List of X-Men members
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
20th century recruits
21st century recruits
Other status
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.Muir Island X-Men
In 1989, in the wake of the X-Men's "death" during "Fall of the Mutants", Banshee assembled a team of X-Men on Muir Island in Uncanny X-Men #254 to #255.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.Character | Real name |
Banshee | Sean Cassidy |
Jubilee | Jubilation Lee |
Sabretooth | Victor Creed |
White Queen | Emma Frost |
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 pulled together a team to help the Mannites in Astonishing X-Men, vol. 2 #1.Genoshan assault X-Men
In 2001, after losing members when Storm started her X-Treme X-Men and Professor X was captured by Magneto, Jean Grey recruited a temporary team in Uncanny X-Men #392 in order to rescue Professor X.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 scratched together by Cyclops in the wake of Xorn's rampage through Manhattan, New York in New X-Men #149 and #150. Several other unidentified Xavier Institute students were part of this squad.X-Force
The X-Men's strike team from 2007 to 2014 was led by Cyclops, with Wolverine serving as the field leader. They took on missions which required responses too violent or controversial for the X-Men to deal with directly. When Cyclops disbanded the X-Force, Wolverine assembled a new X-Force squad together without his knowledge.X-Club
In 2009, Beast gathered a team in Uncanny X-Men #507 to attempt to deal with the mutant birth crisis, and reverse the effects of M-Day. The team lasted until 2012.The Lights">Generation Hope (comics)">The Lights
In 2010, a team of the first mutants to surface in Earth since M-Day, tasked with rescuing and helping any other new mutants as they appear. The team lasted until 2012.Splinter teams
New Mutants
Character | Real name | Joined in |
Professor X | Charles Francis Xavier | Marvel Graphic Novel #4 |
Karma | Xi'an "Shan" Coy Manh | Marvel Graphic Novel #4 |
Wolfsbane | Rahne Sinclair | Marvel Graphic Novel #4 |
Psyche / Mirage | Danielle Moonstar | Marvel Graphic Novel #4 |
Cannonball | Samuel Zachary Guthrie | Marvel Graphic Novel #4 |
Sunspot | Roberto Da Costa | Marvel Graphic Novel #4 |
Fallen Angels
Character | Real name | Active in |
Psylocke | Kwannon | Fallen Angels, vol. 2 #1 |
X-23 | Laura Kinney | Fallen Angels, vol. 2 #1 |
Cable | Nathan Christopher Charles Summers | Fallen Angels, vol. 2 #1 |
Bling! | Roxanne Washington | Fallen Angels, vol. 2 #5 |
Husk | Paige Guthrie | Fallen Angels, vol. 2 #5 |
X-Force
In 1991, the members of the New Mutants decided to change the team name to X-Force in New Mutants #100.Character | Real name | Joined in |
Cable | Nathan Summers | New Mutants #100 |
Cannonball | Samuel Guthrie | New Mutants #100 |
Copycat | Vanessa Carlysle | New Mutants #100 |
Shatterstar | Gaveedra Seven/Benjamin Russell | New Mutants #100 |
Feral | Maria Callasantos | New Mutants #100 |
Boom-Boom | Tabitha Smith | New Mutants #100 |
Warpath | James Proudstar | New Mutants #100 |
X-Factor
Character | Real name | Active in |
Daken | Akihiro | X-Factor, vol. 4 #1 |
Eye-Boy | Trevor Hawkins | X-Factor, vol. 4 #1 |
Northstar | Jean-Paul Beaubier | X-Factor, vol. 4 #1 |
Aurora | Jeanne-Marie Beaubier | X-Factor, vol. 4 #1 |
Polaris | Lorna Dane | X-Factor, vol. 4 #1 |
Prestige | Rachel Summers | X-Factor, vol. 4 #1 |
Prodigy | David Alleyne | X-Factor, vol. 4 #1 |
X-Terminators
Excalibur
Generation X
Character | Real name | Active in |
Jubilee | Jubilation Lee | Generation X, vol. 2 #1 |
Bling! | Roxanne "Roxy" Washington | Generation X, vol. 2 #1 |
Kid Omega | Quentin Quire | Generation X, vol. 2 #1 |
Nature Girl | Lin Li | Generation X, vol. 2 #1 |
Morph | Benjamin Deeds | Generation X, vol. 2 #1 |
Hindsight | Nathaniel Carver | Generation X, vol. 2 #1 |
Eye-Boy | Trevor Hawkins | Generation X, vol. 2 #1 |
New X-Men
The team debuted after a last-man-standing exercise to know which students were the most worthy to be trained. Wallflower, Blindfold, Ernst and Gentle had been excused from the exercise. The students selected were to be trained as a junior team of X-Men. It was disbanded in X-Men, vol. 2 #207Character | Real name | Joined in |
Dust | Sooraya Qadir | New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 |
Elixir | Joshua Foley | New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 |
Hellion | Julian Keller | New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 |
Mercury | Cessily Kincaid | New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 |
Rockslide | Santo Vaccarro | New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 |
Surge | Noriko Ashida | New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 |
X-23 | Laura Kinney | New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 |
Anole | Victor Borkowski | New X-Men, vol. 2 #37 |
Pixie | Megan Gwynn | New X-Men, vol. 2 #37 |
Armor | Hisako Ichiki | |
Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | |
Prodigy | David Alleyne |
Young X-Men
In 2008, a group of former Xavier Institute students originally brought together by Donald Pierce, disguised as Cyclops and later mentored by Dani Moonstar and Sunspot as a new, young X-Men squad.Character | Real name | Joined in |
Dust | Sooraya Qadir | Young X-Men #1 |
Rockslide | Santo Vaccarro | Young X-Men #1 |
Blindfold | Ruth Aldine | Young X-Men #1 |
Wolf Cub | Nicholas Gleason | Young X-Men #1 |
Ink | Eric Gitter | Young X-Men #1 |
Graymalkin | Jonas Graymalkin | Young X-Men #5 |
Anole | Victor Borkowski | Young X-Men #7 |
Cipher | Alisa Tager | Young X-Men #8 |
Marauders
Unofficial
The teams who have used the name of the X-Men without permission of the official X-Men, either opposed to the X-Men altogether, to announce and/or promote themselves to the public.Cerebro's X-Men
1998.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.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.Character | Real name |
Mystique | Unrevealed |
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 | Henry Philip McCoy |