![]() Corsair and the Starjammers later embarked on the Phalkon Quest. Later, Corsair rescued Charles Xavier from Fenris and took Xavier into outer space to adventure with the Starjammers and be with his lover Lilandra. Herself branded a rebel, Lilandra came to join the Starjammers in their fight against Deathbird's tyrannical reign. Deathbird's coup d'état was ultimately successful, allowing her to seize the throne. The Starjammers and the X-Men fought the Brood, and battled Lilandra's sister Deathbird. It would not be long before the Starjammers would become outlaws once more. Corsair aided the X-Men against the Sidri, and then admitted to Cyclops that he was his father. Since the Starjammers aided her against the machinations of her brother D'Ken, the Shi'ar Princess Lilandra, once she was named Empress in D'Ken's stead, put an unofficial end to the Shi'ar Empire's opposition to the Starjammers. At Corsair's request, Phoenix kept his true identity a secret from Cyclops, but both Cyclops and his brother Alex, who had become the X-Man named Havok, eventually learned who Corsair really was. One of the X-Men, the cosmic being known as the Phoenix who had assumed the form of the X-Man Jean Grey, used her telepathic powers to probe Corsair's mind and learned that he was the father of Scott Summers, who had become the X-Man known as Cyclops. The Starjammers first met the team of superhuman Earth mutants known as the X-Men when the two groups joined forces on a world in the Shi'ar Galaxy to battle the Imperial Guard, the super-powered soldiers who served the ruling Shi'ar emperor or empress – at the time, D'ken. In addition, Summers and Hepzibah became lovers. The Starjammers quickly came to be regarded as outlaws by the Shi'ar Empire. Naming their vessel the Starjammer, and themselves the Starjammers, the group functioned as space pirates targeting Shi'ar vessels, thus taking vengeance on the Shi'ar but taking care not to harm innocent passengers in the process. In the Pits, Summers met four aliens who had been imprisoned for various crimes against the Shi'ar Empire – a Saurid named Ch'od, a Lupin named Cr'reee, a Mephitisoid whom Summers nicknamed Hepzibah (as her true name was unpronounceable by most not of her own species), and a Shi'ar cyborg named Raza Longknife – and together they escaped and stole a starship. D'Ken responded to the interruption by murdering Summers' wife before his eyes, and then ordered Summers to be sent to the Slave Pits of Alsibar where criminals and political prisoners were incarcerated. He soon broke free and discovered the mad Shi'ar Emperor D'Ken attempting to rape Katherine Anne. There, Christopher was separated from his wife and imprisoned. Ĭhristopher and his wife were subsequently teleported aboard the Shi'ar starship and taken to the Shi'ar Imperial Throneworld of Chandilar. Unable to find more than one usable parachute in time, Katherine Anne put it on her eldest son Scott, told him to hold onto Alex, and pushed them both out the plane door, hoping to save them both. The Shi'ar craft fired on Summers' plane, which was made of wood, causing it to burst into flame. ![]() The Shi'ar pursued Summers' craft to prevent Summers from making their presence on Earth known to the general public. Many years ago, a test pilot for NASA, United States Air Force Major Christopher Summers, was flying himself, his wife Katherine Anne, and their two young sons Scott and Alex in their private airplane, a rebuilt de Havilland Mosquito, down the Western American coast from Alaska when their plane was attacked by a starship from the alien Shi'ar Empire on an exploratory mission to Earth. In order to provide a plausible excuse for the Starjammers to make repeat appearances in X-Men, they decided to make Corsair the father of Cyclops, leader of the X-Men. Running out of patience, Cockrum showed the Starjammers, including Corsair, to X-Men writer Chris Claremont, and convinced him to use the characters for this series. However, when he submitted the concept for Marvel's two try-out series, Marvel Spotlight and Marvel Premiere, he was repeatedly informed that these series were booked for two years solid. Concept and creation ĭave Cockrum created the Starjammers with the intent of having them star in their own series. ![]() He first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #104, and was created by Dave Cockrum. The character is depicted as a star-faring hero who leads the Starjammers, and the father of X-Men superheroes Cyclops and Havok, and the supervillain Vulcan. Highly skilled pilot, swordsman, and marksmanĬorsair (Major Christopher Summers, USAF) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. ![]() Corsair, as he appeared on the cover of X-Men: Spotlight on Starjammers #1 (May 1990) ![]()
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