Vulcan (Marvel Comics)
| Vulcan | |
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Cover art to X-Men: Kingbreaker #1.
Art by Brandon Peterson. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1 (January 2006) |
| Created by |
Ed Brubaker (Writer) Trevor Hairsine (Artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Gabriel Summers |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations |
Shi'ar Imperium X-Men |
| Notable aliases | Kid Vulcan, Emperor Vulcan, Great Vulcan |
| Abilities |
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Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1 (January 2006). He is the third Summers brother to be revealed, the younger brother of X-Men characters Cyclops and Havok.
Vulcan first appeared in X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1, a story written by Ed Brubaker that ran from January to July 2006. Vulcan then appeared in the “The Rise and Fall of the Shi’ar Empire” storyline, also written by Brubaker, in Uncanny X-Men issues #475 to 486 (September 2006 to July 2007).
After Brubaker left Uncanny X-Men, Christopher Yost took over as writer beginning with the X-Men: Emperor Vulcan mini-series, which ran from November 2007 to March 2008.
On July, 2008, Marvel.com posted a news article of an alternate cover of Emperor Vulcan featuring the phrase "Who Will Rule?", accompanied by the text "Stay tuned to Marvel.com and get ready for the blockbuster answer at San Diego Comic-Con!" This was all to build up to the "War of Kings" storyline, and Vulcan's part of the story is set up in the Kingbreaker mini-series, written by Yost.
Vulcan's history began on the Shi'ar throneworld, as the unborn child of Christopher Summers (later known as Corsair) and Katherine Summers, parents of Cyclops and Havok. Katherine was pregnant when the Summers were abducted by D'Ken, Majestor of the Shi'ar Imperium. The unborn child was seemingly killed when the mad emperor, in retaliation for an attempt by Corsair to escape, stabbed Katherine and killed her. The fetus was removed from Katherine's lifeless body and placed in an incubation-accelerator, which is used to breed slaves. As a result, the child was aged to the prime of adolescence.
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