Marvel Announces Iconic Hero Will Join X-Men For First Time

Published Oct 11, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT Robert Wood is a writer and editor based out of Cheshire, England. He is the author of 'The False Elephant: and 99 Other Unreasonably Short Stories' - 100 stories, each told in exactly 100 words. Rob got into comics via Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man and the UK anthology 'The Mighty World of Marvel,' which was running Frank Miller's Daredevil, Classic Hulk and Contest of Champions II. Prior to journalism, he worked in copywriting and copyedited for Oxford University Press. He is on X as @PinchTwigs and Instagram as roobwoodjourno. Sign in to your ScreenRant account In an announcement coming out of New York Comic Con, Marvel has confirmed that a new hero will join the X-Men for the first time. The character in question is NOT Felicia Hardy's Black Cat, who it was revealed in September will join the X-Men as an official mutant, despite not being categorized as such in prior comics. Indeed, the X-Men's newest recruit isn't a mutant at all. Instead, they're someone with vital expertise for the X-Orcists - a new X-Men side team with a focus on mystic threats. Elsa will join Magik, Juggernaut and Madelyne Pryor to round out the new team, with their adventures beginning as a villainous demon escapes the realm of Limbo. Elsa Bloodstone Officially Joins The X-Men a a Meet X-Men's New Team, The X-Orcists a X-Orcists Team Members Hero Powers Connection to Magic First Appearance Creators Magik (Illyana Rasputina) Mutant power to open teleportation portals, gifted sorcerer, mystic 'Soul Blade' that dispels all forms of magic Kidnapped to the demonic realm of Limbo as a child, where she learned magic and eventually took over as ruler 1975's Giant-Size X-Men #1 Len Wein and Dave Cockrum Madelyne Pryor Powerful telepath and telekinetic, gifted sorcerer Enhanced by demonic magic, a mystic practitioner and current ruler of the Limbo dimension 1983's Uncanny X-Men #168 Chris Claremont and Paul Smith Juggernaut (Curt Marko) Enhanced strength and durability, 'magic' momentum The chosen avatar of the demon lord Cyttorak, empowered by acts of destruction 1965's X-Men #12 Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Alex Toth Elsa Bloodstone Enhanced physiology and healing thanks to corrupting 'Bloodgem' embedded in hand Raised from birth to kill monsters and other mystic threats, and empowered by a cursed gem 2001's Bloodstone #1 Dan Abnett and Michael Lopez This is a developing story, more will be added shortly. X-Orcists #1 is coming November 18 from Marvel Comics.