X-Terminators

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X-Terminators
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance X-Terminators #1 (October 1988) (cover only)
X-Terminators #2 (November 1988) (full appearance)
Krakoan team:
X-Terminators (vol. 2) #1 (September 2022)
Created by Louise Simonson
Jon Bogdanove
Krakoan team:
Leah Williams
Carlos Gómez
In-story information
Member(s) Artie Maddicks
Boom-Boom
Cable
Cannonball
Firefist
Khora of the Burning Heart
Leech
Lila Cheney
Rictor
Skids
Wiz Kid
Krakoan team:
Boom-Boom
Dazzler
Jubilee
Wolverine

The X-Terminators is the name of several fictional groups of mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of the group was created by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove and first appeared in X-Terminators #2 (November 1988). The second incarnation was created by Leah Williams and Carlos Gómez and first appeared in X-Terminators (vol. 2) #1 (September 2022).

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Publication history

The X-Terminators was initially the undercover name for the first incarnation of X-Factor, first using the name in X-Factor #8 (June 1986). The wards of these characters would then go on to take the name during the "Inferno" event, with a four-issue tie-in miniseries and appearances in The New Mutants #72–74 (February–April 1989) and The New Mutants Annual #7 (August 1991). The group would reform under Cable in the one-shot Cable: Reloaded (October 2021). The second group to take the name starred in a 2022–2023 five-issue limited series in the "Destiny of X" line of X-Men comics.

Fictional history

The five original X-Men (Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl) had founded X-Factor, and posed as normal humans purported to be an organization of mutant-hunters. When they went into action in costume in public, they posed as another mutant team under the name X-Terminators. Eventually, X-Factor realized that this ruse was actually a ploy by their former business manager Cameron Hodge to worsen human-mutant relations and they abandoned the X-Terminators identity.

In their time posing as mutant-hunters, X-Factor secretly gathered together a number of mutants, including some Morlocks and several adolescents. The group consisted of Boom-Boom, Rusty Collins, Rictor, Skids, and two younger children, Leech and Artie Maddicks.

Members

In 1988, the team debuted in X-Terminators #1. [1]

Members
CharacterReal name
Artie Maddicks
Boom-Boom Tabitha "Tabby" Smith
Firefist Russell "Rusty" Collins
Leech
Rictor Julio Esteban "Ric" Richter
Skids Sally Blevins
Wiz Kid Takeshi "Taki" Matsuya
Reformed Team [2] [3]
CharacterReal name
Boom-BoomTabitha "Tabby" Smith
Cable Nathan Christopher Charles Summers
Cannonball Samuel Zachary Guthrie
Khora of the Burning Heart
Lila Cheney
Wiz KidTakeshi "Taki" Matsuya
Krakoan Team [4] [5]
CharacterReal name
Boom-BoomTabitha 'Tabby' Smith
Dazzler Alison Blaire
Jubilee Jubilation Lee
X-23 / Wolverine Laura Kinney

In other media

Boom-Boom, Rusty Collins, Skids, and Wiz Kid appear in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "No Mutant Is An Island". These versions are orphaned mutants who Cyclops meets while visiting his old orphanage in Nebraska. A man known as Killgrave, who secretly possess mind-control powers, adopts them, seemingly out of charity. In reality, Killgrave intends to use their powers to take over as governor. Cyclops is ultimately able to free them from Killgrave's control. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "X-Terminators #1 (1988)". Marvel.com . Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ Ewing, Al  (w),Quinn, Bob (a),Tartaglia, Java (col),Sabino, Joe (let),Amaro, Lauren, White, Jordan D. (ed)."Call in the Big Gun"Cable: Reloaded,vol. 1,no. 1(October 2021). Marvel Comics.
  3. ↑ "Cable Reunites With X-Force to Revive Another Marvel Team". CBR.com . CBR. 2021-08-28. Archived from the original on 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  4. ↑ Williams, Leah  (w),Gómez, Carlos (a),Valenza, Bryan (col),Lanham, Travis (let),Amaro, Lauren, White, Jordan D. (ed)."This Book Is Gleefully Transgressive"X-Terminators,vol. 2,no. 1(November 2022). Marvel Comics.
  5. ↑ Schlesinger, Alex. "X-Terminators May Be Marvel's Raunchiest Superhero Book Ever". Screen Rant . Screen Rant. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Houston, Larry; Scesny, Sandy (September 21, 1996). "No Mutant Is An Island". X-Men: The Animated Series . Season 5. Episode 4. Marvel Entertainment. Fox Kids.
  7. Simonson, Louise  (w), Bogdanove, Jon  (p), Williamson, Al, Milgrom, Al  (i),Wellington, John (col), Rosen, Joe  (let), Harras, Bob  (ed)."Invasion of the Baby-Snatchers"X-Terminators,vol. 1,no. 1,p. 11(October 1988). Marvel Comics.
  8. Morris, Bryce. "X-Men's New X-Terminators Team Explained: Members & Powers". Screen Rant . Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  9. Duggan, Gerry  (w),Villa, C.F. (a),Milla, Matt (col),Cowles, Clayton (let),White, Jordan D. (ed)."Wounded Wolves" X-Men ,vol. 6,no. 18(March 2023). Marvel Comics.
  10. Preece, Thayer. "10 Biggest Reveals From Marvel's X-Terminators". CBR.com . CBR. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
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