X-Force is a team of superheroes published in American comic books by Marvel Comics. Over the decades, X-Force have featured a rotating line up composed of large number of mutant characters.
Notations:
- A slash (/) between names, indicates the character having multiple codenames during their tenure of X-Force in chronological order.
- Characters listed in bold are the current members of the team.
- In case of multiple codenames, the currently used name is bolded.
- Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.
Founding members
In April 1991, the members of the New Mutants changed team name and founded X-Force in New Mutants #100.
| Character | Name |
|---|---|
| Boom-Boom / Meltdown | Tabitha Smith |
| Cable | Nathan Christopher Charles Summers |
| Cannonball | Samuel "Sam" Zachary Guthrie |
| Shatterstar | Gaveedra Seven |
| Feral | Maria Callasantos |
| Warpath | James Proudstar |
Recruits
1990s recruits
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Siryn | Theresa Rourke Cassidy | X-Force #3 (October 1991) |
| Rictor | Julio Esteban Richter | X-Force #10 (May 1992) |
| Sunspot | Roberto "Bobby" da Costa | X-Force #16 (October 1992) |
| Domino | Neena Thurman | X-Force #29 (December 1993) |
| Caliban | X-Force #44 (July 1995) | |
| Danielle "Dani" Moonstar | X-Force #68 (August 1997) | |
| Bedlam | Jesse Aaronson | X-Force #84 (December 1998) |
2000s recruits
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.
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Peter "Pete" Paul Wisdom | X-Force #102 (May 2000) | |
| Cyclops | Scott Summers | Uncanny X-Men #493 (December 2007) |
| Hepzibah | ||
| Wolfsbane | Rahne Sinclair | |
| Wolverine | James "Logan" Howlett | |
| X-23 / Wolverine | Laura Kinney | |
| Archangel | Warren Kenneth Worthington III | X-Force, vol. 3 #2 (March 2008) |
| Elixir | Joshua "Josh" Foley | X-Force, vol. 3 #4 (May 2008) |
| Vanisher | Telford Porter | X-Force, vol. 3 #9 (November 2008) |
2010s recruits
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Cypher | Douglas "Doug" Aaron Ramsey | X-Force, vol. 3 #27 (May 2010) |
| Deadpool | Wade Winston Wilson | X-Men: Second Coming #2 (July 2010) |
| Fantomex | Charlie-Cluster 7 | |
| Psylocke / Captain Britain | Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock | |
| Deathlok Prime | Uncanny X-Force #8 (April 2011) | |
| Nightcrawler | Kurt Wagner | Uncanny X-Force #19 (December 2011) |
| Colossus | Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin | Cable & X-Force #1 (December 2012) |
| Doctor Nemesis | James Nicola Bradley | |
| Forge | ||
| Hope Summers | Cable & X-Force #14 (September 2013) | |
| Storm | Ororo Munroe | Uncanny X-Force, vol. 2 (January 2013–January 2014) |
| Puck | Eugene Milton Judd | |
| Bishop | Lucas Bishop | |
| Spiral | Rita Wayword | |
| Marrow | Sarah | X-Force, vol. 4 #1 (February 2014) |
| ForgetMeNot | Xabi | X-Force, vol. 4 #15 (February 2015) |
| Beast | Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy | X-Force, vol. 6 #1 (November 2019) |
| Black Tom | Thomas Samuel Eamon Cassidy | |
| Marvel Girl | Jean Elaine Grey | |
| Sage | Tessa | |
| Kid Omega | Quintavius "Quentin" Quirinius Quire | X-Force, vol. 6 #2 (November 2019) |
2020s recruits
| Character | Name | Joined in |
|---|---|---|
| Tommy | Inferno, vol. 2 #1 (September 2021) | |
| Omega Red | Arkady Gregorivich Rossovich | X-Force, vol. 6 #27 (April 2022) |
| Phoebe Cuckoo | Wolverine, vol. 7 #48 (April 2024) | |
| Askani | Rachel "Ray" Anne Grey (birth surname Summers) | X-Force, vol. 7 #1 (July 2024) |
| Surge | Noriko "Nori" Ashida | |
| Tank | ||
Infiltrators
| Character | Name | Joined in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copycat | Vanessa Geraldine Carlysle | New Mutants #100 (April 1991) | Infiltrated by replacing Domino. |
Notes
- ^ These X-Force members were also the only members of X-Men's strike team: Archangel, Caliban, Cyclops, Domino, Elixir, Hepzibah, Vanisher, Wolfsbane, Wolverine and X-23.
References
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