Who Is Philip Summers? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Philip Summers is a Marvel comic book character, with over 68 comic issue appearances. Philip Summers is a descendant of Black Womb/Amanda Mueller and the father of Corsair. He is also the paternal grandfather of Cyclops, Havok and Vulcan. He owns his own airline company.

Who is Philip Summers?

Origin Philip Summers and his wife Deborah Summers lived in Anchorage and after his stind as a pilot in the war, he and Deboarah had one son named Christopher, a daughter-in-law and two grandsons, Scott and Alex. Just like Philip, Christopher was an fanatic flyer and made many trips with his family. Creation Philip Summers was created by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith and first appeared in Uncanny X-men issue 175 (1983). Major Story Arcs Seeming Loss While on one of their plane trips, Philip's son and family where seemingly killed in a plaincrash. They only found out their grandsons had survived the crash of their plane when both Scott (Cyclops) and Alex (Havok) where already in their mid-teens. He attended the wedding of Cyclops and his then-wife Madelyne Pryor. Although Philip and his wife where happy to see both their grandsons, they still felt the loss of their own son, Christopher (Cyclops and Havok's father whom, unbeknown to them, was also still alive, but kept this from them). Meeting the Starjammers Some months later, Christopher finally revealed to his parents to still be alive.

Key facts

Philip Summers is of human origin and first appeared in "Phoenix". The character is published by Marvel. With 68 recorded issue appearances, Philip Summers ranks among the most featured characters in comics.