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Characters that have appeared in [[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]] comics series
Characters that have appeared in [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}|X-Factor]] comics series
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=== The Original X-Factor series ===
== The Original X-Factor series ==


== Main Cast ==
=== Main Cast ===


'''Caliban'''
====Caliban====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type I-V depending on which version the writer is using.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type I-V depending on which version the writer is using.
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Blood Knight]]
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* [[Third Person Person]]
* [[Third Person Person]]


'''Russell "Rusty" Collins / Firefist'''
====Russell "Rusty" Collins / Firefist====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: When he was part of the MLF.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: When he was part of the MLF.
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: Originally Cyclops' protege, and stated to have to potential to become a significant leader/figure for mutantkind. He went to prison as part of a protest over the treatment of mutants... and then he got put on the [[Put on a Bus|first of many buses]].
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: Originally Cyclops' protege, and stated to have to potential to become a significant leader/figure for mutantkind. He went to prison as part of a protest over the treatment of mutants... and then he got put on the [[Put on a Bus|first of many buses]].
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* {{spoiler|[[We Hardly Knew Ye]]}}: Poor Rusty was {{spoiler|killed by the time-displaced [[Age of Apocalypse|Holocaust]]...}}
* {{spoiler|[[We Hardly Knew Ye]]}}: Poor Rusty was {{spoiler|killed by the time-displaced [[Age of Apocalypse|Holocaust]]...}}


'''Arthur "Artie" Maddicks / Artie'''
====Arthur "Artie" Maddicks / Artie====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Leech.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Leech.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Had limited telepathy to "mind-lock" people and prevent them from acting.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Had limited telepathy to "mind-lock" people and prevent them from acting.
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* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: Artie can telepathically project images from his mind.
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: Artie can telepathically project images from his mind.


'''Sally Blevins / Skids'''
====Sally Blevins / Skids====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Abusive Parents]]: This is the reason why her mutant powers had first activated
* [[Abusive Parents]]: This is the reason why her mutant powers had first activated
* [[Barrier Warrior]]
* [[Barrier Warrior]]
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* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]


'''Leech'''
====Leech====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Poor Leech has been through a lot of Hell, from being a survivor of Morlock Massacre to an unwilling pawn used for depowering mutants by a villain.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Poor Leech has been through a lot of Hell, from being a survivor of Morlock Massacre to an unwilling pawn used for depowering mutants by a villain.
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* [[Third Person Person]]
* [[Third Person Person]]


'''Tabitha 'Tabby' Smith / Boom-Boom'''
====Tabitha 'Tabby' Smith / Boom-Boom====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Her father, forcing her to run away from home.
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Her father, forcing her to run away from home.
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
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* [[Valley Girl]]
* [[Valley Girl]]


'''Julio Richter / Rictor'''
====Julio Richter / Rictor====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: The family business is selling weapons (and drugs) on the black market. He's less than proud of this and once worked to try to dismantle his family's business.
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: The family business is selling weapons (and drugs) on the black market. He's less than proud of this and once worked to try to dismantle his family's business.
* [[Brought Down to Badass]]: Even though he has been depowered, he still earns his place as a member of [[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]].
* [[Brought Down to Badass]]: Even though he has been depowered, he still earns his place as a member of [[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]].
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* [[You Killed My Father]]: Held a grudge against Cable because of this, even after the [[Cloning Blues|truth]] came out.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: Held a grudge against Cable because of this, even after the [[Cloning Blues|truth]] came out.


'''Takashi "Taki" Matsuya / Wiz Kid'''
====Takashi "Taki" Matsuya / Wiz Kid====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Child Prodigy]]
* [[Child Prodigy]]
* [[Genius Cripple]]
* [[Genius Cripple]]
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* [[The Woobie]]
* [[The Woobie]]


== Villains ==
=== Villains ===

'''Cameron Hodge'''


====Cameron Hodge====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Complete Monster]]
* [[Complete Monster]]
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* [[Unexplained Recovery]]
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]


'''Joanna Cargill / Frenzy'''
====Joanna Cargill / Frenzy====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Heel Face Brainwashing]]: In "Eve of Destruction" storyline, Jean Grey was desperate to find a new team, and quickly to save Professor Xavier. She acknowledges that one of Magneto's lieutenants, Frenzy, has been captured by the US Army. Not only does Jean enter her mind to get the info she needs on Genosha (Magneto's island) and its defenses, but she thinks that having a super-powered guide in that hellhole would be a good idea, so she just rewrites Frenzy's mind and makes her an X-Men enthusiast (so fanatically devoted to the X-Men cause, all of a sudden, that it was creepy).
* [[Heel Face Brainwashing]]: In "Eve of Destruction" storyline, Jean Grey was desperate to find a new team, and quickly to save Professor Xavier. She acknowledges that one of Magneto's lieutenants, Frenzy, has been captured by the US Army. Not only does Jean enter her mind to get the info she needs on Genosha (Magneto's island) and its defenses, but she thinks that having a super-powered guide in that hellhole would be a good idea, so she just rewrites Frenzy's mind and makes her an X-Men enthusiast (so fanatically devoted to the X-Men cause, all of a sudden, that it was creepy).
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]
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* [[Super Strength]]
* [[Super Strength]]


'''Edward Pasternak / Tower'''
====Edward Pasternak / Tower====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: His mutant power.
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: His mutant power.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]
* [[Psycho for Hire]]


'''Wendy Sherman / Stinger'''
====Wendy Sherman / Stinger====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Eighties Hair]]
* [[Eighties Hair]]
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Stinger can build static energy around her hands and discharge it as bio-electricity bolts.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Stinger can build static energy around her hands and discharge it as bio-electricity bolts.
* [[Valley Girl]]
* [[Valley Girl]]


'''Timeshadow'''
====Timeshadow====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Time Master]]
* [[Time Master]]


'''Dr. Nathaniel Essex / Mister Sinister'''
====Dr. Nathaniel Essex / Mister Sinister====

See [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|X-Men]]
See [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|X-Men]]


'''En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse'''
====En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse====

See [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|X-Men]]
See [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|X-Men]]


=== X-Factor Government Team (X-Factor II, 1991-1998) ===
== X-Factor Government Team (X-Factor II, 1991-1998) ==


== Main Cast ==
=== Main Cast ===

'''Alexander "Alex" Summers/ Havok'''


====Alexander "Alex" Summers/ Havok====
See [[X-Men/Characters/60s Members|X-Men]]
See [[X-Men/Characters/60s Members|X-Men]]


'''Lorna Dane / Polaris'''
====Lorna Dane / Polaris====

See [[X-Men/Characters/60s Members|X-Men]]
See [[X-Men/Characters/60s Members|X-Men]]


'''Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man'''
====Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man====

A former foe of the Fantastic Four. [[Reed Richards Is Useless|One of them]] discovered he was a mutant and handed him over to the X-Men.
A former foe of the Fantastic Four. [[Reed Richards Is Useless|One of them]] discovered he was a mutant and handed him over to the X-Men.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Jamie Madrox keeps attempting to treat his Mutant adventures as Noir Detective novels. He usually fails miserably.
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Jamie Madrox keeps attempting to treat his Mutant adventures as Noir Detective novels. He usually fails miserably.
* [[Cloning Blues]]: For some time, his clones were cool with being who they are. Then things started getting weird. One turns traitor and joins with the long-term X-Men enemy Mister Sinister. Another dies of the Legacy Virus. Jamie starts going around the bend because he's just too much people for one man. Later, he gets it together but his clones don't. All the thousands of aspects, idiotic or not, in the human mind tend to get manifested in his clones. He can and has created a clone to free him from a prison cell but it's possible the clone will be his sadness and be too depressed to move. Another is unpredictable and tries to kill an old ally. It is reabsorbed but indicates that it could pop out in any future clones and go try to kill again.
* [[Cloning Blues]]: For some time, his clones were cool with being who they are. Then things started getting weird. One turns traitor and joins with the long-term X-Men enemy Mister Sinister. Another dies of the Legacy Virus. Jamie starts going around the bend because he's just too much people for one man. Later, he gets it together but his clones don't. All the thousands of aspects, idiotic or not, in the human mind tend to get manifested in his clones. He can and has created a clone to free him from a prison cell but it's possible the clone will be his sadness and be too depressed to move. Another is unpredictable and tries to kill an old ally. It is reabsorbed but indicates that it could pop out in any future clones and go try to kill again.
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* [[Starfish Character]]: Jamie Madrox has a mutant power that creates duplicates of himself upon physical impact. Each tends to manifest some aspect of his personality.
* [[Starfish Character]]: Jamie Madrox has a mutant power that creates duplicates of himself upon physical impact. Each tends to manifest some aspect of his personality.


'''Guido Carosella / Strong Guy'''
====Guido Carosella / Strong Guy====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]
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* [[Super Strength]]
* [[Super Strength]]


'''Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane'''
====Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane====

See [[New Mutants/Characters|New Mutants]]
See [[New Mutants/Characters|New Mutants]]


'''Pietro Maximoff / [[Quicksilver]]'''
====Pietro Maximoff / [[Quicksilver]]====

The son of [[Magneto]] who was separated from him and believed to be dead. Raised by gypsies, he developed a strong fixation on his sister, Wanda Maximoff. After Magneto saved Wanda from a anti-mutant mob, the two were indebted to him and were reluctantly part of the first incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants. After Magneto was abducted by aliens and the Brotherhood disbanded, Quicksilver and [[Scarlet Witch]] served for a long period as members of [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]], where they redeemed themselves. However, old habits and revelations about villainous heritages are hard to fight, and the two continue to bounce back and forth between good and evil and sane and insane. He's also the ex-husband of Crystal from [[The Inhumans]] and they have a daughter named Luna, but his relationship with them is... utterly troubled.
The son of [[Magneto]] who was separated from him and believed to be dead. Raised by gypsies, he developed a strong fixation on his sister, Wanda Maximoff. After Magneto saved Wanda from a anti-mutant mob, the two were indebted to him and were reluctantly part of the first incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants. After Magneto was abducted by aliens and the Brotherhood disbanded, Quicksilver and [[Scarlet Witch]] served for a long period as members of [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]], where they redeemed themselves. However, old habits and revelations about villainous heritages are hard to fight, and the two continue to bounce back and forth between good and evil and sane and insane. He's also the ex-husband of Crystal from [[The Inhumans]] and they have a daughter named Luna, but his relationship with them is... utterly troubled.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Generally a Type II, but recently downgraded to type IV, and briefly even type V, since most American writers don't like stereotypical "[[Euro Trash]]" characters.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Generally a Type II, but recently downgraded to type IV, and briefly even type V, since most American writers don't like stereotypical "[[Euro Trash]]" characters.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]
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* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]


'''Valerie Cooper'''
====Valerie Cooper====

Started as a subordinate to Senator Kelly and Agent Henry Peter Gyrich, later rose to become a kind of US government superpowers and mutant czar and one of the top people of the O*N*E. Served as government liaison to X-Factor for a long time and also appeared a few times in the current incarnation of the title.
Started as a subordinate to Senator Kelly and Agent Henry Peter Gyrich, later rose to become a kind of US government superpowers and mutant czar and one of the top people of the O*N*E. Served as government liaison to X-Factor for a long time and also appeared a few times in the current incarnation of the title.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Badass Normal]]: The Shadow King once sent her to assassinate Mystique, but at the crunch she overcame his mind control enough to turn the gun on herself.
* [[Badass Normal]]: The Shadow King once sent her to assassinate Mystique, but at the crunch she overcame his mind control enough to turn the gun on herself.
* [[Shout-Out]]: In an ''X-Factor'' story written by Peter David, Val once mentioned her brother, an [[Twin Peaks|FBI agent who had been involved in a case concerning a dead girl wrapped in plastic]]. PAD also gave her an assistant called [[Blackadder|Baldrick]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: In an ''X-Factor'' story written by Peter David, Val once mentioned her brother, an [[Twin Peaks|FBI agent who had been involved in a case concerning a dead girl wrapped in plastic]]. PAD also gave her an assistant called [[Blackadder|Baldrick]].


'''Marshall Stone III / Random'''
====Marshall Stone III / Random====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Adaptive Ability]]: Random's main mutant power is adaptive shapeshifting. He can harden his skin when stabbed or reconstitute himself from protoplasmic goop when caught in an explosion. The guns are just his preferred form for combat.
* [[Adaptive Ability]]: Random's main mutant power is adaptive shapeshifting. He can harden his skin when stabbed or reconstitute himself from protoplasmic goop when caught in an explosion. The guns are just his preferred form for combat.
* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: Subverted, since Random is actually a heroic guy whose unsettling power is to shoot you with guns.
* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: Subverted, since Random is actually a heroic guy whose unsettling power is to shoot you with guns.
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* [[Shapeshifter Weapon]]: He can turn his arms into guns. With dozens of barrels. You see what I mean about him ''being'' the nineties.
* [[Shapeshifter Weapon]]: He can turn his arms into guns. With dozens of barrels. You see what I mean about him ''being'' the nineties.


'''Forge'''
====Forge====

See [[X-Men/Characters/80s Members|X-Men]]
See [[X-Men/Characters/80s Members|X-Men]]


'''Shard'''
====Shard====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Bad Future]]
* [[Bad Future]]
* [[But Not Too Black]]: She is an Aborigine mutant with blonde hair.
* [[But Not Too Black]]: She is an Aborigine mutant with blonde hair.
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* [[Virtual Ghost]]
* [[Virtual Ghost]]


'''Kyle Gibney / Wild Child'''
====Kyle Gibney / Wild Child====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
* [[Progressively Prettier]]
* [[Progressively Prettier]]


'''Raven Darkholme / Mystique'''
====Raven Darkholme / Mystique====

See [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|X-Men]]
See [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|X-Men]]


'''Victor Creed / Sabretooth'''
====Victor Creed / Sabretooth====

See [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|X-Men]]
See [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|X-Men]]


'''Archer'''
====Archer====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

'''Fixx'''


====Fixx====
'''Greystone'''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''


====Greystone====
=== X-Factor Investigations ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''


== X-Factor Investigations ==
A group consisted of a few old X-Factor members Multiple Man (leader), Strong Guy and Wolfsbane as well as the new members Siryn, Rictor, M and Layla Miller working in a detective style agency. The newest members included are Darwin, Longshot and Shatterstar. Wolfsbane, after a brief stint in X-Force, has returned.
A group consisted of a few old X-Factor members Multiple Man (leader), Strong Guy and Wolfsbane as well as the new members Siryn, Rictor, M and Layla Miller working in a detective style agency. The newest members included are Darwin, Longshot and Shatterstar. Wolfsbane, after a brief stint in X-Force, has returned.


== Main Cast ==
=== Main Cast ===

''' James "Jamie" Madrox / Multiple Man '''


====James "Jamie" Madrox / Multiple Man====
See "X-Factor Government Team" Above.
See "X-Factor Government Team" Above.


''' Guido Crossela / Strong Guy '''
====Guido Crossela / Strong Guy====

See "X-Factor Government Team" Above.
See "X-Factor Government Team" Above.


'''Theresa Cassidy / Siryn / Banshee'''
====Theresa Cassidy / Siryn / Banshee====

See [[X-Force/Characters|X-Force]]
See [[X-Force/Characters|X-Force]]


'''Monet St. Croix / M'''
====Monet St. Croix / M====

See [[Generation X/Characters|Generation-X]]
See [[Generation X/Characters|Generation-X]]


'''Julio Richter / Rictor'''
====Julio Richter / Rictor====

See "Original X-Factor series" above.
See "Original X-Factor series" above.


'''Layla Miller'''
====Layla Miller====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Creepy Child]]
* [[Creepy Child]]
* [[Facial Markings]]: Layla Miller has recently received the 'M' brand on her face as a result of visiting Bishop's future.
* [[Facial Markings]]: Layla Miller has recently received the 'M' brand on her face as a result of visiting Bishop's future.
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* [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]]
* [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]]


'''Armando Munoz / Darwin'''
====Armando Munoz / Darwin====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Adaptive Ability]]
* [[Adaptive Ability]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Slow to anger, but when he does get mad? RUN. Very fast.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Slow to anger, but when he does get mad? RUN. Very fast.
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* [[Race Lift]]/[[But Not Too Black]]: Lampshaded within the series. Darwin's powers had turned him white in a primarily white community "to better survive", but once he gains some confidence he changes himself back to his original darker skin tone. The characters point out the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of this.
* [[Race Lift]]/[[But Not Too Black]]: Lampshaded within the series. Darwin's powers had turned him white in a primarily white community "to better survive", but once he gains some confidence he changes himself back to his original darker skin tone. The characters point out the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of this.


'''Longshot'''
====Longshot====

See [[X-Men/Characters/80s Members|X-Men]]
See [[X-Men/Characters/80s Members|X-Men]]


'''Shatterstar'''
====Shatterstar====

See [[X-Force/Characters|X-Force]]
See [[X-Force/Characters|X-Force]]


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