X-Terminators

The wards of these characters would then go on to take up the name, during the Inferno event, with a 4 issue tie-in miniseries and appearances in New Mutants Vol.

They also The five original X-Men (Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl) had founded X-Factor, and posed as normal humans purported to be an organization of mutant-hunters.

Eventually, 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.

The group consisted of Boom-Boom, Rusty Collins, Rictor, Skids, and two younger children, Leech and Artie Maddicks.

The older kids attended Phillips Exeter Academy[1] (a real-life elite boarding school), and were tormented by the other students.

The younger kids were returned to school and, the older members joined forces with the New Mutants, effectively ending the team.

[2][3] The title X-Terminators was revived in 2022 for a limited series in the Destiny of X line, featuring Jubilee, Dazzler, Boom-Boom, and Wolverine.

[7] Boom-Boom, Rusty Collins, Skids, and Wiz Kid appeared in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode No Mutant Is An Island.