List of X-Men enemies
This is a list of some of the major foes of the Marvel Comics superhero team, the X-Men. This list is not comprehensive.
Alien races
- The Brood
- Dire Wraiths
- Kree
- The Phalanx
- Quists
- Shi'Ar
- Siris
- Sirius
- Skrulls
Human groups
Church of Humanity
- Supreme Pontiff (Leader)
- General Vicar
- Mister Clean
Friends of Humanity
- Graydon Creed (Founder)
- Donovan Zane (successor)
- Bastion
- Checks
- Grinder
- Hanratty
- Jumbo
- W. C. Taylor
Humanity's Last Stand
- Simon Trask (Founder, brother of Boliver Trask)
- Eli Garibaldi
- Joelle Guthrie - Quit
- Tim Preacher - Quit
- Lieutenant Commander Coral Trent
- Commander Jared McGee
- Sean Lockwood
- Hound
- The Razors - Robots with techno-organic armor. They were later found and utilized by the Cabots against the Guthries and the X-Men
- The Shepherds - Robots incorporating Nimrod technology.
Purifiers
- William Stryker (Founder of Purifiers)
- Donald Pierce (Founder of Reavers)
- Graydon Creed (Founder of Friends of Humanity)
- Cameron Hodge (Founder of Right)
- Bolivar Trask (Creator of Sentinels)
- Stephen Lang (Manufacturer of Sentinels)
- Leper Queen (Founder of Sapien League)
- Matthew Risman (Successor of Stryker)
- Bastion
- Nimrod
- Eli Bard
- Lady Deathstrike
Reavers
Mutant-hating cyborgs and street punks, led by Donald Pierce.
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Right
- Cameron Hodge (Founder)
Sapien League
- Leper Queen (Founder)
Sentinels
- Bolivar Trask (Creator of Sentinels)
- Steven Lang (Manufacturer of Sentinels)
- Lawrence Trask
- Master Mold
- Nimrod
- Bastion (Fusion of Master Mold and Nimrod)
- Omega Sentinel
U-Men
- John Sublime (Founder)
Neo
The Neo are an offshoot of the mutant genome, that lived in seclusion from the rest of the world.
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Neyaphem
According to Azazel, they are all that remain of an ancient clan of mutants with vast powers and demonic looks.
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Teams
Apocalypse
Alliance of Evil
A band of mutant mercenaries who have been hired by Apocalypse, A.I.M., and other criminals.
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Clan Akkaba
The descendants of Apocalypse. They first appeared in Apocalypse vs Dracula #1. While Blink, Chamber, and Twiggy are descendants of Apocalypse, neither are considered members of the Clan.
- Frederick Slade
- Hamilton Slade
- Jack Starsmore
- Kabar Brashir
- Margaret Slade
- Ozymandias
Dark Riders/Riders of the Storm
Four Horsemen
The immortal villain Apocalypse uses these mutants to try to force his "survival of the fittest" ideals on humanity.
- Death
- Famine
- Pestilence
- War
Externals
A group of seemingly ageless mutants, each with their own schemes and agendas.
Factor Three
A powerful organization led by the Mutant Master with the goal of world-domination.
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Freedom Force
A team of federal agents which was established as a superhero team directly accountable to the US government. The team was formed from former members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants's second incarnation, but almost immediately began taking on new recruits.
Hellfire Club
Due to the long-standing and secretive nature of the organization, not all of its members are known. The listed members are all part of the Inner Circle, also known as the Lords Cardinal. The non-Inner Circle members include many wealthy or politically connected men and women of the Marvel Universe like Tony Stark and Norman Osborn and are generally unaware and/or uninvolved with the Club's illegal activities.
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The Hellfire Club: London
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Hellions
Young counterparts to the New Mutants, under Emma Frost's tutelage.
Official New Hellions
Magneto
Acolytes
The Acolytes are a group of mutant fanatics who believe that mutants are destined to conquer and destroy normal humanity.
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Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Several groups of terrorists have used this name.
Mister Sinister
Marauders
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Nasty Boys
A gang of mutant thugs who work for Mister Sinister. Vertigo was a member of this team on the 1990s X-Men cartoon.
Others
Children of the Vault
Beings from a bizarre pocket of time who claim to be neither human nor mutant.
Emplate's "Hellions"
This group was referred to as the Hellions only in promotional material, not in the actual comics.
Gene Nation
An offshoot of the Morlocks, who blame the X-Men for their plight.
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Mutant Liberation Front
Mutant terrorists organized by Stryfe.
Press Gang
A group of mutant enforcers for the regime of Genosha.
Resistants/Mutant Force
Formerly an incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Rising Sons
Asian mercenaries including mutants, a cyborg, and a Sorcerer
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Savage Land Mutates
Primitive humans genetically altered by Magneto.
Sisterhood
Upstarts
Amoral thrill-seekers who wager on the life and death of others.
- Siena Blaze
- Fabian Cortez
- Graydon Creed
- Fenris
- Trevor Fitzroy
- Selene Gallio
- Gamesmaster
- Shinobi Shaw
The Wildways
X-Cell
Depowered mutant terrorists on the hunt to regain their powers.
Solo villains
These villains normally operate alone, attacking the X-Men, rather than teaming up with a group of allies.
- Cassandra Nova
- Krakoa
- Mojo
- Omega Red
- Onslaught
- Dark Phoenix
- Proteus
- Senator Robert Kelly
- Vulcan
- Adversary
- Ahab
- Ani-Mator
- Arcade
- Azazel
- Belasco
- Lucas Bishop
- Cyber
- Danger
- Deathbird
- D'Spayre
- Erik the Red
- Garokk
- Gauntlet
- Kulan Gath
- Henry Peter Gyrich
- Iron Patriot
- Khan
- Kuragari
- Living Monolith
- Masque
- Maximus Lobo
- Mesmero
- Mortis
- Moses Magnum
- David Moreau
- Nanny
- N'astirh
- D'Ken Neramani
- Ord
- Orphan Maker
- Pandemic
- Predator X
- Romulus
- Shadow King
- Silver Samurai
- Sugar Man
- S'ym
- Vargas
- Viper
- Wendigo
- X-Cutioner
- Deadpool