Rachel Summers
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'''Rachel Anne Summers''' was the daughter of [[Cyclops (Marvel)|Cyclops]] and [[Jean Grey]] who was native to an alternate future timeline designated as Earth-811 in the [[Multiverse (Marvel)|Multiverse]]. Similar to the main reality, her parents were members of the [[X-Men]] with Jean being captured by [[Sentinels (Marvel)|Sentinels]] and her piloting a spacecraft back to Earth. On the day, the [[Phoenix Force (Marvel)|Phoenix Force]] bonded to her and she returned back home only to become overwhelmed by the rage of the '''Dark Phoenix'''. She began to experience the pain of emotions from others due to being a telepath but unlike Earth-616 her father did not cast her out. As a result, Jean Grey did not commit suicide and instead married Scott Summers where the two had the daughter who they named Rachel Summers. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199) | '''Rachel Anne Summers''' was the daughter of [[Cyclops (Marvel)|Cyclops]] and [[Jean Grey]] who was native to an alternate future timeline designated as Earth-811 in the [[Multiverse (Marvel)|Multiverse]]. Similar to the main reality, her parents were members of the [[X-Men]] with Jean being captured by [[Sentinels (Marvel)|Sentinels]] and her piloting a spacecraft back to Earth. On the day, the [[Phoenix Force (Marvel)|Phoenix Force]] bonded to her and she returned back home only to become overwhelmed by the rage of the '''Dark Phoenix'''. She began to experience the pain of emotions from others due to being a telepath but unlike Earth-616 her father did not cast her out. As a result, Jean Grey did not commit suicide and instead married Scott Summers where the two had the daughter who they named Rachel Summers. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199) | ||
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| + | By [[2013]], she came to find herself transferred to the South Bronx Mutant Containment Facility where she joined the last surviving members of the X-Men. These included [[Wolverine (Marvel)|Wolverine]], [[Magneto]], and [[Kitty Pryde|Katherine Pryde-Rasputin]], [[Colossus (Marvel)|Peter Rasputin]] and [[Storm (Marvel)|Ororo Munroe]]. During this time, she came to befriend [[Franklin Richards]] who was the last survivor of the [[Fantastic Four]] with the two becoming lovers. During this time, they came upon a plan to change history to end the reign of the Sentinels that involved projecting Kitty's mind back into the past to her younger self so that she could alter the timeline. Within the camp, the group came to find a way of breaking the power-neutralising collars whilst Rachel meditated in the use of her powers to allow her to project a person's consciousness back through time. (X-Men v1 #141) | ||
===Excalibur=== | ===Excalibur=== | ||
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===X-Men=== | ===X-Men=== | ||
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| + | Rachel later decided to spend time with her maternal grandparents where she stayed with them. This saw the entire Grey family being invited where she came to see her extended relatives. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #466) | ||
===House of X=== | ===House of X=== | ||
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===Personality and attributes=== | ===Personality and attributes=== | ||
[[File:XForce-V5-9Textless.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Host of the Phoenix in X-Force v5 #9.]] | [[File:XForce-V5-9Textless.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Host of the Phoenix in X-Force v5 #9.]] | ||
| − | After her parents separated, she decided to take her mothers surname instead and went by '''Rachel Grey'''. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #444) She once took the name '''Prestige''' as a codename. (X-Men: Gold v2 #1) | + | After her parents separated, she decided to take her mothers surname instead and went by '''Rachel Grey'''. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #444) Whilst joining Emma Frost, she briefly took the title of '''Warrior White Princess''' of the Hellfire Club. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #452) She once took the name '''Prestige''' as a codename. (X-Men: Gold v2 #1) |
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| + | She came to admit that she came to inherit her mothers temper and sometimes struggled with her rage. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #452) | ||
Outside of her parents, the other people she loved were her grandparents and the X-Men. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199) | Outside of her parents, the other people she loved were her grandparents and the X-Men. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199) | ||
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===Powers and abilities=== | ===Powers and abilities=== | ||
[[File:XMenEmperorVulcanV1-4Textless.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Empowered by a fragment of the Phoenix in X-Men: Emperor Vulcan v1 #4.]] | [[File:XMenEmperorVulcanV1-4Textless.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Empowered by a fragment of the Phoenix in X-Men: Emperor Vulcan v1 #4.]] | ||
| + | As a Mutant, she was noted for being telepathic and a telekinetic. (X-Men v1 #141) | ||
As a telepath, she was able to read the thoughts of others in an instant. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199) | As a telepath, she was able to read the thoughts of others in an instant. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199) | ||
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| + | It was said that whilst powerful that she lacked control and finesse with Emma Frost offering to help mentor her in her abilities. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #452) | ||
Through her chrono-skimming, she could psionically relive some of the events within a room. As her chronokinesis was vast, she struggled to focus it and had to rely on psychometry to pick up a psychic temporal trail. Objects were used as a kind of telepathic runaway for Rachel to witness some events of the person in a vicinity. (X-Factor v4 #1) | Through her chrono-skimming, she could psionically relive some of the events within a room. As her chronokinesis was vast, she struggled to focus it and had to rely on psychometry to pick up a psychic temporal trail. Objects were used as a kind of telepathic runaway for Rachel to witness some events of the person in a vicinity. (X-Factor v4 #1) | ||
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| + | Through practice and meditation, she could use her powers to project the consciousness of a person through time where they could inhabit the body of themselves somewhere else in the timeline. (X-Men v1 #141) | ||
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| + | Emma Frost came to telepathically share a skill with Rachel Summers whereby she automatically altered the visual perceptions of everyone around her. This effectively made her invisible in a crowd who mentally simply ignored her presence. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #452) | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 12:52, 30 May 2021
Rachel Summers is a female comic superhero that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Rachel Anne Summers was the daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey who was native to an alternate future timeline designated as Earth-811 in the Multiverse. Similar to the main reality, her parents were members of the X-Men with Jean being captured by Sentinels and her piloting a spacecraft back to Earth. On the day, the Phoenix Force bonded to her and she returned back home only to become overwhelmed by the rage of the Dark Phoenix. She began to experience the pain of emotions from others due to being a telepath but unlike Earth-616 her father did not cast her out. As a result, Jean Grey did not commit suicide and instead married Scott Summers where the two had the daughter who they named Rachel Summers. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199)
By 2013, she came to find herself transferred to the South Bronx Mutant Containment Facility where she joined the last surviving members of the X-Men. These included Wolverine, Magneto, and Katherine Pryde-Rasputin, Peter Rasputin and Ororo Munroe. During this time, she came to befriend Franklin Richards who was the last survivor of the Fantastic Four with the two becoming lovers. During this time, they came upon a plan to change history to end the reign of the Sentinels that involved projecting Kitty's mind back into the past to her younger self so that she could alter the timeline. Within the camp, the group came to find a way of breaking the power-neutralising collars whilst Rachel meditated in the use of her powers to allow her to project a person's consciousness back through time. (X-Men v1 #141)
Excalibur
She then came to meet her newborn baby brother Nathan Christopher Summers where she established a psi-link with him and promised to always protected him. During this time, Scott Summers decided to retire from the X-Men in order to spend time with his wife Madelyne Pryor and their son Nathan in Anchorage, Alaska. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #201)
X-Men
Rachel later decided to spend time with her maternal grandparents where she stayed with them. This saw the entire Grey family being invited where she came to see her extended relatives. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #466)
House of X
After the establishment of the nation of Krakoa, she was one of many Mutants that came to reside on the living island that was the home of their people. As a Krakoan citizen, she came to call the Summers House on the Blue Area of the Moon to be her home. (X-Men v5 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
After her parents separated, she decided to take her mothers surname instead and went by Rachel Grey. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #444) Whilst joining Emma Frost, she briefly took the title of Warrior White Princess of the Hellfire Club. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #452) She once took the name Prestige as a codename. (X-Men: Gold v2 #1)
She came to admit that she came to inherit her mothers temper and sometimes struggled with her rage. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #452)
Outside of her parents, the other people she loved were her grandparents and the X-Men. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199)
She came to gain a brother from the main reality with this being Nathan Christopher Summers. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #201)
Powers and abilities
As a Mutant, she was noted for being telepathic and a telekinetic. (X-Men v1 #141)
As a telepath, she was able to read the thoughts of others in an instant. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #199)
It was said that whilst powerful that she lacked control and finesse with Emma Frost offering to help mentor her in her abilities. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #452)
Through her chrono-skimming, she could psionically relive some of the events within a room. As her chronokinesis was vast, she struggled to focus it and had to rely on psychometry to pick up a psychic temporal trail. Objects were used as a kind of telepathic runaway for Rachel to witness some events of the person in a vicinity. (X-Factor v4 #1)
Through practice and meditation, she could use her powers to project the consciousness of a person through time where they could inhabit the body of themselves somewhere else in the timeline. (X-Men v1 #141)
Emma Frost came to telepathically share a skill with Rachel Summers whereby she automatically altered the visual perceptions of everyone around her. This effectively made her invisible in a crowd who mentally simply ignored her presence. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #452)
Notes
- Rachel Summers was created by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and John Romita, Jr. where she made her first appearance in Uncanny X-Men v1 #141 (January, 1981).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
Video games
- In Marvel Future Fight, Rachel Summers appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Uncanny X-Men v1: (1981)
- Excalibur v1:
- X-Men:
- X-Men: Emperor Vulcan v1:
- X-Men:
- X-Men: Gold v1:
- X-Force v5:
- Excalibur:
- X-Men v5:
- X-Factor v4:
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