X-Books Forum FAQ/Mutant Tracker III

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Q102: Who were some of the new additions to the X-Men roster from 2000-2006?

A102: This is where the lines to discern who was, and was not an X-Man start to get blurred. Let’s try and take a look:

• Thunderbird III (Neal Sharra): Debuted as an X-Man in X-Men (vol. 2) #100, with the power of using his body’s cells as solar plasma reactors. Hewas already initiated, off-panel, by the other X-Men during the “Six Month Gap”. He quit the X-Men after X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #19.
• Cable (Nathan Dayspring Summers): Cable, with his powers of telepathy and telekinesis, officially joined the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #381.
• Moonstar (Dani Moonstar): Dani, with her psionic power to channel the fears or desires of her foes, became an X-Man for the first time in X-Men (vol. 2) #102.
• Sage: Sage, with her mutant computer-like brain and ability to activate latent mutations, was drafted onto Storm’s team of X-Men in X-Men (vol. 2) #109, as part of the team that would search for Destiny’s Diaries.
• White Queen (Emma Frost) : After surviving the destruction of Genosha by Cassandra Nova’s Sentinels, Emma Frost joined the X-Men in New X-Men (vol. 1) #116.
• Xorn I (Kuan-Yin Xorn): The energy-wielding mutant known as Xorn was rescued by the X-Men from China, and recruited to the team in New X-Men (vol. 1) Annual 2001.
• Chamber (Jonothan Starsmore): Chamber, with his power to was brought onto the main X-Men team officially in Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #398.
• Stacy-X (Miranda Leevald): After rescuing her from the Church of Humanity’s attack on the X-Ranch, the pheromone-manipulating mutant known as Stacy-X was recruited by the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #400.
• Lifeguard (Heather Cameron): Lifeguard, who had the power to bio-morph to adapt to stimuli was recruited to join Storm’s X-Men team in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #10.
• Slipstream (Davis Cameron): Slipstream, who had the power to create a teleportation “warp” wave, was recruited to Storm’s X-Men team in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #10.
• Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier): The long time member of Alpha Flight with the powers of super-speed and flight was recruited by Professor Xavier to teach at Academy X, and serve on Havok’s X-Men team in Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #414.
• Husk (Paige Guthrie): Husk, who could shed her epidermis and reveal a new metamorphic form underneath was placed on Havok’s X-Men team in Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #423.
• Juggernaut (Cain Marko): Looking to redeem himself for years of wrongdoing, the unstoppable Juggernaut was invited to stay at the mansion by Professor X, and joined Havok’s X-Men team in Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #425.
• Xorn II (Shen Xorn) : The brother of the original Xorn, with similar energy powers, was discovered in China, and recruited to join Havok’s X-Men team in X-Men (vol. 2) #162.
• Mystique (Raven Darkholme): The mutant shape-shifter, Mystique, first took up the X-Men on an earlier offer to join them in X-Men (vol. 2) #174, arriving to join the team for the first time in X-Men (vol. 2) #181.
• Warpath (James Proudstar): Warpath, with his enhanced physical abilities, was drafted on to a team of X-Men being taken on a mission in the Shi’ar Empire by Professor X in Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #475.
• Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde): Lady Mastermind, with her psionic illusion powers, was recruited onto Rogue’s X-Men team in X-Men (vol. 2) #192.
• Sabretooth (Victor Creed): With his immense strength, claws, and healing factor, Sabertooth was recruited onto Rogue’s X-Men team in X-Men (vol. 2) #192.
• Omega Sentinel (Karima Shandipar): The Omega Prime Sentinel, Karima, was recruited onto Rogue’s X-Men team in X-Men (vol. 2) #192.
• Armor (Hisako Ichiki): Wolverine deemed Armor, who possesses the power to manifest psionic exo-armor, to be an X-Man for the first time in Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) #20.
• Hepzibah: The Mephistoid alien, and long time Starjammer known as Hepzibah joined the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #487.

After 2005, after the “Decimation” storyline, it became a bit more difficult, and/or pointless to continue to keep track of who was a “true X-Man” and who wasn’t. With certain members of the Academy X students sometimes referred to as X-Men after that point, that line became blurred. By the time the X-Men moved to San Francisco in the X-Books in 2008, the roster and anyone mutant staying in the Marin Base became practically interchangeable. With the formation of the X-Club it became even further hard to differentiate who was on the team, and who was just in a support role. The final indicator, perhaps, was that on several occasions before big battles against those who would attack the X-Men’s new home on Utopia, that Cyclops declared every mutant on the island fighting for the survival of their race an X-Man (most notably in Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 and during the climactic battle of “Second Coming”, in New Mutants (vol. 3) #14. Past that point, a character’s status as a “true X-Man” could probably be up for debate, if they were just living on Utopia, at all.

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Q103: What was the “X-Treme X-Men” team?



A103: In November of 1999, in X-Men (vol. 2) #94, writer Alan Davis penned the first mention of Destiny’s Diaries, also known as the “Books of Truth”. In that issue, Kitty Pryde was sneaking around Mystique’s apartment while she slept, and she found one volume of the precognitive Irene Adler’s journals of cryptic accounts of future events that would come to pass inside a painting (later revealed to be the third volume of a set). The journal even made mention of Kitty one day discovering the diary, itself, under those circumstances, as well as referencing twelve powerful mutants known as “The Twelve”, who were part of a prophecy, of mutants who would oppose the ancient mutant Apocalypse.

During the storyline “Apocalypse: The Twelve”, the X-Men attempted to gain the advantage over Apocalypse by using Destiny’s books of prophecy to their advantage, and warn those who were targeted by the villain for capture. After that conflict was over, there would be thirteen such diaries penned by Destiny, as revealed during the “Dream’s End” crossover. Mystique had been driven to assassinate Senator Kelly, and attempt to unleash a strain of the Legacy Virus that would kill all the humans on Earth, based off of what she had learned from Destiny’s Diaries.

In X-Men (vol. 2) #109, Storm and several X-Men discussed the diaries, and believing that knowledge of the predestined future was an asset that would potentially corrupt even the noblest who might come into their possession, decided to form a team of X-Men dedicated to hunting them down, and preventing them from falling into the wrong hands.

The team formed would be known as the X-Treme X-Men, and their adventures were chronicled in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1).

That team’s original line-up was:

• Storm (Ororo Munroe)
• Rogue (Anna Marie)
• Sage (Tessa)
• Beast (Hank McCoy)
• Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)
• Bishop (Lucas Bishop)
• Thunderbird III (Neal Sharra)

The roster would change in various ways during their adventures, as well as their focus and mission.

• At the end of X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #2, Vargas ran Psylocke through with his sword, killing her.
• In X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #3, Beast was forced to leave the team due to grave injuries dealt to him by Vargas.
• Gambit was located by Rogue, and joined the team in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #5.
• Lifeguard and Slipstream first appeared in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #6, and officially joined the team in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #10.
• Slipstream left the team in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #18 after learning of his sister’s half-Shi’ar heritage.
• In X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #19, Thunderbird III, Lifeguard left the team to find Slipstream, and Rogue, and Gambit left the team to take a league of absence while their powers were not working to begin a personal life together. From this point on in the series, no mention was made of Destiny’s Diaries, whatsoever, and the team began dealing with threats to mutants around the globe, but still separate from the X-Men at the Xavier Institute.
• In X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #24, Storm recruited Cannonball to join her team.
• Wolverine and Shadowcat had a brief working with the team during an encounter with Reverend Stryker in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #25-30, but were not officially members of the team.
• Rogue and Gambit rejoined the team in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #31.
• In X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #36, the team officially became known as X-Treme Sanctions Executives.
• In their final mission together battling Elias Bogan, the team united with allies such as Shadowcat, Magma, Lila Cheney, Sunspot, and Skids in X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #40-45.

X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) would be cancelled, and end after X-Treme X-Men (vol. 1) #46.

In 2012, a new title came out called X-Treme X-Men (vol. 2), that featured a group of mutants who mostly debuted in Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) #44-47 from alternate Earths, teaming up to defeat the threat posed by evil versions of Charles Xavier in different alternate realities. The roster consisted of:

• Dazzler (Alison Blaire)- From Earth-616.
• Emmaline Frost- A version of Emma Frost from Earth-889
• General James Howlett- A version of Wolverine from Earth-208.
• Kurt Waggoner- A version of Nightcrawler from Earth-209.
• Professor X’s Head- From Earth-216.

The title was cancelled after the "X-Termination" crossover with X-Treme X-Men (vol. 2) #13.

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Q104: What was X-Corporation?

A104: The X-Corporation, or X-Corp for short, was a worldwide organization founded by Professor Xavier in New X-Men (vol. 1) #128 as an extension of his X-Men. It had offices set up in various nations all over the world. The purpose of the X-Corp was to watch over mutant rights and help mutants in need. Basically, they fought for Xavier‘s dream, more in the way the United Nations tackles problems. The X-Corporation should not be confused with the similarly named X-Corps, the now defunct paramilitary outfit Banshee ran in Europe from Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #401-406.

The six locations known to have X-Corporation offices, and the mutants working within them were as follows:

Amsterdam

• No employees of X-Corporation’s Amsterdam office were mentioned by name when the office was listed in New X-Men (vol. 1) #128.

Hong Kong

• Domino (Neena “Beatrice” Thurman)
• Risque (Gloria Dolores Munoz)

Los Angeles

• Sunspot (Roberto DaCosta)
• Magma (Amara Aquilla)
• Empath (Manuel de la Rocha)
• Skids (Sally Blevins)
• Skitz (???)
• Stringfellow (???)

Melbourne

• No employees of X-Corporation’s Amsterdam office were mentioned by name when the office was listed in New X-Men Annual 2001.

Mumbai

• Warpath (James Proudstar)
• Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)
• Feral (Maria Callasantos)
• Thornn II (Lucia Callasantos)

Paris

• Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
• Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna)
• Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox)
• M II (Monet St. Croix)
• Siryn (Theresa Cassidy)
• Rictor (Julio Richter)
• Sabra (Ruth Bat-Seraph)

For any other details, there is an article with further links at uncannyxmen.net about X-Corporation written by their user Peter Luzifer back in 2004.

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Q105: What were the Exiles?




A105: When a group of insectile scientists discovered a crystal palace outside of time called the Panoptichron, they accidentally damaged time itself by manipulating the palace's systems. To redeem themselves, these "Timebreakers" gathered teams of agents from across the Multiverse to visit alternate realities (in other words, any one of the Marvel Universe’s “alternate universes”) and repair broken chains of events caused by their actions, "healing" the timelines by putting them back on their proper path.

Using an interactive avatar dubbed the Time Broker, the bugs convinced their agents they had each become "unstuck in time", and by fixing other realities they could create a domino effect that would restore their individual place in the time stream. Each team was given a Tallus, a device which informed them of their mission in each reality, and governed their jumps between worlds (this all got revealed in Exiles (vol. 1) #63). The Exiles were one such team, appearing in their own series from Exiles (vol. 1), continuing in New Exiles, and then finally, a third series, Exiles (vol. 2).

For the first 66 issues of Exiles (vol. 1), the Exiles operated under a strict "one in, one out" policy, with a new member materializing to replace one who died or was incapacitated. From that point on, however, the Exiles made their way to the Crystal Palace and took control of the Timebreakers' system, giving them more control over their own team membership and travels. By the time Exiles (vol. 2) came about, a few of the original team members were now running things from within the Panoptichron, with Morph serving in place of the Timebroker, briefing operatives on their missions, while Blink-295, Nocturne-2182, and Sasquatch-3470, worked back within the Crystal Palace.

It has yet to be explained how Sabretooth-295 escaped from the walls of the Panoptichron to return to his own reality in the Age of Apocalypse or how Exiles (vol. 2) #6 Sage-616, or Psylocke was returned to the mainstream Marvel Universe, as well.

Characters from throughout the Multiverse who have been Exiles include:

• Blink (Clarice Ferguson) of Earth-295- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #1. She was taken off the team due to injuries incurred by the Vi-Locks in Exiles (vol. 1) #22, but returned to the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #37.
• Nocturne (Talia Josephine Wagner) of Earth-2182- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #1. Left the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #48. Returned to the team after X-Men: Die by the Sword #5.
• Mimic (Calvin Rankin) of Earth-12- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #1, died when killed by Proteus- in Exiles (vol. 1) #73.
• Morph (Kevin Sidney) of Earth-1081)- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #1.
• Magnus of Earth-27- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #1, died containing a nuclear explosion in Exiles (vol. 1) #2.
• T-Bird (John Proudstar) of Earth-1100- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #1, fell into a coma battling a version of Galactus on Earth- in Exiles (vol. 1) #10, remained in stasis in the walls of the Panoptichron until X-Men: Die by the Sword #1.
• Sunfire (Mariko Yashida) of Earth-2109- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #2, died in Exiles (vol. 1) #37 when a building collapsed on top of her as she battled a Brood-infested Mimic.
• Sasquatch (Heather Hudson) of Earth-3470- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #10 to replace Mimic. Left the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #58. Was brought back onto the team by Beak in Exiles (vol. 1) #66.
• Magik (Ilyana Rasputin) of Earth-4210- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #22, died in Exiles (vol. 1) #44 when she had her neck snapped by King Hyperion of Earth-4023.
• Namora of Earth-2189- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #44, killed by King Hyperion of Earth-4023 when blasted with his heat vision in Exiles (vol. 1) #64.
• Beak (Barnell Bohusk) of Earth-616- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #48, left the team to return to his own reality in Exiles (vol. 1) #72.
• Sabretooth (Victor Creed) of Earth-295- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #59.
• Holocaust of Earth-295- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #60. He was killed by King Hyperion of Earth-4023 in Exiles (vol. 1) #62.
• Longshot of Earth-616- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #74.
• Spider-Man (Miguel O’Hara) of Earth-6375- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #76.
• Power Princess (Zarda Shelton)- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #78.
• Proteus (Kevin MacTaggert) of Earth-58163- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #82, after he tried to take over the body of Morph, and the personalities of the two merged into one being.
• Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) of Earth-616- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #90 .
• Cat (Katherine Pryde) of Earth-TRN020 - Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #96. Died from wounds sustained battling Empress Hydra and Black Cloak in New Exiles #17.
• Rogue of Earth-1009- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #99.
• Mystiq (Raphael Raven-Darkholm) of Earth-797- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #99.
• Sage (Tessa ???) of Earth-616- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 1) #100.
• Gambit (Remy ???) of Earth-6706- Recruited onto the team in New Exiles #2.
• Polaris (Lorna Dane) of Earth-8149- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 2) #1.
• Beast (Henry Philip McCoy) of Earth-763- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 2) #1.
• Panther (T’Chaka) of Earth-1119- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 2) #1.
• Forge of Earth-2814 - Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 2) #1.
• Witch (Wanda Maximoff) of Earth-8823- Recruited onto the team in Exiles (vol. 2) #1.
• Witch II (Wanda Maximoff) of Earth-TRN036- Took the place of her Earth-8823 counterpart on the team in Exiles (vol. 2) #3.

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Q106: What was “X-Statix” X-Force, or X-Force II?

A106: In 2001, the X-Men family of titles were being revamped, with the aim to make the titles more critically and commercially successful. One of the books to undergo a major change at the time was X-Force (vol. 1), which would have writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred take over as the new creative team, starting with X-Force (vol. 1) #116. Milligan and Allred completely revamped the series, designing a team that consisted of heroes that were more akin to corporate-sponsored pop stars or reality television contestants. The title was laced with Milligan's satirical take and general cynicism toward the entire superhero genre. Milligan and Allred would regularly kill off the title characters: In their first issue, they wiped out the entire team with only two exceptions.

X-Force (vol. 1) was canceled after X-Force (vol. 1) #129 in 2002 and relaunched under the name X-Statix. X-Statix carried on the same themes as Milligan and Allred’s X-Force. Low sales prompted the title's cancellation after X-Statix #26, in 2004.

Marvel Comics later published a 5 issue miniseries titled, X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl in 2006. In it, Dead Girl teamed with Dr. Strange to combat villains who have returned from the dead. The storyline (which featured the return of The Anarchist, The Orphan, and U-Go-Girl on the other side) parodied the manner in which death is handled in comic books, with popular characters often brought back from the dead and others left forgotten.

Characters who were members of X-Force II/X-Statix include:

• Anarchist (Tike Alicar): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and had the power to convert his sweat into acid, that he could disperse in corrosive, burning energy blasts. He was killed in X-Statix #26.
• Battering Ram (???): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and died in the same issue. He was a goat/human hybrid mutant who was killed in the Boys R Us Massacre.
• Doop (???): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and is a floating, protoplasmic mutant blob that possesses a throat cavity that is an extra-dimensional void from which he can produce a variety of objects.
• Gin Genie (Beckah Parker): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and could metabolize alcohol to create seismic-induced energy blasts. She was killed in the Boys R Us Massacre.
• La Nuit (Pierre Truffaut): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and could manipulate Darkforce Energy. He was killed in the Boys R Us Massacre.
• Plazm (???): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and was composed of a biological liquid that allowed him to manipulate metabolic reactions upon physical contact, either when by direct touch or through a pressurized spray from his hands. He was killed in the Boys R Us Massacre.
• Sluk (Byron Spencer): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and had a squid-like head. He was killed on a covert mission overseas.
• U-Go Girl (Edith Constance Sawyer): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and was a narcoleptic teleporter. She was killed in X-Statix #26.
• Zeitgeist III (Alex Cluney): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and could spew acid. He was killed in the Boys R Us Massacre.
• The Coach (???): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #116, and had red eyes and once possessed an arm with mutant super-strength. He was killed in X-Force (vol. 1) #120.
• Bloke (Mickey Tork): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #117, and had the power of enhanced strength and durability, as well as a chameleon factor to blend into his surroundings. He died in X-Force (vol. 1) #118.
• The Orphan (Guy Smith aka Mr. Sensitive): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #117, and had the mutant powers of heightened strength, agility, reflexes, levitation, and an over-stimulated sensory reception system that gives him a resonant feeling of everything in his environment. He was killed by a helicopter gunship in X-Statix #26.
• Phat (William Robert Reilly): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #117, and had the ability to expand and stretch the fat deposits in his body. He was killed in X-Statix #18, when he jumped on top of a bomb to save his teammates.
• Saint Anna (Anna ???): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #117, and had the psychokinetic ability to levitate and manipulate objects, as well as heal others. She was killed in a hail of gunfire in X-Force (vol. 1) #119.
• Vivisector (Myles Lee Alfred): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #117, and was a transmorph able to assume a feral body with razor edged claws. He was killed by a helicopter gunship in X-Statix #26.
• Spike II (Darian Elliott): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #121, and had the ability to extend spines from his skin, and even fire them as projectiles. He was killed in X-Force (vol. 1) #128.
• Dead Girl (Moonbeam ???): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #125, and had the ability to become intangible, as well as read the residual thoughts left in corpses, or rejuvenate herself from even the most severe injuries.
• Venus Dee Milo (Dee Milo): First appeared in X-Statix #1, and was a sentient energy being able to discharge bursts of destructive force, enhance healing processes, and teleport herself and others from place to place. She was killed in X-Statix #26.
• Fan Boy (Artie Lunt): First appeared in X-Statix #1, and could cast psychic illusions, manipulate matter in order to create violent explosions, rearrange molecular structure, heal and repair injuries, animate corpses, and disrupt the biological functions of living beings. He was killed when Lacuna stabbed him through the heart with a syringe to cause his weak heart to give out in X-Statix #5.
• El Guapo (Robbie Rodriguez): First appeared in X-Statix #9, and had the ability to levitate, and project his skateboard through the air. He was killed in X-Statix #18.
• Henrietta Hunter: First appeared in X-Statix #13, and was killed in X-Statix #17.

Allies or sponsors of “X-Statix” X-Force included:

• Spike Freeman: First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #117, and was the human public relations director for X-Force II. He was killed in X-Statix #16.
• Lacuna (Woodstock ???): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #121, and had the power to create a temporary ripple in the timestream that she could move through freely.

Mutants who auditioned for “X-Statix”/X-Force II included:

• Anti-Matter (Arlo Summers): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #129, and was an energy-manipulator who appeared as a skeleton in a containment suit.
• Lightning Bug II (Matt Corbin): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #129, and was a human/insect hybrid.
• Mant (Thomas Williams): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #129, and was a human/ant hybrid.
• Sycamore (James Hutchinson): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #129, and was a human/tree hybrid.
• Washout (John Lopez): First appeared in X-Force (vol. 1) #129, and was a hydromorph who went on to join Malcolm Colcorde’s Weapon X program.

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Q107: What was Academy X/New X-Men?



A107: In September of 2001, in New X-Men (vol. 1) #116 (written by Grant Morrison), at the conclusion of the “E is for Extinction” storyline, Professor Xavier (or in any event, Cassandra Nova revealed that about him, while possessing his body, but the result is the same) revealed to the world that he was a mutant. Not long thereafter, New X-Men (vol. 1) #117 (written by Grant Morrison), the gates of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters were opened up to over a hundred teenaged mutants, seeking to find ways to control their developing powers, or find an environment where they could attend school without having their mutations be cause for any distraction to themselves, or their fellow students, as they would in an ordinary school.

Numerous new mutant characters debuted in this era in Grant Morrison’s run on New X-Men (vol. 1), and it would eventually lead to a title being developed about the newer students, specifically, named New Mutants (vol. 2) (written by Nunzio DeFillipis & Christina Weir) which was launched in July of 2003 where Dani Moonstar, Karma, and Wolfsbane would serve as professors to this new generation of students at Xavier’s. After that title was cancelled after New Mutants (vol. 2) #13, it was relaunched under the name New X-Men: Academy X. The series ran until New X-Men: Academy X #19, and after the “Decimation” storyline, with its twentieth issue, the series was renamed New X-Men (vol. 2), and Craig Kyle and Chris Yost took over as its writers, shocking many fans by the number of characters they were willing to have lose their powers on M-Day, or be killed off in its wake. The series continued until New X-Men (vol. 2) #46, and then was cancelled at the end of the “Messiah CompleX” crossover, when the X-Men left the school at Westchester, New York, to move to their Marin Base in San Francisco.

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Q108: What were the teams/squads from Academy X?



A108: There is an outstanding reference article written by Binaryan (Ryan Jones) over at uncannyxmen.net about the Academy X squads that were created during that era at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, with the Professors who were known to have been assigned students, the squad names, and the members of those squads.

Alpha Squadron:
Advisor: Northstar
Members: Anole, Indra, Loa, Rubbermaid, Kidogo, Network

Corsairs Squad:
Advisor: Cyclops
Members: Dryad, Quill, Specter, The Stepford Cuckoos (Celeste, Mindee & Phoebe)

Hellions Squad:
Advisor: Emma Frost
Members: Dust, Hellion, Mercury, Rockslide, Tag, Wither
Former Members: Icarus (see New Mutants Squad)

New Mutants Squad:
Advisor: Dani Moonstar
Members: Elixir, Icarus, Prodigy, Surge, Wallflower, Wind Dancer
Former Members: Wither (see Helliions Squad)

Paragons Squad:
Advisors: Wolfsbane, Karma
Members: DJ, Match, Pixie, Preview, Trance, Wolf Cub

Gambit’s Unnamed Squad:
Advisor: Gambit
Members: Bling, Flubber, Foxx, Onyxx, Rain Boy

Rogue’s Unnamed Squad:
Advisor: Rogue
Members: Six unnamed characters

Lower School: (these were the classes for children under the age of fifteen at Academy X)
Advisor: Karma
Members: Jeffrey Garrett, Leong Coy Manh, Nga Coy Manh

Undesignated Students: (These students never had their Academy X squad revealed, but could have been members of Beast’s “Exemplars” Squad, or Iceman’s “Excelsiors” Squad, that were never shown.
Members: Aero (Melody Guthrie), Becky ???, Blindfold, Carter Ghazikhanian Cephalapod, Choir, Contact, Crytpid, Esme Cuckoo, Sophie Cuckoo, Forearm II, Flood, Gloom, Greg Van Meter, Hothead, Nancy ???, Hydro, Armor, Longneck, Saurus, Silicon, Skylark, Slick, Spike III, Spirit, Squeal, Squidboy (Samuel Pare), Tantra, View, Wing, X-23

Students that were merely mentioned, but never shown on panel:
Skywalker, Devon, Eve, Jane, Jenna, Melissa, Robert, Susan and Tommy

The “Special” Class:
Advisor: Xorn I.
Members: Angel, Basilisk, Beak, Dust, Dummy, No-Girl, Ernst

Omega Gang:
Advisor: As they were not an official “squad”, none.
Members: Quentin Quire, Glob Herman, Tattoo, Radian, Redneck