
X-Force was canceled with #129 and relaunched as X-Statix, which coincided with a similar rebranding of the team in the story. Low sales on the X-Force series eventually prompted Marvel to revamp the title in 2001 with a new cast in the form of a group of self-interested young mutants who were gathered together by a corporation to become media stars and used the name X-Force. The X-Force series was successful in the early 1990s, but its popularity waned after Liefeld left, which caused Marvel to implement several reforms to the title from 1995 until 2001 with varying degrees of success. A planned X-Force film adaptation by 20th Century Fox was in production, but it was cancelled after Disney acquired 20th Century Fox. An offshoot of the X-Men, X-Force takes a more militant and aggressive approach towards its enemies compared to the X-Men.Īn alternate incarnation of X-Force appears in the 2018 film Deadpool 2 as part of the X-Men film series. X-Force's first leader was the mutant Cable. The group was originally a revamped version of the 1980s team, the New Mutants.

Conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld, the team first appeared in New Mutants #100 (April 1991) and soon afterwards was featured in its own series called X-Force. The X-Force is a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men.
