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The group known as the X-Terminators consisted primarily of the young mutants rescued by X-Factor during their early career posing as mutant hunters. Their ranks included Rusty Collins, the young Artie Maddicks, runaway Boom-Boom, Mexican immigrant Rictor, and former Morlocks Skids and Leech. When X-Factor revealed their mutant natures to the world, they feared for the children's safety, and also came to realize that things were not adequate at X-Factor headquarters to teach the students, so they were enrolled in private schools.[1]

Rusty attempted to turn himself over to the military to obey the law following his accidental burning of a prostitute and subsequent warrant out for his arrest.[2] Skids, Boom-Boom, and Rictor were enrolled in summer school at Philips Academy, while Artie and Leech were sent to St. Simons school where they made friends with paraplegic mutant Takeshi Matsuya, aka Wiz Kid.[1] They were all soon drawn together to prevent the demon N'astirh from capturing thirteen mutant babies that he needed to sacrifice in order to open a portal between Earth and Limbo, in a conflict referred to as the Inferno. They took on the name the "X-Terminators", naming themselves after the name that X-Factor used when operating as mutants during the time that X-Factor were publically posing as mutant hunters.[3] Ultimately, the X-Terminators teamed up with the New Mutants and helped save the thirteen captured babies and closing N'astirh's portal in Manhattan.[4][5]

Following the end of Inferno, the X-Terminators disbanded when Artie, Leech, and Taki returned to St. Simons. Rusty, Skids, Boom-Boom, and Rictor all joined the New Mutants, serving with the team for a time as it soon evolved into X-Force.[6][7]

In the present day, Cable formed a team to assist him in a mission on Breakworld which, although Boom-Boom declared the team an X-Force reunion, Wiz Kid dubbed them the All-New X-Terminators since "X-Force" was taken. The team successfully managed to obtain the necessary Breakworld technology, turn it into a gun, and appropriate it for Krakoa's use, and Cable noted that he would call on these allies again.[8]

Notes

  • The team name X-Terminators dates back all the way to when X-Factor was first formed. X-Terminators was the team name when they were posing as mutant hunters.[9]

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