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The '''X-Terminators''' is the name of several fictional groups of [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutant]] characters appearing in [[American comic book]]s 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 (writer)|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 (comics)|X-Factor]], first using the name in ''[[X-Factor (comic book)|X-Factor]]'' #8 (June 1986). The wards of these characters would then go on to take the name during the "[[Inferno (Marvel Comics)|Inferno]]" event, with a four-issue tie-in miniseries and appearances in ''[[The New Mutants (comic book)|The New Mutants]]'' #72–74 (February–April 1989) and ''The New Mutants Annual'' #7 (August 1991). The group would reform under [[Cable (character)|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]] ([[Warren Worthington III|Angel]], [[Beast (Marvel Comics)|Beast]], [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]], [[Iceman (Marvel Comics)|Iceman]], and [[Jean Grey|Marvel Girl]]) had founded [[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]], and posed as normal humans purported to be an organization of [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|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 (comics)|Morlocks]] and several adolescents. The group consisted of [[Tabitha Smith|Boom-Boom]], [[Rusty Collins]], [[Rictor]], [[Skids (character)|Skids]], and two younger children, [[Leech (character)|Leech]] and [[Artie Maddicks]].

==Members==
In 1988, the team debuted in ''X-Terminators'' #1.<ref name="Marvel.com X-Terminators #1"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
|+ Members
! style="width:20%;"| Character
! style="width:20%;"| Real name
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Artie Maddicks]]
|-
| [[Tabitha Smith|Boom-Boom]]
| Tabitha "Tabby" Smith
|-
| [[Rusty Collins|Firefist]]
| Russell "Rusty" Collins
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Leech (character)|Leech]]
|-
| [[Rictor]]
| Julio Esteban "Ric" Richter
|-
| [[Skids (character)|Skids]]
| Sally Blevins
|-
| [[Wiz Kid]]
| Takeshi "Taki" Matsuya
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
|+ Reformed Team<ref name="Cable: Reloaded"/><ref name="CBR Cable"/>
! style="width:20%;"| Character
! style="width:20%;"| Real name
|-
| Boom-Boom
| Tabitha "Tabby" Smith
|-
| [[Cable (character)|Cable]]
| Nathan Christopher Charles Summers
|-
| [[Cannonball (Marvel Comics)|Cannonball]]
| Samuel Zachary Guthrie
|- 
| colspan="2" | [[Khora of the Burning Heart]]
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Lila Cheney]]
|-
| Wiz Kid
| Takeshi "Taki" Matsuya
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
|+ Krakoan Team<ref name="X-Terminators (vol. 2) #1"/><ref name="ScreenRantX-Terminators"/>
! style="width:20%;"| Character
! style="width:20%;"| Real name
|-
|-
|Boom-Boom
|Tabitha 'Tabby' Smith
|-
| [[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]]
| Alison Blaire
|-
| [[Jubilee (character)|Jubilee]]
| Jubilation Lee
|-  
| [[X-23|X-23 / Wolverine]]
| Laura Kinney
|}

==In other media==
[[Tabitha Smith|Boom-Boom]], [[Rusty Collins]], [[Skids (character)|Skids]], and [[Wiz Kid]] appear in the ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' episode "No Mutant Is An Island". These versions are orphaned [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutants]] who [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]] meets while visiting his old orphanage in [[Nebraska]]. A man known as [[Purple Man|Killgrave]], who secretly possess mind-control powers, adopts them, seemingly out of charity. In reality, Killgrave intends to use their powers to take over as governor. Cyclops is ultimately able to free them from Killgrave's control.<ref name="XTAS 5.4"/>

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="Cable: Reloaded">{{ cite comic | writer = [[Al Ewing|Ewing, Al]]| artist = Quinn, Bob| colorist = Tartaglia, Java| letterer = Sabino, Joe| editor = Amaro, Lauren, White, Jordan D.| story = Call in the Big Gun| title = Cable: Reloaded| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = October 2021| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name="ScreenRantX-Terminators">{{cite web |last1=Schlesinger |first1=Alex |title=X-Terminators May Be Marvel's Raunchiest Superhero Book Ever |url=https://screenrant.com/x-terminators-may-be-marvels-raunchiest-book-ever-xmen/ |website=[[Screen Rant]] |publisher=Screen Rant |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Marvel.com X-Terminators #1">{{cite web|url=https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/41563/x-terminators_1988_1 |title=X-Terminators #1 (1988) |website=[[Marvel.com]] |publisher=Marvel Entertainment |access-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="CBR Cable">{{Cite web |date=2021-08-28 |title=Cable Reunites With X-Force to Revive Another Marvel Team |url=https://www.cbr.com/cable-reunites-with-x-force-to-revive-another-marvel-team/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=[[CBR.com]] |publisher=CBR |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822081957/https://www.cbr.com/cable-reunites-with-x-force-to-revive-another-marvel-team/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="X-Terminators (vol. 2) #1">{{cite comic | writer = [[Leah Williams (writer)|Williams, Leah]]| artist = Gómez, Carlos| colorist = Valenza, Bryan| letterer = Lanham, Travis| editor = Amaro, Lauren, White, Jordan D.| story = This Book Is Gleefully Transgressive| title = X-Terminators| volume = 2| issue = 1| date = November 2022| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref>
<ref name="XTAS 5.4">{{cite episode |last1=Houston|first1=Larry| last2=Scesny|first2=Sandy |date=September 21, 1996 |title=No Mutant Is An Island |series=[[X-Men: The Animated Series]] |season=5 |issue=4 |language=English |publisher=[[Marvel Entertainment]] |network=[[Fox Kids]]}}</ref>
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==External links==
* {{Marveldatabase}}

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