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Pretty Boy

Pretty Boy

26 appearances Β· Copper/Modern Age Β· 1988–2025 Β· 3 key issues
Who is Pretty Boy?

Pretty Boy is a cyborg mercenary and founding member of the Reavers, a gang of criminal cyborgs who took over an abandoned Australian outback town as their base of operations. He possesses cybernetic enhancements alongside his conventional weapons training.

Pretty Boy burst onto the Marvel scene in 1988's Uncanny X-Men #229 β€” a Copper Age debut courtesy of the legendary creative pairing of Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri β€” and has been a persistent, collector-noted presence in the Marvel Universe ever since. With team affiliations spanning the Reavers, the X-Men, Freedom Force, and the Sentinels, this character has moved through some of the most charged corners of Marvel's landscape, sharing pages with heavy-hitters like Wolverine, Lady Deathstrike, and Bonebreaker. Three key-issue appearances signal that Pretty Boy's moments on the page have genuinely mattered to the hobby, and a publishing span stretching from 1988 all the way to 2025 β€” across Uncanny X-Men, Marvel Comics Presents, and Essential Punisher β€” speaks to a durability that casual fans might overlook. If you're building a serious Reavers collection or tracing the wild, morally complex web of Marvel's Copper Age, Pretty Boy is absolutely worth tracking down.

Identity

Powers. Pretty Boy is trained in the use of many conventional firearms.

Teams & affiliations
ReaversX-MenFreedom ForceSentinels
β˜… First appearance
The Uncanny X-Men #229
May 1988

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1988–2025

The Uncanny X-Men #229 β˜… 1988
The Uncanny X-Men #229
The X-Men Annual #1 β˜… 1992
The X-Men Annual #1
Essential Punisher #3 2009
Essential Punisher #3
Uncanny X-Force #5.1 2011
Uncanny X-Force #5.1
Cable and X-Force #4 2014
Cable and X-Force #4
Iron Man 2020: Robot Revolution - iWolverine #[nn] 2020
Iron Man 2020: Robot Revolution - iWolverine #[nn]
Wolverine by Saladin Ahmed #1 2025
Wolverine by Saladin Ahmed #1

Appearances

The Uncanny X-Men (1981)
Marvel Comics Presents (1988)
The Punisher (1987)
#33
The X-Men Annual (1992)
#1
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (1990)
#29
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Wolverine 2004 (2004)
Essential Punisher (2004)
#3
Uncanny X-Force (2010)
Cable and X-Force (2013)
#4
Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender: The Complete Collection (2014)
#1
Iron Man 2020: Robot Revolution - iWolverine (2020)
Captain Marvel vs. Rogue (2021)
Punisher Epic Collection (2018)
#4
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003)
#15
X-Men Epic Collection (2014)
#20
Wolverine: Deep Cut (2025)
Wolverine by Saladin Ahmed (2025)
#1