Charlotte Jones is a supporting character who first appeared in X-Factor vol. 1 #51 (February 1990). She is a police officer with a complicated relationship with Archangel, one of the original X-Men. Charlotte Jones was created by writer Louise Simonson and artist Terry Shoemaker as a trauma nurse who became a cop after her husband and son were caught in a crossfire of a drug war. She was selected by the Ravens, a group of mutant-hunting vampires, as food for Archangel after he was transformed into one of their kind by Apocalypse. Archangel resisted his hunger and pulled Charlotte’s life memories from her, which stayed with him and made him feel closer to her. Charlotte helped Archangel escape from the Ravens, and they became allies and friends.
Charlotte Jones became a recurring character in X-Factor and later in X-Men, often assisting the mutant heroes in their missions or providing them with information. She also developed romantic feelings for Archangel, but their relationship was never easy due to his emotional instability and involvement with other women, such as Psylocke and Candy Southern. Charlotte also had to deal with her son Timmy, who was paralyzed by the bullet that killed his father and later became a mutant with telekinetic powers.
Charlotte Jones was one of the few human characters who knew the secret identities of the X-Men and trusted them. She even received an X-Men uniform from Forge, the team’s resident inventor. She also had some adventures, such as fighting against the Shadow King, a powerful psychic entity that possessed her son, or teaming up with Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., to stop a terrorist plot.
Charlotte Jones has not appeared in any media outside of comics, but she has been mentioned in some video games and novels based on the X-Men franchise. For example, in the video game X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Archangel says Charlotte is one of his former lovers. In the novel X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy, Charlotte is killed by Doctor Doom, who uses her life force to power his machine.
