X-Force (comics)
| X-Force | |
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Cover art for X-Force, vol. 3 #1
Art by Clayton Crain |
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| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New Mutants #100 (April 1991) |
| Created by |
Fabian Nicieza Rob Liefeld |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Team |
| Agent(s) |
Current Members: Doctor Nemesis Domino ForgetMeNot Marrow Psylocke Hope Summers Former Members: Archangel Bedlam Bishop Boom Boom Cable Caliban Cannonball Colossus Cyclops Cypher Deadpool Deathlok "Domino" Elixir E.V.A. Fantomex Feral Forge Hepzibah Moonstar Nightcrawler (AoA) Prosh Puck Rictor Shatterstar Siryn Spiral Storm Sunspot Vanisher Warpath Pete Wisdom Wolfsbane Wolverine X-23 |
| Roster | |
| See: List of X-Force members | |
| X-Force | |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format |
(Volume 1) Ongoing series (Volume 2) Limited series (Volume 3) Ongoing series (Volume 4) Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date |
(Volume 1) August 1991 – August 2002 (Volume 2) January 2004 – March 2005 (Volume 3) April 2008 – September 2010 (Volume 4) February 2014 – Present |
| Number of issues |
(Volume 1) 129 (Volume 2) 6 (Volume 3) 28 |
| Creator(s) |
Fabian Nicieza Rob Liefeld |
| Collected editions | |
| Counter-X | ISBN |
| Famous, Mutant & Mortal | ISBN |
| X-Force and Cable: Legend Returns | ISBN |
| Angels and Demons | ISBN |
| Old Ghosts | ISBN |
| Not Forgotten | ISBN |
| X-Force/Cable: Messiah War | ISBN |
X-Force is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld, the team first appeared in New Mutants #100 (April 1991) and soon afterwards was featured in its own series called X-Force. The group was originally a revamped version of the 1980s team, the New Mutants.
X-Force's first leader was the mutant Cable. An offshoot of the X-Men, X-Force takes a more militant and aggressive approach towards its enemies compared to the X-Men.
The X-Force series was successful in the early 1990s, but its popularity waned after Liefeld left, which caused Marvel to implement several reforms to the title from 1995 until 2001 with varying degrees of success. Low sales on the X-Force series eventually prompted Marvel to revamp the title in 2001 with a new cast in the form of a group of self-interested young mutants who were gathered together by a corporation to become media stars and used the name X-Force. X-Force was canceled with #129 and relaunched as X-Statix, which coincided with a similar rebranding of the team in the story. After X-Statix was canceled with #26, Marvel reunited the original X-Force team for a six-issue 2004 limited series plotted and drawn by Liefeld.
In 2007–2008, during the Messiah Complex crossover, a new version of the X-Force team was formed with Wolverine leading a more militaristic black-ops branch of the X-Men. This squad would form the basis for a new X-Force series starting February 2008 by writers Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, plus Clayton Crain as the artist. The series came to a conclusion in September 2010 as part of the Second Coming storyline that ran through various X-titles. The title was then relaunched in October 2010 as Uncanny X-Force with Rick Remender and Jerome Opeña as the creative team and Wolverine, Psylocke, Deadpool, Archangel, Fantomex, and E.V.A. as the initial roster.
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