Capes And Japes

Today we talk about Alex Summers, who joins the X-Men after being kidnapped, learning his brother is Cyclops, and finding out that he also has mutant powers. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -X-Men (1963) #54 -Incredible Hulk (1962) #150 -Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown (1988) -Inferno (1988) -X-Tinction Agenda (1990) -X-Factor (1986) #71 -X-Cutioner's Son (1992) -Mutant X (1998) -X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999) -Uncanny X-Men (1981) #411 -Exiles (2001) #28-30 -X-Men (2004) #157 -X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2005) -Uncanny X-Men (1981) #475 -X-Men: Emperor Vulcan (2007) -War of Kings (2009) reading order -X-Factor (2005) #230 -Uncanny Avengers (2012) -Avengers & X-Men: AXIS (2014) -Death of X (2016) #4 -IVX (2016) #5-6 -X-Men: Blue (2017) #7-9, 23-28 -Astonishing X-Men (2017) #13 -Uncanny X-Men (2018) #12 -House of X (2019) #5 -Hellions (2020) -X-Men Legends (2021) #1-2, 5-6 -A.X.E.: Judgement Day (2022) -Dark Web (2022) -Dark X-Men (2023) -Candela Obscura: Needle & Thread -Pokemon (20