Ruby Summers

Ruby Summers is the future daughter of Cyclops and Emma Frost, possessing her father's optic blasts but unable to turn them off — her mother's diamond form is permanently active, preventing her from using her telepathy but containing the uncontrolled energy.

Ruby Summers burst onto the Marvel scene in 2008, a Modern Age creation from the legendary Peter David and artist Glenn Fabry, debuting in the pages of X-Factor Special: Layla Miller #1. She's a figure rooted in the wilder, speculative corners of Marvel's mutant universe, sharing her stories with compelling company — Layla Miller, Multiple Man, and Monet St. Croix among them — in the X-Factor corner of Marvel that Peter David made so distinctly his own. Her appearances stretch across titles like X-Factor and Future Imperfect, placing her in some genuinely ambitious storytelling territory. With only 17 catalog appearances, she's a rare find — the kind of character that rewards the dedicated fan who loves digging deeper into Marvel's rich, layered mythology.