THE X-MEN
(of Earth-8107)
Membership: Angel, Colossus (Peter Rasputin), Cyclops (Scott),
Nightcrawler (Kurt), Professor X (Charles Xavier), Sprite (Kitty),
Storm (Ororo), Thunderbird, Videoman (Francis Byte), Wolverine;
formerly Beast, Firestar (Angelica Jones), Iceman (Bobby Drake), Marvel Girl
Purpose: To defend humanity from evil mutants and teach mutants how to control and use their gifts
Aliases: None
Affiliations: Spider-Friends (Firestar/Angelica Jones, Iceman/Bobby Drake, Spider-Man/Peter Parker)
Enemies: Cyberaid (Nathan Price), Juggernaut, Magneto
Base of Operations: The X-Mansion, New York, USA
First Appearance: Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Origin of the Iceman" (September 18, 1982)
History: (Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends
cartoon episode - "The Origin of the Iceman" (fb)) - Professor Xavier
(dubbed Professor X)
sought out mutants to train them at his school. Via unrevealed
circumstances, he enlisted the high-flying mutant Angel, the acrobatic
Beast, the
telekinetic Marvel Girl and Cyclops. The four mutants were then brought
together as the X-Men by Professor X to train in the use of their gifts
and to protect the world. Shortly after mutant Bobby Drake had used
his
powers to save a woman from a burning building, Professor X sent a
telepathic
message to the young mutant, imploring him to come to the X-Men's school.
(Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode - "A Fire-Star is Born" (fb) -BTS) - At some
unrevealed point, Beast and Marvel Girl left the team. Angel and Cyclops
stayed, although they changed their black and yellow standard uniforms for different, more personalized
ones.
(Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode - "A Fire-Star
is Born" (fb)) - After Firestar made her public debut at her school's football game (and
cleared herself of theft charges in the process), the X-Men (then consisting of the
Angel, Cyclops and Iceman) approached her and offered her membership.
(Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoon episode - "A Fire-Star is Born") - An
X-Men reunion was scheduled with invitations sent to Firestar and Iceman.
After Firestar recapped how she joined the X-Men, the reunion was interrupted
by the Juggernaut breaking into the X-Men's meeting room. Cyclops blasted him
into the street but the unstoppable villain rushed towards them. Storm blasted
him with lightning but when that failed to slow him down, Professor X took
charge and issued mental commands. He made Cyclops and Iceman the second line
of defense but ultimately had to be saved at the last minute by an arriving
Spider-Man. After briefing them on Juggernaut's weakness, the now-assembled Spider-Friends
worked to remove Juggernaut's helmet, hoping to leave him vulnerable to the Professor's
mental attack.
(Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode - "The Education of a
Superhero") - The X-Men, now consisting of Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Colossus,
Nightcrawler and Sprite, welcomed Francis Byte to the school and the team as Videoman (see
comments).
(Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends - "The X-Men Adventure") - Firestar visited the X-Men and tested herself in the Danger Room, only to fail her test. Professor X
admonished her for her failure, reminding her that while the Danger Room used
holograms to simulate real world threats and scenarios, if the situation had
been real, she would have ceased to exist.
That night, unseen by the X-Men, a strange ship landed on the
front lawn and a disguised figure (Cyberaid) approached the house. The figure easily
overrode the security system and entered the mansion while
Nightcrawler immediately left the team using his teleportation powers while Colossus
freed the team by tearing the Danger Room's door free. Professor X used the moment to
try to deduce Cyberiad's identity. Probing each of the X-Men and Spider-Man
(although careful not to discover his secret identity of Peter Parker), the Professor
found the answer in Firestar's memory of her old beau Nathan Price and his
subsequent accident that transformed him into a cyborg.
Flung wildly throughout the Maze of Madness, the X-Men were watched by
Cyberaid. When a dazed Nightcrawler appeared before them, Cyclops noted the
smell of brimstone. The Nightcrawler in front of them offered to take them
directly to Cyberaid but they were unaware that Cyberaid had been listening to
Thunderbird and programed Cerebro to replicate the smell for the Nightcrawler
double. The X-Men and Spider-Man quickly found themselves beamed into a plasma bubble, which Cyberaid used as a jail for the heroes.
Comments: Created by Donald F. Glut and Marvel Productions, Ltd. (see Appearances list for list of artists involved).
Cyclops and
Professor X were voiced by George DiCenzo ("X-Men Adventure") and Stanley Jones
("A Fire-Star is Born"). Jones also Nightcrawler. Angel and Wolverine were voiced
by William Callaway. Storm was voiced by Kathy Garver ("X-Men Adventure") and
Annie Lockhart ("A Firestar is Born"). Sprite was voiced by Noelle North.
Thunderbird and Colossus were voiced by John Stephenson.
In
"A
Fire-Star is Born," the X-Men also fight what appears to be a Sentinel.
Angel apparently shoots the robot with rays from his hands. Animation
error or secondary
mutation? You make the call.
In "The
Education of a Superhero," we see a character wearing Kitty Pryde's Ariel
costume but in her later appearance she's called Sprite and wearing a modified
original X-Men costume.
It's possible that on Earth-8107, she
wore a costume resembling her Earth-616 Ariel identity while using the
Sprite alias. -Proto-Man
Nightcrawler is called Kurt at one point, so
presumably his last name would be Wagner. Likewise, Sprite is called Kitty, so
her last name would presumably be Pryde while Storm is called Ororo, thus her
last name might be Munroe. Cyclops is also called Scott at one point so one might assume his last name could be Summers.
Profile by David Lawrence (with text assistance by Proto-Man on the subprofiles).
CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-8107's X-Men have no known connections to:
A mutant with the ability of flight, the Angel was
one of
the founding members of the X-Men, training in their Danger Room and
joining them in fights against foes such as Magneto and a giant robot.
After Beast and Marvel Girl left the team, Angel welcomed new X-Men
members Storm and Wolverine.
In addition to his flight-capable wings, Angel also demonstrated the ability to fire
force beams from his hands (see comments).
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Origin of the Iceman" ("A Fire-Star is Born,"
The Beast was a founding member of the X-Men and a tremendous acrobat. He ultimately left the X-Men after an undisclosed amount of time prior to Firestar joining.
The Beast had mutant beast-like agility.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Origin of the Iceman"
A Russian born mutant, Peter Rasputin possessed
great strength and was one of the X-Men who welcomed Videoman (Francis
Byte) into their ranks. Some time later, after the X-Men and Spider-Man
were trapped in the X-Men's Danger Room by the cyborg Cyberaid,
Colossus freed the heroes by smashing the Danger Room's door. The
heroes then split into groups and Colossus moved towards the
X-Mansion's attic computer circuits with Sprite and Cyclops, soon
getting separated from the group via a hidden trap and dumped into a
small, anti-metal-covered room.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Education of a Superhero" ("The X-Men Adventure,"
A mutant with the ability to shoot rays of pure
force from
his eyes, Cyclops (whose real first name was Scott) was a founding
member of the X-Men and trained in
their Danger Room. He helped recruit
Firestar into the X-Men, battling such foes as Magneto, and stayed with
the team when new members joined. Cyclops later attended an X-Men
reunion at the X-Mansion, battling Juggernaut when the villain crashed
the reunion and blasting him across the street with his optic blasts.
After welcoming new member Videoman (Francis Byte) onto
the X-Men, Cyclops was trapped in the X-Mansion's Danger Room by the
cyborg Cyberaid during a visit from the Spider-Friends. Escaping the
Danger Room with the other X-Men as the heroes split into teams to find
the attic's computer circuits, Cyclops was dumped into a room coated
with Vibranium alongside Colossus and Sprite, further tormented when
the room was plunged into total darkness due to an innate fear of
losing his sight. He managed to calm down enough to focus his eye beams
into a singular point powerful enough to burn hole through the
room's door lock and escape. Carrying Sprite out of the booby-trapped
room, Cyclops regrouped with the rest of the X-Men as they went through
the X-Mansion's Maze of Madness, soon getting recaptured with the other
heroes inside a plasma bubble. After being freed by Spider-Man, Cyclops remained with the X-Men as Firestar defeated Cyberaid.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Origin of the Iceman" ("A Fire-Star is Born," "The Education
of a Superhero," "the X-Men Adventure,"
A mutant, Marvel Girl was a founding member of the X-Men, training with the team in their Danger Room and leaving the team prior to Firestar joining.
Marvel Girl had the fantastic ability of telekinesis.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Origin of the Iceman"
German born Kurt (see comments) was mutant with a
reputation of being somewhat of a jokester and, after joining the
X-Men, he recalled a time when his teammate Iceman was accidentally
transported to a live volcano by the computer Cerebro and laughed about
the ice having to be cleaned from Cerebro's computer circuits. After
welcoming Videoman (Francis Byte) on the X-Men, Nightcrawler was later
trapped in the Danger Room alongside Spider-Man and the other X-Men by
the cyborg Cyberaid. Attempting to teleport to the X-Mansion attic's
computer circuits to stop Cyberaid, Nightcrawler was captured by the
cyborg. He protested as Cyberaid created a double of him and sent the
artificial being out to destroy the X-Men. After Professor X and
Colossus were both also captured, Nightcrawler was placed in a plasma
bubble trap with the other newly-captured heroes until Spider-Man
managed to free them. Nightcrawler then remained with the other X-Men
as Firestar defeated Cyberaid.
Nightcrawler had the ability to teleport across vast spaces, his powers leaving behind a thick stench of brimstone behind.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Education of a Superhero" ("The X-Men Adventure,"
Professor Charles Xavier was the
greatest
telepathic mind on the planet, growing up with his stepbrother, who
later became the villainous Juggernaut. He sought out mutants to train
them at his
school and founded the X-Men, basing him out of his mansion/school.
Years later, he attended an X-Men reunion at his X-Mansion, welcoming
former member Firestar to the reunion before Juggernaut crashed the
party. During the subsequent battle against Juggernaut, Professor X
managed to knock Juggernaut out with his mental powers after the
villain's helmet had been removed. After welcoming Videoman (Francis
Byte) to the X-Men, Professor X oversaw a visiting Firestar's Danger
Room sequence and chastised her when she failed the test. Professor X
was soon trapped in the Danger Room with the other X-Men and
Spider-Friends when the cyborg Cyberaid took over the X-Mansion's
computers. After being freed by Colossus, Professor X went with
Spider-Man and Firestar to try to stop the X-Mansion's computer from
going into meltdown thanks to Cyberaid's tampering. When the X-Men and
Spider-Friends regrouped before venturing into the X-Mansion's Maze of
Madness, Professor X was captured and locked up alongside Colossus,
Nightcrawler, and later the other X-Men as Cyberaid tried to destroy
Firestar. He was subsequently placed within a plasma bubble trap by
Cyberaid alongside the other X-Men and Spider-Man, who ultimately freed
the X-Men, earning Professor X's congratulations. He then remained with
the X-Men as Firestar defeated Cyberaid.
Professor X was a mutant with telepathy.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Origin of
the Iceman" ("A Fire-Star is Born," "The Education of a Superhero," "The X-Men Adventure,"
Kitty (see comments) was an apparently American
mutant who joined the X-Men under unrevealed circumstances. Shortly
after joining the X-Men, Sprite welcomed Videoman (Francis Byte) to the
X-Men and was later trapped in the X-Men's Danger Room when the cyborg
Cyberaid took over the X-Mansion's computers. Escaping the Danger Room
with the other X-Men thanks to Colossus, Sprite split up in a group
with Cyclops and Colossus as the heroes attempted to make their way to
the attic's computer circuits. Seeing who she thought was Colossus,
Sprite was tricked into a room coated with Vibranium, which canceled
out her phasing ability. Pounding on the walls only triggered the
soundwaves, making the room louder, but she was ultimately saved when
Cyclops burst in and dragged her from the room. She then followed the
X-Men into the Mansion's Maze of Madness and was captured and placed
into a plasma bubble by Cyberaid. After Spider-Man saved the X-Men from
the plasma bubble, Sprite remained with the X-Men as Firestar defeated
Cyberaid.
Sprite had the ability to phase through solid matter.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Education of a Superhero" ("The X-Men Adventure,"
A mutant, Ororo (see comments) was one of the
newer recruits to the X-Men team. Attending an X-Men reunion at the
X-Mansion, she asked Firestar
about her background and when the Juggernaut attacked, she blasted him
with
lightning and tried to fight him off with winds. She later welcomed
Videoman (Francis Byte) to the X-Men and was later caught up in an
attack on the X-Mansion by Cyberaid. After being freed from the Danger
Room, Storm joined Iceman and Thunderbird as the assembled heroes split
up to make their way to the attic's computer circuits. Led into a trap
with closing walls, the claustrophobic Storm panicked but she calmed
down once freed. She was puzzled by the apparent actions of
"Nightcrawler," at first unaware it was a Cyberaid-created double. Soon
regrouping with the rest of the X-Men and the Spider-Friends, Storm
followed them into the X-Mansion's Maze of Madness, where the heroes
were captured in a plasma bubble. Ultimately freed by Spider-Man, Storm remained with the X-Men as Firestar defeated Cyberaid.
Storm had the ability to control the weather.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "A Fire-Star is Born" ("The Education of a Superhero," "The X-Men
Adventure,"
Apparently a Native American, the mutant
Thunderbird joined the heroic X-Men under unrevealed
circumstances. Welcoming the Spider-Friends during their visit to the
X-Men's X-Mansion, Thunderbird oversaw Spider-Man when the wall-crawler
was tested in the X-Men's Danger Room but soon fell into a trap set by
the cyborg Cyberaid alongside the other heroes. After being freed from
the Danger Room as the heroes split into teams to make their way to the
mansion's attic computer circuits, Thunderbird joined Storm and Iceman
in exploring the mansion but soon noticed something wrong with
"Nightcrawler"'s actions. Unaware Nightcrawler had been replaced with a
double, Thunderbird exploded into a rage and chased the double. Later
becoming trapped, Thunderbird called upon the spirit of a grizzly,
transforming into a bear and smashing the trap's door down. He then
proclaimed that Nightcrawler would have much to answer for and later
accompanied the regrouped heroes into the mansion's Maze of Madness,
where he noticed that "Nightcrawler" did not have the smell of
brimstone about him. Directing the heroes towards a particular path
that had no smell of brimstone, Thunderbird was fooled by the
Nightcrawler double that had now been given the particular smell of
brimstone to fool the heroes. He was then quickly captured with the
other heroes and imprisoned until Spider-Man freed them and Cyberaid
was defeated by Firestar.
Thunderbird could transform into the form of a bear.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The X-Men Adventure"
Apparently from Australia, Wolverine possessed razor-sharp claws capable of slicing through solid brick and joined the X-Men under unrevealed circumstances. At an X-Men reunion, Wolverine was introduced to the former X-Man Firestar, offering her a fruit shish kebab using his claws as a skewer. When the Juggernaut attacked the mansion reunion, Wolverine rushed to attack but was thrown aside, his claws getting him stuck inside a brick wall. After the Juggernaut was defeated, Wolverine later stood silently as Videoman (Francis Byte) joined the X-Men.
Wolverine had retractable Adamantium claws that he could extend from his forehands.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "A Fire-Star is Born" ("The Education of a Superhero,"
The home and base of operations for the X-Men, it
also
functioned as a school. The computer Cerebro was used to control the
Danger
Room and the X-Mansion was equipped with a "Maze of Madness" leading up
to the attic, where the main computer circuits were housed. After the
cyborg Cyberaid took over the X-Mansion's computers from the attic, he
trapped the X-Men (and the visiting Spider-Friends) in the Danger Room
but when the heroes freed themselves, Cyberaid used the Mansion's
security systems against them, capturing some of them before ultimately
trapping them all within a plasma bubble prison. After Spider-Man freed
the heroes, Firestar defeated Cyberaid and the Spider-Friends later
left the X-Mansion to return home.
-- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The X-Men Adventure"
images: (without ads)
Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon
episode, "The X-Men Adventure" (X-Men main image, both Colossus images,
Cyclops in current costume, Nightcrawler, Sprite, Thunderbird,
X-Mansion images)
Spider-Man & His
Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Origin of the
Iceman" (X-Men original team image, Angel original costume, Beast,
Cyclops original costume, Marvel Girl images)
Spider-Man & His Amazing
Friends cartoon
episode, "A Fire-Star is Born" (X-Men image with full roster including
Firestar, X-Men with Spider-Man, Angel current costume, both Professor X images, Storm,
Wolverine images)
Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode, "The Education of a Superhero" (X-Men roster with Sprite in her original costume)
Appearances:
Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon
episode, "The Origin of the Iceman" (September 18, 1982) - Donald F.
Glut (writer), Bruce Bennett, Norm Cabral, Neil Galloway, Greg Garcia,
Gary Graham, Rick Graham, Karl Hepworth, Stuart Heimdall, Elaine
Hultgren, Boyd Kirkland, Debra Pugh, Dave Sharp, Roy Smith, Tom Tholen,
Grant Wilson, Roy Wilson, Bob Foster (layouts), Jan Green, Rick Hoberg,
Cullen Houghtaling, Larry Houston, Sherman Labby, Will Meugniot, Dick
Sebast, Bob Schaffer, Don Shepard, Hank Tucker, Warren Tufts
(storyboards), Gerry Chiniquy, Steve Clark, John Gibbs, Sid Marcus, Bob
Richardson, Nelson Shin, Arthur Vitello (animation directors)
Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends
cartoon episode, "A Fire-Star is Born" (September 25, 1982) - Christy
Marx (writer), Bruce Bennett, Norm Cabral, Dan Faucett, Neil Galloway,
Greg Garcia, Gary Graham, Rick Graham, Karl Hepworth, Stuart Heimdall,
Elaine Hultgren, Boyd Kirkland, Debra Pugh, Dave Sharp, Roy Smith, Tom
Tholen, Grant Wilson, Roy Wilson, Bob Foster (layouts), Jan Green, Rick
Hoberg, Cullen Houghtaling, Larry Houston, Sherman Labby, Will
Meugniot, Dick Sebast, Bob Schaffer, Don Shephard, Hank Tucker, Warren
Tufts (storyboards), Gerry Chiniquy, Steve Clark, John Gibbs, Sid
Marcus, Bob Richardson, Nelson Shin, Arthur Vitello (animation
directors)
Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon
episode, "The Education of a Superhero" (October 1, 1983) - Dennis
Marks (writer), Bruce Bennett, Norm Cabral, Dan Faucett, Neil Galloway,
Greg Garcia,
Gary Graham, Rick Graham, Karl Hepworth, Stuart Heimdall, Elaine
Hultgren, Boyd Kirkland, Debra Pugh, Dave Sharp, Roy Smith, Tom Tholen,
Grant Wilson, Roy Wilson, Bob Foster (layouts), Jan Green, Rick Hoberg,
Cullen Houghtaling, Larry Houston, Sherman
Labby, Will Meugniot, Dick Sebast, Bob Schaffer, Don Shephard, Hank
Tucker, Warren Tufts (storyboards), Gerry Chiniquy, Steve Clark, John
Gibbs, Sid Marcus, Bob Richardson, Nelson Shin, Arthur Vitello
(animation directors)
Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon
episode, "The X-Men Adventure" (October 29, 1983) - Michael Reaves
(writer), Bruce Bennett, Norm Cabral, Dan Faucett, Neil Galloway, Greg
Garcia,
Gary Graham, Rick Graham, Karl Hepworth, Stuart Heimdall, Elaine
Hultgren, Boyd Kirkland, Debra Pugh, Dave Sharp, Roy Smith, Tom Tholen,
Grant Wilson, Roy Wilson, Bob Foster (layouts), Jan Green, Rick Hoberg,
Cullen Houghtaling, Larry Houston, Sherman
Labby, Will Meugniot, Dick Sebast, Bob Schaffer, Don Shephard, Hank
Tucker, Warren Tufts (storyboards), Gerry Chiniquy, Steve Clark, John
Gibbs, Sid Marcus, Bob Richardson, Nelson Shin, Arthur Vitello
(animation directors)
First Posted: 10/14/2019
Last updated: 10/14/2019
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