kids encyclopedia robot

List of X-Men members facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes who appear in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Mutants are people born with special powers. Over the years, many different characters have been part of the X-Men team.

Here's a list of X-Men members.

  • A slash (/) between names means they used different code names over time.
  • Most characters are from the main Marvel Universe, called Earth-616 continuity.

Members

Original members

These are the very first X-Men members who started the team.

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

These characters joined the X-Men after the original team was formed.

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

1970s X-Men recruits
Character Name Joined in
Havok Alexander "Alex" Summers The X-Men #65 (February 1970)
Nightcrawler Kurt Wagner Giant-Size X-Men #1 (July 1975)
Wolverine James "Logan" Howlett Earth-616 Logan: Giant-Size X-Men #1 (July 1975)
Old Man Logan: Extraordinary X-Men #1 (November 2015)
Banshee Sean Cassidy Giant-Size X-Men #1 (July 1975)
Storm Ororo Munroe
Sunfire Shiro Yoshida
Colossus Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin
Thunderbird John Proudstar

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/Grey 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

1990s X-Men recruits
Character Name Joined in
Gambit Remy Etienne LeBeau Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 (January 1990)
Jubilee Jubilation Lee Uncanny X-Men #258 (February 1990)
Bishop Lucas Bishop Uncanny X-Men #287 (April 1992)
Revanche Kwannon X-Men, vol. 2 #21 (June 1993)
Cannonball Samuel "Sam" Zachary Guthrie X-Force #44 (July 1995)
Joseph Uncanny X-Men #338 (November 1996)
Cecilia Reyes X-Men, vol. 2 #70 (December 1997)
Marrow Sarah "Rushman"
Maggott Japheth

2000s

2000s X-Men recruits
Character Name Joined in
Thunderbird Neal Shaara X-Men Unlimited #27 (June 2000)
Cable Nathan Christopher Charles Summers Uncanny X-Men #381 (June 2000)
Mirage Danielle "Dani" Moonstar X-Men, vol. 2 #102 (July 2000)
Sage Tessa X-Men, vol. 2 #109 (February 2001)
White Queen Emma Grace Frost New X-Men #116 (August 2001)
Xorn Kuan-Yin Xorn New X-Men Annual (September 2001)
Chamber Jonothon "Jono" Evan Starsmore Uncanny X-Men #398 (October 2001)
Stacy X Miranda Leevald Uncanny X-Men #400 (December 2001)
Lifeguard Heather Cameron X-Treme X-Men #10 (April 2002)
Slipstream Davis "Davey" Cameron
Northstar Jean-Paul Beaubier Uncanny X-Men #414 (December 2002)
Husk Paige Elisabeth Guthrie Uncanny X-Men #423 (May 2003)
Juggernaut Cain Marko Uncanny X-Men #425 (June 2003)
Xorn Shen Xorn X-Men, vol. 2 #162 (September 2004)
Mystique Raven Darkhölme X-Men, vol. 2 #181 (January 2006)
Petra X-Men: Deadly Genesis #4 (February 2006, retconned to occur before Giant-Size X-Men #1)
Sway Suzanne Chan
Darwin Armando Muñoz
Vulcan Gabriel Summers
Warpath James Proudstar Uncanny X-Men #475 (July 2006)
Lady Mastermind Regan Wyngarde X-Men, vol. 2 #192 (October 2006)
Sabretooth Victor Creed
Omega Sentinel Karima Shapandar
Armor Hisako Ichiki Astonishing X-Men, vol. 3 #20 (February 2007)
Hepzibah Uncanny X-Men #487 (June 2007)
Pixie Megan Gwynn X-Men Free Comic Book Day (April 2008)
Sunspot Roberto "Bobby" da Costa Secret Invasion: X-Men #1 (August 2008)
Karma Xuân Cao Mạnh Uncanny X-Men #501 (August 2008)
Aurora Jeanne-Marie Beaubier Secret Invasion: X-Men #2 (September 2008)
Doctor Nemesis James Nicola Bradley Uncanny X-Men #504 (November 2008)
Magma Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla Secret Invasion: X-Men #4 (November 2008)
Madison Jeffries Uncanny X-Men #505 (December 2008)
Magik Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina New Mutants, vol. 3 #1 (May 2009)
Sub-Mariner Namor McKenzie Uncanny X-Men #513 (July 2009)
Ariel X-Men: Legacy #226 (July 2009)
Domino Neena Thurman Uncanny X-Men #514 (August 2009)
Cloak Tyrone "Ty" Johnson Dark Avengers #8 (August 2009)
Dagger Tandy Bowen
Boom-Boom Tabitha Smith
Danger Uncanny X-Men #515 (September 2009)

2010s

2010s X-Men recruits
Character Name Joined in
Cypher Douglas "Doug" Aaron Ramsey New Mutants, vol. 3 #9 (January 2010)
Warlock
X-23 / Wolverine / Talon Laura Kinney X-Men: Second Coming #1 (March 2010)
Hope Hope Summers (birth surname Spalding) X-Men: Legacy #237 (June 2010)
Frenzy Joanna Cargill X-Men: Legacy #250 (June 2011)
Legion David Charles Haller
X-Man Nathaniel "Nate" Grey New Mutants, vol. 3 #33 (November 2011)
Warbird Ava'Dara Naganandini Astonishing X-Men, vol. 3 #48 (March 2012)
Blink Clarice Ferguson New Mutants, vol. 3 #45 (July 2012)
Firestar Angelica Jones Amazing X-Men, vol. 2 #1 (November 2013)
M / Penance Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix X-Men, vol. 4 #7 (November 2013)
Cerebra Extraordinary X-Men #1 (November 2015)
Ink Eric Gitter X-Men Gold #17 (December 2017)
Honey Badger Gabrielle "Gabby" Kinney X-Men Red #1 (February 2018)
Pyro Simon Lasker X-Men Gold #23 (March 2018)
Trinary Shilpa Khatri X-Men Red #2 (March 2018)
Gentle Nezhno Abidemi X-Men Red #4 (May 2018)
Wolfsbane Rahne Sinclair Uncanny X-Men, vol. 5 #13 (March 2019)
Multiple Man James "Jamie" Arthur Madrox

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

Other status

These X-Men members have unique situations or ways they joined the team.

Other X-Men members with a different status
Character Name Joined in Notes
Phoenix Force X-Men #101 (October 1976) A powerful space being that joined the X-Men by pretending to be Jean Grey.
Dark Beast Henry Philip McCoy X-Men Unlimited #10 (March 1996) He secretly joined the X-Men by taking the place of the real Beast.
Unidentified skrull Uncanny X-Men #370 (July 1999) This alien secretly joined the X-Men by pretending to be Wolverine.
ForgetMeNot Xabi Gorostiaga Sometime prior to X-Men: Legacy #300 (March 2014) The X-Men kept forgetting him because of his special mutant power.
Lucid Maya Jackson Extraordinary X-Men #17 (December 2016) A mutant who was very sick and was made an honorary member of the X-Men.

Substitute X-Men teams

Sometimes, other teams have taken the place of the main X-Men or worked closely with them. Here are some of those teams.

New Mutants graduate X-Men

In January 1987, a younger team called the New Mutants briefly became the X-Men.

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, when everyone thought the X-Men were gone, Banshee put together a new X-Men team on Muir Island.

Original Muir Island X-Men members
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
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, a new X-Men team quickly formed to fight the techno-organic alien Phalanx.

Phalanx invasion X-Men members
Character Name
Banshee Sean Cassidy
Jubilee Jubilation Lee
Sabretooth Victor Creed
White Queen Emma Grace Frost

Mannite rescue X-Men

In September 1999, after Professor X temporarily broke up the X-Men, Cyclops and Jean Grey formed a team to help a group called the Mannites.

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 put together an X-Men team to rescue Professor X from Magneto.

Genosha assault X-Men members
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

Street team X-Men

In late 2003, Cyclops formed an X-Men team to deal with the aftermath of a mutant named Xorn causing trouble in New York City.

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

These individuals were trained by the X-Men as part of younger teams or as individual students.

Trainees for the X-Men
Character Name Joined in
Dust Sooraya Qadir New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 (February 2006)
Elixir Joshua "Josh" Foley
Hellion Julian Keller
Mercury Cessily Kincaid
Rockslide Santo Vaccarro
Surge Noriko "Nori" Ashida
X-23 Laura Kinney
Anole Victor Borkowski New X-Men, vol. 2 #41 (August 2007)
Pixie Megan Gywnn
Gentle Nezhno Abidemi
Prodigy David Alleyne New X-Men, vol. 2 #43 (October 2007)
Blindfold Ruth Aldine Young X-Men #1 (April 2008)
Wolf Cub Nicholas Gleason
Ink Eric Gitter
Graymalkin Jonas Graymalkin Young X-Men #6 (September 2008)
Cipher Alisa Tager Young X-Men #8 (November 2008)
Loa Alani Ryan Runaways #10 (May 2009)
Match Ben Hammil
Bling! Roxanne Washington Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 (June 2009)
Onyxx Sydney Green
Trance Hope Abbott Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 (September 2009)
Stepford Cuckoos Celeste Cuckoo
Phoebe Cuckoo
Irma "Mindee" Cuckoo
Indra Paras Gavaskar X-Men: Legacy #238 (July 2010)
Hope Summers Uncanny X-Men #526 (July 2010)
Transonic Laurie Tromette
Velocidad Gabriel Cuohuelo Uncanny X-Men #527 (August 2010)
Oya Idie Okonkwo Uncanny X-Men #528 (September 2010)
Primal Teon Macik Uncanny X-Men #529 (October 2010)
Zero Kenji Uedo Generation Hope #4 (February 2011)
No-Girl Martha Johansson Generation Hope #13 (November 2011)
Sebastian Hiram Shaw Generation Hope #15 (January 2012)
Glob Herman Robert Herman Extraordinary X-Men #3 (December 2015)

X-Force

In December 2007, Cyclops created a special X-Men team called X-Force. Wolverine was their leader. This team handled missions that were too dangerous or controversial for the main X-Men.

Original X-Force members
Character Name
Cyclops Scott Summers
Wolverine James "Logan" Howlett
Caliban
Hepzibah
Warpath James Proudstar
Wolfsbane Rahne Sinclair
X-23 Laura Kinney
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 put together a science team called the X-Club. Their goal was to solve problems related to mutants and their powers. This team worked together 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, the original X-Men from the past were brought to the present. They formed a new team.

Original time-displaced X-Men members
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
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 in London to help Charles Xavier fight a villain called the Shadow King.

London X-Men members
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

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Equipos de los X-Men para niños

  • List of Xavier Institute students and staff
  • List of X-Men enemies
kids search engine
List of X-Men members Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.