X-Factor
X-Factor is a comic book team that first appeared in X-Factor #1
Originally a government sponsored organization founded by the original X-men, it has since to become an independent investigation agency led by longtime member Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man.
Original X-Factor
When Jean Grey was believed to be dead in the moon, the X-Men have temporarily disbanded and was lead by Magneto due to Professor X's disappearance which is believed to be his death. For their doubt on trusting their former mortal villain, they have created a group consisting of the original X-Men members. Warren Worthington used his company to create a group X-Factor where they posed as mutant hunting humans at the urging of Warren's longtime friend Cameron Hodge. They also posed as human hating mutants under the alias X-terminators. During their time as X-Factor they rescued many mutants like Rictor, Boom Boom, Rusty, Skids, and Artie. Beast was kidnapped by the scientist Carl Maddicks and in an attempt to "cure" him Maddicks changed his appearance back to before he grew his fur. During one of their first battles they came into conflict with Apocalypse and his band of mutants outlaws. They were one of the teams fighting against the Marauders during the Mutant Massacre in the Morlock Tunnels, it was at this time that Angel sacrificed himself to save some mutants and ended up losing his wings. Extremely depressed over the loss Warren then escaped from the hospital and attempted to kill himself but was saved at the last second by Apocalypse so that he could become the Horsemen of Death.
After the Massacre, Scott traveled to Alaska to find his wife Madelyne and their son Nathan and found no trace of her anywhere, even the neighbors claimed to have no idea who he was talking about. During a battle with the Horsemen of Apocalypse Beast is touched by Pestilence and it reacts with his mutant physiology by allowing him to become stronger at the cost of his intelligence, his intelligence and fur are later restored by Infectia. Madelyne returns as the Goblin Queen after selling her soul to the demon Sym, she uses her newfound powers to warp the city of New York and tried to sacrifice her son to get revenge against Scott for leaving her. But she died in battle against Jean Grey before she could kill him. After being attacked by the Magistrates they travel to Genosha during the X-tinction Agenda. While there they fight alongside the X-men against a robotic Cameron Hodge, the Magistrates, and Scott's brainwashed younger brother Havok. When they finish the fight and return to New York they battle Apocalypse and Scott's son Nathan is infected with the technoorganic virus and in order to save his son Scott sends Nathan into the future. The original X-Factor eventually returned to the X-Men after Professor X returned from space.
The Government Team
A government agency led by Havok later took on the name X-Factor. This new team consisted of Polaris, Wolfsbane, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, and Quicksilver. Before the team is even officially came together Mister Sinister set a plan in motion to destroy them with the help of a US senator and his new team the Nasty Boys. They are sent by the government to help a dictator named Farnoq Dahn destroy a rebel force aided by the Hulk and the Pantheon in Trans-Sabal. After they battle the Hulk and Havok is knocked unconsious, he is taken by Farnoq Dahn and turned in to a living nuclear bomb so he can take over the world. Hulk and X-Factor team up to take him down and force Farnoq Dahn to face his people. Unfortunately most people still believe that he is a god so Rick Jones takes control of a S.H.I.E.L.D. Mandroid and shoots him. When the group travels to Genosha, Madrox is infected with the Legacy Virus which causes his dupes to behave erratically and it eventually results in his death.
X-Factor Investigations
With money accumulated from game-show winnings, Madrox started up a private investigation firm in Mutant Town with Wolfsbane and Strong Guy. Originally calling his company XXX Investigations, the group settled on the name X-Factor Investigations after the team they were formerly members of. Jamie also hired Siryn and M, who were former teammates of his during his time with Paris branch of X-Corporation.
After M-Day the majority of the inhabitants of mutant town lost their powers. Rictor was one of the de-powered mutants and after considering suicide (with help from one of Jamie's dupes) was convinced to join X-Factor with the others.
The cryptic child Layla Miller ended up spending a lot of time at X-Factor Investigations, often irritating and confusing the occupants. Layla continued to hang out with X-Factor, subtly influencing the members actions with the stuff she knows. Learning more about her life as an orphan, she was invited to live with the team.
The team has since encountered a deranged depowered mutant named Doctor Leery, Damian Tryp and his rival investigation firm Singularity Investigations, the Isolationist, mercenaries Clay and Solo, depowered mutant terrorist group X-Cell (including the Blob and Marrow), and most recently Silver Age X-Men villain Arcade. The team has also notably been rivals with former teammate Quicksilver who has often tried to repower depowered mutants with ineffective and often disastrous results.
X-Factor has also experienced internal friction after a drunken Multiple Man created dupes that slept with both Monet and Siryn. At first the two girls stopped speaking to each other, but the pair then became frequent partners and best friends.
Messiah Complex
Although often non-combatant rivals with the X-Men, X-Factor Investigations were recruited to participate in the X-Team affiliated fight for the first new mutant baby.
Madrox agreed to send two dupes of his to the future (with the help of Forge) to gain information about the future. Layla hitched a ride on the device and became stuck in the future. Unbenknownst to Madrox, there was no way in retrieving the dupes and Cyclops and Forge had intended to kill his duplicated selves so Madrox Prime could reabsorb the information. With Layla trapped in the future, alternative methods were needed but Jamie soon fell into a coma.
In the future, after being imprisoned in a mutant concentration camp, Layla and one of Madrox's duplicates met up with a young Lucas Bishop. After learning about the stories he was told about a mutant baby damning the mutant race, Layla stole a bomb from one of the security guards and threw it at the Madrox dupe, allowing Madrox Prime to wake up. Madrox awoke in a panic, relaying the information to the X-Men and with a M tattooed over his face eye. Layla is now stuck in the future, and it is unknown what happened to the other dupe.
During the event, Rictor also posed as a baseline human who hated mutants in order to infiltrate the Purifiers. Under the guise of "Joaquin Murrieta", Rictor pretended to shoot and perhaps fatally injure Wolfsbane in front of members of the group to gain entrance. He then gathered information from their computers to relay to the X-Men about their advanced technology and information regarding the whereabouts of the mutant baby. The New X-Men, on a mission of revenge, interrupted his undercover duty blowing his cover. Luckily, Rictor was teleported away from the scene in time.
Monet, Siryn, and Strong Guy's role in the mission was to participate in combat against the Marauders and the Acolytes on Muir Island.
Wolfsbane participated in the X-Force as one of the vicious trackers, a role she would continue with undercover under the orders of Cyclops.
Divided We Stand
With the team falling apart, Madrox has since nearly broken down particularly over the loss of Layla Miller.
Siryn has revealed she is pregnant with Jamie's child, but has been unable to properly communicate with him since she found out.
Wolfsbane has decided to stay with X-Force, in part because she has seen a future in which she will kill Jamie Madrox. After a scornful goodbye, she parts ways with Jamie and only leaves a note for Rictor, with whom she's had a romantic relationship in the previous months.
Upon reading the letter, an already distraught Rictor decides to leave the team. As he leaves the building, he falls into a trap door that leaves him under the capture of X-Men villain Arcade and the Purifier he tricked into letting him into their group.
The group eventually comes to his rescue but not before Arcade escapes revealing that he has put a force-field around the city that will trap everyone inside as a bomb detonates the entire perimeter. The bomb, implanted within the ex-Purifier upon his last heart beat, prepares to detonate as he drinks his last sip of poison.
Secret Invasion
In the three part story arc with She-Hulk, X-Factor get there first client in their new location, Detroit, Michigan. The client is looking for his son, who happens to be former X-Man Darwin who happens to be traveling with Longshot.
Upon finding Darwin and Longshot and chasing them across Detroit, She-Hulk and Jazinda turn up resulting in a fight between X-Factor and She-Hulk. It is then revealed that Longshot isn't at all Longshot and is in fact Nogor, representative of the Skrull gods, whose presence on earth gives the Skrulls morale and helps them believe they are blessed in this war. Jazinda had told She-Hulk, which was the reason they were in Detroit and with everything out in the open, She Hulk and X-Factor make up and set about saving the world from the Skrulls.
Nogor is finally captured and is taken off into the distance and Darwin remains with the X-Factor team.Post Secret Invasion
Baby Sean
Whilst Madrox, Monet, Strong Guy and Longshot are investigating the disappearance of Darwin, Val Cooper turns up with an escort of government agents to reveal to Siryn and Rictor that in fact X-Factor Investigations has been working for the government.
During this time she goes into labour and Val Cooper is shot on the lawn. Siryn takes Val off to hospital and herself to have her baby.
The gang return from their search and rescue mission for Darwin at the Karma project,he question is finally popped and Madrox and Siryn become engaged thanks to her asking the question. The baby is finally delievered and as a procaution Madrox follows the baby on its way to the nursery so he isn't stolen by the government
Upon holding the new baby (now named Sean after his grandfather) it becomes apparent that this isn't any normal homosapien baby, surprise, surprise. A strange glow surrounds Sean and Madrox feels the same sensation as he does when he absorbs his dupes, then baby Sean, like a dupe is absorbed.
Siryn is obviously livid with Madrox and upon discovering the conception of her baby was with a dupe of Jaimie and not Jamie himself, she promises to break his neck.
| Team Name: | X-Factor |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| 1st Appearance: | X-Factor #1 |
| Appears in: | 335 issues |
| Disbanded in: |
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