X-Men in other media
The X-Men is a fictional superhero team created by Marvel Comics that appear in comic books and other forms of media.
Television
Animation
1960s
The X-Men made their first animated appearance on The Marvel Super Heroes TV series in 1966 with Professor X commanding the original X-Men line-up of Cyclops, Beast, Marvel Girl, Angel, and Iceman. In this episode the X-Men are not referred to as the X-Men but rather as the Allies for Peace.1980s
- The X-Men guest-starred in several episodes of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, starting with a flashback in "The Origin of Iceman". X-Men member Sunfire appeared in a later episode teaming up with the Amazing Friends. The X-Men's next appearance was in "A Firestar is Born", which included appearances from Professor X, Storm, Angel, Cyclops, Wolverine and Juggernaut. The X-Men returned the following season in "The X-Men Adventure", with appearances from Professor X, Cyclops, Kitty Pryde, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Thunderbird.
- In 1989, Marvel Productions produced a half-hour X-Men pilot episode titled . It related the story of Kitty Pryde's first adventure with Professor X, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Dazzler as they fought against Magneto, the White Queen, Juggernaut, the Blob, Pyro and Toad. The series was never picked up but the single episode aired infrequently in syndication during the Marvel Action Universe series and was released on video in 1990.
1990s
- In 1992, Fox launched an X-Men animated series with the roster of Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Beast, Gambit, Jubilee, Jean Grey and Professor X with Morph making occasional appearances. The two-part pilot episode, "Night of the Sentinels", began a five-season series, ending in 1997.
- The X-Men guest-starred on Spider-Man in episodes "The Mutant Agenda" and "Mutants Revenge", when Spider-Man seeks Professor X's help. Storm would later guest-star in the Secret Wars arc.
- In 1995, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Gambit, Wolverine, Storm, and Juggernaut, along with the Scarlet Spider, made cameos in the Fantastic Four series, in "Nightmare in Green".
2000s
- In 2000, The WB Network launched , which portrayed the X-Men as teenagers attending a regular public high school in addition to the Xavier Institute. The series ended in 2003 after its fourth season. The show focused on Cyclops, Jean Grey, Spyke, Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Beast, Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler.
- In 2003, the X-Men and mutant-kind were mentioned in an episode of the short-lived CGI series , "The Party". Peter Parker is quoted as saying, "I bet the X-Men get to go to parties." Soon after, he is ambushed by a group of police officers, one of them calling him a "mutant freak".
- In 2006, Minimates released a short animated brickfilm, X-Men: Darktide on DVD with a box set of figures. The story involved the X-Men battling the Brotherhood at an oil rig. The team consists of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Archangel, Wolverine, the Beast, Xavier and Storm. The Brotherhood team is Mystique, Magneto and Juggernaut.
- Wolverine and the X-Men debuted in the United States on January 23, 2009. It featured Wolverine, Emma Frost, Cyclops, Beast, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Iceman, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Angel-Archangel, Jean Grey and Professor X. The show was cancelled after just one season.
- The X-Men appeared on Cartoon Network's The Super Hero Squad Show.
2010s
Live action
- In October 2015, Marvel Television announced that FX had ordered a pilot titled Legion. The series tells the story of David Haller, who is diagnosed as schizophrenic, but following a strange encounter is confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real. The first season premiered in February 2017. It ended with the third season.
- The Gifted is a Fox series that focuses on two parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
Motion comics
The titles in the series include:
- Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
- Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous
- Astonishing X-Men: Torn
- Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable
Films
Bryan Singer directed X-Men was released on July 14, 2000 with the team roster of Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm and Jean Grey. Singer returned for the sequel X2 released on May 2, 2003 with Iceman, Rogue and Nightcrawler joining the team. Singer left the franchise to direct Superman Returns and was replaced by Brett Ratner directed ' released on May 26, 2006 with Beast, an original member of the team joining with Angel, Shadowcat and Colossus adding to the roster. Critics praised Singer's films for their dark, realistic tone, and their focus on prejudice as a subtext. Although Ratner's film was met with mixed reviews, it out-grossed both of its predecessors.
In 2009, Underworld writer Kevin Grevioux stated that the series' protagonist, Selene, and the series as a whole, was based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
Two spin-offs were set before the original three films: ' which is an origin story of Wolverine that was directed by Gavin Hood, was released on May 1, 2009, and ' which follows young Professor X and Magneto with the original Beast, Mystique, Havok and Banshee as the original team, directed by Matthew Vaughn was released on June 3, 2011. Other movies include a further Wolverine spin-off, The Wolverine, directed by James Mangold, set in Japan, was released on July 26, 2013 and ', a sequel to both the original trilogy and X-Men: First Class, with Singer returned to direct, was released on May 23, 2014.
The spin-off Deadpool which features Colossus and his X-Men trainee Negasonic Teenage Warhead was released on February 12, 2016 and a sequel to Days of Future Past titled was released on May 27, 2016 with Mystique leading the team with Beast, Quicksilver, Storm, Nightcrawler, Cyclops and Jean Grey. A Wolverine sequel titled Logan with Mangold returning was released on March 3, 2017 set in the year 2029. A sequel to Deadpool titled Deadpool 2 with returning X-Men members Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead and features Yukio as a member and Deadpool as a X-Men trainee while also features cameo appearance of Professor X, Cyclops, Quicksilver, Storm, Nightcrawler and Beast was released on May 18, 2018. Simon Kinberg wroted and directed a sequel to Apocalypse tilted Dark Phoenix was released on June 7, 2019 with the roster from Apocalypse. Another spin-off titled The New Mutants is scheduled for release on August 28, 2020. An adaptation of X-Force was also in development, with Jeff Wadlow writing and Drew Goddard directing X-Force and Josh Boone directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Knate Gwaltney for The New Mutants.
Marvel Studios launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008, focused on the Avengers and their related characters, whose film rights they still owned. Marvel was then bought by Disney in 2009, but could not use the X-Men or their related characters. However, an alternate version of the Nick Fury post-credits scene in Iron Man had him specifically say "As if gamma accidents, radioactive bug bites and assorted mutants weren't enough". Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch were an odd case, as they had strong ties with both the Avengers and the X-Men. The studios negotiated a deal so that they could both use their own versions of the characters; the Scarlet Witch would go on to become a semi-regular character, appearing in three subsequent films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On December 14, 2017, Disney announced its intent to acquire 21st Century Fox's film and television studios, including the film rights to the X-Men franchise. Disney CEO Bob Iger later confirmed that the X-Men would be integrated into the MCU alongside the Fantastic Four and Deadpool stating "We're also looking forward to expanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe to include X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool". On July 20, 2019 during the San Diego Comic Con, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige announced that a film centered on mutants, which will be set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is in development. When asked if the film will be X-Men-titled, Feige said that the terms "X-Men" and "mutant" are interchangeable, and said that the MCU's take on the franchise will differ from 20th Century Fox's.
Video games
Early X-Men games
The first X-Men video game was released by Josh Toevs and LJN for the Nintendo Entertainment System and was titled The Uncanny X-Men. That same year a computer game was released called '. Another title, ' was released the year after.Konami created an X-Men arcade game in 1992, which featured six playable X-Men characters: Colossus, Cyclops, Dazzler, Nightcrawler, Storm and Wolverine.
In 1992, the X-Men teamed with Spider-Man for Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge, released for the Super NES, Genesis, Game Gear and Game Boy.
The following years saw the games ' and ' released for the Sega Game Gear.
The X-Men made a few appearances in '. Professor X and Rogue run a Danger Room simulation for the player to train in. Beast appears in the first level to demonstrate the controller functions to the player.
In the 1990s, Sega released two X-Men video games for its Genesis; X-Men and '. Wolverine starred in a solo game in 1994 for both the Super NES and Genesis titled '. That same year, the X-Men appeared in the ' game for the Super NES.
was a stealth-action game for the sixth generation of video games starring Wolverine as the only playable character.
Fighting games
The X-Men are featured in many 2-D and 3-D fighting games.In order of release:
- '
- Marvel Super Heroes
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
- '
- '
- '
- '
- '
- '
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- '
- Marvel Future Fight
Film-based games
''X-Men Legends'' and ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance''
X-Men Legends and its sequel ' are games that featured multiple X-Men as playable characters.Every installment of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance has featured the X-Men as one of the numerous playable characters:
Deadpool, Iceman, Storm, and Wolverine are playable in the major Marvel video game, '. Colossus is playable on the Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 versions of the game, and Jean Grey is playable on the GBA version. Cyclops, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, Professor X, and Psylocke appear as NPC's on all versions while the Beast, Forge, Karma and Dr. Moira MacTaggert were mentioned by different characters. In addition, during a cut-scene, the Beast, Colossus, Cyclops, Gambit, Magneto, Professor Xavier, Psylocke, and Shadowcat were seen defeated by Doctor Doom alongside the Hulk. Xbox 360 owners were later able to download eight new playable characters for the game, including X-Men heroes and villains: Cyclops, Magneto, Nightcrawler and Sabretooth.
In ', Wolverine, Deadpool, Iceman, Storm, Gambit, and Jean Grey are featured as playable characters while Cyclops and Psylocke are exclusive to PS2, PSP and Wii. While Colossus appears as an NPC. In the briefing that follows the Wakanda incident, Captain America and Iron Man mention that the other X-Men members have been absorbed into The Fold. Psylocke, Cable, Magneto and the Juggernaut were later added as downloadable characters for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.
Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Deadpool, and Magneto appear as playable characters in ', while Mystique and Juggernaut appear as bosses. Cyclops, Colossus, the Beast, and Professor X appear on a portrait in the X-Mansion when Magneto attacks it in the X-Men trailer; the former two are playable DLC characters while the other two also appear as non-playable helper characters.
Books
Science of the X-Men by Linc Yaco and Karen Haber explains how different superpowers would work and how such abilities would affect the people that have them. The mutants featured include Quicksilver, Wolverine, Shadowcat, and Nightcrawler.Several X-Men novels have been published.
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN | Release Date | Notes |
| The Marvel Superheroes | Len Wein Marv Wolfman | Pocket Books | / | August 1979 | Pocket Books series #9; short story collection; includes stories featuring the Avengers, Daredevil, the X-Men, and the Hulk. |
| X-Men: Cyclops and Phoenix | Paul Mantell Avery Hart | Random House | / | October 1995 | Young adult novel; "based on comics by Scott Lobdell" |
| X-Men: Sabretooth Unleashed | Vicki Kamida | Random House | / | October 1995 | Young adult novel; "based on comics by Larry Hama and Fabian Nicieza" |
| X-Men: Mutant Empire Book One: Siege | Christopher Golden | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | May 1996 | First in Mutant Empire trilogy; is followed by Mutant Empire Book Two: Sanctuary |
| The Ultimate X-Men | Stan Lee | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | October 1996 | Short story collection |
| X-Men: Mutant Empire Book Two: Sanctuary | Christopher Golden | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | November 1996 | Second in Mutant Empire trilogy; is followed by Mutant Empire Book Three: Salvation |
| X-Men: Mutant Empire Book Three: Salvation | Christopher Golden | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | May 1997 | Third in Mutant Empire trilogy |
| Generation X | Scott Lobdell Elliot S. Maggin | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | June 1997 | |
| X-Men: Smoke and Mirrors | Eluki Bes Shahar | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | September 1997 | |
| X-Men: Empire's End | Diane Duane | Putnam/BPMC ; Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / ; | October 1997 September 1998 | |
| X-Men: The Jewels of Cyttorak | Dean Wesley Smith | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | December 1997 | |
| X-Men: Law of the Jungle | Dave Smeds | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | March 1998 | |
| X-Men: Prisoner X | Ann Nocenti | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | May 1998 | |
| /X-Men: Planet X | Michael Jan Friedman | Pocket Books | / | May 1998 | One of three separate crossovers between Marvel and Star Trek ; Marvel at the time was publishing Star Trek comics |
| X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 1: The Past | Tom DeFalco Jason Henderson | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | July 1998 | First in Time's Arrow trilogy; is followed by Time's Arrow Book 2: The Present |
| X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 2: The Present | Tom DeFalco Adam-Troy Castro | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | August 1998 | Second in Time's Arrow trilogy; is followed by Time's Arrow Book 3: The Future |
| X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 3: The Future | Tom DeFalco Eluki Bes Shahar | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | September 1998 | Third in Time's Arrow trilogy |
| X-Men: Codename Wolverine | Christopher Golden | Putnam/BPMC ; Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / ; | October 1998 ; May 2000 | |
| Generation X: Crossroads | J. Steven York | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | November 1998 | |
| X-Men: Soul Killer | Richard Lee Byers | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | February 1999 | |
| X-Men and the Avengers: Gamma Quest Book 1: Lost and Found | Greg Cox | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | July 1999 | First in Gamma Quest trilogy; is followed by Gamma Quest Book 2: Search and Rescue |
| X-Men and the Avengers: Gamma Quest Book 2: Search and Rescue | Greg Cox | Berkley Boulevard/BPMC | / | August 1999 | Second in Gamma Quest trilogy; is followed by Gamma Quest Book 3: Friend or Foe? |
| X-Men and the Avengers: Gamma Quest Book 2: Friend or Foe? | Greg Cox | Berkley Boulevard | / | June 2000 | Third in Gamma Quest trilogy |
| X-Men Legends | Stan Lee | Berkley Boulevard | / | June 2000 | Short story collection |
| X-Men: Shadows of the Past | Michael Jan Friedman | BP Books/iBooks | / ; / | June 2000 June 2001 | |
| X-Men | Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith | Del Rey | / | June 2000 | Novelization of 2000 X-Men movie |
| X-Men/Doctor Doom: The Chaos Engine Book One | Steven A. Roman | BP Books/iBooks | / ; / | July 2000 ; July 2000 ; August 2001 | First in Chaos Engine trilogy; is followed by X-Men/Magneto: The Chaos Engine Book Two |
| X-Men/Magneto: The Chaos Engine Book Two | Steven A. Roman | BP Books/iBooks | / / / | July 2000 ; January 2002 ; December 2002 | Second in Chaos Engine trilogy; is followed by X-Men/Red Skull: The Chaos Engine Book Three |
| Five Decades of the X-Men | Stan Lee | BP Books/iBooks | / ; / | March 2002 ; April 2003 | Short story collection |
| X-Men: The Legacy Quest Book One | Steve Lyons | BP Books/iBooks | / ; / | June 2002 ; April 2003 | First in The Legacy Quest trilogy; is followed by The Legacy Quest Book Two |
| X-Men: The Legacy Quest Book Two | Steve Lyons | BP Books/iBooks | / / | July 2002 ; April 2003 | Second in The Legacy Quest trilogy; is followed by The Legacy Quest Book Three |
| X-Men: The Legacy Quest Book Three | Steve Lyons | BP Books/iBooks | / / | October 2002 ; September 2003 | Third in The Legacy Quest trilogy |
| X-Men/Red Skull: The Chaos Engine Book Three | Steven A. Roman | BP Books/iBooks | / ; / | December 2002 ; October 2003 | Third in Chaos Engine trilogy |
| X-Men 2 | Chris Claremont | Del Rey | / | March 2003 | Novelization of 2003 X-Men 2 movie |
| Wolverine: Weapon X | Marc Cerasini | Marvel ; Pocket Books | / / | November 2004 ; October 2005 | Short lived attempt by Marvel to publish their licensed novels under their own imprint; lasted just this one hardcover release |
| ' | Marjorie M. Liu | Pocket Books | / | December 2005 | |
| The X-Men: Watchers on the Walls | Christopher L. Bennett | Pocket Books | / | April 2006 | |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Chris Claremont | Del Rey | / | May 2006 | Novelization of 2006 ' movie |
| Wolverine: Road of Bones | David Mack | Pocket Books | / | October 2006 | |
| Wolverine: Lifeblood | Hugh Matthews | Pocket Books | / | February 2007 | |
| X-Men: The Return | Chris Roberson | Pocket Books | / | April 2007 | |
| Wolverine: Violent Tendencies | Marc Cerasini | Pocket Books | / | October 2007 | |
| Astonishing X-Men: Gifted | Peter David | Marvel | September 12, 2012 | Novelization and adaption of the 2004 comic book story arc Gifted within the Astonishing X-Men ongoing series originally written by Joss Whedon. |