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:
A slash (/) between names, indicates codenames in chronological order.
Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.
Members
Original members
Original X-Men members
Character
Name
Joined in
Professor X
Charles Francis Xavier
The X-Men #1 (September 1963)
Cyclops
Scott Summers
The X-Men #43 (April 1968, flashback story)
Iceman
Robert "Bobby" Louis Drake
The X-Men #46 (July 1968, flashback story)
Beast
Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy
The X-Men #53 (February 1969, flashback story)
Angel / Archangel
Warren Kenneth Worthington III
The X-Men #56 (May 1969, flashback story)
Marvel Girl / Phoenix
Jean Elaine Grey
The X-Men #1 (September 1963)
Recruits
1960s
1960s X-Men recruits
Character
Name
Joined in
Mimic
Calvin Montgomery Rankin
The X-Men #27 (December 1966)
Changeling
Kevin Sydney
The X-Men #40 (January 1968, as Professor X )
Polaris
Lorna Sally Dane
The X-Men #60 (September 1969)
1970s
1980s
1980s X-Men recruits
Character
Name
Joined in
Sprite / Ariel / Shadowcat / Shadowkat
Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde
X-Men #138 (October 1980)
Lockheed
Uncanny X-Men #168 (April 1983)
Rogue
Anna Marie LeBeau
Uncanny X-Men #171 (July 1983)
Phoenix / Marvel Girl / Prestige
Rachel "Ray" Anne Summers
Uncanny X-Men #193 (May 1985)
Magneto
Max Eisenhardt / Erik Magnus Lehnsherr
Uncanny X-Men #200 (December 1985)
Longshot
Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 (January 1987)
Psylocke
Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock
Uncanny X-Men #213 (January 1987)
Dazzler
Alison Blaire
Uncanny X-Men #214 (February 1987)
Forge
Uncanny X-Men #255 (December 1989)
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
2020s X-Men recruits
Character
Name
Joined in
Synch
Everett Thomas
X-Men , vol. 5 #21 (June 2021)
Prodigy
David Alleyne
X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 (July 2023)
Rasputin IV
X-Men , vol. 6 #25 (August 2023)
Ms. Marvel
Kamala Khan
Kid Omega
Quintavius "Quentin" Quirinius Quire
X-Men , vol. 7 #1 (July 2024)
Glob Herman
Robert Herman
Temper
Idie Okonkwo
Other status
Other X-Men members with a different status
Character
Name
Joined in
Notes
Phoenix Force
X-Men #101 (October 1976)
A cosmic entity that joined the X-Men by impersonating Jean Grey .
Dark Beast
Henry Philip McCoy
X-Men Unlimited #10 (March 1996)
Infiltrated the X-Men by replacing Beast of Earth-616.
Unidentified skrull
Uncanny X-Men #370 (July 1999)
Infiltrated the X-Men by posing as Wolverine .
ForgetMeNot
Xabi
Sometime prior to X-Men: Legacy #300 (March 2014)
Kept being forgotten by the X-Men due to his mutant ability.
Lucid
Maya Jackson
Extraordinary X-Men #17 (December 2016)
A dying mutant made an honorary member of the X-Men.
Substitute X-Men teams
Eleven substitute teams that have either temporarily taken the place of the X-Men during their absence, or worked under the X-Men.
New Mutants graduate X-Men
In January 1987, the New Mutants briefly graduated to become the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men Annual #10.
New Mutants graduate X-Men members
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
Muir Island X-Men
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.
Muir Island X-Men recruits
Character
Name
Joined in
Multiple Man
James "Jamie" Arthur Madrox
Uncanny X-Men Annual #15 (June 1991)
Siryn
Theresa Rourke Cassidy
Phalanx invasion X-Men
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.
Mannite rescue X-Men
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.
Mannite rescue X-Men members
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
Genoshan assault X-Men
In March 2001, Jean Grey assembled an X-Men team to rescue Professor X from Magneto in Uncanny X-Men #392.
Street team X-Men
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.
Street X-Men members
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
X-Men in training
Individuals that were once trained by the X-Men as part of younger teams of the X-Men or individually.
X-Force
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.
X-Force recruits
Character
Name
Joined in
Archangel
Warren Kenneth Worthington III
X-Force , vol. 3 #2 (March 2008)
Elixir
Joshua "Josh" Foley
X-Force , vol. 3 #4 (May 2008)
Domino
Neena Thurman
X-Force , vol. 3 #8 (October 2008)
Vanisher
Telford Porter
X-Force , vol. 3 #9 (November 2008)
X-Club
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.
Original X-Club members
Character
Name
Beast
Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy
Angel
Warren Kenneth Worthington III
Doctor Nemesis
James Bradley
X-Club recruits
Character
Name
Joined in
Madison Jeffries
Uncanny X-Men #505 (December 2008)
Yuriko Takiguchi
Uncanny X-Men #507 (March 2009)
Kavita Rao
Uncanny X-Men #508 (April 2009)
Psylocke
Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock
Uncanny X-Men #512 (June 2009)
Time-displaced X-Men
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.
The team headlined both All-New X-Men from 2012 to 2017 and X-Men Blue from 2017 to 2018.
Time-displaced X-Men recruits
Character
Name
Joined in
Shadowcat
Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde
X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2 (October 2013)
X-23 / Wolverine
Laura Kinney
All-New X-Men #20 (December 2013)
Oya
Idie Okonkwo
All-New X-Men vol. 2 #1 (December 2015)
Genesis
Evan Sabahnur
Pickles
Magneto
Max Eisenhardt / Erik Magnus Lehnsherr
X-Men Blue #1 (April 2017)
Poison
James "Jimmy" Hudson Jr.
X-Men Blue #6 (June 2017)
Bloodstorm
Ororo Munroe
X-Men Blue #12 (September 2017)
Polaris
Lorna Sally Dane
X-Men Blue #25 (April 2018)
Xorn
Shen Xorn
Daken
Akihiro
Gazing Nightshade
London X-Men
In July 2017, an X-Men team was formed to help Charles Xavier against the Shadow King in Astonishing X-Men , vol. 4 #1.
See also
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