Scott Summers: boyscout or badass?

Why so many people feel the need to crap on Scott Summers is not beyond me, but it is frustrating. I'll admit that he has been discarded and mishandled by one too many a writer since the early days (let's be serious, since the Dark Phoenix Saga, almost). But today I'm going to point out some of the reasons you might be in the wrong for hating him. 

Comic Corner: Age of X miniseries

There's something about alternate-universe comic books.

Whether it's simply a sense of "through the looking glass" or some deep desire to savor the twisted perversions of what classic comic book characters can become, i will always read through, and have now often found myself dropping money on, the intricate and unique beauty of a Parallel Reality.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. whether we're talking more classic examples of "Star Trek" or simply a bold, brave new step in storytelling, the writers who dare to dream differently have always gotten a little more respect from me for trying something new.