X-Statix
| X-Statix | |
|---|---|
| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Force #116 (July 2001) |
| Created by |
Peter Milligan (writer) Mike Allred (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Team |
| Agent(s) |
Anarchist Bloke Coach Dead Girl Doop Spike Freeman El Guapo Henrietta Hunter Mysterious Fan Boy Lacuna Orphan/Mr. Sensitive Phat Saint Anna Spike U-Go Girl Venus Dee Milo Vivisector |
| Roster | |
| See: Full roster | |
| X-Statix | |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | September 2002 – October 2004 |
| Number of issues | 26 |
| Creator(s) |
Peter Milligan (writer) Mike Allred (artist) |
| Collected editions | |
| X-Force: Famous, Mutant & Mortal | ISBN |
| Good Omens | ISBN |
| Good Guys & Bad Guys | ISBN |
| Back From the Dead | ISBN |
| X-Statix vs. The Avengers | ISBN |
| X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl | ISBN |
X-Statix are a fictional team of mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team was specifically designed to be media superstars. The team, created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred, first appears in X-Force #116 and originally assumed the moniker X-Force, taking the name of the more traditional superhero team, who appear in #117 claiming to be "the real X-Force."
In 2001, the X-Men family of titles were being revamped by the newly appointed Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, with the aim to make the titles more critically and commercially successful. Former Vertigo editor Axel Alonso hired writer Peter Milligan, best known for his surreal, post-modernist comics such as Rogan Gosh and Shade, the Changing Man, and Madman artist Mike Allred, as the new creative team for X-Force, starting with issue #116. Prior to Millgan and Allred's first issue, X-Force sold well but, hadn't been the critical success Quesada wanted.
Milligan and Allred completely revamped the series, designing a team more akin to popstars or reality TV contestants than the gritty, violent paramilitary group originally portrayed in the series. The title was laced with Milligan's satirical take on the superhero team as well as general cynicism toward the entire genre. Milligan and Allred would regularly play with killing off the title characters: In their first issue, they wiped out the entire team with only two exceptions. This dramatic revision of the series was not universally accepted. Many readers wanted "their" X-Force back, a complaint Milligan later parodied in the pages of the title. However, the title was receiving mainstream media coverage in titles like Rolling Stone.
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