Madelyne Pryor

Madelyne Pryor is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. As the love interest and first wife of X-Men leader Cyclops/Scott Summers, she became a long-standing member of the X-Men supporting cast; until a series of traumas — being abandoned by her husband, losing her infant son, and discovering that she was a clone of Jean Grey — eventually led to her being manipulated into becoming a supervillain. She has a son with Cyclops, Nathan ... more

Madelyne Pryor is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. As the love interest and first wife of X-Men leader Cyclops/Scott Summers, she became a long-standing member of the X-Men supporting cast; until a series of traumas — being abandoned by her husband, losing her infant son, and discovering that she was a clone of Jean Grey — eventually led to her being manipulated into becoming a supervillain. She has a son with Cyclops, Nathan Christopher Charles Summers, who grows up in a future timeline to later return as Cable. Madelyne's biography has been rendered particularly complicated because of the many retcons involved in the publication history of both her character and that of Jean Grey. Madelyne Pryor was introduced during the acclaimed 1983 Uncanny X-Men run that saw long-time writer Chris Claremont pair with artist Paul Smith; a series of issues that would see the Jean Grey look-alike marry the retired X-Men leader Scott Summers (Cyclops). Madelyne's hairstyle was... less