Steve Batley
There are of course more than just the main group of X-Men that bear the mark of X in one form or another. The government sanctioned team that became a detective agency. The junior school recruits who grew into teen paramilitary soldiers and another team bearing the same name acting as either black ops wet-works or Storm’s rescue team. British offshoots and even relief teams and future police forces.
As we have already seen with the 17 examples already listed who go to make up the varied characters within the foundations of the Children of the Atom, there are more than just mutants that make up the family X. And with Deathlok joining the new X-Force line-up, what better time to throw the spotlight on the rest of the non mutant members of the x-tended family. So here they are, a staggering 44 others from the offshoot teams. Still proving that mutant/human co-existence really can and does work.
Bird-Brain/Bird Boy
Power source: Human/Bird Hybrid
X Affiliation: New Mutants
Officially joined: New Mutants Vol 1 #56
First liberated by the New Mutants from his creator, the Ani-Mator, they later convinced Magneto to allow him to stay. When they returned to help him save the other Ani-Mates from the Ani-Mator and he remained. The New Mutants also recently returned once more, to help him once again defeat the Ani-Mator in his attempts to resurrect himself in New Mutants Vol 3 #38-40.
Black Knight/Dane Whitman
Power source: Magic
X Affiliation: Excalibur/New Excalibur/MI 13
Officially joined: Excalibur Vol 2 #1. New Excalibur #10. Captain Britain & MI 13 #1.
After he joined the second iteration of Excalibur in 2001, the one time Avenger would again return to New Excalibur. After leaving to resolve his own issues in #15 he returned again to join Captain Britain & MI 13, where he began to show a romantic interest in Faiza Hussain AKA Excalibur, another member of the team.
Broo
Power source: Alien Mutant (Brood)
X Affiliation: X-Men
Officially joined: Wolverine & The X-Men Vol 1 #1
Officially joined: Wolverine & The X-Men Vol 1 #1
After being shunned by his own race during his first appearance in Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #40, he was recruited as a student after Schism and has been given the dubious honor by Deathlok, teacher at the Jean Grey School, of having a 22.3% chance of discovering a cure for cancer and 34.7% chance that during that time he will murder and consume at least four classmates.
Cadre K/Skrulls
Power source: Alien (Skrull)
X Affiliation: X-Men
Officially joined: Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet #1.
During the events of Maximum Security Charles Xavier gathered a group of mutant Skrull rejects named Fiz, Nuro, R’Tee, Spunge, Z’Cann and Goroth. Dubbed Cadre K they went on to free other mutant Skrulls being exterminated, actions which resulted in Earth being made a galactic penal colony. However Z’Cann made it to Earth and alerted the X-Men to the situation. Trained by Xavier they later set off to carry the ideals of his dream to other worlds. Eventually however, due to being weary of non acceptance, they returned to Earth during A+X #13-18 and settled on Sagittarian Farms, a ranch set up to protect a group of Skrull/bovine hybrids created by Reed Richards.
Captain Britain/Brian Braddock
Power source: Mystical (Otherworld)
X Affiliation: Excalibur/New Excalibur/MI 13
Officially joined: Excalibur Vol 1 #1. Excalibur Vol 2 #1. New Excalibur #1. Captain Britain & MI 13 #1.
The twin brother of X-Man Psylocke Brian is like his sister in that he is the child of James Braddock Senior, a citizen of Otherworld. Unlike Betsy however, he is not a mutant but derives his powers from the magic of Otherworld at the behest of Merlin. He has led almost every version of the British superhero team Excalibur and has been involved in several X-centric sagas, including Inferno, Fatal Attractions and the Phalanx Covenant. Recently he has become involved with the Avengers and along with his wife Meggan has also reunited with his Excalibur teammates on more than one occasion in the pages of X-Men Gold.
Cerise
Power source: Alien Mutant (Shaskofrugnon of the Shi’ar Empire)
X Affiliation: Excalibur/X-Men
Officially Joined: Excalibur Vol 1 #47
Descended from the Subruki, Zarstok, Kuli Ka, Cerise first met Excalibur in the final pages of issue #46 after deserting her of own races brutal army, known as the Grand Jhar and joined the very next issue to fight Necrom. She finally left, once pardoned by Lilandra, to join her Majestrix as her personal aide and, other than the Maximum Security event, was not seen again until she joined The Graces, Gamora’s all female warrior team during Annihilation. However, she has recently returned to the fold of the X-Men as protector of Xandra, the offspring of Lilandra and Charles Xavier, where she encountered Rogue and Gambit, in Mr & Mrs X #1.
Daytripper/Amanda Sefton (AKA Jimaine Szardos)
Power source: Magic
X Affiliation: X-Men/Excalibur
Officially joined: Excalibur Vol 1 #75
As a long-time ally to the X-Men Amanda has had an on/off relationship with Kurt Wagner. She became known as Daytripper, in a riff off the name of her lover and partner Nightcrawler and joined him in Excalibur as a team member, as well as later ruling Limbo as Magik II in the absence of Magik.
Deadpool/Wade Wilson
Power source: Human Mutate
X Affiliation: Uncanny X-Force
Officially joined: X-Men: Second Coming #2/Uncanny X-Force Vol 1 #1.
As well as teaming up with one time adversary Cable, Wade has on occasion assisted X-Force, particularity Theresa Cassidy/Siryn, before finally joining Wolverine’s X-Force. Though he has always pushed for the chance as an X-Man he has never been accepted, but the Avengers made up for it and took him on for a time.
Deathbird/Cal’syee Neramani-Summers
Power source: Alien (Shi’ar)
X Affiliation: X-Men/Team X 2000
Officially joined: Team X 2000
Aside from once calling on the X-Men to aid in the release of her sister from Skrull control Cal’syee is ordinarily more of an enemy to the X-Men, until her liaison with Bishop in Uncanny X-Men #341-345, whereupon the two briefly formed Team X 2000 in an adventure that took them to an alternate reality. However her betrayal of him to the Skrulls in Uncanny X-Men #372, resulting in her becoming a Horseman of Apocalypse, ensured it was relationship over. This didn’t stop Deathbird as she then went on to marry Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) in a plot to seize the Shi’ar throne. As if to prove her consistency in her endeavours she has also recently shown up seeking to control Xandra, the offspring of Xavier and her sister Lilandra to wrest control of the Shi’ar Empire from Gladiator, the current Majestor.
Deathlok/Deathlok Prime
Power source: Cyborg (Earth 10511)
X Affiliation: Uncanny X-Force/X-Men Faculty/X-Force
Officially joined: Uncanny X-Force Vol 1 #6. Wolverine & The X-Men Vol 1 #4
Encountered and joined forces with Uncanny X-Force, before joining Jean Grey School as faculty, at the behest of Wolverine, to watch over Evan Sabah Nur. Now again actuve with Kid Cable and the new X-Force line-up just this Boxing Day 2018
Deathstrike (Lady Deathstrike) Yuriko Oyama
Power source: Cyborg (Reavers)
X Affiliation: Wolverine/Weapon X
Officially joined: Weapon X Vol 3 #4
Aside from occasionally actually aiding Wolverine (her sworn enemy) Yuriko has also joined the Wolverines team, upon his death and has also recently gone on to join the team with Old Man Logan and Domino, currently renamed Weapon X-Force by new team leader Sabretooth.
Doop
Power source: Artificial Being/U.S. Military Experiment
X Affiliation: X-Men
Officially joined: Wolverine & The X-Men Vol 1 #1
Originally the cameraman of the media stars X-Statix in X-Force #116, Doop went on to join Wolverine’s Jean Grey School faculty and serves there still.
Feron
Power source: Magic
X Affiliation: Excalibur
Officially joined: Excalibur Vol 1 #67
The young acolyte of an order of monks was believed to be destined host to the Phoenix and aided Excalibur in fighting Necrom in #48 before Brother Francis deemed Excalibur his guardians to help him integrate into society. He grudgingly accepted, still claiming Rachel to be unworthy of Phoenix, due to his jealousy of her link to the force he believed his birthright, before officially going on his first real team mission in #67 with the Days of Futures Yet to Come incident. Last seen at the wedding of Brian and Meggan Braddock.
Gawain Pendragon/Dai Thomas
Power source: None. Baseline Human (as Dai) Magic (as Gawain)
X Affiliation: Excalibur/Knights of Pendragon
Officially joined: Knights of Pendragon Vol 1 #6
Previously a fierce opponent to super-humans, due to the death of his wife during an altercation between Hulk and Thor who he believed to be vigilantes, this police detective went on to become an erstwhile ally/antagonist of Excalibur, until a brush with the demonic Bane and a fight with Captain Britain that supposedly kills him, but returns him imbued with the spirit of Sir Gawain Pendragon, a consequence of which was the ability to wield super-strength, near-invulnerability, and enhanced combat skills, and he briefly fought alongside the likes of Captain Britain and Union Jack as a member of the British superhero team the Knights of Pendragon, also rubbing shoulders with Iron Man, Black Panther and Reed and Sue Richards.
Gosamyr
Power source: Alien Mutant (The Webb)
X Affiliation: New Mutants
Officially joined: New Mutants Vol 1 #70
Though intended by the villain Spyder to infiltrate and destroy the New Mutants from within, Gosamyr rebelled and aided them, in return for their helping her. However with the loss of her family, she stayed on helping the team throughout the Inferno incident, along with the X-Terminators, and again when the team met Power Pack and then Cloak & Dagger, but eventually left to search for a planet she believed would have mystics who could help her control her powers.
Kavita Rao (Dr)
Power source: None. Baseline Human.
X Affiliation: X-Club
Officially joined: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #508
Though Kavita had known Hank McCoy for many years her first encounter with the X-Men was when Ord of the Breakworld revealed the mutant “cure” to her and she came under their scrutiny. She eventually joined as a member of their scientific think tank called X-Club with the likes of Dr Nemesis and Madison Jeffries and more recently the Jean Grey School.
Kid Gladiator/Kubark
Power source: Alien (Strontian of the Shi’ar)
X Affiliation: X-Men
Officially joined: Wolverine & The X-Men Vol 1 #1
Son of Gladiator/Kallark he was sent to the school to learn more about his powers after destroying a portion of his homeworld Chandilar. Despite returning during AvX at the wishes of Kallark, due to worry about the supposed return of the Phoenix, he is once again a student of the Jean Grey School.
Marrow/Sarah
Power source: Former Mutant. Scientifically enhanced powers from Earth-1287.
X Affiliation: X-Men. X-Force.
Officially joined: X-Men Vol 1 #70. X-Force Vol 4 #1.
The Morlock of Gene Nation who joins the X-Men after Operation Zero Tolerance, Sarah was a member for only a short amount of time before disappearing during Revolution. Losing her powers during M-Day she was a spokesperson for ex mutants and a terrorist before helping X-Factor defeat Quicksilver and didn’t resurface until she joined Cable’s X-Force, where it was revealed she was re-powered without the X-gene in X-Force Vol 4 #2, but has recently joined Magneto with his most recent Brotherhood.
Mirage/Dani Moonstar
Power source: Former Mutant. Baseline Human. Still retains magical abilities.
X Affiliation: New Mutants/X-Force/X-Men
Officially joined: New Mutants GN #4. X-Force Vol 1 #68. X-Men Vol 1 #102. New Mutants Vol 2 #1.
One of the first of the New Mutants and co-leader, Dani left when her Valkyrie powers were out of control, only to return to X-Force when it was discovered her MLF membership was an undercover SHIELD op. Leaving again when they joined Peter Wisdom, she had a brief time with the X-Men, going on to mentor a younger group of New Mutants. Despite losing her own mutant powers during M-Day and being fired by Emma Frost, Dani has since served as X-Men alumni and Jean Grey School faculty and still retains her Asgardian born Valkyrie abilities and has most recently reformed with the New Mutants and been infected by the Techno Organic Virus by Warlock.
N-Men/Technet
Power source: Alien (Various)
X Affiliation: Excalibur (N-Men)
Officially joined: Excalibur Vol 1 #45
After being abandoned by their employer Gatecrasher, Technet became charges of Excalibur in #42 and China Doll, Bodybag, Ringtoss, Joyboy, Waxworks, Scatterbrain, Thug, Numbers, Ferro2 were trained by Nightcrawler, who dubbed them N-Men until they left with a group of intergalactic mercenaries in #47, minus Joyboy, who had been abducted by the Crazy Gang. After reuniting with Gatecrasher for an adventure with Rocket Raccoon, they also tangled with Mr and Mrs LeBeau and Deadpool in Mr & Mrs X.
Polaris/Lorna Dane
Power source: Powers returned via Apocalypse
X Affiliation: X-Men. X-Factor.
Officially joined: Uncanny X-Men #60. X-Factor Vol 1 #70. All New X-Factor #1. X-Men Blue #8.
Having supposedly lost her mutant powers during M-Day Lorna was granted artificial powers by Apocalypse and became a Horseman for a time, although later it was revealed by Emma Frost that they were mutating, making it difficult to ascertain if she was technically actually a mutant all along. Upon being saved from an anti Apocalypse cult by the X-Men she joins Xavier, Havok and the Starjammers to defeat Vulcan. Upon returning to Earth they split and she forms the Serval X-Factor team, while Havok joins the Uncanny Avengers. Recently she again came into conflict with him, in defence of the time displaced X-Men and allied herself with them and her father Magneto, but has rejoined the ranks of the X-Men, this time facing off against her father.
Prodigy/David Alleyne
Power source: None. Baseline Human. Former Mutant
X Affiliation: X-Men
Officially joined: New Mutants Vol 2 #4. New X-Men Vol 2 #2.
As a student at the school David became a member of the second group of New Mutants, later named New X-Men. Despite losing his powers during M-Day both Cyclops and David’s parents agreed it was best he remain at the school in New X-Men #26. Later the Stepford Cuckoos enabled him to retain all the skills he had previously learned in New X-Men #43 and so he was made junior teacher. Though he was also integral in creating Utopia as seen in Nation X #1, he however went on to leave and in Young Avengers Vol 2 #6 was recruited as an Avenger after the events of AvX, although he was seen to be assisting Karma during New Mutants: Dead Souls.
Puck/Eugene Judd
Power source: Magic (Black Blade of Baghdad)
X Affiliation: Alpha Flight/X-Men/Uncanny X-Force
Officially joined: Uncanny X-Force Vol 2 #1
Due to his friendship with Logan he often aids the X-Men and joined Storm and Psylocke on a case involving TAO, which also brought them into contact with Spiral and remained with the team until it disbanded. Also seen more recently as a member of Alpha Flight from their space station aiding X-Men Gold in retrieving Colossus from capture by Lydia Nance and the AI Sentinel Alpha.
Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff
Power source: Human Mutate (Occasionally changes)
X Affiliation: X-Factor
Officially joined: X-Factor Vol 1 #71. All New X-Factor #1.
There are several recruits of the x-family that haven’t always begun on the side of the angels. And none has been as clouded in doubt and controversy in recent years as Pietro. He was first seen as a member of Magneto’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants with his twin sister Wanda, with whom he eventually joined the Avengers. But when X-Factor went through it’s second Genesis into a government sanctioned team that became his home. And for a time he was a stalwart member of the team until the Bloodties saga, before once again resurfacing with his half sister Lorna’s All New X-Factor, secretly spying on her for Havok. However, both himself and Wanda are now no longer considered mutants or the children of Magneto.
Rictor/Julio Esteban Richter
Power source: Human. Now Mutant again.
X Affiliation: X-Factor/New Mutants/X-Force/New X-Men (X-Corps)/X-Factor.
Officially joined: X-Factor #17 (X-Terminators). New Mutants Vol 1 #77. X-Force Vol 1 #15. New X-Men Vol 1 #128. X-Factor Vol 3 #1.
Originally a mutant and ward to X-Factor, Rictor joined the New Mutants after Inferno and later left to try to return Rahne to the fold after X-Tinction Agenda, returning much later to join X-Force for a time until he and Shatterstar left to resolve his family affairs and wouldn’t be seen again until joining Xavier’s X-Corporation. Losing his powers on M Day, he later joined Madrox’s X-Factor Investigations and finally regained his powers during the Children’s Crusade and has recently been seen with the New Mutants during Dead Souls as well as reunited with Shatterstar.
Shard/Shard Bishop
Power source: Holographic Tech/Former Mutant
X Affiliation: XSE/X-Factor
Officially joined: X-Factor Vol 1 #116 (as hologram) X-Factor Vol 1 #128 (as photon based lifeform)
Hailing from the same future as her brother and fellow XSE member Lucas, Shard was afflicted with the Emplate infection so he had her essence transferred into a holographic matrix of Shi’ar origin by the Witness. Bringing it with him when he travelled to the past and joined the X-Men, the projector was broken and he took it to be repaired by Forge and she later became a photon based lifeform in Uncanny X-Men Annual ‘96 and so officially joined Forge’s X-Factor during the Onslaught affair. She later died saving her brother from Fitzroy.
Shatterstar/Gaveedra-Seven (AKA Benjamin Russell)
Power source: Alien Mutant (Mojoverse/Wildways)
X Affiliation: X-Force/X-Factor
Officially Joined: New Mutants Vol 1 #100/X-Force Vol 1 #1. X-Force Vol 2 #1. X-Factor Vol 3 #45.
Originally joining X-Force in its transition from New Mutants, in return for their help in fighting his war, he eventually left in #70 to help Rictor resolve his family affairs. After returning separately Star again joined X-Force briefly to fight Spiral and Skornn before again disappearing, only to surface under the control of a villain called Cortex. Upon being freed by Guido and Rictor he joins X-Factor and currently runs a halfway house for otherworld refugees.
Spiral/Rita Wayword (AKA Ricochet Rita)
Power source: None. Baseline Human (as Rita) Mojoverse modification (as Spiral)
X Affiliation: Uncanny X-Force
Officially joined: Uncanny X-Force Vol 2 #3
The former grudging lieutenant/servant of Mojo was exiled by him on Earth and in order to save Ginny, the young girl she had been surviving with while exiled, joins Storm’s X-Force team only leaving when it disbanded after the confrontation with Cable’s team.
Warlock
Power source: Alien Mutant (Technarchy)
X Affiliation-New Mutants/X-Factor
Officially joined: New Mutants Vol 1 #21. All New X-Factor #6
Though not a mutant, he is classified as such by his race, as he refuses to absorb the life energies of others and doesn’t comply to their edict of ascension via Patricide, which was how he came into contact with the junior team initially. Having eventually reconciled with his father he joined Lorna’s All New X-Factor and formed an attraction to Danger. He has again been involved with the New Mutants again, having most recently infected them with the Techno Organic Virus during Dead Souls.
Xandra/Xandra Neramani-Xavier
Power source: Genetically engineered Shi’ar/Mutant hybrid.
X Affiliation: X-Men
Officially joined: Mr & Mrs X #3
The genetically created offspring of Lilandra Neramani and Charles Xavier is so far under the protection of Rogue and Gambit and is trying to learn her place in the universe while avoiding capture by those who seek to control her, due to her genetic lineage.
Yuriko Takiguchi (Dr)
Power source: None. Baseline Human
X Affiliation: X-Club
Officially joined: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #512
Employee of Stark Enterprises and the creator of the robot used to combat Godzilla, which would eventually become Red Ronin. He was later recruited by the X-Club to try to reverse the effects of M-Day and tragically died in service of the cause. Although his tenure was short, the sacrifice says more about the cause of human/mutant interaction than many.
And so, if you think it just takes an x-gene to be part of Xavier’s bunch, think again. Human, human mutate, alien, gene spliced hybrid, cyborg, magical, it doesn’t matter. As long as you vow to further the cause of human/mutant relations, all can join. But what of those who haven’t joined an X-team but have in some way contributed to the rich tapestry that is Xavier’s Dream? Well make sure and be back soon, as their time will come too….
