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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.
Members
Original members
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Professor X | Charles Francis Xavier | The X-Men #1 (September 1963)[1][2] |
| Cyclops | Scott Summers | The X-Men #43 (April 1968, flashback story)[1][3] |
| Iceman | Robert "Bobby" Louis Drake | The X-Men #46 (July 1968, flashback story)[1][4] |
| Beast | Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy | The X-Men #53 (February 1969, flashback story)[1][5] |
| Angel / Archangel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III | The X-Men #56 (May 1969, flashback story)[1][6] |
| Marvel Girl / Phoenix | Jean Elaine Grey | The X-Men #1 (September 1963)[1][2] |
Recruits
1960s
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Mimic | Calvin Montgomery Rankin | The X-Men #27 (December 1966)[1] |
| Changeling | Kevin Sydney | The X-Men #40 (January 1968, as Professor X)[1] |
| Polaris | Lorna Sally Dane | The X-Men #60 (September 1969)[1] |
1970s
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Havok | Alexander "Alex" Summers | The X-Men #65 (February 1970)[1] |
| Nightcrawler | Kurt Wagner | Giant-Size X-Men #1 (July 1975)[1][7] |
| Wolverine | James "Logan" Howlett | Earth-616 Logan: Giant-Size X-Men #1 (July 1975)[1][7]
Old Man Logan: Extraordinary X-Men #1 (November 2015)[8][9] |
| Banshee | Sean Cassidy | Giant-Size X-Men #1 (July 1975)[1][7] |
| Storm | Ororo Munroe | |
| Sunfire | Shiro Yoshida | |
| Colossus | Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin[10] | |
| Thunderbird | John Proudstar |
1980s
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Sprite / Ariel / Shadowcat / Shadowkat | Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde | X-Men #138 (October 1980)[1] |
| Lockheed | Uncanny X-Men #168 (April 1983)[1] | |
| Rogue | Anna Marie LeBeau | Uncanny X-Men #171 (July 1983)[1] |
| Phoenix / Marvel Girl / Prestige | Rachel "Ray" Anne Summers[11] | Uncanny X-Men #193 (May 1985)[1] |
| Magneto | Max Eisenhardt / Erik Magnus Lehnsherr[12] | Uncanny X-Men #200 (December 1985)[1] |
| Longshot | Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 (January 1987)[1][13] | |
| Psylocke | Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock | Uncanny X-Men #213 (January 1987)[1] |
| Dazzler | Alison Blaire | Uncanny X-Men #214 (February 1987)[1] |
| Forge | Uncanny X-Men #255 (December 1989)[14] | |
1990s
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Gambit | Remy Etienne LeBeau | Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 (January 1990)[1][15] |
| Jubilee | Jubilation Lee | Uncanny X-Men #258 (February 1990)[1] |
| Bishop | Lucas Bishop | Uncanny X-Men #287 (April 1992)[1] |
| Revanche / Psylocke | Kwannon | X-Men, vol. 2 #21 (June 1993)[1] |
| Cannonball | Samuel "Sam" Zachary Guthrie | X-Force #44 (July 1995)[1] |
| Joseph | Uncanny X-Men #338 (November 1996)[1] | |
| Cecilia Reyes | X-Men, vol. 2 #70 (December 1997)[1] | |
| Marrow | Sarah "Rushman" | |
| Maggott | Japheth | |
2000s
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Thunderbird | Neal Shaara | X-Men Unlimited #27 (June 2000)[1] |
| Cable | Nathan Christopher Charles Summers | Uncanny X-Men #381 (June 2000)[16][17] |
| Mirage | Danielle "Dani" Moonstar | X-Men, vol. 2 #102 (July 2000)[1] |
| Sage | Tessa | X-Men, vol. 2 #109 (February 2001)[1] |
| White Queen | Emma Grace Frost | New X-Men #116 (August 2001)[1][18] |
| Xorn | Kuan-Yin Xorn | New X-Men Annual (September 2001)[1] |
| Chamber | Jonothon "Jono" Evan Starsmore | Uncanny X-Men #398 (October 2001)[1][19] |
| Stacy X | Miranda Leevald | Uncanny X-Men #400 (December 2001)[1][20] |
| Lifeguard | Heather Cameron | X-Treme X-Men #10 (April 2002)[1][21] |
| Slipstream | Davis "Davey" Cameron[22] | |
| Northstar | Jean-Paul Beaubier | Uncanny X-Men #414 (December 2002)[23] |
| Husk | Paige Elisabeth Guthrie | Uncanny X-Men #423 (May 2003)[1][24] |
| Juggernaut | Cain Marko | Uncanny X-Men #425 (June 2003)[1][25] |
| Xorn | Shen Xorn | X-Men, vol. 2 #162 (September 2004)[1][26] |
| Mystique | Raven Darkhölme | X-Men, vol. 2 #181 (January 2006)[27] |
| Petra | X-Men: Deadly Genesis #4 (February 2006, retconned to occur before Giant-Size X-Men #1)[1][28] | |
| Sway | Suzanne Chan | |
| Darwin | Armando Muñoz | |
| Vulcan | Gabriel Summers | |
| Warpath | James Proudstar | Uncanny X-Men #475 (July 2006)[1][29] |
| Lady Mastermind | Regan Wyngarde | X-Men, vol. 2 #192 (October 2006)[1][30] |
| Sabretooth | Victor Creed | |
| Omega Sentinel | Karima Shapandar | |
| Armor | Hisako Ichiki | Astonishing X-Men, vol. 3 #20 (February 2007)[1] |
| Hepzibah | Uncanny X-Men #487 (June 2007)[1][31] | |
| Pixie | Megan Gwynn | X-Men Free Comic Book Day (April 2008)[1][32] |
| Sunspot | Roberto "Bobby" da Costa[33] | Secret Invasion: X-Men #1 (August 2008)[1][34] |
| Karma | Xuân Cao Mạnh[35] | Uncanny X-Men #501 (August 2008)[1][36] |
| Aurora | Jeanne-Marie Beaubier | Secret Invasion: X-Men #2 (September 2008)[37] |
| Doctor Nemesis | James Nicola Bradley | Uncanny X-Men #504 (November 2008)[1][38] |
| Magma | Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla | Secret Invasion: X-Men #4 (November 2008)[1][39] |
| Madison Jeffries | Uncanny X-Men #505 (December 2008)[1][40] | |
| Magik | Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina | New Mutants, vol. 3 #1 (May 2009)[1][41] |
| Sub-Mariner | Namor McKenzie | Uncanny X-Men #513 (July 2009)[1][42] |
| Ariel | X-Men: Legacy #226 (July 2009)[1][43] | |
| Domino | Neena Thurman | Uncanny X-Men #514 (August 2009)[1][44] |
| Cloak | Tyrone "Ty" Johnson[45] | Dark Avengers #8 (August 2009)[1][46] |
| Dagger | Tandy Bowen | |
| Boom-Boom | Tabitha Smith | |
| Danger | Uncanny X-Men #515 (September 2009)[47] | |
2010s
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Cypher | Douglas "Doug" Aaron Ramsey[48] | New Mutants, vol. 3 #9 (January 2010)[49][50] |
| Warlock | ||
| X-23 / Wolverine / Talon | Laura Kinney | X-Men: Second Coming #1 (March 2010)[1][51] |
| Hope | Hope Summers (birth surname Spalding) | X-Men: Legacy #237 (June 2010)[1][52] |
| Frenzy | Joanna Cargill | X-Men: Legacy #250 (June 2011)[49][53] |
| Legion | David Charles Haller | |
| X-Man | Nathaniel "Nate" Grey | New Mutants, vol. 3 #33 (November 2011)[49][54] |
| Warbird | Ava'Dara Naganandini | Astonishing X-Men, vol. 3 #48 (March 2012)[1][55] |
| Blink | Clarice Ferguson | New Mutants, vol. 3 #45 (July 2012)[49][56] |
| Firestar | Angelica Jones | Amazing X-Men, vol. 2 #1 (November 2013)[1][57] |
| M / Penance | Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix | X-Men, vol. 4 #7 (November 2013)[1][58] |
| Cerebra | Extraordinary X-Men #1 (November 2015)[8][9] | |
| Ink | Eric Gitter | X-Men Gold #17 (December 2017)[49][59] |
| Honey Badger | Gabrielle "Gabby" Kinney | X-Men Red #1 (February 2018)[60][61] |
| Pyro | Simon Lasker | X-Men Gold #23 (March 2018)[62][63] |
| Trinary | Shilpa Khatri | X-Men Red #2 (March 2018)[64][65] |
| Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | X-Men Red #4 (May 2018)[49][66] |
| Wolfsbane | Rahne Sinclair | Uncanny X-Men, vol. 5 #13 (March 2019)[49][67] |
| Multiple Man | James "Jamie" Arthur Madrox | |
2020s
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Synch | Everett Thomas | X-Men, vol. 5 #21 (June 2021)[68][69] |
| Prodigy | David Alleyne | X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 (July 2023)[70][71] |
| Rasputin IV | X-Men, vol. 6 #25 (August 2023)[72][73] | |
| Ms. Marvel | Kamala Khan | |
| Kid Omega | Quintavius "Quentin" Quirinius Quire[74] | X-Men, vol. 7 #1 (July 2024)[75] |
| Glob Herman[76][77] | Robert Herman | |
| Temper | Idie Okonkwo | |
Other 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)[78] | Infiltrated the X-Men by replacing Beast of Earth-616. |
| Unidentified skrull | Uncanny X-Men #370 (July 1999)[1][79] | Infiltrated the X-Men by posing as Wolverine. | |
| ForgetMeNot | Xabi | 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)[80][81] | A dying mutant made an honorary member of the X-Men. |
Substitute X-Men teams
Summarize
Perspective
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
In January 1987, the New Mutants briefly graduated to become the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men Annual #10.[13][82]
| 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 |
Muir Island X-Men
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]
| Character | Name |
|---|---|
| Banshee | Sean Cassidy |
| Forge | |
| Moira MacTaggert | |
| Polaris | Lorna Sally Dane |
| Amanda Sefton | Jimaine Szardos |
| Sunder | Mark Hallett |
| Legion | David Charles Haller |
| Sharon Friedlander | |
| Thomas "Tom" Corsi | |
| Alysande Stuart | |
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Man | James "Jamie" Arthur Madrox | Uncanny X-Men Annual #15 (June 1991)[83] |
| Siryn | Theresa Rourke Cassidy |
Phalanx invasion X-Men
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.[84]
| Character | Name |
|---|---|
| Banshee | Sean Cassidy |
| Jubilee | Jubilation Lee |
| Sabretooth | Victor Creed |
| White Queen | Emma Grace Frost |
Mannite rescue X-Men
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.[85]
Genoshan assault X-Men
In March 2001, Jean Grey assembled an X-Men team to rescue Professor X from Magneto in Uncanny X-Men #392.[1][86]
Street team X-Men
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][87]
| 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 |
X-Men in training
Individuals that were once trained by the X-Men as part of younger teams of the X-Men or individually.
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Dust | Sooraya Qadir | New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 (February 2006)[88][89] |
| Elixir | Joshua "Josh" Foley | |
| Hellion | Julian Keller | |
| Mercury | Cessily Kincaid | |
| Rockslide | Santo Vaccarro | |
| Surge | Noriko "Nori" Ashida[90] | |
| X-23 | Laura Kinney | |
| Anole | Victor Borkowski | New X-Men, vol. 2 #41 (August 2007)[91] |
| Pixie | Megan Gywnn | |
| Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | |
| Prodigy | David Alleyne | New X-Men, vol. 2 #43 (October 2007)[92] |
| Blindfold | Ruth Aldine | Young X-Men #1 (April 2008)[93] |
| Wolf Cub | Nicholas Gleason | |
| Ink | Eric Gitter | |
| Graymalkin | Jonas Graymalkin | Young X-Men #6 (September 2008)[94] |
| Cipher | Alisa Tager | Young X-Men #8 (November 2008)[95] |
| Loa | Alani Ryan | Runaways #10 (May 2009)[96] |
| Match | Ben Hammil | |
| Bling! | Roxanne "Roxy" Washington[97] | Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 (June 2009)[98] |
| Onyxx | Sydney Green | |
| Trance | Hope Abbott | Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 (September 2009)[99] |
| Stepford Cuckoos | Celeste Cuckoo | |
| Phoebe Cuckoo | ||
| Irma "Mindee" Cuckoo | ||
| Indra | Paras Gavaskar | X-Men: Legacy #238 (July 2010)[100][101] |
| Hope Summers | Uncanny X-Men #526 (July 2010)[102] | |
| Transonic | Laurie Tromette | |
| Velocidad | Gabriel Cuohuelo | Uncanny X-Men #527 (August 2010)[103] |
| Oya | Idie Okonkwo | Uncanny X-Men #528 (September 2010)[104] |
| Primal | Teon Macik | Uncanny X-Men #529 (October 2010)[105] |
| Zero | Kenji Uedo | Generation Hope #4 (February 2011)[106] |
| No-Girl | Martha Johansson | Generation Hope #13 (November 2011)[107] |
| Sebastian Hiram Shaw[108] | Generation Hope #15 (January 2012)[109] | |
| Glob Herman | Robert Herman | Extraordinary X-Men #3 (December 2015)[8][110] |
X-Force
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.[111][112]
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Archangel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III | X-Force, vol. 3 #2 (March 2008)[113] |
| Elixir | Joshua "Josh" Foley | X-Force, vol. 3 #4 (May 2008)[114] |
| Domino | Neena Thurman | X-Force, vol. 3 #8 (October 2008)[115] |
| Vanisher | Telford Porter | X-Force, vol. 3 #9 (November 2008)[116] |
X-Club
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.[117][38]
| Character | Name |
|---|---|
| Beast | Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy |
| Angel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III |
| Doctor Nemesis | James Bradley |
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Madison Jeffries | Uncanny X-Men #505 (December 2008)[40] | |
| Yuriko Takiguchi | Uncanny X-Men #507 (March 2009)[118] | |
| Kavita Rao | Uncanny X-Men #508 (April 2009)[119] | |
| Psylocke | Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock | Uncanny X-Men #512 (June 2009)[120] |
Time-displaced X-Men
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.[121] The team headlined both All-New X-Men from 2012 to 2017 and X-Men Blue from 2017 to 2018.[1][122]
| Character | Name |
|---|---|
| Cyclops | Scott Summers |
| Iceman | Robert "Bobby" Louis Drake |
| Beast | Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy |
| Marvel Girl / Phoenix | Jean Elaine Grey |
| Angel / Archangel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III |
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Shadowcat | Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde | X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2 (October 2013)[123] |
| X-23 / Wolverine | Laura Kinney | All-New X-Men #20 (December 2013)[124][125] |
| Oya | Idie Okonkwo | All-New X-Men vol. 2 #1 (December 2015)[126][127] |
| Genesis | Evan Sabahnur | |
| Pickles | ||
| Magneto | Max Eisenhardt / Erik Magnus Lehnsherr | X-Men Blue #1 (April 2017)[128][129] |
| Poison | James "Jimmy" Hudson Jr.[130] | X-Men Blue #6 (June 2017)[131][132] |
| Bloodstorm | Ororo Munroe | X-Men Blue #12 (September 2017)[133][134] |
| Polaris | Lorna Sally Dane | X-Men Blue #25 (April 2018)[135][136] |
| Xorn | Shen Xorn | |
| Daken | Akihiro | |
| Gazing Nightshade | ||
London X-Men
In July 2017, an X-Men team was formed to help Charles Xavier against the Shadow King in Astonishing X-Men, vol. 4 #1.[137]
See also
References
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