The X-Terminators is the name of several fictional groups of mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of the group was created by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove and first appeared in X-Terminators #2 (November 1988). The second incarnation was created by Leah Williams and Carlos Gómez and first appeared in X-Terminators (vol. 2) #1 (September 2022).
Publication history
The X-Terminators was initially the undercover name for the first incarnation of X-Factor, first using the name in X-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 in The New Mutants #72–74 (February–April 1989) and The New Mutants Annual #7 (August 1991). The group would reform under Cable in the one-shot Cable: 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 of X-Men comics.
Fictional history
The five original X-Men (Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl) had founded X-Factor, and posed as normal humans purported to be an organization of mutant-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 manager Cameron 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 some Morlocks and several adolescents. The group consisted of Boom-Boom, Rusty Collins, Rictor, Skids, and two younger children, Leech and Artie Maddicks.
Members
In 1988, the team debuted in X-Terminators #1.
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