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Nimrod

65 appearances Β· Bronze Age Β· 1985–2026 Β· 4 key issues
Who is Nimrod?

Nimrod is a virtually indestructible Sentinel from the dystopian Earth-811 future of 'Days of Future Past,' built as the ultimate mutant-hunting machine. Accidentally transported to the present-day Marvel timeline, this self-adapting, nanotech-enhanced automaton continued its programmed mission to destroy mutantkind.

Few villains in the X-Men's long history carry the same cold, relentless dread as Nimrod, the fearsome pursuer who stalked onto the Bronze Age scene in The Uncanny X-Men #191 in 1985, conjured by the legendary team of Chris Claremont, John Romita Jr., and Dan Green. Born into a Marvel Universe where mutantkind's survival was never guaranteed, Nimrod has kept some of the most iconic company imaginable β€” sharing pages with Wolverine, Colossus, and Nightcrawler across decades of X-Men storytelling. With four key-issue appearances to their name, a remarkable publishing span stretching from 1985 all the way to 2026, and credits across X-Men, The Uncanny X-Men, and even Invincible Iron Man, this is a figure whose footprint in Marvel history runs deep and wide β€” a Bronze Age original who has never stopped mattering.

Identity

Real name. Nimrod

Powers. Advanced "Omega Prime" Sentinel: self-repairing/adaptive nanotech body, energy absorption and redirection, plasma/energy blasts, flight, force fields, molecular reconstruction, ability to adapt to and counter mutant powers

Teams & affiliations
X-MenMorlocksHellfire ClubSentinels
β˜… First appearance
The Uncanny X-Men #191
Mar 1985

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1985–2024

The Uncanny X-Men #191 β˜… 1985
The Uncanny X-Men #191
The Uncanny X-Men #246 1989
The Uncanny X-Men #246
Excalibur #66 1993
Excalibur #66
X-Force #36 1994
X-Force #36
Mutant X #12 1999
Mutant X #12
New X-Men #22 2006
New X-Men #22
X-Men: Days of Future Past #[nn] 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past #[nn]
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #12 2020
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #12
X-Men #24 β˜… 2023
X-Men #24
X-Men #28 2024
X-Men #28

Appearances

The Uncanny X-Men (1981)
Excalibur (1988)
#66
X-Men Adventures (1992)
#13
X-Force (1991)
#36
Mutant X (1998)
#12
New X-Men (2004)
New X-Men: Childhood's End (2006)
#1
Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men (2010)
#1
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003)
Reign of X (2021)
#8
X-Men by Jonathan Hickman (2020)
#3
A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022)
Inferno (2021)
Legion of X (2022)
X-Men by Gerry Duggan (2021)
Legion of X by Si Spurrier (2022)
Immortal X-Men (2022)
#7
Sins of Sinister (2023)
Immortal X-Men by Kieron Gillen (2022)
#2
Invincible Iron Man (2023)
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (2006)
#5
X-Force Epic Collection (2017)
#4
Fall of the House of X (2024)
Rise of the Powers of X (2024)
X-Force by Benjamin Percy (2020)
#8
X-Men: Forever (2024)
#4
X-Men: Xavier's Secret (2025)
#1
Uncanny X-Men by Gail Simone (2025)
#1
Wolverine: Deep Cut (2025)
Civil War: Unmasked (2026)
#1