Who Is Rachel Summers? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Rachel Summers is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Rachel Anne Grey-Summers, with over 2,972 comic issue appearances. Rachel Summers is the daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey from the alternate "Days of Future Past" timeline. She was forced to become a mutant "hound" and track other mutants before escaping to the present. Rachel has immense telekinetic and telepathic powers. Rachel was also a longtime host to the Phoenix Force.

Who is Rachel Summers?

Origin Rachel as hound Rachel Summers is the daughter of Scott Summers and Jean Grey , Cyclops and Phoenix, on Earth-811 . Her reality diverged from the regular time line when Senator Robert Kelly was assassinated by the Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants . In her world, this event caused the mutant/human relations to escalate to the point that an anti-mutant candidate won the next presidential election. He put forth the legislation that brought the giant mutant hunting robots known as the Sentinels . The goal was to eliminate all mutants. The Sentinels adapted and decided the best way to do so was to take over North America. They did not stop with just mutants. Several super-powered humans were also killed or imprisoned.

Key facts

Rachel Summers is of mutant origin and first appeared in "John Carter Tarzan". The character is published by Marvel. With 2,972 recorded issue appearances, Rachel Summers ranks among the most featured characters in comics.