Alias

Secret X-Men
Nick Name
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Founding Members

Darwin

Petra

Professor X

Sway

Vulcan
Common Members

Darwin

Petra

Professor X

Sway

Vulcan
Occupation
Rescue team.
Legal Status
Not sanctioned by any government.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Primarily the United States.
Group Alliances
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Base of Operations
Muir-MacTaggert Research &  Development
Accessories
Resources of the Xavier Institute.
Common Enemies
Krakoa
Regularly Appearing
X-Men: Deadly Genesis
First Appearance
X-Men: Deadly Genesis #4 (April, 2006)
Creator
Ed Brubaker & Trevor Hairsine
Origin
After the original team of X-Men were captured by the sentient island Krakoa, Professor Xavier sought help from his colleague Dr. Moria MacTaggart, who was training four orphaned mutants.

Using his mental powers, Professor X accelerated the quartet's training in a way that made them gain months of life experience and ability, but tragically it was not sufficient to accomplish the rescue mission.  After returning the X-Men's leader Cyclops to their escape jet the team went to find the other captured team members, but the neophyte heroes were cut down by the forces of the island.

Cyclops returned to the X-Men's home base and told Professor Xavier of what had occurred.  To spare Cyclops the pain of the experience Xavier altered his memories and sent him back to the island with an all-new all-different team, leaving for many years the existence of Xavier's first rescue attempt a secret.