Marvel Comics/Vulcan

**Vulcan** (Gabriel "Gabe" Summers) was born to Christopher and Katherine Summers and is the brother of Cyclops and Havok. While Vulcan was still in utero, the Summers parents were abducted by D'Ken Neramani, the ruler of the Shi'ar Empire, and his mother was killed, although Vulcan himself was removed from his mother's body and placed in an incubation accelerator to become a Shi'ar slave.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

Vulcan is an Omega level mutant and has been described to be "at least Omega Level" by Emma Frost, "past Omega" by Professor X, and "way past Omega" by Rachel Summers after being exposed to bursts of mutant energy. It was stated that the burst of mutant energy elevated him to Omega-level.

**Energy Manipulation:** Vulcan can psionically manipulate, control, and absorb vast amounts of energy as he sees fit. He can even manipulate exotic energy variants, such as his brother's optic blasts or Adam Warlock's magical energies.

* **Energy Absorption:** Vulcan can absorb virtually any type of energy and channel said energy through his blasts. It is unknown if he can absorb energy to achieve other effects, such as increasing his strength or augmenting his physiology. His energy absorption capability and his ability to wield energy do have their limits. For example, Havok was capable of easily overpowering him with his raw power and had him at his mercy after Vulcan threw him into the Sun.
* **Energy Blasts:** He can generate light, heat, force, electricity, and other forms of energy and project them as powerful energy blasts. He can generate these blasts from his hands and his eyes.
	+ **Light Generation**
	+ **Heat Generation**
	+ **Electricity Blasts**
	+ **Optical Energy Blasts**
* **Flight:** Vulcan is able to fly and levitate using his powers.
	+ **Interstellar Flight:** He is capable of interstellar flight.
* **Energy Constructs:** Vulcan can solidify his energy into force fields and other shapes. The effects of his energy constructs can be used to simulate a telekinetc power by lifting and moving objects.
	+ **Force Field Generation**
* **Power Negation:** Vulcan can apparently use his powers to override those of another person's mutagenic aura by manipulating the electrical current of their brain, making them temporarily unable to use their powers.
	+ **Power Absorption:** Vulcan demonstrated the ability to siphon his opponents' powers. He was able to siphon Rachel Summers' power while simultaneously suppressing them. It is unknown whether he can siphon another person's powers while they are not suppressed, and it's unclear if he permanently retains siphoned powers, although it is unlikely.
* **Energy Sense:** 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 able to breathe in space and speak by transmitting his voice as energy, though this ability seems to be limited. If he does not rest or find a power source other than himself, his reserve will leave him weakened until he does so.
* **Electromagnetism Manipulation:** He can project radiation along the electromagnetic spectrum.
* **Enhanced Regeneration:** He has shown to be capable of healing from seemingly mortal injuries by manipulating his body's energy composition. The full extent and speed of his capacity to regenerate is not known. It is unclear why he did not utilize this power to regenerate his eye or the scar inflicted upon him by Gladiator.

**Mental Resistance:** Vulcan has proved highly resistant to psionic attacks. The only such attack to be successful was performed by Rachel Summers after he had already lowered his defenses 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

After Darwin merged with the remains of Petra and Sway, he converted himself into energy and was absorbed by Vulcan in order to keep Vulcan alive. While Darwin was present in Vulcan's body, he was able to use his teammates' powers.

**Earth Manipulation:** From Petra, Vulcan had the power to manipulate large land masses of earth.

**Temporal Stasis/Deceleration:** From Sway, Vulcan was able to stop and slow down time itself.

* **Projective Psychometry:** Also from Sway, Vulcan was able to view past occurrences as ghostly images in his surroundings.

### Abilities

* **Strategy and Tactics:** Vulcan has shown an aptitude for strategic thinking.

### Weaknesses

**Overconfidence:** Though extremely powerful and having an aptitude for strategic thinking, Vulcan's overconfidence often leads him to defeat.