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| X-Terminators | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Terminators #1 (October 1988) (cover only) X-Terminators #2 (November 1988) (full appearance) Krakoan team: X-Terminators (vol. 2) #1 (September 2022) |
| Created by | Louise Simonson Jon Bogdanove Krakoan team: Leah Williams Carlos Gómez |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | Artie Maddicks Boom-Boom Cable Cannonball Firefist Khora of the Burning Heart Leech Lila Cheney Rictor Skids Wiz Kid Krakoan team: Boom-Boom Dazzler Jubilee Wolverine |
TheX-Terminators is the name of several fictional groups ofmutant characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The first incarnation of the group was created byLouise Simonson andJon Bogdanove and first appeared inX-Terminators #2 (November 1988). The second incarnation was created byLeah Williams and Carlos Gómez and first appeared inX-Terminators (vol. 2) #1 (September 2022).
The X-Terminators was initially the undercover name for the first incarnation ofX-Factor, first using the name inX-Factor #8 (June 1986). The wards of these characters would then go on to take the name during the "Inferno" event, with a four-issue tie-in miniseries and appearances inThe New Mutants #72–74 (February–April 1989) andThe New Mutants Annual #7 (August 1991). The group would reform underCable in the one-shotCable: Reloaded (October 2021). The second group to take the name starred in a 2022–2023 five-issue limited series in the "Destiny of X" line ofX-Men comics.
The five originalX-Men (Angel,Beast,Cyclops,Iceman, andMarvel Girl) had foundedX-Factor, and posed as normal humans purported to be an organization ofmutant-hunters. When they went into action in costume in public, they posed as another mutant team under the name X-Terminators. Eventually, X-Factor realized that this ruse was actually a ploy by their former business managerCameron Hodge to worsen human-mutant relations and they abandoned the X-Terminators identity.
In their time posing as mutant-hunters, X-Factor secretly gathered together a number of mutants, including someMorlocks and several adolescents. The group consisted ofBoom-Boom,Rusty Collins,Rictor,Skids, and two younger children,Leech andArtie Maddicks.
In 1988, the team debuted inX-Terminators #1.[1]
| Character | Real name |
|---|---|
| Artie Maddicks | |
| Boom-Boom | Tabitha "Tabby" Smith |
| Firefist | Russell "Rusty" Collins |
| Leech | |
| Rictor | Julio Esteban "Ric" Richter |
| Skids | Sally Blevins |
| Wiz Kid | Takeshi "Taki" Matsuya |
| Character | Real name |
|---|---|
| Boom-Boom | Tabitha "Tabby" Smith |
| Cable | Nathan Christopher Charles Summers |
| Cannonball | Samuel Zachary Guthrie |
| Khora of the Burning Heart | |
| Lila Cheney | |
| Wiz Kid | Takeshi "Taki" Matsuya |
| Character | Real name |
|---|---|
| Boom-Boom | Tabitha 'Tabby' Smith |
| Dazzler | Alison Blaire |
| Jubilee | Jubilation Lee |
| X-23 / Wolverine | Laura Kinney |
Boom-Boom,Rusty Collins,Skids, andWiz Kid appear in theX-Men: The Animated Series episode "No Mutant Is An Island". These versions are orphanedmutants whoCyclops meets while visiting his old orphanage inNebraska. A man known asKillgrave, who secretly possess mind-control powers, adopts them, seemingly out of charity. In reality, Killgrave intends to use their powers to take over as governor. Cyclops is ultimately able to free them from Killgrave's control.[6]
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