shi’ar homeworld of Chandilar. There, they were separated when Christopher Summers was imprisoned. Little did he know that his wife Katherine was apparently pregnant, and D’Ken had cut the embryo from her womb when Christopher broke free and found D’Ken attempting to rape her. The child, later named Gabriel, survived, and was aged (the same process that Erik the Red had used to age Magneto back from infant to his original age) and sent to Earth, with no memories.

Christopher in the meantime, was put in the Slave Pits of Alsibar, where he would go on to meet four other aliens that would change the course of his life – a Saurid named Ch’od, a Lupin named Cr+reee, and Mephitisoid whom Christopher named Hepzibah (since those not of her race were able to pronounce her name) and a half Shi’ar/Cyborg named Raza Longknife. Together, they escaped, and stole a ship that would later become known as the Starjammer. Christopher adopted the name Corsair from this point forward, and swore vengeance against D’Ken.

Little did he know that it would seem that Shi’ar technology had detected great genetic potential in Katherine, and D’Ken used her DNA mixed with his own to create a hybrid Shi’ar named Adam Neramni, who like Gabriel, eventually landed on Earth with little memory of his life (undoubtedly, similarly aged as Gabriel was).

Because of the Shi’ar interest (in noting that the Summers were “superior specimens of the human race” and Mr. Sinister’s interest in Scott and Alex Summers), it is believed that Katherine’s DNA make up had the potential for the creation of powerful mutants (which would explain the Shi’ar Empire’s interest in abducting them, and potentially wanting to introduce the mutant gene to the Shi’ar royal bloodline; which appears to have been D’Ken’s goal with the Adam Neramani).

Height: 5’7″
Weight: 115 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond

Powers: Katherine possessed no super human abilities.

 Note: The introduction of Gabriel Summers was a retcon story to “resolve” the “Third Summers Brother” storyline that had been introduced by Fabian in the pages of X-Men. Fabian had intended Adam Neramani to be the third Summers brother, but had left the X-Books before completing his story. Twenty years later, Ed Brubaker rewrote Giant Size X-Men #1, and introduced Gabriel Summers and “borrowed” from Adam’s intended origin. It’s interesting to note, when Katherine is seen being stabbed in Uncanny X-Men #156, she is clearly not pregnant as Ed Brubaker’s story would require.

Real Name: Christopher Summers
Aliases: Major Summers
Identity: Public Identity (Though believed to be deceased by the general public)
Occupation: US Air Force Major, Pilot, Adventurer, Space Pirate
Citizenship: Former United States Citizen, with no criminal record; Shi’ar Citizen with a expansive criminal record
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: Philip Summers (father), Deborah Summers (mother), Katherine Anne (wife, deceased), Scott (alias Cyclops, son), Alexander (“Alex,” alias Havok, son), Jean Grey (daughter-in-law), Gabriel Summers (son), Adam Neramani (half-son), Rachel Summer (Phoenix, grand-daughter in alternate time line), Nathan Christopher Charles Summers (Cable, grand-son). Note: Due to alternate time lines and the like, the Summers family tree begins to get extremely complicated, so we’re just going to focus on the above.
Group Affiliation: The Starjammers
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #97
History: Major Christopher Summers was a pilot in the US Air Force; and while on vacation with his family (his wife Katherine, and his two young sons, Scott and Alex), their plane is attacked by an alien vessel commanded by the Shi’ar Empire. When their plane bursts into flame, Katherine is forced to make the difficult choice of giving the only parachute on the plane to their eldest son, Scott, whom she then tells to cling to Alex as tightly as possible, and shoves them out of the burning plane.

Scott and Alex witness the plane crashing and exploding, believing their parents to be dead. Unbeknownst to them that both their father and mother had been teleported aboard the Shi’ar vessel and taken to the Shi’ar homeworld of Chandilar. There, they were separated when Christopher Summers was imprisoned. Little did he know that his wife Katherine was apparently pregnant, and D’Ken had cut the embryo from her womb when Christopher broke free and found D’Ken attempting to rape her. (Note: In the original panel, Katherine does not look pregnant). The child, later named Gabriel, survived, and was aged (the same process that Erik the Red had used to age Magneto back from infant to his original age) and sent to Earth, with no memories.

Christopher in the meantime, was put in the Slave Pits of Alsibar, where he would go on to meet four other aliens that would change the course of his life – a Saurid named Ch’od, a Lupin named Cr+reee, and Mephitisoid whom Christopher named Hepzibah (since those not of her race were able to pronounce her name) and a half Shi’ar/Cyborg named Raza Longknife. Together, they escaped, and stole a ship that would later become known as the Starjammer. Christopher adopted the name Corsair from this point forward, and swore vengeance against D’Ken.

Little did he know that it would seem that Shi’ar technology had detected great genetic potential in Katherine, and D’Ken used her DNA mixed with his own to create a hybrid Shi’ar named Adam Neramni, who like Gabriel, eventually landed on Earth with little memory of his life (undoubtedly, similarly aged as Gabriel was).

Now leading the Starjammers, Corsair and the Starjammers continuously struck at Shi’ar ships, boarding them, and stealing from them – but always ensuring that no innocents were hurt in their attacks. In time, Hepzibah and Corsair became intimate with one another, and eventually became lovers and a couple.

The Starjammers would eventually encounter the X-Men, during a battle against the Imperial Guard. The Starjammers and the X-Men banded together, neither Corsair nor Cyclops realizing that they were related (both had assumed the other died, since Scott’s parachute had caught fire on the way down). Jean however, seeing a human in space, had probed Corsair’s mind and learned the truth. Corsair now discovering Cyclops was his son had pleaded that Jean keep his secret.

The Starjammers and X-Men defeated D’Ken, who, due to exposure to the M’Kraan Crystal, which he had attempted to use to alter reality, was now insane and catatonic, leaving Lilandra, D’Ken’s sister to take position of the throne of the Shi’ar Empire.

Lilandra pardoned the Starjammers for all of their crimes because they had helped save the universe and stopped D’Ken. On Earth, the Starjammers encountered an alien species known as the Sidri; and the X-Men had helped, and it was during this time that Corsair admitted to Cyclops that he was his father; and went on to explain how he believed both Scott and Alex had died when he saw their parachute catch fire.

Deathbird, Lilandra’s sister, eventually usurped Lilandra from the throne, and branded her an outcast. Lilandra joined the Starjammers in an attempt to dethrone Deathbird; which resulted in Deathbird branding the Starjammers criminals against the Shi’ar Throne yet again.

However, Deathbird eventually learns that the power that comes with sitting on the throne is not everything she thought it would be; and while she wanted to rule the Shi’ar Empire, the responsibility of being the sole ruler and the drama that came with that, removed her interest on the throne, and Lilandra was eventually placed on the throne yet again.

The Starjammers eventually recruited a Kree by the name of Keeyah, and would go on to fight a race of warmonger aliens known as the Uncreated, which had intended on destroying the Shi’ar Empire. The Starjammers helped the Shi’ar put a stop to the Uncreated, which Lilandra then used as an excuse to pardon the Starjammers, yet again.

Havok and Polaris eventually join the Starjammers, along with Rachel and Korvus when Gabriel Summers, now using the name Vulcan, married Deathbird and took his seat at the throne of the Shi’ar Empire, intending to use the Shi’ar massive armies to rain down war on every civilization. D’Ken who has been restored believes that Vulcan and Deathbird intended him to be on the throne; but Vulcan reveals his true intentions, when he – to the shock of many – kills D’Ken. When Corsair tries to calm Gabriel down, he turns on his father that he never knew and killed Corsair as well.

Havok would go on to take the leadership role of the Starjammers after this and help defeat Vulcan. Vulcan is apparently killed when he and Black Bolt fall into a tear in the fabric of reality that leads to a universe consumed with death, known as the Cancerverse.

Corsair is eventually resurrected with Shi’ar technology, but forced to take a form of pills that help stabilize his body and help keep him alive. A time displaced Scott Summers briefly traveled through space with Corsair, having learned that he was his father.

Corsair is, as of now, unaware of Adam Neramani and his potential relation to him, through Katherine’s DNA.

Height: 6’3″
Weight: 175 lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown

Powers: Corsair possesses no super powers.

Armor: Using his gloves, Corsair can summon his guns from an unknown void. Corsair is an expert pilot and swordsman and a master tactician. He is physically fit above normal human standards.