The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes, published in American comic books by Marvel Comics. Over the decades, the X-Men have featured a rotating line up composed of many characters.
Notation:
- Characters in bold are currently members of the team.
- A slash (/) between names, indicates codenames in chronological order.
- Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.
X-Men
Original members
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Professor X | Charles Francis Xavier | The X-Men #1[1] |
Cyclops | Scott Summers | The X-Men #43 (1968, flashback story)[2] |
Iceman | Robert Louis Drake | The X-Men #46 (1968, flashback story)[1] |
Beast | Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy | The X-Men #53 (1969, flashback story)[1] |
Angel / Archangel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III | The X-Men #56 (1969, flashback story)[1] |
Marvel Girl / Phoenix | Jean Elaine Grey | The X-Men #1 (1963)[1] |
Recruits by decade
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Mimic | Calvin Montgomery Rankin | The X-Men #27 (1966)[1] |
Changeling | Kevin Sydney | The X-Men #40 (1968, as Professor X)[1] |
Polaris | Lorna Sally Dane | The X-Men #60 (1969)[1] |
Havok | Alexander Summers | The X-Men #65 (1970)[1] |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Nightcrawler / Spinnenmann / Creepy Crawler | Kurt Wagner | Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)[1] |
Wolverine | James "Logan" Howlett | 616 Logan: Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)[1] Old Man Logan: Extraordinary X-Men #1 (2015)[3] |
Banshee | Sean Cassidy | Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)[1] |
Storm | Ororo Munroe | |
Sunfire | Shiro Yoshida | |
Colossus | Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin | |
Thunderbird | John Proudstar |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Sprite / Ariel / Shadowcat / Shadowkat | Katherine Anne “Kitty” Pryde | X-Men #138 (1980)[1] |
Lockheed | Uncanny X-Men #168 (1983)[1] | |
Rogue | Anna Marie LeBeau | Uncanny X-Men #171 (1983)[1] |
Phoenix / Marvel Girl / Prestige / Askani | Rachel Anne Grey-Summers | Uncanny X-Men #193 (1985)[1] |
Magneto | Max "Erik Magnus" Eisenhardt | Uncanny X-Men #200 (1985)[1] |
Longshot | Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 (1987)[1] | |
Psylocke / Captain Britain | Elizabeth Braddock | Uncanny X-Men #213 (1987)[1] |
Dazzler | Alison Blaire | Uncanny X-Men #214 (1987)[1] |
Forge / Maker | Uncanny X-Men #255 (1989) |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Gambit | Remy Etienne LeBeau | Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 (1990)[1] |
Jubilee | Jubilation Lee | Uncanny X-Men #258 (1990)[1] |
Bishop | Lucas Bishop | Uncanny X-Men #287 (1992)[1] |
Revanche / Psylocke | Kwannon | X-Men, vol. 2 #21 (1993)[1] |
Cannonball | Samuel Zachary Guthrie | X-Force #44 (1995)[1] |
Joseph | Uncanny X-Men #338 (1996)[1] | |
Cecilia Reyes | X-Men, vol. 2 #70 (1997)[1] | |
Marrow | Sarah "Rushman" | |
Maggott | Japheth |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Thunderbird | Neal Shaara | X-Men Unlimited #27 (2000)[1] |
Cable | Nathan Christopher Charles Summers | Uncanny X-Men #381 (2000) |
Mirage / Moonstar | Danielle Moonstar | X-Men, vol. 2 #102 (2000)[1] |
Sage | Tessa | X-Men, vol. 2 #109 (2000)[1] |
White Queen | Emma Grace Frost | New X-Men #116 (2001)[1] |
Xorn | Kuan-Yin Xorn | New X-Men Annual (2001)[1] |
Chamber | Jonothon Evan Starsmore | Uncanny X-Men #398 (2001)[1] |
Stacy X | Miranda Leevald | Uncanny X-Men #400 (2001)[1] |
Lifeguard | Heather Cameron | X-Treme X-Men #10 (2002)[1] |
Slipstream | Davis Cameron | |
Northstar | Jean-Paul Beaubier | Uncanny X-Men #414 (2002) |
Husk | Paige Elizabeth Guthrie | Uncanny X-Men #423 (2003)[1] |
Juggernaut | Cain Marko | Uncanny X-Men #425 (2003)[1] |
Xorn / Zorn | Shen Xorn | X-Men, vol. 2 #162 (2004)[1] |
Petra | X-Men: Deadly Genesis #4 (2006, retconned to occur before Giant-Size X-Men #1)[1] | |
Sway | Suzanne Chan | |
Darwin | Armando Muñoz | |
Vulcan | Gabriel Summers | |
Mystique | Raven Darkhölme | X-Men, vol. 2 #181 (2006) |
Warpath | James Jonathan Proudstar | Uncanny X-Men #475 (2006)[1] |
Lady Mastermind | Regan Wyngarde | X-Men, vol. 2 #192 (2006)[1] |
Sabretooth | Victor Creed | |
Omega Sentinel | Karima Shapandar | |
Armor | Hisako Ichiki | Astonishing X-Men, vol. 3 #20 (2007)[1] |
Hepzibah | Uncanny X-Men #487 (2007)[1] | |
Pixie | Megan Gwynn | X-Men Free Comic Book Day (2008)[1] |
Karma | Mạnh Cao Xuân | Uncanny X-Men #501 (2008)[1] |
Sunspot | Roberto Da Costa | Secret Invasion: X-Men #1 (2008)[1] |
Aurora | Jeanne-Marie Beaubier | Secret Invasion: X-Men #2 (2008)[1] |
Magma | Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla | Secret Invasion: X-Men #4 (2009)[1] |
Doctor Nemesis | James Nicola Bradley | Uncanny X-Men #504 (2009)[1] |
Box | Madison Jeffries | Uncanny X-Men #505 (2009)[1] |
Magik | Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina | New Mutants, vol. 3 #1 (2009)[1] |
Sub-Mariner | Namor McKenzie | Uncanny X-Men #513 (2009)[1] |
Domino | Neena Thurman | Uncanny X-Men #514 (2009)[1] |
Cloak | Tyrone Johnson | Dark Avengers #8 (2009)[1] |
Dagger | Tandy Bowen | |
Boom-Boom | Tabitha Smith | |
Ariel | X-Men: Legacy #226 (2009)[1] | |
Danger | Uncanny X-Men #515 (2009) |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Cypher | Douglas Aaron Ramsey | New Mutants, vol. 3 #9 (2010) |
Warlock | ||
X-23 / Wolverine / Talon | Laura Kinney | X-Men: Second Coming #1 (2010)[1] |
Hope | Hope Summers (birth surname Spalding) | X-Men: Legacy #237 (2010)[1] |
Frenzy | Joanna Cargill | X-Men: Legacy #250 (2011)[1] |
Legion | David Charles Haller | |
X-Man | Nate Grey | New Mutants, vol. 3 #33 (2011) |
Warbird | Ava'Dara Naganandini | Astonishing X-Men, vol. 3 #48 (2012)[1] |
Blink | Clarice Ferguson | New Mutants, vol. 3 #45 (2012) |
Firestar | Angelica Jones | Amazing X-Men, vol. 2 #1 (2013)[1] |
M / Penance | Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix | X-Men, vol. 4 #7 (2013)[1] |
Cerebra | Extraordinary X-Men #1 (2015)[4] | |
Ink | Eric Gitter | X-Men Gold #17 (2017) |
Honey Badger / Scout | Gabrielle Kinney | X-Men Red #1 (2018)[5] |
Trinary | Shilpa Khatri | X-Men Red #2 (2018)[6] |
Pyro | Simon Lasker | X-Men Gold #23 (2018)[7] |
Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | X-Men Red #4 (2018)[8] |
Wolfsbane | Rahne Sinclair | Uncanny X-Men, vol. 5 #13 (2019)[9] |
Multiple Man | James Arthur Madrox |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Synch | Everett Thomas | X-Men, vol. 5 #21 (2021)[10] |
Prodigy | David Alleyne | X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 (2023)[11] |
Ms. Marvel | Kamala Khan | X-Men, vol. 6 #25 (2023)[12][13] |
Rasputin IV |
Other status
Character | Name | Joined in | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Phoenix Force | X-Men #101 (1976)[1] | A cosmic entity who impersonated Jean Grey. | |
Dark Beast | Henry Philip McCoy | X-Men Unlimited #10 (1996) | Infiltrated the X-Men, replacing Beast of Earth 616. |
Unidentified skrull | Uncanny X-Men #370 (1999) | Infiltrated by posing as Wolverine. | |
ForgetMeNot | Xabi Gorostiaga | Sometime prior to X-Men: Legacy #300 (2014)[14] | Forgotten by the X-Men due to his powers. |
Lucid | Maya Jackson | Extraordinary X-Men #17 (2017)[15] | Honorary member. |
Substitute teams
Teams that have temporarily taken the place of the X-Men during their absence, or that work under the X-Men.
New Mutants graduate X-Men
In 1986, the New Mutants briefly graduated to become the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men Annual #10.[16]
Character | Name |
---|---|
Cannonball | Samuel Guthrie |
Mirage | Danielle Moonstar |
Karma | Mạnh Cao Xuân |
Magma | Amara Aquilla |
Sunspot | Roberto Da Costa |
Magik | Illyana Rasputin |
Cypher | Douglas Ramsey |
Warlock | |
Wolfsbane | Rahne Sinclair |
Muir Island X-Men
In 1989, in the wake of the X-Men's "death" during "The Fall of the Mutants", Banshee assembled a team of X-Men on Muir Island in Uncanny X-Men #254 to #255.[1]
Character | Name |
---|---|
Banshee | Sean Cassidy |
Forge | |
Moira MacTaggert | |
Polaris | Lorna Dane |
Amanda Sefton | Jimaine Szardos |
Sunder | Mark Hallett |
Legion | David Haller |
Sharon Friedlander | |
Tom Corsi | Thomas Corsi |
Alysande Stuart | |
Multiple Man | Jamie Madrox |
Siryn | Theresa Rourke Cassidy |
Phalanx invasion X-Men
In 1994, to oppose the threat of the techno-organic alien Phalanx, a team of X-Men was quickly banded together in Uncanny X-Men #316.
Character | Name |
---|---|
Banshee | Sean Cassidy |
Jubilee | Jubilation Lee |
Sabretooth | Victor Creed |
White Queen | Emma Frost |
Mannite rescue X-Men
In 1999, after Professor X disbanded the X-Men in an attempt to expose a Skrull impostor in their ranks, Cyclops and Jean Grey formed a team to help the Mannites in Astonishing X-Men, vol. 2 #1.
Character | Name |
---|---|
Cyclops | Scott Summers |
Phoenix | Jean Grey-Summers |
Archangel | Warren K. Worthington III |
Cable | Nathan Christopher Summers |
X-Man | Nate Grey |
Unidentified Skrull |
Genoshan assault X-Men
In 2001, Jean Grey recruited a team in Uncanny X-Men #392 in order to rescue Professor X from Magneto.[1]
Character | Name |
---|---|
Phoenix | Jean Grey-Summers |
Dazzler | Alison Blaire |
Northstar | Jean-Paul Beaubier |
Omertà | Paul Provenzano |
Wraith | Hector Rendoza |
Sunpyre | Leyu Yoshida |
Frenzy | Joanna Cargill |
Street team X-Men
In 2004, a team was formed by Cyclops in the wake of Xorn's rampage through Manhattan, New York in New X-Men #149 and #150.[1]
Character | Name |
---|---|
Cyclops | Scott Summers |
Fantomex | Charlie-Cluster 7 |
E.V.A. | |
Beak | Barnell Bohusk |
Dust | Sooraya Qadir |
Stepford Cuckoos | Celeste Cuckoo |
Mindee Cuckoo | |
Phoebe Cuckoo | |
Longneck | William Hanover |
Forearm | Marcus Tucker |
Choir | Irina Clayton |
X-Men in training
Mutants to be trained as a junior team of X-Men.
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Dust | Sooraya Qadir | New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 (2006)[17] |
Elixir | Joshua Foley | |
Hellion | Julian Keller | |
Mercury | Cessily Kincaid | |
Rockslide | Santo Vaccarro | |
Surge | Noriko Ashida | |
X-23 | Laura Kinney | |
Anole | Victor Borkowski | New X-Men, vol. 2 #37 (2007) |
Pixie | Megan Gywnn | |
Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | New X-Men vol. 2 (2007) |
Prodigy | David Alleyne | |
Blindfold | Ruth Aldine | Young X-Men #1 (2008) |
Wolf Cub | Nicholas Gleason | |
Ink | Eric Gitter | |
Graymalkin | Jonas Graymalkin | Young X-Men #5 (2008) |
Cipher | Alisa Tager | Young X-Men #8 (2008) |
Trance | Hope Abbott | X-Men: Legacy #227 (2009) |
Indra | Paras Gavaskar | X-Men: Legacy #231 (2009) |
Loa | Alani Ryan | |
Bling! | Roxanne Washington | |
Onyxx | Sydney Green | |
Match | Ben Hammil | |
Stepford Cuckoos | Celeste Cuckoo | |
Phoebe Cuckoo | ||
Mindi Cuckoo | ||
Hope Summers | Uncanny X-Men #526 (2010) | |
Transonic | Laurie Tromette | |
Velocidad | Gabriel Cuohuelo | Uncanny X-Men #527 (2010) |
Oya | Idie Okonkwo | Uncanny X-Men #528 (2010) |
Primal | Teon Macik | Uncanny X-Men #529 (2010) |
Zero | Kenji Uedo | Generation Hope #4 (2011) |
No-Girl | Martha Johansson | Generation Hope #13 (2011) |
Sebastian Shaw | Generation Hope #15 (2012) | |
Glob Herman | Robert Herman | Extraordinary X-Men #3 (2016) |
X-Force
In 2008, the X-Men's strike team was formed by Cyclops in Uncanny X-Men #493, with Wolverine serving as the field leader.[18] The team took on missions which required responses too violent or controversial for the X-Men to deal with directly. When Cyclops disbanded the team, Wolverine assembled a new team.
Character | Name |
---|---|
Cyclops | Scott Summers |
Wolverine | James "Logan" Howlett |
Caliban | |
Hepzibah | |
Warpath | James Proudstar |
Wolfsbane | Rahne Sinclair |
X-23 | Laura Kinney |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Archangel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III | X-Force, vol. 3 #2 (2008) |
Elixir | Joshua Foley | X-Force, vol. 3 #4 (2008) |
Domino | Neena Thurman | X-Force, vol. 3 #8 (2008) |
Vanisher | Telford Porter | X-Force, vol. 3 #9 (2008) |
Cable | Nathan Christopher Charles Summers | X-Force, vol. 3 #27 (2010) |
Cypher | Douglas Aaron Ramsey | |
Psylocke | Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock | X-Men: Second Coming #2 (2010) |
Fantomex | Charlie-Cluster 7 (Jean-Phillipe Charles) | |
E.V.A. | ||
Deadpool | Wade Wilson | |
Deathlok Prime | Uncanny X-Force #7 (2011) | |
Nightcrawler | Kurt Darkholme (Age of Apocalypse) | Uncanny X-Force #19 (2012) |
Storm | Ororo Munroe | Uncanny X-Force, vol. 2 #1 (2013)[19] |
Puck | Eugene Milton Judd | Uncanny X-Force, vol. 2 #13 (2013) |
Bishop | Lucas Bishop | |
Spiral | Rita Wayword |
X-Club
In 2009, Beast gathered a science team in Uncanny X-Men #504 to attempt to deal with the mutant birth crisis, and reverse the effects of M-Day.[20] The team lasted until 2012.
Character | Name |
---|---|
Beast | Henry McCoy |
Angel | Warren Worthington III |
Doctor Nemesis | James Bradley |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Box | Madison Jeffries | Uncanny X-Men #505 (2009) |
Yuriko Takiguchi | Uncanny X-Men #507 (2009) | |
Kavita Rao | Uncanny X-Men #508 (2009) | |
Psylocke | Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock | Uncanny X-Men #512 (2009) |
Danger | Uncanny X-Men, vol. 2 #1 (2011) |
Time-displaced X-Men
Headlined All-New X-Men from 2012 to 2017 and X-Men Blue from 2017 to 2018.[1][21]
Character | Name |
---|---|
Cyclops | Scott Summers |
Iceman | Robert Louis "Bobby" Drake |
Beast | Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy |
Marvel Girl / Phoenix | Jean Grey |
Angel / Archangel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Shadowcat | Kitty Pryde | X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2 (2013) |
X-23 / Wolverine | Laura Kinney | All-New X-Men #20 (2013)[22] |
Oya | Idie Okonkwo | All-New X-Men vol. 2 #1 (2016)[23] |
Genesis | Evan Sabahnur | |
Pickles | ||
Magneto | Max "Erik Magnus" Eisenhardt | X-Men Blue #1 (2017)[24] |
Poison | James Hudson, Jr. | X-Men Blue #6 (2017)[25] |
Bloodstorm | Ororo Munroe | X-Men Blue #12 (2017)[26] |
Polaris | Lorna Dane | X-Men Blue #25 (2018)[27] |
Xorn | Shen Xorn | |
Daken | Akihiro | |
Gazing Nightshade |
London X-Men
In 2017, a team was formed to help Charles Xavier against the Shadow King in Astonishing X-Men, vol. 4.[28]
Character | Name |
---|---|
X | Charles Xavier |
Archangel | Warren K. Worthington III |
Psylocke | Elizabeth Braddock |
Bishop | Lucas Bishop |
Old Man Logan | James Howlett |
Fantomex | Charlie-Cluster 7 |
Rogue | Anna Marie |
Gambit | Remy Lebeau |
Mystique | Raven Darkholme |
Secret X-Men
A team formed in Secret X-Men #1 (2022), tasked with saving the daughter of Charles Xavier and Lilandra Neramani.[29]
Character | Name |
---|---|
Sunspot | Roberto da Costa |
Cannonball | Samuel Zachary Guthrie |
Forge | |
Banshee | Sean Cassidy |
Strong Guy | Guido Carosella |
Boom-Boom | Tabitha Smith |
Armor | Hisako Ichiki |
Marrow | Sarah "Rushman" |
Tempo | Heather Tucker |
See also
References
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- ↑ Schedeen, Jesse (January 24, 2013). "Uncanny X-Force #1 Review". Retrieved October 19, 2020.
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- ↑ Schedeen, Jesse (April 12, 2017). "X-Men Blue #1 Review". Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ↑ White, Brett (November 6, 2016). "X-23 X-Plained: From Logan's Clone To The All-New Wolverine". Retrieved October 19, 2020.
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- ↑ Glass, Joe (April 16, 2017). "At Least There's No Thinly Veiled Hate Speech in This One: X-Men Blue#1 Review". Retrieved October 19, 2020.
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