X-Men

“	To me, my X-Men!	„
	~ Professor X

The X-Men are a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee, the characters first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963) and formed one of the most recognizable and successful franchises of Marvel Comics, appearing in numerous books, television shows, films, and video games.

In the Marvel Universe, mutants are humans who are born with natural superhuman abilities, and most normal humans fear and hate them. The X-Men are a paramilitary group of mutants that fights for peace and equality between normal humans and mutants. They are led by Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X, a powerful telepath. Professor X runs a school for mutant children out of his mansion in Westchester, New York, which secretly is also the headquarters of the X-Men. The X-Men's archenemy is Magneto, a mutant with magnetic abilities who leads a mutant supremacist group known as the Brotherhood of Mutants.

The series' creator and fans have suspected that Marvel Comics copied the basic concept of Doom Patrol from DC Comics to create the X-Men, which debuted a few months later, but other fans also speculate that they share similarities with another Marvel superhero team, the Fantastic Four.

List of X-Men members

Original members

Notation:

• Characters in bold are members of the team as of the present time.
• A slash (/) between names indicates codenames of one character in chronological order.
• Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.

Original members

Character	Real name	Joined in
Professor X	Charles Francis Xavier	The X-Men #1
Cyclops	Scott Summers	The X-Men #43 (1968, flashback story)
Iceman	Robert Louis Drake	The X-Men #46 (1968, flashback story)
Beast	Henry Philip McCoy	The X-Men #53 (1969, flashback story)
Angel / Archangel	Warren Kenneth Worthington III	The X-Men #56 (1969, flashback story)
Marvel Girl / Phoenix	Jean Elaine Grey	The X-Men #1 (1963)

20th century recruits

1960s recruits

Character	Real name	Joined in
Mimic	Calvin Montgomery Rankin	The X-Men #27 (1966)
Changeling	Kevin Sydney	The X-Men #40 (1968, as Professor X)
Polaris	Lorna Sally Dane	The X-Men #60 (1969)
Havok	Alexander Summers	The X-Men #65 (1970)

1970s recruits

Character	Real name	Joined in
Petra		X-Men: Deadly Genesis #4 (2006, retcon)
Sway	Suzanne Chan
Darwin	Armando Muñoz
Vulcan	Gabriel Summers
Nightcrawler	Kurt Wagner	Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)
Wolverine	James "Logan" Howlett	Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)
		Old Man Logan: Extraordinary X-Men #1 (2015)
Banshee	Sean Cassidy	Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)
Storm	Ororo Munroe
Sunfire	Shiro Yoshida
Colossus	Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin
Thunderbird	John Proudstar

1980s recruits

Character	Real name	Joined in
Sprite / Ariel / Shadowcat	Katherine Anne Pryde	X-Men #138 (1980)
Lockheed		Uncanny X-Men #168 (1983)
Rogue	Anna Marie LeBeau	Uncanny X-Men #171 (1983)
Phoenix / Marvel Girl / Prestige	Rachel Anne Grey-Summers	Uncanny X-Men #193 (1985)
Magneto	Max "Erik Magnus" Eisenhardt	Uncanny X-Men #200 (1985)
Longshot		Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 (1987)
Psylocke	Elizabeth Braddock	Uncanny X-Men #213 (1987)
Dazzler	Alison Blaire	Uncanny X-Men #214 (1987)
Forge / Maker		Uncanny X-Men #255 (1989)

1990s recruits

Character	Real name	Joined in
Gambit	Remy Etienne LeBeau	Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 (1990)
Jubilee	Jubilation Lee	Uncanny X-Men #258 (1990)
Bishop	Lucas Bishop	Uncanny X-Men #287 (1992)
Revanche	Kwannon	X-Men, vol. 2 #21 (1993)
Cannonball	Samuel Zachary Guthrie	X-Force #44 (1995)
Joseph		Uncanny X-Men #338 (1996)
Cecilia Reyes		X-Men, vol. 2 #70 (1997)
Marrow	Sarah "Rushman"
Maggott	Japheth

21st century recruits

2000s recruits

Character	Real name	Joined in
Thunderbird	Neal Shaara	X-Men Unlimited #27 (2000)
Cable	Nathan Christopher Charles Summers	Uncanny X-Men #381 (2000)
Mirage / Moonstar	Danielle Moonstar	X-Men, vol. 2 #102 (2000)
Sage	Tessa	X-Men, vol. 2 #109 (2000)
White Queen	Emma Grace Frost	New X-Men #116 (2001)
Xorn	Kuan-Yin Xorn	New X-Men Annual (2001)
Chamber	Jonothon Evan Starsmore	Uncanny X-Men #398 (2001)
Stacy X	Miranda Leevald	Uncanny X-Men #400 (2001)
Lifeguard	Heather Cameron	X-Treme X-Men #10 (2002)
Slipstream	Davis Cameron
Northstar	Jean-Paul Beaubier	Uncanny X-Men #414 (2002)
Husk	Paige Elizabeth Guthrie	Uncanny X-Men #423 (2003)
Juggernaut	Cain Marko	Uncanny X-Men #425 (2003)
Xorn / Zorn	Shen Xorn	X-Men, vol. 2 #162 (2004)
Mystique	Raven Darkhölme	X-Men, vol. 2 #181 (2006)
Warpath	James Jonathan Proudstar	Uncanny X-Men #475 (2006)
Lady Mastermind	Regan Wyngarde	X-Men, vol. 2 #192 (2006)
Sabretooth	Victor Creed
Omega Sentinel	Karima Shapandar
Armor	Hisako Ichiki	Astonishing X-Men, vol. 3 #20 (2007)
Hepzibah		Uncanny X-Men #487 (2007)
Pixie	Megan Gwynn	X-Men Free Comic Book Day (2008)
Karma	Xi'an Coy Manh	Uncanny X-Men #501 (2008)
Sunspot	Roberto Da Costa	Secret Invasion: X-Men #1 (2008)
Aurora	Jeanne-Marie Beaubier	Secret Invasion: X-Men #2 (2008)
Magma	Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla	Secret Invasion: X-Men #4 (2009)
Doctor Nemesis	James Nicola Bradley	Uncanny X-Men #504 (2009)
Box	Madison Jeffries	Uncanny X-Men #505 (2009)
Magik	Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina	New Mutants, vol. 3 #1 (2009)
Sub-Mariner	Namor McKenzie	Uncanny X-Men #513 (2009)
Domino	Neena Thurman	Uncanny X-Men #514 (2009)
Cloak	Tyrone Johnson	Dark Avengers #8 (2009)
Dagger	Tandy Bowen
Boom-Boom	Tabitha Smith
Ariel		X-Men: Legacy #226 (2009)
Danger		Uncanny X-Men #515 (2009)

2010s recruits

Character	Real name	Joined in
Cypher	Douglas Aaron Ramsey	New Mutants, vol. 3 #9 (2010)
Warlock
X-23 / Wolverine	Laura Kinney	X-Men: Second Coming #1 (2010)
Hope	Hope Summers (birth surname Spalding)	X-Men: Legacy #237 (2010)
Frenzy	Joanna Cargill	X-Men: Legacy #250 (2011)
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)
Blink	Clarice Ferguson	New Mutants, vol. 3 #45 (2012)
Firestar	Angelica Jones	Amazing X-Men, vol. 2 #1 (2013)
M / Penance	Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix	X-Men, vol. 4 #7 (2013)
Cerebra		Extraordinary X-Men #1 (2015)
Ink	Eric Gitter	X-Men Gold #17 (2017)
Honey Badger / Scout	Gabrielle Kinney	X-Men Red #1 (2018)
Trinary	Shilpa Khatri	X-Men Red #2 (2018)
Pyro	Simon Lasker	X-Men Gold #23 (2018)
Gentle	Nezhno Abidemi	X-Men Red #4 (2018)
Wolfsbane	Rahne Sinclair	Uncanny X-Men, vol. 5 #13 (2019)
Multiple Man	James Arthur Madrox

2020s recruits

Character	Real name	Joined in
Synch	Everett Thomas	X-Men, vol. 5 #21 (2021)

Other status

Character	Real name	Joined in	Notes
Phoenix Force		X-Men #101 (1976)	A cosmic entity who impersonated Jean Grey.
Energizer	Kate "Katie" Power	Uncanny X-Men #195 (1985)	A founding member of Power Pack. Was made an honorary member of the X-Men after her siblings were captured by the Morlocks and Katie helped the X-Men capture those responsible.
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)	Infiltrator as Wolverine.
ForgetMeNot		Sometime prior to X-Men: Legacy #300 (2014)	Forgotten by the X-Men due to his powers.
Lucid	Maya Jackson	Extraordinary X-Men #17 (2017)	Honorary member.

Substitute teams

New Mutants graduate X-Men

In 1986, the New Mutants briefly graduated to become the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men Annual #10.

Members

Character	Real name
Cannonball	Samuel Guthrie
Mirage	Danielle Moonstar
Karma	Xi'an Coy Manh
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.

Members

Character	Real 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.

Members

Character	Real 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.

Members

Character	Real 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.

Members

Character	Real 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.

Members

Character	Real 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.

Trainees

Character	Real name	Joined in
Dust	Sooraya Qadir	New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 (2006)
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)
Loa	Alani Ryan	X-Men: Legacy #231 (2009)
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. 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.

Original members

Character	Real name
Cyclops	Scott Summers
Wolverine	James "Logan" Howlett
Caliban
Hepzibah
Warpath	James Proudstar
Wolfsbane	Rahne Sinclair
X-23	Laura Kinney

Recruits

Character	Real name	Active 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 Monroe	Uncanny X-Force, vol. 2 #1 (2013)
Puck	Eugene Milton Judd	Uncanny X-Force, vol. 2 #13 (2013)
Bishop	Lucas Bishop
Spiral	Rita Wayword

X-Club

In 2009, Beast gathered a team in Uncanny X-Men #504 to attempt to deal with the mutant birth crisis, and reverse the effects of M-Day. The team lasted until 2012.

Original members

Character	Real name
Beast	Henry McCoy
Angel	Warren Worthington III
Doctor Nemesis	James Bradley

Recruits

Character	Real 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.

Original members

Character	Real 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

Recruits

Character	Real 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)
Oya	Idie Okonkwo	All-New X-Men vol. 2 #1 (2016)
Genesis	Evan Sabahnur
Pickles
Magneto	Max "Erik Magnus" Eisenhardt	X-Men Blue #1 (2017)
Poison	James Hudson, Jr.	X-Men Blue #6 (2017)
Bloodstorm	Ororo Munroe	X-Men Blue #12 (2017)
Polaris	Lorna Dane	X-Men Blue #25 (2018)
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.

Members

Character	Real 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 Darkhölme

Secret X-Men

A team formed in 2022, the Secret X-Men are tasked with saving the daughter of Xavier and Lilandra, Empress Xandra of the Shi'ar Empire. Their debut was in Secret X-Men #1.

Members

Character	Real 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

Unofficial

The teams who have used the name of the X-Men without the permission of the official X-Men. They were either opposed to the X-Men altogether, or used the name to promote themselves to the public.

Cerebro's X-Men

Main article: Cerebro's X-Men

Nanotechnology imposter team formed in 1998 by a sentient Cerebro posing as Professor X.

Members

Character	Real name
Cerebro
The Grey King	Addison Falk
Mercury
Rapture	Sister Joy
Landslide	Lee Broder
Xaos	Daniel Dash
Crux	Cristal Lemieux

Great Lakes X-Men

In 2005, served a cease and desist for his team's use of the Avengers name, Mr. Immortal reorganized the Great Lakes Avengers into a team of unofficial X-Men in G.L.A. #4. They have since changed their name to first Great Lakes Champions and then Great Lakes Initiative.

Members

Character	Real name
Mister Immortal	Craig Hollis
Flatman	Val Ventura
Doorman	DeMarr Davis
Big Bertha	Ashley Crawford
Squirrel Girl	Doreen Green
Tippy-Toe	Tippy-Toe

Norman Osborn's X-Men

In 2009, a team of X-Men assembled by Norman Osborn during the "Utopia" storyline as part of the overarching "Dark Reign" event.

Members

Character	Real name
Mystique	Unrevealed (alias: Raven Darkhölme)
Black Queen	Emma Frost
Sub-Mariner	Namor McKenzie
Wolverine	Daken Akihiro
Mimic	Calvin Montgomery Rankin
Omega	Michael Pointer
Cloak	Tyrone Johnson
Dagger	Tandy Bowen
Dark Beast (Earth-295)	Henry Philip McCoy

X-Men Green

Rogue team formed in 2021 to combat environmental destruction at all costs.

Members

Character	Real name
Cypher	Douglas Aaron Ramsey
Nature Girl	Lin Li
Curse
Sauron	Dr. Karl Lykos

Idea Wiki appearances

Iago PUC's ideas

• The X-Men appear in the continuity of Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion, first appearing in episode "City of Heroes, Part 4: More Than Human".
• The X-Men appear as supporting characters in Marvel: All New, All Different Chronicles and its Disney+ spin-off series All New, All Different Mutants.

Moon Silvight's ideas

• TBD

Joint ideas

• TBD

Gallery

Videos

X-Men Theme song (No Sound FX)

the theme song from the 90's animated series

External links

• X-Men on Wikipedia
• X-Men on Marvel Database

Marvel Comics media

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