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Ship

80 appearances Β· Copper/Modern Age Β· 1987–2024 Β· 5 key issues
Who is Ship?

Prosh is a sentient Celestial-built starship of immense intelligence, capable of reshaping its own structure at will. Originally enslaved by Apocalypse as his personal vessel, it was liberated and became the living headquarters and loyal ally of the original X-Factor team.

Born from the Copper Age imagination of Louise and Walter Simonson, Ship made their Marvel debut in X-Factor #15 in 1987 and has been a quietly fascinating presence in the mutant corner of the universe ever since. With affiliations to both X-Factor and the X-Men, Ship keeps extraordinary company β€” sharing pages with Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Beast across a catalog that stretches an impressive 37 years and touches titles as varied as The New Mutants and Wolverine. Five of those 80 appearances carry key-issue weight with collectors, a testament to how meaningfully this character has woven through Marvel's mutant mythology. If you're tracing the deeper connective tissue of the X-Men's world, Ship is exactly the kind of discovery that rewards a curious fan.

Identity

Real name. Prosh (designation "Ship")

Powers. Sentient Celestial living starship; total control over its own structure (can reshape interior, fashion rooms, weapons, vehicles and storehouses at will); spaceflight, vast computing/AI intelligence, energy weapons, teleportation and matter manipulation. Later given a mobile humanoid robot form as Prosh.

Teams & affiliations
X-FactorX-ForceX-MenFreedom ForceCelestialsMutant Liberation Front
β˜… First appearance
X-Factor #15
Apr 1987

Trivia

  • Louise Simonson has written more of Ship's comics than any other writer in our catalog β€” 36 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1987–2023

X-Factor #15 β˜… 1987
X-Factor #15
X-Men Annual #14 β˜… 1990
X-Men Annual #14
X-Force #25 1993
X-Force #25
Askani Son #1 1996
Askani Son #1
X-Men Forever #1 2001
X-Men Forever #1
Essential X-Factor #2 2007
Essential X-Factor #2
Evolutionary War Omnibus #[nn] 2011
Evolutionary War Omnibus #[nn]
X-Men: Days of Future Past #[nn] 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past #[nn]
X-Force Epic Collection #3 2023
X-Force Epic Collection #3

Appearances

The New Mutants (1983)
Marvel Age Annual (1985)
#4
X-Factor Annual (1986)
Strange Tales (1987)
#18
The New Mutants Annual (1984)
#5
The Uncanny X-Men (1981)
X-Men Annual (1970)
#14
Marvel Comics Presents (1988)
#85
X-Force (1991)
Cable and the New Mutants (1992)
X-Men (1991)
#14
Excalibur (1988)
#71
Askani Son (1996)
X-Men Forever (2001)
Essential X-Factor (2005)
#2
X-Force: Under the Gun (2011)
Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011)
X-Men: Fatal Attractions (2012)
X-Force: Phalanx Covenant (2013)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender: The Complete Collection (2014)
#1
X-Force Epic Collection (2017)
#3
Deadpool: Badder Blood (2024)
Wolverine (2020)
Wolverine by Benjamin Percy (2020)
#8