(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" - BTS) - Forearm moved to Skull Mesa, Nevada where Dr. Taylor Prescott had established a community where mutants could live in peace. However, the town was soon taken over by the villainous Solarr and his allies Chet Lambert and Toad after learning of it's underground goldmine. Dr. Taylor Prescott opposed the villains but was placed in suspended animation and soon had all of the town's residents living in fear by attacking anyone who questioned his authority, forcing some like Forearm, Slither, Random and Sunder to work in the gold mine.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" - BTS) - When the X-Man Cyclops had come to Skull Mesa to meet his old friend Dr. Taylor Prescott he was confronted by Solarr and his allies. Through the following days Cyclops learned Solarr had taken over the city forcing the residents to live in fear. Determined to stop Solarr, a temporarily depowered Cyclops fought back.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried") - Forearm, Peepers, Tusk and several other mutants gathered at the town's square when Solarr openly confronted Cyclops. Solarr falsely claimed Cyclops was one of the subversives who wished to destroy their lives, something he'd warned the townspeople of before. Solarr continued, explaining that a crystal sculpture Cyclops was carrying was in fact a transmitter to summon his friends. Cyclops, who was bound to a large golden sculpture of Solarr with Toad's green muck urged the townsfolk to see Solarr for who he really was, a tyrant who held the innocent Dr. Taylor Prescott in the goldmine. Deciding to finally stand up to Solarr, one of the townsfolk, Tusk attacked Solarr and freed Cyclops. As a full fledged fight erupted other townsfolk like the Lady Gardener and Dr. Darrell Tanaka helped Cyclops while others like Arclight, Slither, Copycat, Ape and Sunder stood with Solarr, Forearm was one of the few who abstained from fighting. Cyclops, repowered thanks to Tanaka used his optic blast on the crystal sculpture to take them out with a single blast. When Solarr was defeated Dr. Prescott was quickly freed and was reunited with Cyclops after which he told the X-Man they would deal with Solarr and his men in Skull Mesa.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day" - BTS) - Forearm moved to Genosha where former slave-workers had build their own civilization who viewed Magneto as their leader.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day") - When mutant uprisings were seen throughout the world following the televised attack on Charles Xavier over a "mutant containment bill", Forearm and other mutants impatiently wondered when their enigmatic leader Magneto would finally lead them into war against humankind. Then, moments later Magneto addressed his people and calling all mutants from around the world to stand beside them.
However, the X-Men also picked up the message which led them to send a small strike team consisting of Cyclops, Jean Grey and Wolverine to try and persuade Magneto to stop. During the night when Forearm was sleeping, Sunfire and Feral noticed suspicious movement in the encampment, discovering the X-Men. However, because it was night, both mutants didn't recognize the mutant heroes and inadvertently woke up the sleeping mutants who gathered round the X-Men. But just then Magneto appeared again which allowed the X-Men to sneak away. The X-Men successfully reached Magneto after which they revealed Charles Xavier was dying and could be saved if he'd help them send a message to Shi'ar empress Lilandra. Determined to help Xavier, Magneto called off the impending mutant war and left with the X-Men.
(X-Men '97 II#1) - Forearm joined Avalanche, Pyro, Random, and Tempo at an E-Day memorial vigil in New York City's Central Park. Although they had come to pay their respects, the gathering erupted into a riot after Pyro was struck in the face by an anti-mutant protester. Despite the violence having been started by the human agitators, X-Factor was ordered to arrest all mutants involved. Forearm and his companions were subdued and fitted with power-dampening collars formerly used by the Genoshan government. X-Factor also took Skids and Rusty Collins into custody under the guise of keeping them safe, even though the teenagers had merely attended the vigil. While Havok and the rest of X-Factor returned to headquarters, Multiple Man was assigned to transport the prisoners to the team's containment facility. Some of his duplicates escorted Forearm, Avalanche, and Pyro in one vehicle, while others guarded Random, Tempo, Skids, and Rusty in a second. During the journey, the convoy was ambushed by Exodus and the Acolytes, who seized the second vehicle and freed its prisoners. The vehicle carrying Forearm, Avalanche, and Pyro continued on to X-Factor's containment facility.
(X-Men '97 II#2) - Forearm, Avalanche and Pyro arrived at X-Factor's containment facility, where Havok and Polaris awaited them. While still in chains, Pyro called out Havok for selling out the mutant race for uncle sam.
(X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon - "Strange Land, Savage Heart") - Forearm was seen in one of the detainment cells when others watched a news broadcast in which Exodus claimed responsibility for the Acolytes' attack and the kidnapping of presidential candidate Graydon Creed. Condemning humanity for elevating men like Creed after Genosha's destruction, Exodus demanded that X-Factor release all detained mutants into Acolyte custody and stay out of their way. If his demands were not met within 24 hours, Creed would die.
Comments: Created by Louise Simonson and Rob Liefeld;
adapted by Mark Onspaugh and AKOM Productions. (see Appearances list for full list of artists)
On Earth-616, Forearm is part of the Mutant Liberation Front and although the group itself has not appeared on Earth-92131 several members have such as: Reaper, Strobe, Stryfe and Tempo.
When, in 2015's Secret Wars, the Multiverse was destroyed following the incursions of planets it appeared as if Reality-92131 was drafted onto Battleworld as the Westchester domain. However, this has since been debunked. As such the reality seen in the two volumes of X-Men '92 (2015 and 2016-2017) now have their own reality-designation of Earth-15730. The X-Men '92: House of XCII (2022) series was inspired by both the animated series and Hickman's House of X run but is its own separate reality. The limited series X-Men '97 (2024), however, is Reality-92131 and bridges the gap between the original X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon and the new X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
Forearm has no known connections to
- FOREARM, the original this version was based on--New Mutants I#86
- or any other alternate Forearm
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X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book, p201 (main image, digitally colored by MarvellousLuke)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" (closeup)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day" (sleeping in Genosha)
Appearances:
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" (February 17, 1996) - Mark Onspaugh (writer), Frank Brunner (model design), Mark Lewis (model design, prop design, storyboard clean-up), Darrel Bowen, Russell Chong, Steve Olds (prop design), Frank Squillance (prop design, layout design, storyboards), Cesar Magsombol, Wayne Shulz, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Patrick Archibald, Francis Barrios, Romeo Francisco, Curt Geda, Greg Garcia, Adrian Gonzales, Rick Hoberg, Jim Janes, Doug Murphy, Tom Nesbitt, Michael Swanigan, Dan Veesenmeyer (storyboards), Patricio Agnasin, Abel Laxamana, Romeo Lopez, Tec Manalac, Andre Nieves, Phil Stapleton (storyboard clean-up), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Sue Peters (animation director), Larry Houston (producer, director, storyboards), Sharon Janis (associate producer, editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day" (September 20, 1997) - James Krieg (writer), Roy Burdine, Mark Lewis (model design), James Agnasin (model clean-up), Marcos Borregales, Vadim Sokolov (prop design), Patricio Agnasin, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Joe Dempsey, Romeo Francisco, Bob Fuentes, Rick Hoberg, Aleta Kozak Tom Nesbit, Danny Taverna, Thomas Tholen, Danilo Tolentino, Dan Veesenmeyer (storyboard design), Patricio Agnasin, Ernie Chan, Vinton Heuck, Abel Laxamana, John T. Miller, Kirk Van Wormer (storyboard clean-up), Trish Mendelson (color key), Ladonna Hannover, Trish Mendelson (ink and paint), Kelly Akins, Rey Zipagan (color backgrounds), Philippines Animation Studio Inc. (animation), Tom McLaughlin (producer)
X-Men '97 II#1 (June, 2026) - Steve Foxe (writer), Salva Espin (pencils, inks), Cy Pedro Beltran, Martin Biro, Darren Shan (editors)
X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon - "Strange Land, Savage Heart" (July 29, 2026) - Brian Ford Sullivan, Beau DeMayo (writers), Emmett Yonemura (director), Ryan Meinerding (head of visual development and character design), Amelia Vidal (lead character designer), Brian Ford Sullivan (story editor), JB Ballard, Anthony Sellitti, Mariah Wilson (staff writers), Roger Oda (art director), David D. Au, Jay Baker (assistant directors), Naseer Pasha (animation lead), Jarret Ballard, Joseph Gonzales, Christopher Graybill, Hilda Karadsheh, Marisa Ledina, Anthony Martin, Russell McCoy, David Miller III (composite artists), Marty Walker (lead retake animator), Anise Borno, Fabian Corona, Allister Jones, William Justin King, Miles Lehman, Travis Lockhart, Chayadol Lomtong, Daisy Schofield (retake animators), Walter Kim, Derek Kosol, Mark Taihei (prop designers), Tim Divar, Elsa Garagarza, Jalin Harden, Andrew Huerta, Lora Innes, Ibraheem Jara, Kathy J. Liu, Marvin Madrid, David Maximo, Doug Murphy, Chris Palmer (storyboard artists), Jordan Willis (storyboard revisionist), Marvel Studios (animation), Larry Houston, Eric Lewald, Julia Lewald, Beau DeMayo, Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt, Louis D'esposito, Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum (executive producer)
X-Men '97 II#2 (July, 2026) - Steve Foxe (writer), Salva Espin (pencils, inks), Cy Pedro Beltran, Martin Biro, Darren Shan (editors)
First Posted: 04/29/2020
Last Updated: 08/16/2026