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Unus the Untouchable

Unus the Untouchable

11 appearances Β· Silver Age Β· 1967–2024
Who is Unus the Untouchable?

Unus the Untouchable is a mutant villain whose power generates an impenetrable force field around his body, making him literally impossible to touch. A recurring adversary of the X-Men, he has clashed with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and other Marvel mutant factions since his Silver Age debut.

A Silver Age Marvel villain with one of the most memorable names in mutant history, Unus the Untouchable burst onto the scene in 1967 courtesy of Roy Thomas and Ross Andru in The X-Men #37, immediately establishing himself as a formidable thorn in the side of Marvel's mightiest mutant team. Over a remarkable span stretching across nearly six decades, this antagonist has kept some seriously distinguished company β€” sharing pages with Cyclops, Iceman, and the broader X-Men cast β€” cementing his place as a genuine piece of Marvel's mutant tapestry. His appearances across The X-Men, X-Men Noir, and the Marvel Masterworks collections speak to a character who has endured well beyond his Silver Age origins, revisited by creators who clearly find something worth returning to. For collectors and X-Men devotees alike, Unus represents exactly the kind of colorful, era-defining Marvel villain that makes digging through the back-issue bins such a rewarding adventure.

Teams & affiliations
X-Men
β˜… First appearance
The X-Men #37
Oct 1967

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1967–2020

The X-Men #37 1967
The X-Men #37
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men #7 2008
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men #7
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #12 2020
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #12

Appearances

The X-Men (1963)
All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2006)
#12
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2003)
#7
X-Men Noir (2009)
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003)
#12
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (2006)
#5
Magneto: Magneto Was Right (2023)