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:
A slash (/) between names, indicates codenames in chronological order.
Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.
Other X-Men members with a different status
Character
Name
Joined in
Notes
Phoenix Force
X-Men #101 (October 1976)[ 1]
A cosmic entity that joined the X-Men by impersonating Jean Grey .
Dark Beast
Henry Philip McCoy
X-Men Unlimited #10 (March 1996)[ 76]
Infiltrated the X-Men by replacing Beast of Earth-616.
Unidentified skrull
Uncanny X-Men #370 (July 1999)[ 1] [ 77]
Infiltrated the X-Men by posing as Wolverine .
ForgetMeNot
Xabi Gorostiaga
Sometime prior to X-Men: Legacy #300 (March 2014)[ 1]
Kept being forgotten by the X-Men due to his mutant ability.
Lucid
Maya Jackson
Extraordinary X-Men #17 (December 2016)[ 78] [ 79]
A dying mutant made an honorary member of the X-Men.
Substitute X-Men teams [ edit ]
Eleven substitute teams that have either temporarily taken the place of the X-Men during their absence, or worked under the X-Men.
New Mutants graduate X-Men [ edit ]
In January 1987, the New Mutants briefly graduated to become the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men Annual #10.[ 13] [ 80]
New Mutants graduate X-Men members
Character
Name
Cannonball
Samuel "Sam" Guthrie
Mirage
Danielle "Dani" Moonstar
Karma
Xuân Cao Mạnh
Magma
Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla
Sunspot
Roberto "Bobby" da Costa
Magik
Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina
Cypher
Douglas "Doug" Aaron Ramsey
Warlock
Wolfsbane
Rahne Sinclair
In December 1989, during the wake of the X-Men's supposed "death" during "The Fall of the Mutants ", Banshee assembled an X-Men team on Muir Island in Uncanny X-Men #254.[ 1]
Muir Island X-Men recruits
Character
Name
Joined in
Multiple Man
James "Jamie" Arthur Madrox
Uncanny X-Men Annual #15 (June 1991)[ 81]
Siryn
Theresa Rourke Cassidy
Phalanx invasion X-Men [ edit ]
In September 1993, to oppose the threat of the techno-organic alien Phalanx , an X-Men team quickly banded together in Uncanny X-Men #316.[ 82]
Mannite rescue X-Men [ edit ]
In September 1999, after Professor X disbanded the X-Men in an attempt to expose a Skrull impostor in their ranks, Cyclops and Jean Grey formed an X-Men team to help the Mannites in Astonishing X-Men , vol. 2 #1.[ 83]
Mannite rescue X-Men members
Character
Name
Cyclops
Scott Summers
Phoenix
Jean Elaine Grey
Archangel
Warren Kenneth Worthington III
Cable
Nathan Christopher Summers
X-Man
Nathaniel "Nate" Grey
Unidentified Skrull
Genoshan assault X-Men [ edit ]
In March 2001, Jean Grey assembled an X-Men team to rescue Professor X from Magneto in Uncanny X-Men #392.[ 1] [ 84]
In November and December 2003, an X-Men team was formed by Cyclops in the wake of Xorn 's rampage through Manhattan, New York in New X-Men #149 and #150.[ 1] [ 85]
Street X-Men members
Character
Name
Cyclops
Scott Summers
Fantomex
Charlie-Cluster 7
E.V.A.
Beak
Barnell Bohusk
Dust
Sooraya Qadir
Stepford Cuckoos
Celeste Cuckoo
Irma "Mindee" Cuckoo
Phoebe Cuckoo
Longneck
William Hanover
Forearm
Marcus Tucker
Choir
Irina Clayton
Individuals that were once trained by the X-Men as part of younger teams of the X-Men or individually.
In December 2007, 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 independent team.[ 109] [ 110]
X-Force recruits
Character
Name
Joined in
Archangel
Warren Kenneth Worthington III
X-Force , vol. 3 #2 (March 2008)[ 111]
Elixir
Joshua "Josh" Foley
X-Force , vol. 3 #4 (May 2008)[ 112]
Domino
Neena Thurman
X-Force , vol. 3 #8 (October 2008)[ 113]
Vanisher
Telford Porter
X-Force , vol. 3 #9 (November 2008)[ 114]
In November 2008, 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 . The team lasted until 2012.[ 115] [ 38]
Original X-Club members
Character
Name
Beast
Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy
Angel
Warren Kenneth Worthington III
Doctor Nemesis
James Bradley
Time-displaced X-Men [ edit ]
In November 2012, a team was formed when the original members of X-Men were displaced in the time in All-New X-Men #1.[ 119]
The team headlined both All-New X-Men from 2012 to 2017 and X-Men Blue from 2017 to 2018.[ 1] [ 120]
In July 2017, an X-Men team was formed to help Charles Xavier against the Shadow King in Astonishing X-Men , vol. 4 #1.[ 135]
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