8 X-Men Who Became Avengers
A little cooperation never hurt anyone... right?
Over the years many of the members of the respective X-Men and Avengers rosters have switched up and moving components within the Marvel Universe teams are nothing new. Sometimes characters progress to another team organically, as the narrative has been building to it or it just seems like the logical next step for the hero.
For years the X-Men and the Avengers have fought alongside each other in major calamities like the Onslaught Saga and even opposed each other on occasion as seen during Avengers Vs. X-Men.
The Avengers operate primarily from New York and although the X-Men relocated to San Francisco for a time, they've never been too far from the Big Apple, either being in Westchester or even Central Park in the recent events of X-Men Gold. Occupying the same spaces has allowed the two teams' rosters to form everything from friendships to rivalries to romances with their counterpart's members.
In order to be an official Avenger however, you need to be a certified card-carrying member, here are eight children of the atom who can officially call themselves Avengers.
8. Sunfire
Sunfire is no stranger to being a member of a team other than the X-Men, as the Japanese hero has previously been the leader of Big Hero Six in addition to his time with Xavier's mutants. Sunfire was also selected and served as the Horseman of Famine for the villain Apocalypse at one time, a role he regrets and struggles with to this day.
While it appears that Sunfire is simply a fire-based mutant this is not the case - he converts solar radiation into ionized plasma that catches flame when exposed to oxygen. He can also project deadly radiation and propel himself through the air for flight.
Sunfire's invitation to the Avengers came when Logan asked him to join the Avengers Unity Squad, an Avengers branch dedicated to showing support and cooperation between regular and mutant heroes alike. Though reluctant, Sunfire agreed to join the team and would later prove instrumental in defeating the Apocalypse Twins and Kang the Conquerer by using his abilities to absorb the energy of a Celestial, making him immensely powerful.