X-Men: The Search For Cyclops #1

The Search for Cyclops was a four-issue limited series published by Marvel Comics in 2000, written by Howard Mackie with art by penciler Ian Churchill. The story emerged from the aftermath of the X-Men's 'The Twelve' crossover event, which concluded with Scott Summers, also known as Cyclops, merging with his long-time nemesis Apocalypse to prevent the villain's ascent to ultimate power. This miniseries was designed to resolve the immediate fallout of that fusion, focusing on the X-Men's desperate efforts to locate and rescue Scott from his mental and physical struggle against the entity.

Ian Churchill’s pencils for this series are characteristic of the turn-of-the-millennium house style, emphasizing dynamic, muscular figures and high-stakes superhero action. The series was met with a standard reception for the era's tie-in books; while it provided necessary narrative closure for the Cyclops disappearance plotline, it is primarily viewed today as a transitional chapter in X-Men history that paved the way for the major creative shifts occurring in the line at the time, particularly the transition into the Chris Claremont-written X-Men: Revolution era.