Boom Boom

Comics and Fox films

Modern, Comics: Fleeing her family, Tabitha is carried off by the Beyonder, then leads him into an ambush by the Avengers.

Comics

Tabitha Smith is a mutant who throws timed plasma bombs. After running away from home in 1985 she passed through the Fallen Angels, X-Factor's trainees, the X-Terminators, the New Mutants and X-Force, later joining Nextwave, the X-Men, the Utopians and the mutant nation of Krakoa. She changes codenames often, among them Boom-Boom, Meltdown and Boomer.

Fox films

A mutant who may be able to create explosive balls of psionic energy. She is only listed under X2: X-Men United, and her status is unknown in both timelines.

Timeline 13 events

  1. Modern · Comics: Fleeing her family, Tabitha is carried off by the Beyonder, then leads him into an ambush by the Avengers.
  2. Modern · Comics: In Los Angeles she leaves the Vanisher's Fallen Angels gang and moves into the X-Factor complex as a trainee.
  3. Modern · Comics: The Fallen Angels teleport to Dinosaur World and then to Ariel's home planet, where they escape captors who want to experiment on them.
  4. Modern · Comics: Enrolled at Phillips Academy, she and two friends form the X-Terminators, who fight demons that kidnapped Artie and Leech.
  5. Modern · Comics: The X-Terminators and New Mutants fight the demon horde pouring through Magik's portal and follow the Darkchilde to Limbo.
  6. Modern · Comics: Doctor Strange sends the New Mutants to Asgard, where they join the Dwarves because of Cannonball's tie to their king Eitri.
  7. Modern · Comics: Cable recruits her to the Underground, which infiltrates the Weapon X complex before its members have their memories wiped.
  8. Modern · Comics: She reappears with long hair as a founding member of Nextwave, formed by H.A.T.E.
  9. Modern · Comics: She moves to San Francisco with the X-Men and takes the codename Boom-Boom again, defeating the monster Nuwa.
  10. Modern · Comics: The Sapien League abducts her; the Leper Queen shoots her and X-23 saves her life.
  11. Secret Wars · Comics: Living among the Utopians in the ruins of Utopia, she accepts an invitation to the New Charles Xavier School.
  12. Fresh Start · Comics: As a Krakoan New Mutant she helps rescue mutants in Nebraska and travels to Carnelia.
  13. Fresh Start · Comics: Cable gathers an All-New X-Terminators team that takes Breakworld technology for Krakoa's use.

allied with

Dazzler, Cannonball, Cable, Domino, Rictor, Daken

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Last checked 22 Oct 2026