Gabriel Summers

Gabriel Summers is the secret third Summers brother, kept hidden from Charles Xavier and his own siblings Scott and Alex. Discovered during a mission to save the original X-Men, his existence exposed a buried chapter of Xavier's past involving a covert team of mutant recruits.

Few Modern Age debuts landed with the seismic impact of Gabriel Summers, who burst onto the scene in Ed Brubaker and Trevor Hairsine's X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1 in 2006 — a series whose very title signals that this is comics storytelling with teeth. Connected to the Shi'ar and the X-Men alike, Gabriel moves in rarefied company, sharing pages with the likes of Cyclops, Wolverine, Marvel Girl, and Kurt Wagner across landmark series including Uncanny X-Men and War of Kings. That his story has continued to resonate through two decades of Marvel publishing speaks to the lasting charge Brubaker's original vision carried. If you're drawn to characters whose debut issue practically crackles with consequence, Gabriel Summers is absolutely worth tracking down.