Wolverine vs Cyclops Is Finally Settled in Their Darkest Fight Ever
Warning! Spoilers for Dark Ages #6 by Marvel Comics
One of the X-Men's biggest rivalries just got a dark twist, as Cyclops was just forced to use his optic blasts to fight and peel away Wolverine to his very adamantium core. In Dark Ages #6 by Marvel Comics, a mind-controlled Cyclops takes off his visor and uses his mutant powers to strip Logan to his adamantium bones, which the villain Apocalypse wants to use for his own deadly plans.
In the Dark Ages miniseries by Marvel Comics, the power has gone out in the Marvel Universe after a powerful villain named the Unmaker's EMP wiped the world of electricity. After years of conflict, Earth's Mightiest Heroes learned how to live in the world without power, but the mutant Apocalypse is revealed to have other plans. Using the Purple Man, the villainous mutant mind controlled some of the greatest scientific minds on the planet to revive the Unmaker. However, to enact his plan, Apocalypse needs adamantium, which leads him directly in the path of the X-Men hero, Wolverine.
In Dark Ages #6 by Tom Taylor, Iban Coello, Brian Reber, and Joe Sabino, a mind-controlled Tony Stark reveals to open the portal to gain access to the Unmaker, they'll need a blend of strong metal as part of the project. Apocalypse shares he has been keeping Wolverine buried in isolation and that they could use his adamantium bones to power the portal. In an incredibly tragic moment between X-Men, Cyclops is used as a weapon, as the hero pleads for Wolverine to kill him before it's too late. The Purple Man then mind-controls Cyclops to fight and direct his optic blasts against a lunging Wolverine, stripping him down to his bones.
Ultimately, Cyclops optic blasts are enough to strip Wolverine of his skin and flesh, all the way to his adamantium bones, giving Apocalypse what he needs to power his portal machine. Seeing Apocalypse mind-control Cyclops to take down Wolverine makes for quite a harrowing moment. Thankfully, however, before his plan to revive the Unmaker can be realized, the remaining heroes fight and take down the mutant villain for good.
Cyclops and Wolverine's long-withstanding X-Men rivalry is one of the best in comics. The pair of heroes don't always see eye-to-eye and fight all the time but often put aside their differences for the greater good of mutants. So, to see Apocalypse use Cyclops' optic blasts to strip Logan to his adamantium bones is an incredibly shocking scene, made more tragic by Scott Summers' pleas for his friend to kill him. The darkest fight between Cyclops and Wolverine will go down as one of their most tragic moments together. Dark Ages #6 by Marvel Comics is in stores now.