X-Corps
Cover toThe Uncanny X-Men #403
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Uncanny X-Men #401 (Jan. 2002)
Created by	Joe Casey Ron Garney
In-story information
Base(s)	X-Corps headquarters nearParis, France
Member(s)	Members

TheX-Corps is a fictional team appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Whether they were good or bad was left up to debate, even within theX-Men, but the team acted as a mutant police force created by former X-ManBanshee, inThe Uncanny X-Men #401 (Jan. 2002). The team concept was created byJoe Casey andRon Garney.

Sean Cassidy (also known as Banshee) was a broken man. After the death ofMoira MacTaggert—long-term ally of the X-Men and former lover of Banshee—and the closing of the Massachusetts Academy, home toGeneration X for which he was a former headmaster of the group, he felt he had failed at everything in his life. He began to reevaluate the things in his life, and among those things wasCharles Xavier's dream of peaceful coexistence between humans and mutants. In all his years of fighting alongside the X-Men, was there any real change that was enacted? With that thought, Banshee began to re-envision Xavier's dream in a daring new way: why not use mutants as a police force to regulate the activity of other mutants instead of waiting for a crisis to arise? With an abandonedA.I.M. facility, his links toInterpol, and the help of some of his former friends and pupils Banshee created the X-Corps. The force's goal was to police the mutant population inEurope.

Along withMultiple Man, his former studentsHusk,Jubilee, andM, formerAlpha Flight memberRadius, and one-time interim X-Men memberSunpyre, he formed the basis of his group. However, the distinct element that separated this group from otherX-Men teams, was the inclusion of known terrorists, such asAvalanche,Blob, and laterFever Pitch. Originally, Banshee kept these supervillains in line, with the help ofMastermind. Banshee had captured her and manipulated her illusionary powers to keep the villains under his control. Also as a "guest" was the enigmaticAbyss, who was being studied by Sunpyre.

The X-Corps did not operate as a long term group. The team recruitsMystique, who was posing as a potential new member named Surge. Because of hershapeshifting abilities, Mystique is able to move secretly around the headquarters and she stumbles upon the captive Mastermind and allies herself with the entrapped woman. Together, they are able to free the minds of the villainous X-Corps members, as well as control several duplicates of Multiple Man, and use them in an assault onParis. In the name of mutant superiority, the group incurs some massive damage to the city including the destruction of theEiffel Tower. Thankfully, the X-Men, along with the heroic members of the X-Corps, are able to put an end to their rampage across the city.

Unfortunately, there are several casualties of the battles. Avalanche opens up the ground beneath Radius, seemingly killing him, though it is later revealed that hisforce field saved him. Sunpyre, acting as the group scientist, is murdered by Mystique during her ascent to power. Even Banshee is incapacitated as Mystique stabs a knife through his throat, the source of his sonic powers. Finally, Mystique is sucked into the interdimensional void of Abyss, not to be seen for several months.

With the injuries sustained by Banshee and the damage to the city of Paris, the group was shut down, while some of their remaining resources and members—such as Multiple Man and M—were moved to the Paris branch ofX-Corporation.

The team was revamped bySunspot, who recruitedLayla Miller,Multiple Man,Trinary, andWiz Kid. AfterOrchis attackedKrakoa during the thirdHellfire Gala, the team was repurposed to oppose Orchis worldwide, under the leadership ofDanielle Moonstar. This version of the team used a floating island as their base.

Supporting characters

• Cerebra
• Horsepower
• Somnus
• Tempo
• Warpath
• X-Men

• Blob carried on his usual criminal activities and sought the help of Dr.Sean Garrison to deal with his self-esteem issues. He was left powerless in the wake ofDecimation and appeared in the miniseriesGeneration M. He later joined the mutant nation of Krakoa.
• Fever Pitch was seen on the grounds of the Xavier Institute as one of the 198. He sided with the forces ofApocalypse in an attack against the mansion. Killed when kidnapped by Bastion and infected with theLegacy Virus. Resurrected in Krakoa.
• Husk temporarily joined the X-Men where she began a romantic relationship withArchangel. She remained a reserve and was seen helping the X-Men during the Secret Invasion attack on San Francisco. Part of a task force assembled by Rogue to combat the resurrected Proteus, during which he seemingly unlocked previously unknown abilities in Husk's powers, like assuming a flaming form. She became a resident of the newfound Jean Grey Institute for Higher Learning, founded by X-Man Wolverine. She later joined the mutant nation of Krakoa.
• Jubilee's whereabouts were unknown until she appeared crucified one morning on the lawn of theX-Mansion, Saved by Archangel's healing blood,she temporarily rejoined the X-Men. She lost her powers in theDecimation, and appeared inNew Warriors using the codenameWondra. She was infected as a vampire inCurse of the Mutants, joined the Jean Grey School, was cured of her vampirism byQuentin Quire, and later joined the mutant nation of Krakoa, serving on Excalibur and X-Terminators. After the Fall of X, she became a member of the Uncanny X-Men.
• Multiple Man went onto to appear in theX-Factor Investigation series. He died of M-Pox during theInhumans vs. X-Men event, with one dupe surviving until its own death. He was resurrected on Krakoa and has been pursuing his relationship with Layla Miller.
• Mystique was later discovered to have been transported to aparallel dimension that housed her one-time former lover and father ofNightcrawler,Azazel. She was placed on Osborn's X-Men team, masquerading as Professor X and later Jean Grey. She was mostly a villain, appearing as a foe in various Brotherhood of Mutants teams, before joining Krakoa and becoming a member of the Quiet Council, as well as having her partnerDestiny resurrected. After the Fall of X, she appeared in her own miniseries.
• After her apparent death,Sunpyre seemed to be resurrected inAlpha Flight vol. 3, #9 and took her brotherSunfire's place among the Japanese groupBig Hero 6. However, it was revealed in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Teams 2005 that this was a Sunpyre of an alternate Earth, summoned by Big Hero 6 member Honey Lemon.

• The Uncanny X-Men #401-406 (Jan. 2002-June 2002)

• X-Corps atMarvel.com
• Uncannyxmen.net feature on X-Corps

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