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Caliban

135 appearances · Bronze Age · 1981–2024 · 8 key issues
Who is Caliban?

Caliban is a pale, gaunt mutant who dwells in the underground tunnels beneath New York City as a member of the Morlocks, a community of outcasts whose appearances prevent them from living in the surface world. His mutant ability to sense and track other mutants makes him both a valuable ally and a dangerous hunter.

Born in the Bronze Age pages of The Uncanny X-Men #148 (1981) — courtesy of the legendary team of Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, and Josef Rubinstein — Caliban has spent over four decades carving out a singular, haunting place in the Marvel universe. He's a character of remarkable range, having moved through some of comics' most storied corners: the underground world of the Morlocks, the ranks of X-Factor and X-Force, and even the shadowed halls of the Hellfire Club. With 109 catalog appearances across titles like X-Factor and The Uncanny X-Men, and eight key issues to his name, Caliban is no background figure — he's a recurring presence whose longevity speaks for itself. Fans who love the grittier, more emotionally complex side of the X-Men corner of Marvel will find in Caliban a character well worth tracking down, one who has kept company with the likes of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Beast across some of the most celebrated runs in Bronze Age and beyond.

Identity

Powers. Hand-to-Hand Combat: Caliban was trained in unarmed combat by Iceman and Apocalypse.; Climbing: Caliban is a skilled climber.

Teams & affiliations
X-FactorX-MenX-ForceMorlocks
★ First appearance
The Uncanny X-Men #148
Aug 1981

Trivia

  • Louise Simonson has written more of Caliban's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 27 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years — 1981–2021

The Uncanny X-Men #148 1981
The Uncanny X-Men #148
The Uncanny X-Men #191 1985
The Uncanny X-Men #191
X-Factor #24 1988
X-Factor #24
The Uncanny X-Men #294 1992
The Uncanny X-Men #294
The Uncanny X-Men Annual #18 1994
The Uncanny X-Men Annual #18
X-Men Unlimited #17 1997
X-Men Unlimited #17
The Uncanny X-Men #377 2000
The Uncanny X-Men #377
The Uncanny X-Men #464 2005
The Uncanny X-Men #464
X-Men: The 198 #2 2006
X-Men: The 198 #2
X-Force #11 2009
X-Force #11
Astonishing X-Men: Northstar #[nn] 2012
Astonishing X-Men: Northstar #[nn]
Deadpool: Beginnings Omnibus #[nn] 2017
Deadpool: Beginnings Omnibus #[nn]
X-Force Epic Collection #2 2019
X-Force Epic Collection #2
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #13 2021
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #13

Appearances

Spécial Strange (1975)
Power Pack (1984)
Superaventuras Marvel (1982)
#51
Marvel Age Annual (1985)
#3
X-Factor Annual (1986)
#3
X-Men, Les étranges (1983)
#13
The New Mutants (1983)
Cable and the New Mutants (1992)
X-Men Classic (1990)
Stryfe's Strike File (1993)
#1
The Uncanny X-Men Annual (1992)
#18
X-Cutioner's Song (1994)
Cable (1994)
X-Force and Cable '95 (1995)
#1
Youngblood / X-Force (1996)
#1
X-Force / Youngblood (1996)
#1
Cable / X-Force '96 (1996)
Marvel Crossover (1997)
Wolverine (1997)
X-Men Unlimited (1993)
#17
X-Men Special (1998)
X-Men: Search for Cyclops (2000)
#3
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Teams 2005 (2005)
Essential X-Men (1996)
#6
All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2006)
#2
X-Men: The 198 (2006)
Civil War: X-Men (2006)
Essential X-Factor (2005)
#2
Uncanny X-Men: The Extremists (2007)
X-Men: Messiah Complex - Mutant Files (2007)
X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David (2005)
#4
X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic (2007)
X-Men: Divided We Stand (2008)
X-Men vs. Apocalypse (2008)
#2
X-Necrosha (2010)
X-Men: X-Cutioner's Song (2011)
X-Men: Fall of the Mutants (2011)
Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011)
Astonishing X-Men: Northstar (2012)
Astonishing X-Men (2004)
#10
X-Men Extra (1997)
Deadpool: Beginnings Omnibus (2017)
X-Men : Grand Design (2018)
#2
X-Factor Epic Collection (2017)
#8
X-Force Epic Collection (2017)
#2
New Mutants Epic Collection (2017)
#7
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003)
#13
X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus (2021)
#1
Deadpool Epic Collection (2021)
#2
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (2006)
#5
X-Men: Forever (2024)
#4
X-Men by Gerry Duggan (2021)
#6
Die furchtlosen X-Men (2022)
#31