Rachel Summers

Rachel Grey
Rachel Grey as Askani on textless variant cover of X-Factor #2 (August 28, 2024). Art by Clayton Crain.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Uncanny X-Men #141 (Jan. 1981)
Created by	Chris Claremont (writer) John Byrne (artist) John Romita Jr. (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Rachel Anne Grey (surname changed from Summers)
Species	Human mutant
Team affiliations	X-Men X-Factor (Dawn of X) Hounds New Mutants (Earth-811) Excalibur Clan Askani X-Treme Sanctions Executive Starjammers
Partnerships	Betsy Braddock (girlfriend) Jean Grey (mother) Scott Summers (father) Cable (brother) Spider-Girl III (sister) Corsair (grandfather) Havok (uncle) Vulcan (uncle)
Notable aliases	Phoenix Mother Askani Bright Lady Alyzr'n Summerset "Hound" The Celestial Avatar The Cosmic Avatar R'Chell Revenant Marvel Girl Prestige Starchilde Askani
Abilities	Time manipulation: Time travel Chrono-shield Empathy: Ability to sense and manipulate emotions Ability to sense and manipulate feelings Telepathy: Astral projection Mind control Mind reading Mind transferal Memory wiping Psionic blast Psionic shielding Psychometry Telekinesis: Force field Matter manipulation Telekinetic blast Telekinetic weapon Flight As Phoenix Force Abilities as the Phoenix Force's avatar

Rachel Anne Summers is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-plotter John Byrne.

In her first appearance, the character's surname was not revealed;^[1] in later appearances, she was established as the daughter of the alternate future counterparts to Cyclops and Jean Grey-Summers from the dystopian Days of Future Past timeline. Although there are other characters bearing her name throughout the multiverse, she herself is considered a multiversal anomaly with no true alternate-universe counterparts.^[2]

The character is a mutant with similar abilities to her mother, including telepathy, telekinesis, and a connection to the Phoenix Force. Throughout her publication history, she has also been referred to by the monikers Marvel Girl, Phoenix, Prestige, and Mother Askani (later simply Askani).