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Rachel Summers
Rachel Summers

Rachel Summers

275 appearances · Bronze Age · 1981–2026 · 18 key issues
Who is Rachel Summers?

Rachel Anne Summers is the daughter of Scott Summers (Cyclops) and Jean Grey from a dystopian alternate future (Earth-811) where Sentinels conquered America. Displaced in time to the present Marvel Universe, she carries the legacy of the Phoenix Force as an omega-level telepath and telekinetic.

Few characters carry the weight of history — literally — the way Rachel Summers does. Born from the imaginations of Chris Claremont and John Byrne in the pages of The X-Men #141 in 1981, this Bronze Age Marvel creation stepped onto the scene as part of one of the most celebrated storylines in comics, keeping company with icons like Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, and Nightcrawler from the very start. A fixture across Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, and Cable, Rachel has proven herself one of the most enduring figures in the X-Men corner of the Marvel Universe — 251 catalog appearances and counting, stretching across an astonishing 45 years of publication. With 18 key-issue appearances to her name and a legacy that has only deepened with time, Rachel Summers is exactly the kind of character who rewards the collector who digs in.

Identity

Real name. Rachel Anne Summers

Powers. Omega-level telepath and telekinetic; former host/conduit of the Phoenix Force (energy/life-force manipulation, cosmic awareness); time-travel/chronoskimming.

Teams & affiliations
X-MenExcalibur
★ First appearance
The X-Men #141
Jan 1981

Trivia

  • Rachel Summers' later continuity rework into the hidden future identity Mother Askani elevated her from a former X-Men supporting character into a foundational figure in the backstory of Cable and the anti-Apocalypse resistance.marvel.com
  • Chris Claremont has written more of Rachel Summers's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 80 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years — 1981–2023

The X-Men #141 1981
The X-Men #141
The Uncanny X-Men #189 1985
The Uncanny X-Men #189
X-Men Annual #14 1990
X-Men Annual #14
Marvel Comics Presents #75 1991
Marvel Comics Presents #75
Quasar #54 1994
Quasar #54
X-Men: Children of the Atom #4 2000
X-Men: Children of the Atom #4
Excalibur #1 2001
Excalibur #1
The Uncanny X-Men #450 2004
The Uncanny X-Men #450
The Uncanny X-Men #486 2007
The Uncanny X-Men #486
X-Men: Inferno Crossovers #[nn] 2010
X-Men: Inferno Crossovers #[nn]
Deadpool #27 2014
Deadpool #27
Jean Grey #1 2017
Jean Grey #1
Savage Avengers #0 2020
Savage Avengers #0
X-Treme X-Men #2 2023
X-Treme X-Men #2

Appearances (151–275 of 275, oldest first)

New Excalibur (2006)
X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2006)
House of M: Uncanny X-Men (2006)
Civil War (2006)
#1
Uncanny X-Men Annual (2006)
#1
The Uncanny X-Men (1981)
Uncanny X-Men: Rise & Fall of the Shi'ar Empire (2007)
Excalibur Classic (2005)
Women of Marvel (2006)
#2
Civil War Chronicles (2007)
#1
X-Men: Emperor Vulcan (2007)
#2
ClanDestine (2008)
X-Men: Kingbreaker (2009)
War of Kings Saga (2009)
Excalibur Visionaries: Alan Davis (2009)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
#13
Spider-Girl (2004)
#11
Captain Britain and MI13 Annual (2009)
#1
War of Kings: Warriors (2009)
#2
X-Men: Inferno Crossovers (2010)
X-Women (2010)
#1
X-Men: Phoenix Force Handbook (2010)
Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011)
Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis (2011)
X-Men: Fatal Attractions (2012)
X-Factor: They Keep Killing Madrox (2012)
X-Men: Legacy - Back to School (2012)
Astonishing X-Men: Northstar (2012)
Avengers (2010)
#29
New Mutants (2009)
#45
Wolverine & the X-Men by Jason Aaron (2012)
Marvel Série II (2012)
#10
Wolverine & the X-Men (2011)
Astonishing X-Men (2004)
#10
A+X (2013)
#1
X-Force: Phalanx Covenant (2013)
Wolverine (2013)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
All-New Doop (2014)
X-Force (2014)
Deadpool (2013)
#27
S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015)
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & the Great Lakes Avengers (2016)
Jean Grey (2017)
#1
Extraordinary X-Men (2016)
#4
X-Men: Gold (2017)
#22
Uncanny X-Men (2019)
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003)
Savage Avengers (2019)
#0
Excalibur by Tini Howard (2020)
New Mutants Omnibus (2020)
#2
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2003)
#10
Cable (2020)
#9
Reign of X (2021)
#7
A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022)
Knights of X (2022)
#5
Trials of X (2022)
#2
Immortal X-Men by Kieron Gillen (2022)
#1
X-Treme X-Men (2023)
Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain (2023)
#1
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (2006)
#5
X-Treme X-Men by Claremont & Larroca: A New Beginning (2023)
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003)
#25
Ultimate X-Men (2024)
X-Men: Forever (2024)
#2
Dead X-Men (2024)
#4
Rise of the Powers of X (2024)
#4
X-Men: Reign of X by Jonathan Hickman (2024)
#1
X-Men (2021)
Dazzler Omnibus (2024)
Die furchtlosen X-Men (2022)
#32
Giant-Size X-Men: Second Genesis Revisited (2025)
X-Manhunt Omega (2025)
#1
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024)
Giant-Size X-Men (2025)
#1
X-Force by Geoffrey Thorne (2025)
#2
X-Men by Chris Claremont: Prelude to a Future Past (2025)
#1
X-Men: Age of Krakoa - Dawn of X Omnibus (2025)
#1
Phoenix (2024)
X-Men by Marc Guggenheim Omnibus (2025)
Uncanny X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus (2025)
Iceman: Omega (2026)
#1
Secret Wars II (1986)
#60
De X-Mannen (1983)