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|publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]
|debut = ''[[Exiles (comic book)|Exiles]]'' #1 (August 2001)
|creators = [[Judd Winick]] (writer)<br />[[Mike McKone]] (artist)
|base = Panoptichron, the "crystal palace" outside space and time
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The '''Exiles''' are a group of fictional characters appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]] commonly associated with The [[X-Men]]. They feature in three series, ''[[Exiles (comic book)|Exiles]]'', ''New Exiles'', and ''Exiles'' vol. 2. The Exiles consists of characters from different universes, or realities, which have been removed from time and space in order to correct problems (often called "hiccups") in various alternate worlds and divergent timelines in the [[Multiverse (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Multiverse]].

Created by writer [[Judd Winick]] and artist [[Mike McKone]], Exiles features a revolving team roster with new characters introduced and others replaced when they are killed or returned to their home reality. The series is notable for the number of characters who stay dead, in contrast to the [[Comic book death|frequent resurrections]] that occur in the main [[Marvel Universe|Marvel]] and [[DC Universe|DC]] continuities. It has featured familiar characters or settings from previous Marvel storylines, such as the "[[Age of Apocalypse]]" and "[[House of M]]".

The first volume of ''Exiles'' ran for 100 issues, ending after a [[Fictional crossover#Comics|crossover]] with the members of [[New Excalibur]] in ''[[X-Men: Die by the Sword]]'' and the [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] ''Exiles: Days of Then and Now''. In March 2008 ''New Exiles'' began with [[Chris Claremont]] and artist Tom Grummett at the helm. Writer [[Jeff Parker (comics)|Jeff Parker]] and artist Salvador Espin relaunched the series with a new #1 in April 2009,<ref name="newsarama.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090120-marvel-april-2009-solicitations.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121223906/http://newsarama.com/comics/090120-marvel-april-2009-solicitations.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2009|title=Newsarama.com: Marvel April 2009 solicitations}}</ref> but the book was canceled after only six issues.<ref>[http://www.parkerspace.com/2009/07/23/agents-of-atlas-lives-exiles-however/ Agents of Atlas Lives! EXILES However...] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726083907/http://www.parkerspace.com/2009/07/23/agents-of-atlas-lives-exiles-however/ |date=2009-07-26 }} by Jeff Parker, accessed July 23, 2009</ref>

==Publication history==
''Exiles'' was created by Mike Marts, Mike Raicht, Judd Winick, and artists Mike McKone and [[Jim Calafiore]]. ''Exiles'' was created after a period of development aimed at creating a new ''[[What If (comics)|What If?]]'' book for Marvel.

Raicht and Winick would develop the initial formula of ''Exiles''' reality-hopping adventures. [[Chuck Austen]] came aboard as interim writer after Winick's move to [[DC Comics]]. [[Tony Bedard]] took over, writing roughly half the series, from #46-89. Chris Claremont came onboard as of issue #90 and ended the series with the crossover ''X-Men Die by the Sword'', before restarting the series as ''New Exiles''. ''New Exiles'' ran for 18 issues before being canceled. A few months later the series was restarted again with a second volume of ''Exiles'', written by [[Jeff Parker (comics)|Jeff Parker]]. This relaunch only lasted 6 issues before being canceled as well. A third series was launched as part of [[Marvel Legacy]], written by [[Saladin Ahmed]] joined by the art team of [[Javier Rodriguez (artist)|Javier Rodriguez]], Alvaro Lopez, and [[Jordie Bellaire]] and Joe Caramagna.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nerdist.com/marvel-exiles-comic-blink-nick-fury-kamala-khan/ |title=Marvel Announces New EXILES Series with Blink and Nick Fury {{!}} Nerdist |website=nerdist.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104014937/https://nerdist.com/marvel-exiles-comic-blink-nick-fury-kamala-khan/ |archive-date=2018-01-04}}</ref>

A number of artists have penciled the series including Mike McKone, Jim Calafiore, [[Kev Walker]], [[Clayton Henry]], Mizuki Sakakibara, Casey Jones, [[Steve Scott (comics)|Steve Scott]], [[Paul Pelletier]], and [[Tom Mandrake]]. [[Tom Grummett]], Roberto Castro, Paco Diaz, and [[Tim Seeley]] worked on ''New Exiles''.

==Fictional team biography==
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The Exiles team originally consisted of [[Blink (character)|Blink]] (Clarice Ferguson, from the Age of Apocalypse), [[Mimic (Marvel Comics)#Exiles|Mimic]] (Calvin Rankin), Magnus Lensherr (son of [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]] and [[Rogue (Marvel Comics)|Rogue]]), [[Thunderbird (John Proudstar)|Thunderbird]] (John Proudstar), [[Nocturne (Talia Wagner)|Nocturne]] (Talia Josephine "T.J." Wagner, daughter of [[Nightcrawler (character)|Nightcrawler]] and [[Scarlet Witch]]), and [[Changeling (Marvel Comics character)|Morph]]. The team has since gone through a multitude of line-ups, with Morph and Blink remaining the only original Exiles.

[[Image:Exiles1 cover.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Exiles'' vol. 1 #1. Art by Mike McKone. This cover features the original roster.]]

===First Series===
====Tallus====
Initially, the Exiles are employed by the [[Timebroker]] to fix broken realities. The Tallus is a communications device, which is worn by the leader of the group in order to communicate with the Timebroker. Through it, he would assign missions to the team and inform them of any changes, etc. Blink wears the Tallus in the beginning, but it is later transferred to Sabretooth when Blink rebels against the Timebroker. Mimic also wears the Tallus for a time in Blink's absence. It is now used as a means of communication between its wearer and whoever is operating the Crystal Palace on various missions. It has a slightly different appearance for each wearer. For the first time ever, Sabretooth has used the Tallus to transport himself back to the Crystal Palace, without anyone on the other side recalling him.

====Exiles====
When Magnus dies,<ref>''Exiles'' #2</ref> he is replaced by [[Sunfire (Exiles)|Sunfire]] (Mariko Yashida). [[Heather Hudson (Exiles)|Sasquatch]] (Heather Hudson) arrives when [[Thunderbird (John Proudstar)|Thunderbird]] becomes comatose during a battle with the world-eating [[Galactus]].<ref>''Exiles'' #10</ref>

The Exiles then discover there is a second team conscripted by the Timebroker, [[#Weapon X|Weapon X]],<ref>''Exiles'' #12</ref> whose missions typically involve killing or maiming innocents and heroes. The two teams join forces to rescue a group of children from a [[Sentinel (comics)|Sentinel]] prison camp. However, the teams are told the second stage of the mission is to kill one of the children – David Richards (son of [[Rachel Summers]] and [[Franklin Richards (character)|Franklin Richards]]) – who will apparently grow up to become a powerful supervillain. Weapon X is willing to kill him, but the Exiles are not and the two teams fight until the Timebroker intervenes. Sabretooth (of the Weapon X team) agrees to stay behind and raise David Richards himself.

The Timebroker sends Blink home after a visit to a world plagued by a variant of the [[Legacy Virus]], since the team had repaired her personal broken chain in time<ref>''Exiles'' #22</ref> and [[Magik]] (Illyana Rasputin) takes her place. Mimic then replaces Blink as leader, gaining the Tallus.

The Exiles arrive in the main [[Marvel Universe]] ([[Earth-616]]) where they meet the [[X-Men]] after [[Havok (character)|Havok]]'s canceled wedding.<ref>''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #425-426</ref> The Exiles team up with the X-Men against an evil Havok from the ''[[Mutant X (comics)|Mutant X]]'' universe, who shares a body with the good Havok. After Havok is subdued, the Timebroker arrives to personally eliminate the ''Mutant X'' Havok's consciousness.<ref>''Exiles'' #28-30</ref>

After Sunfire is killed by a [[Brood (comics)|Brood]]-infected Mimic,<ref name="Exiles #37">''Exiles'' #37</ref> she is replaced by the Exiles' former teammate Blink. During the next mission,<ref>''Exiles'' #43</ref> the Exiles and Weapon X are forced to battle each other until only six remain alive. Magik is killed by [[Hyperion (character)|King Hyperion]] when she attempts to switch sides and betray the Exiles. King Hyperion is eventually defeated by Blink, who teleports his own heat vision into his back, paralyzing him. [[Gambit (Marvel Comics)|Gambit]] (of Weapon X) is allowed to deliver the killing blow against King Hyperion with a kinetically charged sword of the slain Magik which causes an explosion that kills them both, leaving five Exiles alive and their mission complete.

The Exiles visit the main Marvel Universe for a second time<ref>''Exiles'' #46-48</ref> where they are joined by [[Namora]], who replaces Magik, and are instructed to "leave their possessions and earn their wings". Reed Richards deduces this means they are to leave [[Nocturne (Talia Wagner)|Nocturne]] behind (whose power involves possession) and have [[Barnell Bohusk|Beak]] join the Exiles, which is confirmed by the Timebroker.

====Timebrokers====
The team is told by [[Celestial (comics)|The Celestials]] to "beware the Timebreaker [sic], he is not what he seems".<ref>''Exiles'' #53</ref> After this, the Timebroker's behavior becomes increasingly strange. Heather Hudson is removed from the team<ref>''Exiles'' #59</ref> without explanation and replaced with former [[#Weapon X|Weapon X]] member [[Sabretooth (character)#Age of Apocalypse and the Exiles|Sabretooth]]. The Tallus orders the Exiles to kill Mimic and despite their refusal, they are allowed to move onto a new mission (normally, a mission must be completed for the Exiles to move on). Next, the Timebroker replaces Beak with [[Holocaust (Marvel Comics)|Holocaust]],<ref>''Exiles'' #60</ref> which they are informed is a punishment for disobeying previous orders.

Eventually, the Exiles break free of the Timebroker and stage a raid on Panoptichron (also known as the "Crystal Palace"), home of the Timebroker and a location from which many parallel universes can be monitored. Here they discover that the Timebroker is an alien race of bug-like beings that found the Panoptichron and accidentally broke a series of timelines. Lacking the power to repair the timelines, they concocted this scheme of recruiting heroes from various worlds to do their work for them. Not only that, all previously "returned" heroes are actually in Panoptichron, frozen in blocks, along with the killed heroes. As a final twist, the evil King Hyperion has fully regenerated from being blown up by Gambit, broken free of his stasis and has taken over Panoptichron. The Exiles are nearly defeated with both Namora and Holocaust dying in the battle. Beak returns from stasis and saves the day by calling on two good versions of Hyperion for help. King Hyperion is subdued and exiled to his home reality, which is completely devoid of life. Only Blink, Mimic, Morph, Sabretooth, Beak, and Heather Hudson remain to pick up the pieces.<ref>''Exiles'' #62-65</ref>

====World Tour====
The Exiles then return to [[Earth-616]] to take Beak home. However, Earth-616 has been overtaken by the [[House of M]] reality. During their stay, the Exiles run afoul of the [[body-hopping]] serial killer [[Proteus (Marvel Comics)|Proteus]], who steals data from the Panoptichron and escapes from [[Earth-616]], leaving Beak [[Decimation (comics)|depowered]] back home.<ref>''Exiles'' #69-71</ref> The Exiles chase Proteus through several realities, including an alternate version of the [[New Universe]],<ref>''Exiles'' #72-74</ref> an alternate version of [[Marvel 2099|2099]],<ref>''Exiles'' #75-76</ref> [[Squadron Supreme]],<ref>''Exiles'' #77-78</ref> [[Maestro (character)|Future Imperfect]],<ref>''Exiles'' #79-80</ref> and ''[[Heroes Reborn (1996 comic)|Heroes Reborn]]'',<ref>''Exiles'' #81-82</ref> before finally bringing Proteus down by trapping him in Morph's body, which does not decay, unlike all of Proteus' other host bodies. During the "World Tour" of hunting down Proteus, Mimic is possessed by Proteus and dies, forcing the Exiles to pick up new members [[Longshot (Marvel Comics)|Longshot]], [[Spider-Man 2099]], and [[Power Princess]] to restore their diminished numbers.

====Post-World Tour====
The Exiles begin cleaning out the stasis gallery of former Exiles and Weapon X members and send them back home. [[Iron Man]], [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]], and [[Warren Worthington III|Angel]] are sent back to their respective realities alive, while every other Earth with a missing superhuman holds a funeral. Blink, at the suggestion of [[Power Princess]], takes Mimic home to be buried with his X-Men instead of burying him in Panoptichron. Spider-Man, Sabretooth, and Heather Hudson all decide to visit their home realities.<ref>''Exiles'' #83</ref> However, the Timebreakers ditch the Exiles when the Timebreakers believe that they are not saving realities as they should be. However, after using several squads of [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverines]] to complete the next mission and failing, Logan (from [[Days of Future Past]]) and young James Howlett convince the Timebreakers that the Exiles are needed.<ref>''Exiles'' #84-85</ref> The Exiles finally resume their reality-saving missions for the first time since they discovered Panoptichron when they save a reality where the [[Silver Surfer]] has already destroyed the Earth and is trying to destroy [[Galactus]], who is the restorer of worlds in this reality.<ref>''Exiles'' #86-87</ref>

Then, Heather discovers an Earth inhabited by a disturbingly close approximation of the original Exiles team, complete with their own Timebroker. After the "classic Exiles" fight "the all-new Exiles" (as Morph put it), it is later revealed that the whole thing was a scheme orchestrated by the [[Grandmaster (Marvel Comics)|Grandmaster]], who seeks revenge on the Exiles for freeing [[Professor X]] on their first mission and ruining a bet. The Exiles, past and present, join forces with the [[Wrecking Crew (comics)|Wrecking Crew]] of that Earth to defeat the Grandmaster. The current team then leaves the Earth in the hands of the approximation Exiles.

The Exiles then take three weeks to save a chain of cracked realities, injuring Blink, Morph, and Spider-Man. They also discover that Proteus is possibly immune to metal while in Morph’s body. Meanwhile, former Exile [[Thunderbird (John Proudstar)|Thunderbird]], is in the stasis gallery, dreaming of what might have been had he not become comatose.

====Enter Psylocke====
[[Power Princess]] leaves the team to return to the [[Squadron Supreme]] and [[Betsy Braddock|Psylocke]] is brought on board to replace her.<ref>''Exiles'' #89</ref> Blink, Longshot, and Spider-Man are brainwashed by [[Hydra (comics)|Hydra]], leaving only Sabretooth to pick up Morph and Psylocke. They are sent to kill Reed Richards. [[Slaymaster]]'s arrival makes them fail as Betsy faints before killing Reed. The world is erased, with the Exiles still there, but it is magically restored by Reed Richards, and [[Valeria Richards]]' amulet restores the world's population because they were being stored in the amulet. The Exiles are still there so they can help Psylocke recover from wounds inflicted by [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]], and to help rebuild the planet.<ref>''Exiles'' #93</ref> Meanwhile, Slaymaster kills Psylocke on another world.

After the Exiles return to Panoptichron, they find it empty, with no equipment, Timebreakers, or Heather. Blink and Morph eventually visit Heather, who thought the Exiles were dead and left Panoptichron. Heather is now pregnant and out of commission, so [[Betsy Braddock|Psylocke]] stays behind to learn more about the Panoptichron while the other Exiles resume their missions. There she experiences visions which warn her of something bad to come, and an alternate version of [[Kitty Pryde]] appears from nowhere with no warning. The Exiles go to a seemingly perfect world led by [[Doctor Doom|Victor Von Doom]] but when Blink is caught by [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] she begins to discover what hides behind this facade.<ref>''Exiles'' #96</ref> She then recruits Longshot and Morph, who also sense something amiss with this world. They flee with that world's Reed to begin a resistance. Meanwhile, [[Spider-Man 2099]] meets [[Gwen Stacy]] and Sabretooth has a [[one-night stand]] with this world's [[Invisible Woman]]. In reality, she was assigned to get close to him so Doom could copy the Tallus, which he does. He then sends a team of soldiers to Panoptichron. They take out [[Betsy Braddock|Psylocke]] and assume [[Kitty Pryde]] is a freaked out child, though she appears to be faking that. The soldiers are attacked by [[Thunderbird (John Proudstar)|Thunderbird]], who is no longer comatose.<ref>''Exiles'' #97</ref> [[Kitty Pryde]] (who goes by [[Cat (Exiles)|Cat]]), uses her phasing powers to create a diversion long enough to allow Thunderbird to free [[Betsy Braddock|Psylocke]]. Together, they defeat the soldiers and send them home, just in time for them to see Doom's defeat, whose Earth is destroyed by [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] as there is no way to turn the humans back to their normal emotional state.

As a result the Exiles are scattered to various dimensions,<ref>''Exiles'' #98</ref> much like [[Union Jack (Marvel Comics)|Union Jack]] had done previously.<ref>''Exiles'' #32-34</ref> [[Betsy Braddock|Psylocke]], [[Thunderbird (John Proudstar)|Thunderbird]], and Cat are able to work on the equipment and retrieve Blink, Morph, and Sabretooth, and new members [[Mystique (character)#Exiles|Mystiq]] and [[Rogue (Marvel Comics)#Exiles|Rogue]] are brought along. [[Spider-Man 2099]] finds a girlfriend and stays on the world on which he landed. Longshot, once again, got lucky and landed in the Crystal Palace after the transport went wrong.

====''Die by the Sword''====
{{Main|X-Men: Die by the Sword}}
[[Betsy Braddock|Psylocke]] and [[Thunderbird (John Proudstar)|Thunderbird]] travel to Earth-616 to visit [[Captain Britain]] and [[Nocturne (Talia Wagner)|Nocturne]] during [[New Excalibur]]'s victory party.<ref>''X-Men: Die by the Sword'' #1</ref> During the party, [[Captain Britain]] is wounded by a strike force led by an armored lady called Rouge. While Betsy tries to care for her brother everybody else tries to fight, even [[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]] and [[Pete Wisdom]], who were about to have sex, but, realizing they cannot win they teleport to the Panoptichron. There, Dazzler discovers that Longshot, while alive, does not remember her and is about to kill herself to ease her pain when Mystiq comes to talk her out of it. TJ happily reunites with her former teammates while [[Sage (Marvel Comics)|Sage]] is deemed the best option to care for Brian. Meanwhile, Cat, using the scanner, realizes that [[Roma (comics)|Roma]] and [[Saturnyne]] are in trouble.<ref>''X-Men: Die by the Sword'' #2</ref> The Corps then suffers a lot of losses, despite Saturnyne's intervention. While Cat checks on Brian, Blink, Morph, Sabretooth, Thunderbird, and Dazzler join the battlefield.<ref>''X-Men: Die by the Sword'' #3</ref> Dazzler battles Rouge-Mort, who has badly wounded Roma, and Longshot gets concerned about her, making both himself and Sage wonder why/how, while Morph battles [[Mad Jim Jaspers]] by morphing into [[Fury (Marvel Comics)|Fury]] but his plan is quickly foiled. Sage, Psylocke, and Wisdom recruit Albion to their cause, who proves to be a match for Jaspers until Jaspers turns into Fury. Merlyn then comes to his daughter to finish the job,<ref>''X-Men: Die by the Sword'' #4</ref> only to be beaten by Psylocke. Cap then makes his move on Fury and with the help of Blink and Albion vanquishes him for now, leading to Merlyn's defeat. However, this victory comes with a price as Roma dies, though not before transferring her knowledge into Sage's mind. Saturnyne promises to free Albion from jail to lead the Corps while Sage and TJ switch teams with Longshot who now remembers the highlights of his past.<ref>''X-Men: Die by the Sword'' #5</ref>

The events of ''Die by the Sword'' take place between Exiles #99-#100.

====''Exiles'' #100====
In ''Exiles'' #100 Blink, Nocturne, and Thunderbird decide to leave the team because they are physically and emotionally exhausted and need a break. They leave for Heather Hudson's reality so that Heather can keep track of Nocturne's progress as she continues to recover from her stroke. Sage struggles with her new knowledge gained from Roma and accidentally fights the other Exiles. Cat and Rogue explore the palace and almost die in a bungee-jumping accident, prompting Rogue to reveal flying powers.

In the one-shot ''Exiles: Days of Then and Now'', Blink discovers an Earth they were supposed to save, but did not because they were chasing Proteus during the World Tour. Iron Man, [[Nighthawk (Marvel Comics)|Nighthawk]], [[Wild Child (character)|Wild Child]], and Luke Cage from that reality died because they did not receive help from the Exiles. So, Blink decides to help an alternate [[Quentin Quire]] by acting as the Timebroker through [[Gambit (Marvel Comics)|Gambit]]'s old Tallus, which is given to him by the Nighthawk from the reality where the Exiles had battled [[#Weapon X|Weapon X]] after Quentin is able to transport himself there on his own. Then, he meets Mary Jane and [[Luke Cage#Exiles|Luke Cage]], from the [[Phalanx (comics)#Exiles|Vi-Locks]] reality, and an alternate [[Spitfire (New Universe)|Spitfire]]. Finally, he ends up in the [[Age of Apocalypse]] where he saves Wild Child. Blink then sends all five heroes (Luke Cage, Quentin, Nighthawk, Spitfire, and Wild Child) to replace Iron Man, Nighthawk, Wild Child, and Luke Cage from Quentin's reality.

===New Exiles===
[[Image:Exiles Roster.jpg|thumb|right|250px|All time members, from ''X-Men Messiah Complex: Mutant Files'']]
The team went to Earth-6706 to recruit Gambit and found themselves in a three-way war between [[Namor]], [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]], and the [[Black Panther (character)|Black Panther]]. The team was separated with Rogue, Gambit and Namor, Mystiq in disguise with the Panther's team, and Sabretooth and Psylocke with Ororo. They eventually reunited for a final fight against the Panther and would have died if not for Psylocke and the powers of Gambit's mother, [[Susan Storm]]. Their mission was eventually revealed to them and they left the Earth despite the fact that the Panther had taken control of it.<ref>''New Exiles'' #1-4</ref> Meanwhile, Morph, Sage, and Cat are sucked into a world were Kitty shifts to another form. Sage regains her telepathic powers, as they defend a man who has fallen in love with a dragon.

After some fighting, the parents eventually surrender against true love and the dragon becomes human, while the Exiles are brought back to the Panoptichron, where Cat reveals that Gambit was listed as a member even before he was recruited. In the meantime, [[Invisible Woman#Exiles|Hydra]] recruits a Wolverine-like man to her cause.<ref>''New Exiles'' #5-6</ref> Afterwards, Sage, Psylocke, Morph, Mystiq, Rogue, and Gambit help a team of X-Men on another Earth fight off the French during a French and British war. Psylocke receives some training from that world's Ogun.<ref>''New Exiles'' #7-10</ref> Cat discovers realities upon realities coming to their end and finds she can do nothing to stop it. However, she and Sabretooth face off against Empress Hydra after she locks them alone in a particular reality. Cat kills Wolverine<ref>''New Exiles'' #11-12</ref> by removing his claws and slashing him with them. The Exiles then enjoy a quick break in the Panoptichron, where Morph gives Rogue a new costume and Psylocke deals with her fear of Slaymaster.<ref>''New Exiles'' #13</ref>

The Exiles then visit a reality where Valeria Richards has traveled and has called them for help to save the world from the Fearsome Quintet of Gold Goblin, Magneta, the Blood Skull, Black Baron [[Dormammu]], and Doom. They defeat the quintet, but their leader, the Maker, is about to defeat them when Proteus' persona re-emerges. However, Morph's persona merges with that of Proteus in the nick of time, stopping Proteus from killing the Exiles and saving the day.<ref>''New Exiles'' Annual</ref> Valeria offers to assist them in fighting her mom, but Morph tells her that she would regret it and they suggest she go home. They then go to a reality where the main heroes are the human Daughters and Saurian Sons of the Dragon. There, they fight Lilandra, who has allied herself with Empress Hydra and they try to save Lilandra's sister Neramani from her. During the fight, Cat merges with Mystiq and kills Empress Hydra, thanks to an unplanned diversion by Gambit, who called her "mom".<ref>''New Exiles'' #14-18</ref> Meanwhile, Sage and Diana Fox are forced to unite to face off against Merlyn in Sage's mind.<ref>''Exiles'' #13-18</ref> Diana eventually lets Sage take her over and Sage merges with the Crystal Palace, stopping the multiverse from destabilizing. Cat dies after the battle with Madame Hydra. The other Exiles save Neramani's world, with Rogue remaining behind since she has fallen in love with one of the Saurians.

Valeria Richards arrives at the Crystal Palace and joins the team, having been able to discern its location. Some time later, the New Exiles return to Gambit's world, where he discovers his father has died and he takes over as king, leaving the Exiles. Sabretooth and Psylocke begin a relationship. They, Sage, Morph, Valeria Richards, and Mystiq are the New Exiles.

===Second Series===
The series was once again relaunched in April 2009, written by [[Jeff Parker (comics)|Jeff Parker]] and drawn by Salvador Espin,<ref name="newsarama.com"/> but canceled in September 2009. Alternate versions of [[Scarlet Witch#Exiles|The Witch]], Beast, [[Forge (character)#Exiles|Forge]], [[Polaris (Marvel Comics)#Exiles|Polaris]], and [[Black Panther (character)#Exiles|The Panther]] are picked up right before their intended deaths and put together as a team with the returning [[Blink (character)|Blink]],<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20013 X-POSITION: Jeff Parker]</ref> though she pretends to be new to all of this just as much as the others. Morph acts as the Timebroker and this version of the Black Panther is T'challa's son, T'chaka.<ref>''Exiles'' vol. 2 #2</ref> On their first mission, they are teleported away without finishing their mission, to Blink's shock.<ref>''Exiles'' vol. 2 #3</ref>

The team then goes to an Earth where Cerebro has killed all humans in North America. Working with the renegade Vision, Ultron, and Machine Man, the Exiles manage to disable Cerebro and give all the humans life model decoy bodies. After that mission, Morph tells the Exiles that they still have time to break up the X-Men/Brotherhood alliance from their first mission. They head back to that Earth and replace the native Scarlet Witch for their own. She reveals to Jean that Scott and Emma are having an affair, turning the telepaths against each other and dissolving the alliance. Emma Frost eventually kills the Witch from the Exiles' team, leaving the native Scarlet Witch to secretly join the Exiles.

The team then takes a vacation on a peaceful Earth. During this time, Polaris reveals she can tell Blink is lying, so Forge builds a device to send everyone to where the Tallus was transmitting from. Forge plants the device on the Tallus during the next teleport and Panther knocks Blink out. The Exiles then discover and head inside the Crystal Palace.

There, they see multiple teams of Exiles being trained by various "Timebrokers". Blink finds them and decides to explain everything. She says she was going to wait until the team got the hang of saving broken realities, then fake her own death, at which point a new member was to replace her. The team is teleported to the main room, where they find Heather (no longer pregnant), Nocturne (recovered from her stroke), and Morph waiting.

The three of them reveal to the latest Exiles team that the last Exiles team, Sage, Sabretooth, Mystiq, Valeria, Rogue, and Gambit eventually became immersed within the Crystal Palace. Only Morph was spared, since he had Proteus possessing him, and the Crystal Palace absorbed Proteus in Morph's place. Heather reveals that she came up with the idea of snatching the new recruits at the moment of death, as it seemed to be "the least disruptive way to go".

Polaris, Forge, Beast, and Panther all look at how their homeworlds turned out after they died. They all decide to continue working as a team and are each given their own Tallus. Nocturne goes with them in Blink's place for the next mission while Blink begins to train a new team.<ref>''Exiles'' vol. 2 #6</ref>

====After the series' end====
*[[Betsy Braddock|Psylocke]] was returned to Earth-616 via the [[Madelyne Pryor|Red Queen]]'s magic and was briefly brainwashed into fighting alongside her sisterhood against the X-Men before being freed by [[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]].<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #508-511</ref> Psylocke has also been shown to lose her immunity to magic spells, telepathic attacks, and reality alterations, as she was later possessed by Earth-616 [[Proteus (Marvel Comics)|Proteus]].<ref>''X-Men: Legacy'' #232-233</ref>
*[[Sabretooth (character)|Sabretooth]] was liberated from Panoptichron's stasis gallery and returned to the [[Age of Apocalypse]].<ref>''Uncanny X-Force'' #11</ref> He later met up with Psylocke when she visited his reality and he and his X-Men helped her and [[X-Force (comics)|X-Force]] steal a celestial artifact. After the two teams parted ways, most of his reality's X-Men were killed.<ref>''Uncanny X-Force'' #18</ref><ref>''Uncanny X-Force'' #19.1</ref> Only he and [[Jean Grey]] were spared, but depowered. They escaped into the hands of William Stryker's "X-Terminated," who arrested and imprisoned Sabretooth almost immediately.<ref>''Age of Apocalypse'' #1</ref> Sabretooth later sacrificed himself to save the rest of his team during the "X-Termination" event.<ref>''Astonishing X-Men'' #60</ref>
*[[Sage (Marvel Comics)|Sage]] was also liberated from Panoptichron's stasis gallery and served as [[S.W.O.R.D.]]'s ambassador on another world.<ref>''X-Treme X-Men'' vol. 2 #6</ref> She met up with her former [[Excalibur (comics)|New Excalibur]] teammate [[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]], who was visiting that reality to rescue a teammate. Sage left her job with S.W.O.R.D. behind to join Dazzler's team, who were hopping around realities throughout the multiverse and performing missions to save realities, much like the Exiles.<ref>''X-Treme X-Men'' vol. 2 #7</ref>
*[[Spider-Man 2099]] and Mary Jane are still together when the attacks of [[Morlun]] during the "[[Spider-Verse]]" storyline are felt.<ref name="Spider-Man 2099 2014 #5">''Spider-Man 2099'' (2014) #5</ref> Miguel learned about Morlun during his tenure with the Exiles, and senses Morlun is out there killing spiders. He gathers some of the Exiles' old equipment and prepares to flee to Earth-616, where Morlun was once killed. However, just as Miguel and Mary Jane are about to make the jump, Morlun arrives and kills that Miguel in front of the Miguel from the original timeline stranded in the present. Morlun disappears and the portal closes, leaving the Exiles' Miguel dead and the 616 Miguel desperate to find Peter Parker.<ref name="Spider-Man 2099 2014 #5"/>

===Third Series===
The man once known as [[Nick Fury]] recruits champions from alternate universes when a mysterious threat casts its shadow on the multiverse. Blink would be joined by a [[Kamala Khan]] from a post-apocalyptic reality, [[Iron Lad]], [[X-Babies|Wolvie]] and [[Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)|Valkyrie]] in her journey to save the multiverse.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Holub |first1=Christian |title=Breaking down Marvel's new Exiles, from cartoon Wolverine to Ragnarok Valkyrie |url=https://ew.com/books/2018/01/19/breaking-down-marvels-exiles/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=1 May 2019 |date=19 January 2018}}</ref> The team is later joined by [[Peggy Carter]] as the Captain America of her universe, and a reality-reincarnated [[Rikki Barnes|female version]] of [[Bucky Barnes]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Holub |first1=Christian |title=Peggy Carter is Captain America in new Marvel comic |url=https://ew.com/books/2018/04/19/peggy-carter-is-captain-america-new-marvel-comic/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=6 May 2019 |date=19 April 2018}}</ref><ref>''Exiles'' (2018) #8-12</ref><ref>''Future Foundation'' (2019) #3</ref>

==Weapon X==
First seen in ''Exiles'' #5, they are a team that complete missions more ruthlessly than those of the Exiles. This team had various members and its roster changed more than the Exiles. Weapon X was originally composed of [[Sabretooth (character)#Age of Apocalypse and the Exiles|Sabretooth]], [[Garrison Kane#Exiles|Kane]], [[Mesmero#Exiles|Mesmero]], [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]], [[David North (character)#Exiles|Maverick]], and [[Deadpool]].

Weapon X was finally disbanded when the Exiles arrived and both [[Blink (character)|Blink]] and Gambit received the mission: Weapon X and the Exiles were meant to fight to the death until only six remained. [[Magik]], and Hulk were killed by Hyperion, while Firestar killed the Spider, [[Self-immolation|immolating]] herself in the process. Ms. Marvel was killed in battle with [[Changeling (Marvel Comics character)|Morph]] and finally, Hyperion was killed thanks to Gambit's sacrifice. Instead of six survivors, there were only five: Blink, [[Mimic (Exiles)|Mimic]], Morph, [[Heather Hudson (Exiles)|Sasquatch]] and [[Nocturne (Talia Wagner)|Nocturne]].

The Exiles wouldn't meet any member of Weapon X until their visit to the Panoptichron, in which they saw all former members of Exiles and Weapon X placed in stasis in one of the galleries of the Crystal Palace. After the Exiles contained the threat of [[Proteus (Marvel Comics)|Proteus]] they went about returning the bodies of the deceased to their native homeworlds, including all former Weapon X members, for proper burials.

==Other versions==
*In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #461, [[Mojo (comics)|Mojo]] summons a team of lawyers modeled after the Exiles team to capture his recently created [[X-Babies]]. The team consisted of versions of Blink, Morph, Mimic, Sunfire, Sasquatch, and Nocturne.
*In the animated ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]'', the [[Watchers (comics)|Watchers]] describe as "Exiles" another group of Multiverse-traveling heroes, better known as the Guardians of the Multiverse.
*[[Red Skull]] led a team of WW2 era former Axis Power super-villains, dubbed "The Exiles", from "Exile Island", to conquer and establish a "4th Reich" in [[Doctor Doom]]'s [[Latveria]]. The team includes, a fez wearing "Baldini"- who is master of his whip-like scarf; "Hauptmann- who welds an Iron Hand; "Krushki"- "the most skilled and powerful of all Wrestlers"; and "Cadavus"-"Monarch of the Murder Chair", a wheel Chair, weaponized with powerful firearms.<ref>[[Astonishing Tales]] Vol 1 #4 & #5, Feb & Apr 1971</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.marvel.com/teams-and-groups/exiles-omniverse Exiles (Omniverse)] at ''[[Marvel.com]]''
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* {{gcdb series|id=28827|title=''New Exiles''}}
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=16780|title=''New Exiles''}}
* [http://exiles.confusticated.com Reality Check: The Exiles Resource Center]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051121081657/http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/current/showquestion.asp?faq=5&fldAuto=4 UncannyXMen.Net: Exiles, Current Title Information]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713073904/http://alternity.jakanapes.com/categories/17 Alternity]
* [https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/479/exiles_2001_2008 ''Exiles''] at ''[[Marvel.com]]''
* [http://www.lediableblanc.com Information on Gambit from New Exiles]

===Interviews===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090822092811/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=1222 An Ongoing Exile: Winick on Exiles], [[Newsarama]], December 13, 2002
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090817043200/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=35805 Tony Bedard on Exiles: World Tour], [[Newsarama]], June 13, 2005
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=6542 REFLECTIONS: Talking with Tony Bedard & Paul Pelletier about "Exiles"], February 27, 2006
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=9722 Cross-Time Flies: Claremont Talks "Exiles"], [[Comic Book Resources]], March 21, 2007
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=11935 Claremont Talks "Die By the Sword" and "New Exiles"], [[Comic Book Resources]], November 8, 2007
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080511165820/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/120300980728843.htm Chris Claremont: New Exiles Cast Questionnaire], [[Comics Bulletin]], February 14, 2008
* [https://archive.today/20130128061408/http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.1622 Chris Claremont Talks About New Exiles], ''Marvel.com'' Podcasts
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170902225752/https://www.newsarama.com/2571-re-teaming-the-travelers-jeff-parker-on-exiles.html Re-teaming the Travelers: Jeff Parker on 'Exiles'] 2009

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