X-Terminators
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X-Terminators | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | X-Terminators #1 (October 1988) (cover only) X-Terminators #2 (November 1988) (first full appearance) |
Created by | Louise Simonson Jon Bogdanove |
The X-Terminators are fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Fictional history
The name "X-Men" was originally used by
In their time posing as mutant-hunters, X-Factor secretly gathered together a number of mutants, including some
These young trainees were split between two boarding schools separated by about a mile. Artie and Leech were sent to a school for dyslexics. They enjoyed it there, especially after they convinced the teachers that they should be kept together. The older kids did not have such an easy time of it, attending Phillips Exeter Academy[1] (a real-life elite boarding school), and being tormented by the other students. Rusty himself, however, had gone to prison voluntarily, to answer for the accidental injuries he had caused with his flame powers.
When the events of "Inferno" began, goblins, sensing the powers in Artie and Leech, kidnapped them out of their beds at school. The demons were supposed to have gathered younger, more powerful children but were initially confused.
Artie, Leech, and Taki became prisoners of the demons for a while, with Taki forced to make complex machines that enhanced the powers of the demon leader
The younger kids were returned to school and, the older members joined forces with the New Mutants, effectively ending the team. In 2021, Cable recruited some of the old members in a mission to Breakworld in the Last Annihilation event. The team named itself the X-Terminators.[2]
The title X-Terminators was revived in 2022 for a limited series in the
Members
In 1988, the team debuted in X-Terminators #1.[4]
Character | Real name |
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Rictor | Julio "Ric" Esteban Richter |
Boom-Boom | Tabitha "Tabby" Smith |
Firefist | Russell "Rusty" Collins |
Skids
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Sally Blevins |
Wiz Kid
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Takashi "Taki" Matsuya |
Leech | James "Jimmy" |
Artie
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Artie Maddicks |
Character | Real name |
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Cable | Nathan Christopher Charles Summers |
Cannonball | Samuel Zachary Guthrie |
Khora of the Burning Heart | |
Lila Cheney | |
Dazzler | Alison Blaire |
Jubilee
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Jubilation Lee |
X-23 / Wolverine | Laura Kinney |
In other media
References
- ^ X-Terminators #1 (Marvel Comics, October 1988), p. 11.
- ^ Cable Reloaded
- ^ X-Men vol. 6 #18
- ^ "X-Terminators #1 (1988)". Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "Cable Reunites With X-Force to Revive Another Marvel Team". CBR. 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2023-08-22.