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The Worst X-Force Members Ever

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X-Force, a team of superheroes introduced in New Mutants #100 in 1991, features prominent mutants in the Marvel Universe. Some characters became instant favorites, while others were met with ridicule. This list highlights the 20 weakest, worst, or lamest members to join the team over the years. Not every character can be as strong as Psylocke, Deadpool, Wolverine, or Cable - some fill the bottom of the roster. Scroll down to see if your favorites or least favorites made the list, and vote to determine the worst X-Force member ever.

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    Prosh

    Prosh is the android T-O body of Ship's AI. This entity joins the team shortly after X-Force returns to Camp Verde. Prosh's techno-organics messed with Cable's control over his infection, forcing him to leave. Before leaving, Prosh merged with the base, giving them enough mass to build a new spaceship.Prosh is the android T-O body of Ship's AI. Prosh joins the team shortly after X-Force returns to Camp Verde. Prosh's techno-organics interfered with Cable's control over his infection, so he had to depart. Prosh assimilated with the base, providing the mass needed for a new spaceship.

    Prosh is pretty much it regarding the character, though he did return as a main figure during the "X-Factor Forever" miniseries.X-Factor Forever.Prosh did little to nothing for the team. This makes him one of the least valuable members of X-Force.

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    Adam-X The X-Treme

    Adam-X.Adam-X is a human/Shi'ar hybrid mutant. He briefly joined the team to fight the Shi'ar. When introduced in 1992, people thought he was the third lost Summers brother, but fans rejected the character, so he was dropped.

    Adam-X appears several times over the years. He functions more as a mocked character than anything else. He acts like an over-the-top '90s character, known for being a walking cliché, and offers little power boost to the team.

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    Doctor Nemesis

    Doctor Nemesis.Doctor Nemesis is one of the oldest characters in the Marvel Universe.Doctor Nemesis is one of the oldest characters in the Marvel Universe.Doctor Nemesis debuted in 1941 as a Nazi-punching scientist. He loves violence so much that he researches it by conducting as many violent experiments as possible, all for scientific progress.

    When the X-Men arrived in the early 1960s, the good Doctor joined as an ally. He eventually became a member of X-Club and X-Force. He is not the most stable person on the team roster, but he remains an interesting one.

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    ForgetMeNot

    You likely do not know who ForgetMeNot is.ForgetMeNot.ForgetMeNot is undetectable and imperceptible due to his powers. He is the person you never notice because that is his superpower. He was an X-Men member for six years, but no one knew because his powers kept him out of everyone's mind.

    ForgetMeNot's superpower has few uses. X-Force used him to target Yellow Eye members with the Yellow Eye Drones. He was shot during this time and seemed to die. Maintenance robots removed his body, and no one remembered much because of ForgetMeNot.

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    Bedlam

    Bedlam.Bedlam was an unstable foster kid. His mutant powers made him an interesting test subject for cruel experiments. After the M.U.S.E. members rescued him from torture, he became linked with X-Force members while searching for his brother.

    Bedlam joined X-Force to find his brother. However, he sided with his new friends against his brother's insane, destructive plan. He had a useful power, but it was not very tactical. He was later killed after the Church of Humanity captured and crucified him.

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    Pete Wisdom

    Pete Wisdom.Pete Wisdom began as a secret agent for the British Government. He later joined X-Force. He is one of Marvel's strangest characters. Comics rarely show him, but he first appeared in the mid-1990s.

    Pete Wisdom acts like James Bond, a mutant who makes "hot knives" from thin air after taking in energy. These knives appear at his fingertips and serve as weapons. He once led and mentored the X-Force, wearing an eyepatch just for amusement. He is not the worst character, but X-Force has many better ones.

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    Fantomex

    FantomexFantomex was part of the Weapon Plus programThis program sought to merge humans and technology using Sentinel tech. Fantomex became Weapon XIII. He eventually joined X-Force.

    Fantomex was not the most stable member. He acted more violent than the rest of the team. He worked with the team briefly, then went insane. Many factors caused this instability. He became too much trouble. Magneto returned him, and E.V.A. restored him to sanity.

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    Risque

    RisqueRisque, also called Gloria Dolores Muñoz, first appeared in X-Force#51 in 1996. She was a loner. She grew up alone after running away early. Her powers made her useful for Sledge. She eventually joined X-Force after targeting Warpath, whom she started seeing romantically.

    She died after joining X-Corporation. This death wasn't permanent, though it often isn't in comics. She could have been stronger. A less solitary teammate would have made her better.

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    Cypher

    Douglas RamseyCypher, also called Douglas Ramsey, has Omnilingual Translation. This lets him translate any language, written or spoken, from any origin, including alien or Earth.

    The Ani-Mator killed Cypher. The Transmode Virus later brought him back. Fans disliked him, causing his initial death. Louise Simonson stated this.Louise SimonsonThere was a reader campaign against him. Readers hated him, thought he was boring, and wanted him gone. They wanted him dead.

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    Caliban

    CalibanCaliban is a mutant. He started working with Calypso as a Morlock. His power lets him find other mutants. This makes him highly sought after in the Marvel Universe. This status also makes him a target.

    He joined X-Force and other superhero teams. While on the team, his intelligence declined, and he developed severe seizures. He served as one of Apocalypse's Horsemen, reforming into Pestilence. After his X-Force time, he returned to that role, though he later escaped and rejoined the team.

    He helps find people with the mutant gene. However, he is not the best fighter the team has used. Apocalypse and other powerful groups often target him, making him a liability instead of an asset.

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    Lila Cheney

    Lila Cheney appears on the list 'The Worst X-Force Members Ever'.Lila Cheney is a mutant from England. She was known as a singer and worked with people like Dazzler. She could teleport matter. She once tried to steal Earth and sell its people into slavery on the black market. Impressive, right?

    Her powers let her teleport anyone or anything across galaxies. This lets her travel faster than light. But she cannot teleport short distances, which weakens her abilities more than it seems.

    Lila Cheney has been linked to several X-Force members over the years. She acts more like a temporary ally than a full team member.

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    E.V.A.

    E.V.A. is listed among the worst X-Force members.E.V.A. grew inside Fantomex as a physical form of his central nervous system. She was a thinking, techno-organic being. She joined X-Force when Fantomex was part of the team. When Fantomex died, she saved Psylocke and then changed into a human shape.

    E.V.A. possesses many superhuman powers. These include regeneration, shapeshifting, size-shifting, bio-electric charges, flight, and teleportation. Despite these powers, she was unstable, just like Fantomex. This instability caused problems related to Fantomex's failure to reach perfection.

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    Marrow

    Marrow is on 'The Worst X-Force Members Ever'.Marrow was one of the Morlocks, disfigured mutants in New York City sewers. She later joined X-Force and other teams, working under Cable.

    She controls the growth and shape of her bones entirely. Initially, she could not control this, causing her bones to stick out painfully and uncontrollably. Once she gained control, she used her bones as weapons, including bone claws and knuckle spikes.

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    Feral

    Feral is included in the 'Worst X-Force Members Ever' list.Feral was a good X-Force member. She clashed with Cannonball and other members during a mission to rescue Henry Peter Gyrich, a terrorist from the Mutant Liberation Front. Feral strongly disliked him.

    Feral clashed with Cable; Cable shot her with a non-lethal charge. Cannonball later showed Feral killed her mother. She faced trial and a murder sentence. Feral learned she had the Legacy Virus infection, but she got cured.

    She fights well. She shares many skills with Beast. However, her past and lack of trust from X-Force members mean she is not the team's best member.

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    Boom-Boom

    Tabitha Smith, also known as Boom-Boom, Boomer, Meltdown, or whatever name she uses this week, first appeared in 1985'sSecret Wars II#5 as a friend of the Beyonder. She joined several teams in the Marvel Universe afterward. Eventually, she joined X-Force.

    As X-Force, she and the group agreed to let the world think they were dead. This let them operate underground against anti-mutant groups. X-Force reappeared, but Boom-Boom left the team quickly. She makes time bombs that explode with concussive force, though they are not deadly. She uses them for practical jokes more than combat.

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    Elixir

    Joshua Foley, otherwise known asElixir, started with the Reavers, an anti-mutant group. When he showed his healing powers, the group rejected him. This led him to the Xavier Institute, though he went reluctantly.

    Elixir joined X-Force to heal the team. He used his skills offensively by giving Stryfe cancer later. But he had to heal Stryfe, which reversed his work and infected him first.

    Elixir is one of themost powerful mutantsin the Marvel Universe. He is classified as an Omega-Level mutant. Still, he has problems. He did not stay with X-Force for long.

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    Copycat

    Vanessa Carlysle, aka,Copycatis very similar to Mystique, with a few differences. Like Mystique, she has Genetic Metamorph, meaning she shifts shape. Unlike Mystique, Copycat can copy a person down to the genetic level. This lets her use their powers if they have them.

    Unfortunately, Copycat lacks Mystique's control. Her abilities tend to copy people near her. This makes keeping her true form hard when she is not focused. Still, her power to fully mimic a person's genetic code makes her one of the most powerful Genetic Metamorphs in the Marvel Universe.

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    Rictor

    RictorRictor joined X-Force after learning Stryfe, Cable's evil clone, killed his father, believing Cable was responsible. The X-Men and X-Factor soon captured Rictor, seeking Cable, who they thought killed Professor X (Stryfe was also involved).

    Rictor developed a secret romance with Shatterstar. Rictor's powers let him control seismic energy. This lets him shatter things, cause earthquakes, and move earth matter.

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    Siryn

    Theresa Maeve Rourke CassidySirynSiryn is Sean Cassidy's daughter, also known as Banshee. She joined X-Force after learning Juggernaut and Black Tom planned to bomb the World Trade Center in 1987. This happened long before 9/11.

    As a Field Leader, Siryn met Wade Wilson (Deadpool) on a mission and started a brief romance. Her vocal chords suffered severe damage while on the team, destroying her powers. Deadpool reversed this using an organization with a captured Wolverine.

    Siryn's powers copy her father's. These include flight, a sonic screen, and other sonic abilities like a shield, lance, and nullification field.

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    Danielle Moonstar

    Danielle MoonstarDanielle Moonstar is a Native American of the Cheyenne Nation and a mutant. Her powers became corrupted throughout her life in the Marvel Universe. She served with X-Force until Pete Wisdom took charge.

    While on the team, Danielle Moonstar gained new abilities from Arcadia. These powers let her affect matter and energy at the quantum level. This helped her fight Magneto by letting her control his electromagnetic waves. Those powers left her, and she quit the team shortly after.

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