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Harpoon

Harpoon

49 appearances Β· Copper/Modern Age Β· 1986–2025 Β· 5 key issues
Who is Harpoon?

Kodiak Noatak is a mutant of Inuit descent who joined the Marauders, a band of assassins-for-hire assembled by Mister Sinister. Codenamed Harpoon, he wields energy-charged spears with deadly precision, combining his mutant ability to psionically charge projectiles with exceptional hand-to-hand combat skill.

Few characters in the Marvel Universe carry the weight of infamy quite like Harpoon, who burst onto the scene in 1986's Marvel Age Annual #2 courtesy of Roger Stern and the legendary John Buscema. A Copper Age creation, Harpoon has moved through some of Marvel's most consequential mutant storylines across nearly four decades, racking up appearances in Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, and X-Men β€” the holy trinity of mutant comics β€” with five of those issues recognized as collector-significant keys. His team affiliations span the Marauders and the Morlocks, placing him squarely in the darker, more morally complex corners of the X-Men's world, where he's kept company with heavy hitters like Wolverine and John Greycrow. For collectors tracing the full, unvarnished history of Marvel's mutant saga, Harpoon is a figure whose presence signals that the stakes just got very, very serious.

Identity

Real name. Kodiak Noatak

Powers. Hand-to-Hand Combat: He was also exceptionally skilled in using his spears as weapons, both in melee combat and as thrown projectiles.

Teams & affiliations
MaraudersX-MenMorlocksX-FactorAsgardian GodsFreedom Force
β˜… First appearance
The Uncanny X-Men #210
Oct 1986

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1986–2024

The Uncanny X-Men #210 β˜… 1986
The Uncanny X-Men #210
The Uncanny X-Men #240 1989
The Uncanny X-Men #240
The X-Men Annual #1 β˜… 1992
The X-Men Annual #1
The Uncanny X-Men #350 1997
The Uncanny X-Men #350
X-Men #74 1998
X-Men #74
Essential X-Men #6 2005
Essential X-Men #6
New X-Men #22 2006
New X-Men #22
Weapon X: First Class #3 2009
Weapon X: First Class #3
Astonishing X-Men #49 2012
Astonishing X-Men #49
Thor by Walter Simonson #4 2014
Thor by Walter Simonson #4
X-Factor Epic Collection #8 2019
X-Factor Epic Collection #8
Hellions #2 2020
Hellions #2
X-Men '97 #1 2024
X-Men '97 #1

Appearances

Marvel Age Annual (1985)
#2
X-Factor (1986)
The Uncanny X-Men (1981)
Thor (1966)
Power Pack (1984)
#27
Marvel Super-Heroes Omnibus (1987)
The X-Men Annual (1992)
#1
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (1990)
#27
X-Factor Annual (1986)
#8
X-Men Firsts (1996)
#1
X-Men (1991)
Essential X-Men (1996)
#6
New X-Men (2004)
New X-Men: Childhood's End (2006)
#1
Weapon X: First Class (2009)
#3
X-Men Origins: Gambit (2009)
#1
X-Men: Legacy (2008)
Wolverine Magazine (2009)
#4
X-Men Forever 2 (2010)
#8
Astonishing X-Men (2004)
#49
Thor by Walter Simonson (2013)
#4
X-Factor Epic Collection (2017)
#8
Hellions (2020)
#2
Hellions by Zeb Wells (2020)
#1
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003)
X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus (2021)
#1
X-Men Epic Collection (2014)
#20
X-Men '97 (2024)
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024)
Wolverine: Deep Cut (2025)
Wolverine (2024)
Wolverine by Saladin Ahmed (2025)
#2