The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes, published in American comic books by Marvel Comics. Over the decades, the team have featured a rotating line up composed of many members.
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 / Morph Kevin Sidney 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) Wolverine James "Logan" Howlett Earth-616 Logan: Giant-Size X-Men #1 (July 1975) Old Man Logan: Extraordinary X-Men #1 (November 2015) Nightcrawler Kurt Wagner Giant-Size X-Men #1 (July 1975) Banshee Sean Cassidy 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 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 / Psylocke 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 WyngardeX-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 / Revelation 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 Kid Omega Quintavius "Quentin" Quirinius Quire X-Men, vol. 7 #1 (July 2024) Glob Herman Robert Herman Temper Idie Okonkwo Skin Angelo Espinosa Astonishing X-Men Infinity Comic, vol. 1 #14 (March 2025) Animalia Jennifer Starkey X-Men, vol. 7 #21 (August 2025) Bei the Blood Moon X-Men, vol. 7 #22 (September 2025) Quicksilver Pietro Django Maximoff Uncanny X-Men, vol.6 #29 (June 2026) Ben Liu X-Men, vol. 7 #31 (June 2026)
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 who joined the X-Men while impersonating Jean Grey. Binary Carol Susan Jane Danvers Avengers Annual #10 (January 1981) Honorary member 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 apparent death during "The Fall of the Mutants", Banshee assembled an X-Men team on Muir Island in Uncanny X-Men #254.
+ 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, to oppose the threat of the techno-organic alien Phalanx, an X-Men team quickly banded together in Uncanny X-Men #316.
+ 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 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.
+ Genosha assault X-Men members Character Name Phoenix Jean Elaine Grey Dazzler Alison Blaire Northstar Jean-Paul Beaubier Omerta Paul Provenzano Wraith Hector Rendoza Sunpyre Leyu Yoshida Frenzy Joanna Cargill
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 who were once trained by the X-Men as part of younger teams of the X-Men or individually.
+ 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 "Roxy" Washington Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 (June 2009) Onyxx Sidney 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 Cohuelo 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)
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