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Members of the various X-Men teams
The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes , published in 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 [ ]
Original members
Character
Real 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 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]
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]
1970s recruits
Character
Real name
Joined in
Petra
X-Men: Deadly Genesis #4 (2006, retcon )[1]
Sway
Suzanne Chan
Darwin
Armando Muñoz
Vulcan
Gabriel Summers
Nightcrawler
Kurt Wagner
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)[1]
Wolverine
James "Logan" Howlett
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)
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
1990s recruits
Character
Real 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
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
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 .
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)[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]
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.[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]
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.[1]
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.
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 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.[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]
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.[26]
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.[27]
Members
Character
Real name
Cypher
Douglas Aaron Ramsey
Nature Girl
Lin Li
Curse
See also [ ]
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