Rachel Grey (born Rachel Summers) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superheroine created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981) and has been affiliated to several teams including the X-Men and Excalibur. This article is about the comic book company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... For the second comic book series starring the X-Men, see X-Men (vol. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses of John Byrne, see John Byrne (disambiguation). ... John Romita, Jr. ... In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men mythos, a mutant is a member of the species Homo sapiens superior, an offshoot of regular humanity, Homo sapiens sapiens. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... The X-Treme Sanctions Executive is a fictional paramilitary police force charged with keeping the peace between mutants and normals in the X-Men comics series. ... Excalibur is a Marvel Comics superhero group, an offshoot of the X-Men, usually based in the United Kingdom. ... The Askani are a fictional organisation in the Marvel Universe in the future/alternate timeline desgnated as Earth-4935, also known as Earth Askani. ... Hounds are the name given to several groups of mutant characters from Marvel Comics. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Telepathy, from the Greek τῆλε, tele, remote; and πάθεια, patheia, to be effected by, describes the hypothetical transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. ... Psychokinesis (literally mind-movement) or PK is the more commonly used term today for what in the past was known as telekinesis (literally distant-movement). It refers to the psi ability to influence the behavior of matter by mental intention (or possibly some other aspect of mental activity) alone. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... A superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility and who usually has a colorful name and costume and abilities beyond those of normal human beings. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses of John Byrne, see John Byrne (disambiguation). ... For the second comic book series starring the X-Men, see X-Men (vol. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Excalibur is a Marvel Comics superhero group, an offshoot of the X-Men, usually based in the United Kingdom. ...

She is the daughter of the X-Men Cyclops and Jean Grey-Summers from a harsh, dystopian alternate future. She inherited her mother's telepathic and telekinetic abilities and was originally codenamed Phoenix after her. For other uses, see Cyclops (disambiguation). ... Jean Grey-Summers (born Jean Grey) is a fictional superheroine who lives in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... This article is about the philosophical concept and literary form. ... In science fiction stories involving time travel, an alternate future or alternative future is a possible future which never comes to pass, typically because someone travels back into the past and alters it so that the events of the alternate future cannot occur. ... Telepathy, from the Greek τῆλε, tele, remote; and πάθεια, patheia, to be effected by, describes the hypothetical transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. ... Psychokinesis (literally mind-movement) or PK is the more commonly used term today for what in the past was known as telekinesis (literally distant-movement). It refers to the psi ability to influence the behavior of matter by mental intention (or possibly some other aspect of mental activity) alone. ...

She traveled to the modern-day Marvel Universe, where she joined the X-Men and became infused with the Phoenix Force. This immense power, combined with her feelings of displacement and trauma from her childhood caused Rachel to be one of the most unpredictable X-Men. Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... This article is about the shared universe setting used by many Marvel Comics titles. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Although events affecting the time stream left her in literal limbo for many years, she has recently returned to the team, using another of her mother's former code names Marvel Girl, and having changed her surname to her mother's.

Fictional character biography

Days of Future Past

Rachel Summers comes from an alternate future known as Days of Future Past or Earth 811, where the assassination of Senator Robert Kelly provoked the ratification of the Mutant Registration Act, leading to a dystopian future where the mutant-hunting Sentinel robots rule the world. Rachel was abducted by operatives working for Ahab, who used drugs and hypnotherapy to turn Rachel into a "Hound," a mutant who tracks down other mutants. She fulfilled her duties, but her psychic powers linked her to her victims, fueling her grief and despair, until she attacked Ahab and scarred him. In return, he sent her to the mutant concentration camps. There, she befriended the surviving mutant rebels, including Wolverine, Magneto, Colossus, Storm, Kitty Pryde and her lover, the adult Franklin Richards. Cover to Uncanny X-Men #141. ... Cover to Uncanny X-Men #141. ... Robert Kelly is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Ratification is the process of adopting an international treaty, or a constitution or other nationally binding document (such as an amendment to a constitution) by the agreement of multiple subnational entities. ... In Marvel Comics fictional Marvel Universe, the Registration Acts - the Mutant Registration Act (or MRA) and Super-human Registration Act (SRA or sometimes SHRA) - are legislative bills which, when passed into law, enforce the mandatory registration of super-powered individuals with the government. ... This article is about the philosophical concept and literary form. ... The Sentinels are a type of fictional robot in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Ahab, real name Roderick Campbell, is a fictional character, a cyborg supervillain from the future in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Hypnotherapy is therapy that is undertaken with a subject in hypnosis. ... Hounds are the name given to several groups of mutant characters from Marvel Comics. ... Edgar Cayce (1877 – 1945) was one of the best-known American psychics of the 20th century and made many highly publicized predictions. ... It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation). ... Magneto (Eric Magnus Lensherr) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Colossus (Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero in the X-Men. ... This article is about the X-Men character. ... Katherine Kitty Pryde, also commonly known by the codename Shadowcat, is a Marvel Comics mutant superhero and a member of the X-Men. ... This article is about the Marvel Comics character. ...

Rachel managed to send Pryde's consciousness into the past to prevent the assassination, but it did not change their time; she sent her astral form into the past to find out why and discovered she had sent Kitty into an alternate past. On the way back, she encountered the disembodied Phoenix Force and it followed her to her present. Rachel passed out from the strain of astral projection and the Phoenix Force revealed itself to Kitty, who asked it to give Rachel a fresh start. Parallel universe or alternate reality in science fiction and fantasy is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. ... This article is about the paranormal concept. ...

When Rachel and Kitty broke into Project: Nimrod on a suicide mission to destroy a new model of Sentinel, Kitty spoke the words "Dark Phoenix" and the Phoenix Force ripped Rachel from her timeline and sent her body back to the alternate past to which she had sent Kitty's consciousness, a past where Jean Grey was dead and her father was married to someone else. She experiences additional heartache and displacement trauma when she discovered that her father's new wife, Madelyne Pryor, was pregnant with a son (Nathan Summers) because in her timeline she was the first born child of Scott Summers. Nimrod is a robotic supervillain, an enemy of Marvel Comics’ X-Men. ... Madelyne Pryor is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... This article is about the Marvel Comics character Nathan Summers, a. ...

Joining The X-Men

She had a brief membership in the X-Men, before finding the Shi'ar holoempathic crystal with an imprint of her mother in it. After she took a vow to remember her mother with the uniform and name of Phoenix, the Phoenix Force fully bonded with her, granting her access to its power on a cosmic magnitude, albeit in a much more limited fashion than the Dark Phoenix. Soon after, the grudge which she had begun with Selene boiled over when Rachel secretly invaded the Hellfire Club with the intention of taking vengeance on her for the murders she had committed, particularly that of nightclub owner, Nicholas Damiano, who had taken Rachel into his home after Selene attacked her. Selene proved to be no match for Rachel's newly increased powers, but just as she was about to finish Selene, Wolverine arrived and was forced to stab her in the chest to prevent her from killing the immortal witch. Mortally injured, she was lured into Spiral's "Body Shoppe." The Shiar, pronounced // (Shee-ARR), are a fictional species of aliens in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Selene, a Black Queen of the Hellfire Club, is a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics. ... This article is about living for infinite period of time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Witchcraft. ... Spiral is a fictional character, a supervillainess in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

The various incarnations of Rachel Summers. Art by Alan Davis.

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Excalibur

Months later, while recuperating from injuries on Muir Island, Shadowcat and Nightcrawler both had the same dream, where they were actors on a weird set and helped Rachel, who was trapped there, escape. Shortly thereafter, Rachel escaped from the alternate reality of Mojoworld. Rachel has once been cited having a flashback to her time there where she is held in chains and tortured. The three former X-Men were joined by Captain Britain and Meggan and founded the British superhero team Excalibur. While part of the team she discovered that this universe's version of her mother, Jean Grey, was alive. She attempted to bond with Jean but Jean, seeing how Rachel was the present host for the Phoenix, rejected any contact with her as she still resented the Phoenix Force for stealing a portion of her life. Jean Grey's feelings for Rachel later changed once Jean and Cyclops planned to marry. Rachel remained with Excalibur until an incident caused her to be lost in the timestream. She exchanged places with a time-lost Captain Britain and emerged two thousand years in the future, in a world conquered by Apocalypse and crushed under his iron fist. She gathered together a group of rebels and founded the Askani. She trained one of her followers to travel back in time and bring her "brother" Nathan forward in time when he was infected with a techno-organic virus. The Askani cloned Nathan in case he was not able to survive the virus. Apocalypse's followers attacked the Askani and took the clone (who would later become the supervillain Stryfe), leaving Rachel critically injured. Hooked up to life support, she drew the minds of Scott and Jean into the future, as "Slym" and "Redd", to raise Nathan and tutor him in the use of his powers. Rachel finally died ten years later and sent Scott and Jean back to their original bodies seconds after they had left. Muir Island is a small, fictional island off of the northern coast of Scotland in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Katherine Kitty Pryde, also commonly known by the codename Shadowcat, is a Marvel Comics mutant superhero and a member of the X-Men. ... This article is about the comic character. ... Mojo is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, created by Ann Nocenti and Arthur Adams. ... Captain Britain (Brian Braddock), briefly known as Britannic, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. ... Meggan is a comic book superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Excalibur is a Marvel Comics superhero group, an offshoot of the X-Men, usually based in the United Kingdom. ... Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) is a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain and is one of the prominent foes of the superhero group the X-Men. ... The Askani are a fictional organisation in the Marvel Universe in the future/alternate timeline desgnated as Earth-4935, also known as Earth Askani. ... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... The Technarchy, or Technarchs, are a cybernetic fictional species of alien origin in Marvel Comics universe, created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkewicz. ... Molecular cloning refers to the procedure of isolating a defined DNA sequence and obtaining multiple copies of it in vivo. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... Stryfe is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an adversary of the X-Men and related characters, especially Cable and X-Force. ...

Rachel and Cable

Later, Cable had finally defeated Apocalypse, he went into the timeline to retrieve Rachel. There he discovered a Rachel sans Phoenix Force. With the premature death of Apocalypse, the Askani timeline had been diverged from the mainstream 616 Marvel Universe and as a result, she had been flung into the far future yet subjectively a short time after she'd been lost in the timestream, as the slave of a creature called "Gaunt," who'd used her to lead Cable there for a "battle of the ages." He defeated Gaunt in the battle and Rachel, now free, was able to use her residual Phoenix Force to return them both to the present. She then decided to take a break from superheroics and enrolled in college after she made Cable promise he wouldn't tell anyone she was back. Despite her efforts to live a normal life, however, she was kidnapped by the telepath Elias Bogan and subsequently rescued by the X-Men. This article is about the Marvel Comics character Nathan Summers, a. ... In the fictional Marvel Universe, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place. ... Elias Bogan is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...

Back With The X-Men

She decided to rejoin the X-Men, taking the name "Marvel Girl" to honor her mother (who had recently died again) and wearing a costume her mother had designed but never worn; a variation on Jean's first green costume. She has also changed her last name to "Grey" becoming Rachel Grey possibly to express disapproval at her father's betrayal of Jean, as well as continuing his relationship with Emma Frost, though she and Emma have made a truce of sorts during one of the team's missions in Hong Kong. After House of M and Decimation, where most of the world's mutants lost their powers, the government had Sentinels instituted at the X-Mansion to protect the mutants in case any enemies used this low point to attack. Though their intentions were good this time, it reminded Rachel too much of the previous timeline when Sentinels herded mutants into concentration camps. Emma Grace[1] Frost, formerly known as the White Queen, is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... House of M was an eight-part comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2005. ... Decimation event logo, as shown on the covers of tie-in comics Decimation is the name of the late 2005 Marvel Comics storyline spinning out of the House of M limited series, that focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witchs stripping nearly all of the mutant population of... The Sentinels are a type of fictional robot in the Marvel Comics universe. ... In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the X-Mansion, the common name for the Xavier Mansion, is the base of operations and training site of the X-Men and the location of a school for mutant teenagers, the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, formerly Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters. ...

New Excalibur

Rachel had a short stint with newly re-formed Excalibur reminiscent of the former team, shortly after the House of M events. She assisted the team in battling the Dark X-Men and the Shadow King in the guise of Professor X [New Excalibur 1-4].

Death of the Greys

Rachel spent some time with her grandparents, bonding with her grandfather. At a family reunion with all her relatives, a commando unit under the order of the Shi'ar attacked the party, killing everyone including Rachel's grandparents, in hopes of wiping out the Grey genome. Though unable to kill her, they were able to graft a deathmark on her back that would allow them to find her wherever she went. It is assumed that the only remaining member of the Grey family now left on Earth besides Rachel is Cable. Afterward, at the graves of the Grey family, Rachel vowed a terrible vengeance on the Shi'ar and was quoted as saying: "I'm not my mom. I'm not the Phoenix. I'm my own woman. And by the time I'm done... they'll wish I WERE the Phoenix." End Of Greys was a 2006 story arc featured in the Uncanny X-Men comic book series focused mainly on the character of Rachel Summers who was finally branching out toward her deceased mothers relatives. ... The Shiar, pronounced // (Shee-ARR), are a fictional species of aliens in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Grey Genome is a genetic dna genome contained by all members of the Grey family in Marvel Comics X-men franchise. ...

The Death Commandos later broke free of their prisons, and found Rachel at the psychiatry offices of Dr. Maureen Lysinski. Rachel saved her, and with the help of Psylocke, Nightcrawler, Bishop, and Cannonball, took them down. She decided to imprison them instead of kill them, saying that "I mean to find destiny in a way that brings us both (Jean Grey) honor." Jean Grey-Summers (born Jean Grey) is a fictional superheroine who lives in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...

The Rise and Fall of The Shi'ar Empire

Professor X recruited Rachel along with her uncle Havok, Nightcrawler, Warpath, Darwin, and Polaris in a space mission to stop her paternal uncle Vulcan from laying waste to the Shi'ar empire.^[1] Xavier, who recently was stripped of his powers, recruited Rachel to serve as his telepathic "eyes and ears" during their mission. Aware of Rachel's vendetta against the Shi'ar, Xavier has agreed to use their trip into space to find out who in the Shi'ar Empire gave the order to wipe out all members of the Grey family and has warned Rachel that they will deal with the people responsible for her recent losses Xavier's way. Charles Francis Xavier, also known as Professor X, is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero, known as the leader and founder of the X-Men. ... Havok (Alexander Alex Summers) is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the X-Men. ... This article is about the comic character. ... Warpath (James Proudstar), previously known as the second Thunderbird, is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero associated with the X-Men. ... Darwin (Armando Muñoz) is a mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Polaris (Lorna Dane) is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the X-Men. ... Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Shiar, pronounced // (Shee-ARR), are a fictional species of aliens in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

While in space, the team was attacked by Korvus, a Shi'ar warrior sent to kill Rachel. Korvus's ancestor Rook'shir was a previous host of the Phoenix Force, and a small portion of the Phoenix's power was left behind in his sword, the Blade of the Phoenix. With this power, Korvus made short work of the other X-Men, but when Rachel blocked the sword their minds were involuntarily linked and Rachel learned that Korvus's family was also murdered by the Shi'ar government because of their connection to the Phoenix. At least part of the Phoenix power from the sword was transferred to Rachel. Rachel claimed that rather than having taken the power, the power chose to go to her, saying "The Phoenix knows me, remember? It likes me." When this happened, Rachel's normally gold energy aura turned blue, the same color as the Blade of the Phoenix (interestingly, blue represents a higher level of intensity on the color spectrum, i.e. blue fire is the hottest form of flame). She then telekinetically disabled an explosive implant that the Shi'ar chancellor was using to force Korvus's obedience.

Due to connecting with the sword, Rachel also connected to Korvus and the two begin to share memories. Rachel discovers the Phoenix Force formerly in the blade is just an echo, a "blue shadow", of the Force. The shadow of the Phoenix begins influencing Rachel's behavior, causing her to design a darker new uniform and begin a romance with Korvus.^[2]

Leading up to the fight with Vulcan, Rachel is shown using her powers to kill the guards which stand in her way. Havok warns her not to but Rachel tells him that they deserve to die after what they did to her family. When it comes to the big fight, Rachel shows just how powerful she is by protecting Korvus from one of Vulcans blasts. She is one of The X-Men which are left behind.

Starjammers

After the death of Corsair at the hands of Vulcan, she, along with Havok, Polaris, Korvus, Ch'od and Raza become the new Starjammers, electing to remain in Shi'ar space and restore Lilandra to the throne.^[3] The storyline is to carry on in a miniseries called X-Men: Emperor Vulcan which follows the Starjammers in their quest. Rachel has recently come into contact with the Death Commandos again during a cease fire of hostilities between the Starjammers and the Shi'ar and attempted to kill them to avenge the deaths of her relatives.

Powers and abilities

Rachel with the Phoenix Force battles and wins against Galactus. Art by Alan Davis.

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Marvel Girl is a high level telepath which allows her to read minds and project her thoughts into other's minds as well as form mind links that can connect her with another despite great distances or power inhibitors. Rachel has honed her telepathy to sense, locate and track other mutants based on their thought patterns, but has a moral apprehension in using this telepathic skill based on her experiences as a Hound. Rachel can use her telepathy to project a blast of psi-energy that can disrupt the higher functions of the brain, and defensively shield her mind from other telepaths, create illusions, sensory invisibility and edit memories. In addition, Rachel has demonstrated the ability to telepathically block access to super-powers, control minds, repair minds, and swap minds from one body to another.

In conjunction with Marvel Girl's ability to astral travel through astral projection, Rachel can combine her telepathy with her abilities to manipulate time -- "chronoskimming" -- which allows her to temporarily transplant a person's mind and send it through time into a younger/older version or a close ancestor/descendant, or as a disembodied astral form. Rachel combines her ability to manipulate time with her telepathy and telekinesis with varied effects including the unconscious emanation of a fourth dimensional pulse which creates a chrono-shield protecting her from changes in the timeline, psychometric projections of past events and physical time travel (a skill that she can now perform without the aid of the Phoenix). Psychometrics is the science of measuring psychological aspects of a person such as knowledge, skills, abilities, or personality. ...

By using telekinesis, Marvel Girl can manipulate matter down to the atomic level. She can channel her telekinesis to create force fields and fire concussive psionic force blasts. By using her telekinesis to levitate herself, Marvel Girl can fly at incredible speeds.

For a time, Rachel was also bonded to the Phoenix Force as "the one true Phoenix," and had its cosmic powers at her disposal. As Phoenix, Rachel demonstrated heightened psi-powers as well as the ability to manipulate energy and lifeforces, and a limited cosmic awareness. Rachel's connection to the Phoenix power was lost in the distant future and did not return with her when she travelled back to the early 21st Century (present) of Earth-616, however it must be noted as an Omega-level mutant, she is still fully capable of hosting its power. Recently, Marvel Girl absorbed a residual echo of the Phoenix Force left in the sword of a previous host, a Shi'ar named Rookshir. Its full effects are unknown at this time. It was revealed in Uncanny X-Men #481 that the power Rachel has is not the true Phoenix Force, but a shadow or echo of it, which is less powerful, but easier to control. However the echo's true level of power may be greater than has been seen so far, as seen in X-Men: Emperor Vulcan #3 when she manifested it in the form of the familiar fiery bird image the Phoenix is commonly associated with.

Curiously, Marvel Girl exhibits a Phoenix emblem energy signature, which appears over her left eye whenever she uses her powers, and can manifest a shadow form (much like the shadow form Jean Grey-Summers gained when she absorbed the telepathic powers of Psylocke) which could be due to the fact that Rachel and Psylocke's fates were "bound together" by Psylocke's reality-twisting brother, Jamie. After regaining a small portion of the Phoenix Force echo, the Phoenix emblem over her eye changed from a gold phoenix emblem to an electric blue flame in the shape of a phoenix. Psylocke (Elisabeth Glorianna Betsy Braddock, sometimes Elizabeth) is a Marvel Comics superhero, sister to Captain Britain, and often associated with the X-Men. ...

Rachel in her standard '90s red street clothing. From Excalibur (vol. 1) #44 (November 1991). Art by Alan Davis.

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Rachel's telepathy, though massive in raw scale, is mitigated by her limited training and techniques. This was proven in Uncanny X-Men #452, where the admittedly less-powerful (but immensely more experienced) Emma Frost was able to outflank an incredulous Rachel in a contest on the astral plane. Emma Grace[1] Frost, formerly known as the White Queen, is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...

Other instances have depicted Rachel's telekinetic potential to be nigh-unlimited. Even without the Phoenix, Rachel was able to create a micro black hole (Uncanny X-Men #447), levitate an entire city for a time (Cable and Deadpool #10), and sustain shields that withstood Jovian atmospheric pressures (Uncanny X-Men #449). Moreover, Rachel's current telekinetic fine-motor control allowed her to alter molecular valences (X-Treme X-Men #44), sense and manipulate residual energy to generate psychic manifestations in the form of psychometry of past events (MK Spider-Man #6, X-Men: Deadly Genesis #2 and Uncanny X-Men #464), create a psychic sword (much like the psychic katana from Psylocke )(Uncanny X-Men #464) and even rewrite human genomes (Uncanny X-Men #459 and Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 - where Rachel used the Phoenix Force to reconstruct the DNA of the Invisible Woman and Cyclops). For the psychology discipline see psychometrics. ... Psylocke (Elisabeth Glorianna Betsy Braddock, sometimes Elizabeth) is a Marvel Comics superhero, sister to Captain Britain, and often associated with the X-Men. ... “Invisible Girl” redirects here. ...

At times, Rachel has been shown to learn new skills extremely quickly. For example, in Excalibur #16, she mastered a set of "demon ninja" sword skills simply by watching her teammate Shadowcat perform them. Rachel also mentions that she had learned lock-picking skills from the Storm of her timeline, knowledge and use of advanced technology and weapons, as well as skills in repairing engines. However, these abilities have not been evident in her more recent appearances.

Even with the powers of the Phoenix, magic and magical objects prove to be an enigma for Rachel's powers. When the Soulsword appeared near the Excalibur lighthouse headquarters seeking Kitty Pryde to become its new wielder, Rachel attempted to remove it from the bedrock it had embedded itself into in order to alleviate her friend's apprehension. Despite using the full extent of power permitted by the Phoenix Force, Rachel was unable to remove the sword which she surmised only Kitty Pryde could remove. This could be the reason why Rachel has not telekinetically removed the Shi'ar deathmark on her back, although Nightcrawler theorized that this was only because Rachel didn't wish to remove it. The Soulsword is a mystical item in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Excalibur is a Marvel Comics superhero group, an offshoot of the X-Men, usually based in the United Kingdom. ...

Other versions

According to Rachel Summers' creator Chris Claremont, the Rachel Summers that currently appears in Earth-616, who was originally from Earth-811, is unique in the multiverse and has no alternate timeline counterparts (Uncanny X-Men #462). These other Rachels are not alternate versions of the Rachel Summers of Earth-811, but characters that might have the same parentage, name, or the same powers but are not connected due to aspects of Rachel's genetics or history. The reason for her unique nature is still unknown. Some have theorized that this is due to her link to the Phoenix Force, but this has not been confirmed as fact.

Days of Future Past

In at least three alternate future timelines that derived from "Days of Future Past", a Rachel Summers married Franklin Richards and had at least one mutant child with him. One such child was the time-traveling supervillain Hyperstorm (Jonathan Richards). Hyperstorm was responsible for causing the Fantastic Four to think that Mister Fantastic (Jonathan's grandfather) and Doctor Doom were dead; he was only defeated when he was trapped in another dimension by Galactus. The second child was Dream Summers, with the power of empathy, a superhero who appeared in the Spider-Man/X-Men: Time's Arrow trilogy of novels (although Marvel Comics novels tend to be considered non-canon). In the third reality, they produced a child named David Richards, who was rescued from a concentration camp by the interdimensional travelling Exiles and raised by the Age of Apocalypse Sabretooth. In this reality, David's traumatic experiences at the camp led him to become a fanatical murderer. Hyperstorm is a fictional supervillain from the Marvel comics universe. ... For other uses, see Fantastic Four (disambiguation). ... Mr. ... Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) is a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. ... Galactus is a fictional character, a cosmic entity in the Marvel Universe. ... The Exiles are a group of fictional comic book characters from Marvel Comics. ... The Age of Apocalypse is a popular X-Men story arc. ...

Legacy Earth

In the so-called Legacy Earth Reality, in which the Legacy Virus mutated into a techno-organic plague, a Rachel Summers was a member of the Avengers, the last superhero group. At Morph's behest, she attempts to contact Thor and the Asgardians to help them against the Vi-Locks, a race of beings infected with the techno-organic Legacy virus. In the fiction, especially in the Marvel Comics universe and Beast Machines, techno-organic material is a material with properties and abilities of both organic and technological (mechanical and information-processing) material. ... The Avengers are a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Changeling (Marvel Comics). ... Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a superhero appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Asgardians (aka Gods of Asgard) is a fictional race in the Marvel Comics universe. ... In the fictional Marvel Universe, the Legacy Virus was a devastating plague that ripped through the mutant population, killing hundreds and mutating so that it affected baseline humans as well, until it was cured almost overnight by the sacrifice of the superhero Colossus, a member of the X-Men. ...

Days of Future Now

In a variation of the Days of Future Past shown in Weapon X: Days of Future Now, a Rachel Summers was captured by Weapon X and detained in the "Neverland" concentration camp. Weapon X is a fictional clandestine government project in the Marvel Universe conducted by the Canadian Governments Department K (and secretly funded by the U.S. government) which turns willing and unwilling beings into living weapons. ... It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ...

In other media

Television

• Rachel Summers could be seen in the X-Men animated television series of the mid-1990s as one of Apocalypse's captive psychics in the final episode of the multi-part storyline, Beyond Good and Evil, wearing her red-spiked Hound costume.

The X-Men Animated Series debuted in the 1992-1993 season on the Fox Network. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ...

Video games

• Rachel Summers made one video game appearance as Phoenix, a playable character in the 1990s X-Men II: The Fall of the Mutants for the PC. She wore her red-spiked costume from Excalibur, and during gameplay, had a "psi-flash" attack where her Phoenix effect would glow brighter, and her enemies would collapse (stunned telepathically). If her power was running low, she could sweep her fiery wings towards a nearby enemy and cause physical damage. She was also one of the game's few flying characters (along with Jean Grey-Summers as Marvel Girl from the original X-Factor, Archangel, and Rogue)

Jean Grey-Summers (born Jean Grey) is a fictional superheroine who lives in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... It has been suggested that The Fallen (comics) be merged into this article or section. ... Rogue (Anna Marie Raven[1]) is a Marvel Comics superheroine, a member of the X-Men. ...

Footnotes

References

• Spotlight On... Marvel Girl III at UncannyXmen.Net
• The Phoenix Force
• Rachel-Summers.com