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:
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] |
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] |
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 |
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] |
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 |
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 | Teresia Karisik [18] | X-Men, vol. 2 #109 (February 2001) [1] |
White Queen | Emma Grace Frost | New X-Men #116 (August 2001) [1] [19] |
Xorn | Kuan-Yin Xorn | New X-Men Annual (September 2001) [1] |
Chamber | Jonothon "Jono" Evan Starsmore | Uncanny X-Men #398 (October 2001) [1] [20] |
Stacy X | Miranda Leevald | Uncanny X-Men #400 (December 2001) [1] [21] |
Lifeguard | Heather Cameron | X-Treme X-Men #10 (April 2002) [1] [22] |
Slipstream | Davis "Davey" Cameron [23] | |
Northstar | Jean-Paul Beaubier | Uncanny X-Men #414 (December 2002) [24] |
Husk | Paige Elisabeth Guthrie | Uncanny X-Men #423 (May 2003) [1] [25] |
Juggernaut | Cain Marko | Uncanny X-Men #425 (June 2003) [1] [26] |
Xorn | Shen Xorn | X-Men, vol. 2 #162 (September 2004) [1] [27] |
Mystique | Raven Darkhölme | X-Men, vol. 2 #181 (January 2006) [28] |
Petra | X-Men: Deadly Genesis #4 (February 2006, retconned to occur before Giant-Size X-Men #1) [1] [29] | |
Sway | Suzanne Chan | |
Darwin | Armando Muñoz | |
Vulcan | Gabriel Summers | |
Warpath | James Proudstar | Uncanny X-Men #475 (July 2006) [1] [30] |
Lady Mastermind | Regan Wyngarde | X-Men, vol. 2 #192 (October 2006) [1] [31] |
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] [32] | |
Pixie | Megan Gwynn | X-Men Free Comic Book Day (April 2008) [1] [33] |
Sunspot | Roberto "Bobby" da Costa [34] | Secret Invasion: X-Men #1 (August 2008) [1] [35] |
Karma | Xuân Cao Mạnh [36] | Uncanny X-Men #501 (August 2008) [1] [37] |
Aurora | Jeanne-Marie Beaubier | Secret Invasion: X-Men #2 (September 2008) [38] |
Doctor Nemesis | James Nicola Bradley | Uncanny X-Men #504 (November 2008) [1] [39] |
Magma | Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla | Secret Invasion: X-Men #4 (November 2008) [1] [40] |
Madison Jeffries | Uncanny X-Men #505 (December 2008) [1] [41] | |
Magik | Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina | New Mutants , vol. 3 #1 (May 2009) [1] [42] |
Sub-Mariner | Namor McKenzie | Uncanny X-Men #513 (July 2009) [1] [43] |
Ariel | X-Men: Legacy #226 (July 2009) [1] [44] | |
Domino | Neena Thurman | Uncanny X-Men #514 (August 2009) [1] [45] |
Cloak | Tyrone "Ty" Johnson [46] | Dark Avengers #8 (August 2009) [1] [47] |
Dagger | Tandy Bowen | |
Boom-Boom | Tabitha Smith | |
Danger | Uncanny X-Men #515 (September 2009) [48] |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Cypher | Douglas "Doug" Aaron Ramsey [49] | New Mutants , vol. 3 #9 (January 2010) [50] [51] |
Warlock | ||
X-23 / Wolverine / Talon | Laura Kinney | X-Men: Second Coming #1 (March 2010) [1] [52] |
Hope | Hope Summers (birth surname Spalding) | X-Men: Legacy #237 (June 2010) [1] [53] |
Frenzy | Joanna Cargill | X-Men: Legacy #250 (June 2011) [50] [54] |
Legion | David Charles Haller | |
X-Man | Nathaniel "Nate" Grey | New Mutants, vol. 3 #33 (November 2011) [50] [55] |
Warbird | Ava'Dara Naganandini | Astonishing X-Men , vol. 3 #48 (March 2012) [1] [56] |
Blink | Clarice Ferguson | New Mutants, vol. 3 #45 (July 2012) [50] [57] |
Firestar | Angelica Jones | Amazing X-Men , vol. 2 #1 (November 2013) [1] [58] |
M / Penance | Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix | X-Men , vol. 4 #7 (November 2013) [1] [59] |
Cerebra | Extraordinary X-Men #1 (November 2015) [8] [9] | |
Ink | Eric Gitter | X-Men Gold #17 (December 2017) [50] [60] |
Honey Badger | Gabrielle "Gabby" Kinney | X-Men Red #1 (February 2018) [61] [62] |
Pyro | Simon Lasker | X-Men Gold #23 (March 2018) [63] [64] |
Trinary | Shilpa Khatri | X-Men Red #2 (March 2018) [65] [66] |
Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | X-Men Red #4 (May 2018) [50] [67] |
Wolfsbane | Rahne Sinclair | Uncanny X-Men , vol. 5 #13 (March 2019) [50] [68] |
Multiple Man | James "Jamie" Arthur Madrox |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Synch | Everett Thomas | X-Men , vol. 5 #21 (June 2021) [69] [70] |
Prodigy | David Alleyne | X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 (July 2023) [71] [72] |
Rasputin IV | X-Men, vol. 6 #25 (August 2023) [73] [74] | |
Ms. Marvel | Kamala Khan | |
Kid Omega | Quintavius "Quentin" Quirinius Quire [75] | X-Men, vol. 7 #1 (July 2024) [76] |
Glob Herman [77] [78] | Robert Herman | |
Temper | Idie Okonkwo |
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) [79] | Infiltrated the X-Men by replacing Beast of Earth-616. |
Unidentified skrull | Uncanny X-Men #370 (July 1999) [1] [80] | 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) [81] [82] | A dying mutant made an honorary member of the X-Men. |
Eleven substitute teams that have either temporarily taken the place of the X-Men during their absence, or worked under the X-Men.
In January 1987, the New Mutants briefly graduated to become the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men Annual #10. [13] [83]
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]
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) [84] |
Siryn | Theresa Rourke Cassidy |
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. [85]
Character | Name |
---|---|
Banshee | Sean Cassidy |
Jubilee | Jubilation Lee |
Sabretooth | Victor Creed |
White Queen | Emma Grace Frost |
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. [86]
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 |
In March 2001, Jean Grey assembled an X-Men team to rescue Professor X from Magneto in Uncanny X-Men #392. [1] [87]
Character | Name |
---|---|
Phoenix | Jean Elaine Grey |
Dazzler | Alison Blaire |
Northstar | Jean-Paul Beaubier |
Omertà | Paul Provenzano |
Wraith | Hector Rendoza |
Sunpyre | Leyu Yoshida |
Frenzy | Joanna Cargill |
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] [88]
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.
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Dust | Sooraya Qadir | New X-Men , vol. 2 #23 (February 2006) [89] [90] |
Elixir | Joshua "Josh" Foley | |
Hellion | Julian Keller | |
Mercury | Cessily Kincaid | |
Rockslide | Santo Vaccarro | |
Surge | Noriko "Nori" Ashida [91] | |
X-23 | Laura Kinney | |
Anole | Victor Borkowski | New X-Men, vol. 2 #41 (August 2007) [92] |
Pixie | Megan Gywnn | |
Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | |
Prodigy | David Alleyne | New X-Men, vol. 2 #43 (October 2007) [93] |
Blindfold | Ruth Aldine | Young X-Men #1 (April 2008) [94] |
Wolf Cub | Nicholas Gleason | |
Ink | Eric Gitter | |
Graymalkin | Jonas Graymalkin | Young X-Men #6 (September 2008) [95] |
Cipher | Alisa Tager | Young X-Men #8 (November 2008) [96] |
Loa | Alani Ryan | Runaways #10 (May 2009) [97] |
Match | Ben Hammil | |
Bling! | Roxanne "Roxy" Washington [98] | Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 (June 2009) [99] |
Onyxx | Sydney Green | |
Trance | Hope Abbott | Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 (September 2009) [100] |
Stepford Cuckoos | Celeste Cuckoo | |
Phoebe Cuckoo | ||
Irma "Mindee" Cuckoo | ||
Indra | Paras Gavaskar | X-Men: Legacy #238 (July 2010) [101] [102] |
Hope Summers | Uncanny X-Men #526 (July 2010) [103] | |
Transonic | Laurie Tromette | |
Velocidad | Gabriel Cuohuelo | Uncanny X-Men #527 (August 2010) [104] |
Oya | Idie Okonkwo | Uncanny X-Men #528 (September 2010) [105] |
Primal | Teon Macik | Uncanny X-Men #529 (October 2010) [106] |
Zero | Kenji Uedo | Generation Hope #4 (February 2011) [107] |
No-Girl | Martha Johansson | Generation Hope #13 (November 2011) [108] |
Sebastian Hiram Shaw [109] | Generation Hope #15 (January 2012) [110] | |
Glob Herman | Robert Herman | Extraordinary X-Men #3 (December 2015) [8] [111] |
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. [112] [113]
Character | Name |
---|---|
Cyclops | Scott Summers |
Wolverine | James "Logan" Howlett |
Caliban | |
Hepzibah | |
Warpath | James Proudstar |
Wolfsbane | Rahne Sinclair |
X-23 | Laura Kinney |
Character | Name | Joined in |
---|---|---|
Archangel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III | X-Force , vol. 3 #2 (March 2008) [114] |
Elixir | Joshua "Josh" Foley | X-Force, vol. 3 #4 (May 2008) [115] |
Domino | Neena Thurman | X-Force, vol. 3 #8 (October 2008) [116] |
Vanisher | Telford Porter | X-Force, vol. 3 #9 (November 2008) [117] |
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. [118] [39]
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) [41] | |
Yuriko Takiguchi | Uncanny X-Men #507 (March 2009) [119] | |
Kavita Rao | Uncanny X-Men #508 (April 2009) [120] | |
Psylocke | Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock | Uncanny X-Men #512 (June 2009) [121] |
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. [122] The team headlined both All-New X-Men from 2012 to 2017 and X-Men Blue from 2017 to 2018. [1] [123]
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) [124] |
X-23 / Wolverine | Laura Kinney | All-New X-Men #20 (December 2013) [125] [126] |
Oya | Idie Okonkwo | All-New X-Men vol. 2 #1 (December 2015) [127] [128] |
Genesis | Evan Sabahnur | |
Pickles | ||
Magneto | Max Eisenhardt / Erik Magnus Lehnsherr | X-Men Blue #1 (April 2017) [129] [130] |
Poison | James "Jimmy" Hudson Jr. [131] | X-Men Blue #6 (June 2017) [132] [133] |
Bloodstorm | Ororo Munroe | X-Men Blue #12 (September 2017) [134] [135] |
Polaris | Lorna Sally Dane | X-Men Blue #25 (April 2018) [136] [137] |
Xorn | Shen Xorn | |
Daken | Akihiro | |
Gazing Nightshade |
In July 2017, an X-Men team was formed to help Charles Xavier against the Shadow King in Astonishing X-Men , vol. 4 #1. [138]
Character | Name |
---|---|
X | Charles Francis Xavier |
Archangel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III |
Psylocke | Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock |
Bishop | Lucas Bishop |
Old Man Logan | James "Logan" Howlett |
Fantomex | Charlie-Cluster 7 |
Rogue | Anna Marie LeBeau |
Gambit | Remy Etienne LeBeau |
Mystique | Raven Darkhölme |