Although his containment unit was damaged in battle, he was able to focus his ability enough to project a beam that sliced off one of Angel's wings, causing her to crash.Īfter the battle, Alex stayed with Xavier at his new school for a short period, until he was drafted into the Vietnam War. He and Hank fought the mutant Azazel and he also faced Angel alongside Banshee. Despite their initial friction, Summers was impressed with Hank McCoy's ferocity, accompanying his bestial transformation and dubbed him "Beast". Shaw was attempting to get America and Russia to engage in a nuclear war. However, some tension still existed between him and Hank as he mocked McCoy's large mutant feet, comparing them to clown shoes.ĭuring the Cuban Missile Crisis, the team assembled to finally confront the Hellfire Club. After a successful test, he had one built into his X-Men uniform. Hank McCoy constructed a containment unit for him, allowing Alex to focus his energy blasts. Alex on his own is unable to focus and control his energy beams. Xavier had turned an underground bomb shelter into a training room for Alex, setting up mannequins for him to use as targets. Angel Salvadore accepted the offer, and when Alex attempted to hit Shaw with his energy waves, Shaw absorbed the blast and used the energy to murder the mutant Darwin, who was trying to rescue Angel.Īfterwards, Alex and the others relocated to Xavier's Mansion where they began training to defeat Shaw. Their leader, Sebastian Shaw, encouraged them to join him in overthrowing humanity, saying that they should be with their fellow mutants, not guarding the humans. While bonding with Xavier's other recruits (except for Hank McCoy as they initially had a more antagonistic relationship), the secret CIA facility where they were staying was attacked by the Hellfire Club. Havok in solitary confinement because of the uncontrollable nature of his powers. The warden cautioned them about putting him with others in a group, as Alex was the only prisoner he'd known to actually prefer solitary confinement.
In 1962, his release was arranged by Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr in order for him to join their team of mutant peacekeepers they were forming for the CIA. Alex Summers was first shown to be in solitary confinement in a government prison, preferring it due to the uncontrollable nature of his powers.
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