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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.
During late 2000s, 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. [2]
Currently a member of the X-Men. Sisterhood of Mutants First mentioned in Uncanny X-Men #499. This lineup consists of only females, although they were also helped by Empath in their attack against the X-Men. Red Queen: Madelyne Jennifer "Maddie" Pryor The Uncanny X-Men #499 Founder and former leader of the team.
The X-Men first appeared in the self-titled X-Men comic, cover dated September 1963. Due to the X-Men's immense popularity, Marvel has launched dozens of spin-off series, called "X-Legs" throughout the years. Like Uncanny X-Men, most X-books feature mutants, humans born with extraordinary powers due to a genetic mutation.
Following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019, the film rights to the X-Men and other mutant characters reverted to Marvel Studios. When asked if his use of the term "mutants" meant the film would be avoiding the term "X-Men", Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige clarified that he
Numbers for pre-Decimation mutants vary from "over a million" (House of M #8) to 14 million (New X-Men #115, where it is said that the 16 million mutants who died on Genosha was around "over half" of the estimated global mutant population of 30 million mutants), giving a population, if the commonly used 90% depowered figure is true, of between ...
Shortly after his arrival, one of the split-personalities of Xavier's son Legion re-wrote the history of the X-Men turning himself into a hero. In this re-written world, Jono was once again referred to as Chamber and had regained his lost mutant powers, but also lost the body restorations given to him by Clan Akkaba.
The Uncanny X-Men #148 (August 1981) An albino mutant and former member of the sewer-dwelling Morlocks, Caliban had the ability to sense and track any mutant. Originally an ally to the X-Men, Caliban was corrupted by Apocalypse and transformed into a Horseman of Apocalypse shortly after the morlock massacre. He later overcame this corruption ...