YEARS ago there was a comic where he wound up leading some of magneto’s acolytes (i think) through a desert and he just… knew what he was doing and found water and kept them all in line and one of them was like…. Fuuuuuuuckkkkk we’ve been underestimating this dude.
Cyclops just like “shut the fuck up, follow me or don’t, do exactly what I say or stay behind, I can tell there’s water here so I’m going to eyeblast the ground. You’re welcome.”
X-Men # 44, Fabian Nicieza and Andy Kubert. I’m not usually instantaneous like that but that is one of my VERY favorite x-men stories of all time, and the moment when cyclops moved from “looks cool” to “is cool” for me