RACHEL SUMMERS
Earth-8101
Real Name: Rachel Summers
Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-8101, see comments) primate mutant
Occupation: Superhero
Group Membership: X-Apes (Colobbus/Piotr Rasputin, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Professor X/Charles Xavier, Rogue/Anne-Marie, Wolverine/James Howlett)
Affiliations: Dazzler (Alison Blaire), Iron Mandrill (Tony Stark), Magneto, New Mutants (Cannonball/Sam Guthrie, Magik/Illyana Rasputin, Mirage/Danielle Moonstar, Sunspot/Bobby Da Costa, Warlock, Wolfsbabe/Rahn Sinclair);
formerly "Captain America" (John Falsworth)
Enemies: Beyonder
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: X-Mansion, X-Apes headquarters
First Appearance: Marvel Apes I#3/3 (December, 2008)
Powers/Abilities: Rachel Summers is a mutant who possesses strong telepathic and telekinetic abilities, allowing her to read minds, project mental commands, and manipulate objects through focused thought. Her telekinesis enables flight, force fields, and the restraint of opponents.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'6")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 130 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Red
History:
(Marvel Apes I#3/3 - BTS) - At an unrevealed point in time Rachel Summers became part of the X-Apes, serving alongside other mutant primates such as Colobbus and Rogue.
(Marvel Apes I#3/3 (fb) - BTS) - The Beyonder became fascinated with the nature of simian heroism, curious about what it truly meant to be simian he traveled to Earth. His arrival quickly escalated into violence when his unstable emotions and immense cosmic power threatened the world.
(Marvel Apes I#3/3) - Rachel Summers and the X-Apes joined a large force of assembled heroes, including Iron Mandrill, Captain America and the New Mutants, to oppose the Beyonder. Their coordinated assault pushed the Beyonder to the brink, and Iron Mandrill eventually unleashed a powerful energy blast that helped tip the battle, leading to the Beyonder's defeat.
Comments: Created by Tom Peyer.
The storyline in which this ape version of Rachel Summers appears mirrors events depicted on Earth-616 during Secret Wars II. Although this version resides on Earth-8101, she likely originates from that reality’s equivalent of the Days of Future Past dystopian future. As this is never explicitly confirmed and her appearance is limited to a single panel, her Earth designation is therefore kept as Earth-8101.
Marvel Apes I#2 (September, 2008) called the X-Men of Earth-8101 the X-Apes, they were previously known as the X-Simians in a back-up feature from Marvel Apes I#1. Thus the X-Men were known as the X-Simians before the present day and X-Apes after.
The Marvel Apes limited series (2008) was conceived as a playful companion to the earlier Marvel Zombies phenomenon. Following the unexpected commercial success of Zombies, Marvel looked to replicate the formula by reimagining its superheroes in another offbeat, high-concept alternate reality. Writer Karl Kesel, inspired by Silver Age whimsy and the classic "What If?" tradition, pitched a world where Marvel's heroes and villains were evolved primates rather than humans. The project was greenlit as a four-issue miniseries, launching with a tongue-in-cheek promotional campaign that leaned into its absurdity while still delivering a surprisingly dark, satirical storyline. The series spawned several tie-ins and one-shots, positioning the Ape-Verse as both a parody of and homage to Marvel's multiverse storytelling.
Earth-8101 is the main Marvel Apes reality, but there are three others as well:
- Earth-81218, possible future of Earth-8101 set in the year 2099.
- Earth-90543, monkey Speedball was send back to his world and branded a traitor by the Ape-Vengers. This was a bad dream of the Gibbon.
- Earth-95019, diverged from 8101 when zombies invaded their world. The reset button was eventually pushed on the original Earth-8101, preventing the divergence.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
Rachel Summers has no known connections to
Images: (without ads)
Marvel Apes I#3, p32, pan1 (main image)
Marvel Apes I#3, p30, pan1 (part of the assembled heroes facing the Beyonder)
Appearances:
Marvel Apes I#3/3 (December, 2008) - Tom Peyer (writer), Mike McKone (pencils), Andy Lanning, Cam Smith (inkers), Stephen Wacker, Tom Brennan (editors)
First Posted: 12/19/2025
Last Updated: 12/19/2025
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