10 Most Heartbreaking X-Men Moments In Comics History

10. Cypher Sacrifices Himself To Save His Friends

For a long time, Doug Ramsey - also known as Cypher - was something of an afterthought in the X-Men. The only power he had to his name was to speak and understand any language known to man. So, basically, he was useless. Without any powers useful for the fight against evil, he was a coward.

Naturally, when it came to scrap someone off the team, Cypher's name was the first on the chopping block. To everyone's surprise, Ramsey would get a noble death that would make us all fall in love with the nobody character.

While on a mission to rescue Bird-Brain, Cypher and his girlfriend Wolfsbane get in a fight with Ani-Mator. After spending most of the battle in hiding, Doug scurries out of his hiding spot to stop a bullet meant for Wolfsbane.

In an instance, the multi-lingual mutant is shot down and passes away. It was such a heartbreaking moment that even Magneto had to recall it as one of his most traumatic memories.