Nolim

Judging by rogue dupes, he at least murders whatever life changing decisions they have made.

Blasé with bandes dessinées and not that interested in mangas, I decided to try american comics. And because I didn't want the vision I got from TV series and movies to clash with the sequential art, I went for something where I would have fewerpreconceptions: the current run of X-factor. I am just out of the Vegas story and I must say I really like those characters.

Now, as I remember it, there was this one dupe who did a suicide by cop and whom Madrox chose not to reabsorb. I do believe it left a corpse.

As for Madrox himself dying, there has been at least two occasions where he contemplated suicide and thought the "John Maddox" dupe would be better off without his sorry original. So he must either believe or hope that his dupes would survive him.

On the other hand, I read there was an Ultimate Universe story where all the dupes went *puff* after Madrox Prime was killed. But that doesn't sound very interesting.

Edit: I keep forgetting that his powers are changing. Now his dupes are automatically reabsorbed when killed, even from a great distance or with time-travel involved. The suicide-by-cop dupe points out that he was created before such changes occurred.

Part of my reasons for starting this thread is something I read about Chaos War X-Men #1.

Louise Simonson said in an interview *very minor spoiler*: 

And these Multiple Men, who were happily part of a composite, are now, in death, stuck as separate beings and long for the old unity. They don't have flashy powers. Will they be good enough?

Yes, they can. New dupes will only possess the new skill if Madrox has reabsorbed the dupe who acquired the skill.

" I cannot think of a specific example, however, when Madrox succumbed to the legacy virus, a dupe became the new Madrox Prime.

@John Valentine

Moreover, in order that they display certain skills/feats, they must have been made after Madrox Prime initially acquired said skill. "

In this case, why bother with a Madrox "Prime"? What particular role does he have in the collective?

Obviously, a dupe can create its own dupes and reabsorb them.
But can a dupe reabsorb any other dupe, regardless of lineage?

Hello,
This is my first post on Comic Vine and I would like your opinion on a pet theory of mine.
 
We know Sean Madrox to have been an "infant dupe". Presumably, a dupe carries some sort of biological mark allowing reabsorption, which can be transmitted to a child.
I have read several comments from people hoping that Sean might somehow reappear out of Jamie Madrox. However, I can see another possibility for Sean's comeback.
What if baby Sean had received a slap while he was at the nursery? That would make two of him! And one would have been kidnapped. This is what I think has happened.
 
Do you want the character to be brought back in this fashion?