Cannonball
Samuel 'Sam' Guthrie
Created by Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod
First Appearance
Marvel Graphic Novel #4: The New Mutants (1982)
Appearances
664
Primary Team
New Mutants
Debut Era
1980s
A Kentucky coal miner's son who generates a thermochemical blast field, launching himself like a human rocket. Sam Guthrie is the heart of the New Mutants — earnest, hardworking, and determined to live up to the responsibility thrust upon him. His journey from nervous teenager to confident leader to full X-Man is one of the franchise's great coming-of-age stories.
Appearances Over Time
Series
Most Appearances By Series
The New Mutants (1983) 94 issues
X-Force (1991) 93 issues
The Uncanny X-Men (1981) 73 issues
New Mutants (2009) 36 issues
X-Men (1991) 35 issues
X-Men: Legacy (2008) 25 issues
X-Men (2004) 23 issues
Wolverine (1988) 14 issues
Cable (1993) 13 issues
X-Force (2019) 12 issues
Events
Event Participation
Inferno (1989) 3/14
X-Cutioner's Song (1992) 11/13
Onslaught (1996) 10/31
Necrosha (2009) 6/13
Second Coming (2010) 10/22
Age of X (2011) 4/6
Schism (2011) 1/12
AXIS (2014) 3/9
First Appearance
Marvel Graphic Novel #4: The New Mutants
1982
First X-Men Appearance
The New Mutants #1
March 1983
Real Name
Samuel 'Sam' Guthrie
Teams
Created By
Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod