When the character first appeared, he acted as an adversary to the X-Men under coercion, but soon befriended the team and eventually appeared as a member of the X-Men in "Giant-Size X-Men" #1 (May 1975). The character was forced to leave the team when his superpowers were damaged in battle in "Uncanny X-Men" #119 (March 1979), and remained an occasional supporting character for the team for several years. Banshee eventually healed fully, and rejoined the team in "Uncanny X-Men" #254 (Dec 1989) for a short stint, later becoming a central figure in the title "Generation X", which lasted from 1994 to 2001. Banshee was killed in issue #2 of the 2006 "" limited series.