Respect: Cyclops...
Cyclops...
Optic Blasts...
His blasts arent solar in nature... yes he absorbs solar energy, but what happens is the solar energy opens a dimensional portal in his eyes. The portal opens to a universe that consists of nothing but the ruby coloured energy he fires. The energy escapes through his eyes, creating an optic blast. The blasts do NOT give off heat or radiation, they are pure concussive force, nothing else...
Speed and Accuracy...
In Uncanny X-Men #93 Cyclops fights Quicksilver, and Quicksilver himself remarks that only his speed saved him from being hit by Cyclops...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439135937500quicksilvers speed.jpg
In Uncanny X-Men #124, while trapped in murderworld, Cyclops clears out a room of machines with just one blast...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439154687501murderworld.jpg
Uncanny #144, using only one optic blast he sinks every ball on a pool table...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439176562502pool.jpg
In Uncanny #152, he deflects his blast off three surfaces to hit Sebastian Shaw, and push him towards the waiting Colossus...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439187500003Sebastian Shaw.jpg
In Uncanny #170, he flips a coin, and blasts the centre out of it, leaving only the outer edge intact...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439203125004coin.jpg
In X-Men #112, he fires, deflecting his blast round a corner to take out two waiting enemies...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439228125005corner.jpg
Again in X-Men #112, he fires past Magneto, hitting Magneto's helmet, which rebounds and strikes Magneto...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439260937506magnetos helmet.jpg
X-Men #137, he fires, breaking Redneck's nose but not causing any other damage, then he fires a second blast that breaks Radian's leg...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439298437507NewX-Men137-13.jpg
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439309375008NewX-Men137-15.jpg
His visor...
Even though the most common way Cyclops activates his visor is by pressing a button beside his ear, he has on occasion used other means...
Uncanny X-Men #93, he fires his blasts simply by opening his eyes after keeping them closed for a prolonged amount of time... not exactly practical but it works..
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4439323437509prolonged time.jpg
Uncanny X-Men #95, Cyclops opens his visor by simply opening his eyes fully...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/44393437500010visor opening.jpg
In Uncanny X-Men #96, he does the same again...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/44393625000011visor opening1.jpg
In New X-Men #114, he casually stands firing at a sentinel with his hands at his sides...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4493981250000visor opening2.jpg
People may argue that these instances could be attributed to the artists' habits, but i believe there are far too many instances to discount the possibility that his visor may open without the side button being pressed, that the button itself is merely used to change the intensity of the blast...
at least thats my theory...
Hand to Hand/Powered Combat...
In Uncanny X-Men #127, he baits Wolverine into attacking him because of his fear of Wolverine's ability against Proteus, and Cyclops holds his own, even dodging Logan's Claws...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4494014062501claws.jpg
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4494053125002claws1.jpg
In Uncanny #175, defeats 6 x-men who believe he is phoenix... he defeats them all over the course of several pages, and with cracked ribs to boot...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/44940937500031 v 6 part 1.jpg
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/44941187500041 v 6 part 2.jpg
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/44941421875051 v 6 part 3.jpg
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/44941734375061 v 6 part 4.jpg
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/44941968750071 v 6 part 5.jpg
In X-Men #112, he takes on a room full of armed soldiers and defeats them all in seconds...
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/Uploads/Images/4494223437508roomfin.jpg
While not all these are combat based events, these pictures do show an amazing versatility and mastery of his powers.