The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes, published in American comic books by Marvel Comics. Over the decades, the team have featured a rotating line up composed of many members.
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 | 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] | |
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Cypher / Revelation | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Jennifer "Jen" Starkey | X-Men, vol. 7 #21 (August 2025) [78] | |
| Bei the Blood Moon | X-Men, vol. 7 #22 (September 2025) [79] | |
| 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) [80] | Infiltrated the X-Men by replacing Beast of Earth-616. |
| Unidentified Skrull | Uncanny X-Men #370 (July 1999) [1] [81] | 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) [82] [83] | 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] [84]
| 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) [85] |
| 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. [86]
| 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. [87]
| 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] [88]
| 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] [89]
| 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) [90] [91] |
| Elixir | Joshua "Josh" Foley | |
| Hellion | Julian Keller | |
| Mercury | Cessily Kincaid | |
| Rockslide | Santo Vaccarro | |
| Surge | Noriko "Nori" Ashida [92] | |
| X-23 | Laura Kinney | |
| Anole | Victor Borkowski | New X-Men, vol. 2 #41 (August 2007) [93] |
| Pixie | Megan Gywnn | |
| Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | |
| Prodigy | David Alleyne | New X-Men, vol. 2 #43 (October 2007) [94] |
| Blindfold | Ruth Aldine | Young X-Men #1 (April 2008) [95] |
| Wolf Cub | Nicholas Gleason | |
| Ink | Eric Gitter | |
| Graymalkin | Jonas Graymalkin | Young X-Men #6 (September 2008) [96] |
| Cipher | Alisa Tager | Young X-Men #8 (November 2008) [97] |
| Loa | Alani Ryan | Runaways #10 (May 2009) [98] |
| Match | Ben Hammil | |
| Bling! | Roxanne "Roxy" Washington [99] | Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 (June 2009) [100] |
| Onyxx | Sydney Green | |
| Trance | Hope Abbott | Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 (September 2009) [101] |
| Stepford Cuckoos | Celeste Cuckoo | |
| Phoebe Cuckoo | ||
| Irma "Mindee" Cuckoo | ||
| Indra | Paras Gavaskar | X-Men: Legacy #238 (July 2010) [102] [103] |
| Hope Summers | Uncanny X-Men #526 (July 2010) [104] | |
| Transonic | Laurie Tromette | |
| Velocidad | Gabriel Cuohuelo | Uncanny X-Men #527 (August 2010) [105] |
| Oya | Idie Okonkwo | Uncanny X-Men #528 (September 2010) [106] |
| Primal | Teon Macik | Uncanny X-Men #529 (October 2010) [107] |
| Zero | Kenji Uedo | Generation Hope #4 (February 2011) [108] |
| No-Girl | Martha Johansson | Generation Hope #13 (November 2011) [109] |
| Sebastian Hiram Shaw [110] | Generation Hope #15 (January 2012) [111] | |
| Glob Herman | Robert Herman | Extraordinary X-Men #3 (December 2015) [8] [112] |
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. [113] [114]
| 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) [115] |
| Elixir | Joshua "Josh" Foley | X-Force, vol. 3 #4 (May 2008) [116] |
| Domino | Neena Thurman | X-Force, vol. 3 #8 (October 2008) [117] |
| Vanisher | Telford Porter | X-Force, vol. 3 #9 (November 2008) [118] |
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. [119] [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) [120] | |
| Kavita Rao | Uncanny X-Men #508 (April 2009) [121] | |
| Psylocke | Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock | Uncanny X-Men #512 (June 2009) [122] |
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. [123] The team headlined both All-New X-Men from 2012 to 2017 and X-Men Blue from 2017 to 2018. [1] [124]
| 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) [125] |
| X-23 / Wolverine | Laura Kinney | All-New X-Men #20 (December 2013) [126] [127] |
| Oya | Idie Okonkwo | All-New X-Men vol. 2 #1 (December 2015) [128] [129] |
| Genesis | Evan Sabahnur | |
| Pickles | ||
| Magneto | Max Eisenhardt / Erik Magnus Lehnsherr | X-Men Blue #1 (April 2017) [130] [131] |
| Poison | James "Jimmy" Hudson Jr. [132] | X-Men Blue #6 (June 2017) [133] [134] |
| Bloodstorm | Ororo Munroe | X-Men Blue #12 (September 2017) [135] [136] |
| Polaris | Lorna Sally Dane | X-Men Blue #25 (April 2018) [137] [138] |
| 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. [139]
| 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 |