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In 2001, the [[X-Men]] family of titles were being revamped by the newly appointed [[Marvel Comics]] editor-in-chief [[Joe Quesada]]. The aim was to make the titles more critically and commercially successful. Former [[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]] editor [[Axel Alonso]] hired writer [[Peter Milligan]], best known for his [[Surrealism|surreal]], [[postmodernism|post-modernist]] comics such as ''[[Rogan Gosh (comics)|Rogan Gosh]]'' and ''[[Shade, the Changing Man]]'', and ''[[Madman (Mike Allred character)|Madman]]'' artist [[Mike Allred]], as the new creative team for ''[[X-Force]]'', starting with issue #116. Prior to Milligan and Allred's first issue, ''X-Force'' sold well,<ref>[http://www.cbgxtra.com/Default.aspx?tabid=695 CBGXtra.com – Comics Sales Charts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027110315/http://www.cbgxtra.com/Default.aspx?tabid=695 |date=October 27, 2007 }}</ref> but had not been the critical success Quesada wanted.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}
Milligan and Allred completely revamped the series, designing a team more akin to [[celebrity|popstars]] or [[reality TV]] contestants than the gritty, violent paramilitary group originally portrayed in the series. The title was laced with Milligan's [[satire|satirical]] take on the superhero team as well as general [[Cynicism (contemporary)|cynicism]] toward the entire genre. Milligan wrote that he saw the characters' [[Superpower (ability)|super
"My mutants all have agents, negotiate fees for image rights, open megastores and live the dream. People die in my comic. We even have a character called Dead Girl."<ref name=Guardian/>
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*'''Dead Girl / Moonbeam''', a mixture of [[ghost]] and [[zombie]]. Her civilian name has never been fully revealed, but she admitted after some cajoling that her first name is/was "Moonbeam". Dead Girl's mutant gene allows her to return to semi-life after dying; she is also able to become [[wikt:intangible|intangible]] and communicate with other dead people.
*'''[[Doop (comics)|Doop]]''', a green, floating spheroid creature of unknown origin, who speaks in a "language" all his own (represented in text by a special [[typeface|font]]), and serves as the team's [[cinematographer|cameraman]].
* '''Katie Sawyer / U-Go Girl II / Gone Gal''',
*'''El Guapo / Roberto "Robbie" Rodriguez''', a sexy male mutant with a sentient flying skateboard.
*'''Henrietta Hunter''', a female pop star who is inexplicably reanimated with enhanced physical abilities and empathy (This character was originally written as [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], but Marvel decided to rewrite her when news of this plan caused controversy.)<ref name=Guardian/><ref name="E News"/>
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* Zeitgeist appears in ''[[Deadpool 2]]'', portrayed by [[Bill Skarsgård]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=2018-04-27 |title=Bill Skarsgård Makes ‘Deadpool 2’ Debut: ‘It’ Actor Confirmed as X-Force Mutant Zeitgeist — First Look |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/bill-skarsgard-deadpool-2-zeitgeist-first-look-1201958114/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref> This version is a member of [[X-Force]] who is killed on his first mission after crosswinds blow him into a woodchipper.
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* [http://www.tcj.com/262/e_jista.html The X-Titles revamp] as discussed in ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' No. 262
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