Gabriel Summers (Earth-616)

**Vulcan** (*Gabriel "Gabe" Summers*) is an American mutant and the younger brother of Cyclops and Havok. While his mother was pregnant with him, she was abducted by the Shi'ar and Vulcan was artificially incubated and raised as a slave.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

Vulcan is an Omega-level mutant. Although he was not originally Omega-level, he was elevated to this classification when he was exposed to a massive burst of mutant energy, which got expelled from mutantkind on M-Day.

**Energy Manipulation:** Vulcan can psionically manipulate, control, and absorb vast amounts of energy as he sees fit. He can project radiation along the electromagnetic spectrum and even manipulate some exotic variants, such as Cyclops' optic blasts or Adam Warlock's magical energies.

* **Energy Absorption:** Vulcan can absorb virtually any type of energy and channel that energy through his blasts. It is unknown if he can absorb energy to achieve other effects, such as augmenting his physical attributes. His energy absorption ability and his ability to wield energy have their limits; for example, his brother was capable of easily overriding him with his raw power and had him at his mercy after Vulcan threw him into a Sun.
* **Energy Blasts:** Vulcan can generate light, heat, force, electricity, and other forms of energy and project them in the form of powerful energy blasts. He can generate these blasts from his hands and eyes.
	+ **Light/Thermal/Force/Electricity/Optic Blasts**
* **Flight:** Vulcan is able to fly and levitate using his powers.
	+ **Interstellar Flight:** He is capable of interstellar flight, presumably at sub-light speeds.
* **Energy Constructs:** Vulcan can solidify his energy into force fields and other shapes. The effect of his energy constructs can be used to simulate a form of telekinetic ability by lifting and moving objects. His energy constructs can even take the form of other people.
	+ **Force Field Generation**
* **Power Negation:** Vulcan can apparently use his powers to override another person's mutagenic aura by manipulating the electrical current of their brain, making them temporarily unable to use their powers.
* **Energy Detection:** Vulcan is capable of detecting energy signatures from great distances when the power in question is potent. This includes other mutants with energy-based powers, although usually at lesser ranges, and starships at far greater ranges based on their star engines.
* **Self-Sustenance:** Vulcan appears to be capable of breathing in space as well as speaking by transmitting his voice as pure energy, though this ability seems to be limited. If he does not rest or find a power source other than his own, his reserve will leave him seemingly scarce until he does.
* **Regenerative Healing Factor:** He is capable of healing from seemingly mortal injuries by manipulating his body's energy composition. The full extent and speed of his capacity to heal is not known.
* **Power Absorption:** Vulcan has demonstrated the ability to siphon his opponents' powers. He was able to siphon Marvel Girl's powers while he was suppressing her powers, although it is unknown if he can siphon another person's powers while they are still able to access them. It is unknown if he permanently keeps these powers or not, but it is unlikely.

**Telepathic Resistance:** Vulcan has proved highly resistant to psychic attacks. The only such attack to be successful was performed by Marvel Girl after he had already lowered his defense in order to show the X-Men his memories of Krakoa. In most cases, he is able to use a telepath's own psionic energy to protect himself from the same.

#### Former Powers

Darwin, after merging with the remains of their two friends, converted himself into energy in order to keep Vulcan alive. While Darwin was present in Vulcan's body, he was able to simulate his teammates' powers, including:

**Geokinesis:** He had the ability to manipulate large land masses of earth.

**Temporal Deceleration/Stasis:** He could slow down and stop time.

* **Temporal Clairvoyance:** He could view past occurrences in ghostly images.