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 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.
X-Men
Original members
20th century recruits
1960s recruits
Character
Real 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]
21st century recruits
2000s recruits
Character
Real 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]
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
Xi'an Coy Manh
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)
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)[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
2020s recruits
Character
Real name
Joined in
Synch
Everett Thomas
X-Men , vol. 5 #21 (2021)[10]
Other status
Character
Real 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)
Infiltrator as Wolverine.
ForgetMeNot
Sometime prior to X-Men: Legacy #300 (2014)[11]
Forgotten by the X-Men due to his powers.
Lucid
Maya Jackson
Extraordinary X-Men #17 (2017)[12]
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.[13]
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]
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.
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 .[1]
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]
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)
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. 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.
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)[14]
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.
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.[1] [15]
London X-Men
In 2017, a team was formed to help Charles Xavier against the Shadow King in Astonishing X-Men , vol. 4.[22]
Secret X-Men
A team formed in Secret X-Men #1 (2022), tasked with saving the daughter of Charles Xavier and Lilandra.[23]
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
Nanotechnology imposter team formed in 1998 by a sentient Cerebro posing as Professor X .[24]
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.[25]
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.[26]
X-Men Green
A rogue team formed in 2021 to combat environmental destruction.[27]
Members
Character
Real name
Cypher
Douglas Aaron Ramsey
Nature Girl
Lin Li
Curse
Sauron
Dr. Karl Lykos
See also
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