X-Men: The Search for Cyclops was a four-issue limited series published in 2000 by Marvel Comics

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. The series is written by Joseph Harris

Joseph Harris

Joseph Vikram "Joe" Harris is an Indian-born Canadian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-hand off-break bowler....

, and drawn by Tom Raney

Tom Raney

Tom Raney is an American comic book artist, known for illustrating titles as Annihilation Conquest, Alpha Flight, Ultimate X-Men and Uncanny X-Men for Marvel Comics, DV8 and Stormwatch for Image Comics, and Outsiders for DC Comics....

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Plot summary

X-Man Cyclops has been thought dead by his teammates following the cataclysmic events of the Twelve saga, when Cyclops sacrificed himself to defeat the ancient mutant, Apocalypse, but only to be merged with the villain, creating an all-new being of unlimited power. An amnesiac and powerless Cyclops regained control of the merged form. A follower of Apocalypse, Anais

Anais (comics)

Anais is the name of two fictional characters from the Marvel Universe who have similar powers.-Anais :Anais is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. She first appeared in the X-Men: Search for Cyclops mini-series.-Fictional character biography:Anais was one of three...

guides Cyclops through his problems, but is secretly hoping that she would be the one to host Apocalypse's essence. However, Apocalypse is slowly beginning to re-emerge. Jean Grey and Cable track Cyclops down to Egypt, where they separate him from Apocalypse. Cable himself destroys Apocalypse's spirit in the process.