Rachel Summers

Rachel Summers
Marvel Girl, on the cover of X-Men: Emperor Vulcan #4 (2008). Art by Billy Tan.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981)
Created by	Chris Claremont (writer) John Byrne (artist) John Romita, Jr. (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Rachel Anne Summers
Species	Human mutant
Team affiliations	Hounds X-Men New Mutants (Earth-811) Excalibur Clan Askani X-Treme Sanctions Executive Starjammers Jean Grey School
Notable aliases	Rachel Grey, Phoenix, Mother Askani, Bright Lady, Alyzr'n Summerset, "Hound", the Celestial Avatar, the Cosmic Avatar, R'Chell, Revenant, Marvel Girl
Abilities	Empathy Telepathy, Telekinesis, Temporal astral projection Formerly: Phoenix Force abilities

Rachel Anne Summers (also known as Rachel Grey) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Rachel was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne.

In her first appearance, the character's surname was not revealed; later publications and retcons further expanded her backstory to involve central characters of mainstream continuity. She is the daughter of the alternate future counterparts to Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Jean Grey-Summers from a harsh dystopia, the half sister of Cable, a niece of Havok and Vulcan, and a powerful mutant in her own right.

Rachel Summers inherited her mother's vast telepathic and telekinetic talents. She also inherited her mother's original code names Phoenix and Marvel Girl. Although the character is considered unique to the Marvel Comics "multiverse", her name has been used to designate the mother of Marvel characters Hyperstorm and Dream Richards in respective timelines.

Rachel first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981) and has since been affiliated with several comic book superhero teams including the X-Men and Excalibur.