X-Terminators
| X-Terminators | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
X-Terminators #1 (Oct 1988) (cover only) X-Terminators #2 (Nov 1988) (first full appearance) |
| Created by |
Louise Simonson Jon Bogdanove |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) |
Boom-Boom Rusty Collins Leech Artie Maddicks Rictor Skids Wiz Kid |
The X-Terminators are fictional characters in the Marvel Universe.
The name "X-Terminators" was originally used by X-Factor at that group's inception. The five original X-Men (Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl) had founded X-Factor Investigations, and posed as normal humans purported to be an organization of mutant-hunters. When they went into action in costume in public, they posed as another mutant team under the name X-Terminators. Eventually, when X-Factor realized that this ruse was actually a ploy by their former business manager Cameron Hodge to worsen human-mutant relations, 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 and several adolescents. The group consisted of Boom-Boom, Rusty Collins, Rictor, Skids, and two younger children, Leech and Artie Maddicks.
These young trainees were split between two boarding schools separated by about a mile. Artie and Leech were sent to a school for dyslexics. They enjoyed it there, especially after they convinced the teachers that they should be kept together. The older kids did not have such an easy time of it, attending Phillips Exeter Academy (a real-life elite boarding school), and being tormented by the other students. Rusty himself, however, had gone to prison voluntarily, to answer for the accidental injuries he had caused with his flame powers.
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