Before his death, Cyclops has become a full-on villain and borderline psychopath. Creative decisions like that alienated longtime fans of the X-Men and the past few years haven't really been a fun time to follow their adventures (especially during Marvel's ill-fated attempt to replace them with the Inhumans).
However, things are finally looking up for the mutants as Cyclops has returned from the dead and he'll lead a new squad of X-Men alongside the original Wolverine (who has also been resurrected).
Scott Summers made his return in the pages of Uncanny X-Men #10 but it was in today's Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 that we finally learned how he was brought back. It turns out that Kid Cable used a piece of discarded Avengers technology - used to try and trap the Phoenix - and implanted it in his father's chest knowing that the returning Jean Grey's Phoenix Force would be absorbed by it.
That then revived Cyclops and he was kept prisoner by his son for a number of months before being offered a choice: try and save the X-Men in an ill-fated battle against Legion or save the human who helped bring him back. It's a test by Cable to see which version of Scott he's dealing with and the hero decides that his mission is no longer just about saving mutantkind: he needs to help everyone.
With that, the heroic version of Cyclops is truly back and the issue ends with him vowing to rebuild the team, a process which will begin in earnest in Uncanny X-Men #11.
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