about rachel summers

Rachel Summers (currently also known as Rachel Grey) comes from the alternate future known as Days of Future Past. After a stint with the X-Men and claiming the Phoenix Force, she became a founding member of Excalibur before sacrificing herself to save Captain Britain. She was sent into the future where she founded Clan Askani to fight Apocalypse and save her brother, Nathan Summers (Cable).

When Apocalypse was defeated, Rachel became trapped at the end of Time after having lost the Phoenix Force, and was eventually freed with the help of her brother. For a time, she retired from the superhero business to attend college, only to be captured by the Hellfire Club's Elias Bogan. After being rescued by her best friend Kitty Pryde, she rejoined the X-Men to continue her mission of preventing her future from happening again.

Taking up the surname and code-name of her deceased mother, Jean Grey, Rachel has recently endured the death of all of her maternal relatives (except Cable) at the hands of the Shi'Ar. She has joined with Professor Xavier and a team of X-Men to go to Shi'Ar territory to prevent her uncle, Gabriel Summers (Vulcan), from seeking vengeance on the Shi'Ar.

War of Kings News Round-up for 12/20/08 - 12/20/08 - My Cup O' Joe, WoK Trailer, and interviews.

Rachel Super Hero Squad Figure - 12/19/08 - It's delayed, but we have pictures of the packaging

Marvel March 2009 Solicitations - 12/15/08 - X-Men: Kingbreaker #4 and War of Kings #1

War of Kings News Roundup for 12/12/08 - 12/12/08 - Covers, interviews and general info.

X-Men Kingbreaker #1 Full Preview - 12/11/08 - 8 page preview of the first issue of Kingbreaker.

Rachel is in X-Men Noir #1… sort of - 12/07/08 - Rachel appears in the short story at the end called The Sentinels.

X-Men Kingbreaker News - 11/30/08 - Rachel returns to being the Blue Phoenix and other Kingbreaker news tidbits.

Marvel Select Marvel Girl (Rachel Grey) Figure - 11/21/08 - Diamond Select releasing a Rachel variant figure next year.

Cable Artist Jamie McKelvie is a Rachel Fan - 11/19/08 - New Cable artist says he'd love to draw Rachel.

X-Men: Kingbreaker #1 Preview - 11/18/08 - Five page preview art from the first issue of the upcoming Starjammers mini-series.

Marvel February 2009 Solicitations - 11/17/08 - Solicits for Kingbreaker #3 and other WoK tie-ins.

Marvel War of Kings Information - 11/14/08 - Summary of info about the upcoming cosmic event .

Duane Swierczynski Talks Cable and Rachel in X-Position - 11/05/08 - Cable's writer asked about Rachel appearing.

Marvel January 2009 Solicitations - 10/23/08 - Solicits for X-Men Kingbreaker #2 and the Secret Invasion: War of Kings One-Shot.

Marvel's Top X-Women - 10/16/08 - Rachel Grey ranks #8.

Cover For X-Men: Kingbreaker #2 - 10/14/08 - Features Rachel and the rest of the uncaptured Starjammers.

ClanDestine Mini-Series Trade Now Available - 10/12/08 - Alan Davis' ClanDestine mini-series featuring the classic Excalibur team has been released in trade format.

Rachel Super Hero Squad Figure Coming in December - 10/09/08 - The Marvel Girl & Cyclops Wave 11 SHS set is schedule to be released in December.

Marvel's Super Offspring - 10/08/08 - Rachel, Nathan Summers and Nate Grey all make Marvel's 10 offspring list.

Friday News Bites for 10/3/08 - 10/03/08 - Kingbreaker, War of Kings and Rachel Summers news from around the web.

Chris Yost Answers Kingbreaker Questions on X-Position - 10/01/08 - The X-Men: Kingbreaker scribe talks about what to expect in the upcoming series.

Featured Archived News Items

X-Men: Kingbreaker Details - 08/23/08 - Chris Yost talks about the 4 issue Starjammers/Vulcan mini starting in December...

Rachel Superhero Squad Figure Coming Soon! - 07/29/08 - Hasbro unveils a new Rachel figure at the San Diego Comic Con

Marvel War of Kings - Secret Invasion Tie-In - 07/26/08 - Marvel announces that the Starjammers will be involved in a new event, War of Kings.

Who Is the Messiah Complex Baby? - 07/11/08 - Another look at the rumors & speculation that the Messiah baby is Jean Grey or Rachel Summers.

10/01/08 - Clandestine: Blood Relative Premiere HC

Dec 08 - Marvel Girl (Rachel) Hasbro Super Hero Squad figure

12/17/08 - X-Men: Kingbreaker #1

01/21/09 - X-Men: Kingbreaker #2

Early 2009 - War of Kings