In the 1970s and early 1980s, Angel, Beast, and Iceman wandered through various superhero teams.
When Xavier recruited students from all over the world the original five
reunited and created a new X-Team: X-Factor.
After five years the team was overhauled and saw many different rosters after that. Which of those can be recreated in Heroclix you ask?

Well...click on Full Article and find out...

Starting with the original X-Factor team that was also the first class of X-Men.
However the original members regrouped as X-Factor with brand new costumes and a brand new attitude (at least Archangel).
Here they are in their 400 points comic accurate Clix versions:



dr001 V Cyclops
Team: X-Men
Range: 10
Points: 40
Keywords: Mutant, X-Factor

8 10 15 3

8 9 15 2

8 9 14 1

7 8 14 1

7 8 14 1

7 7 13 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

dr004 V Jean Grey
Team: X-Men
Range: 6
Points: 50
Keywords: Mutant, Psychic, X-Factor

8 9 16 2

8 9 16 2

7 10 16 1

7 9 15 1

7 8 15 1

6 7 14 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

mu034 V Archangel
Team: X-Men
Range: 4
Points: 95
Keywords: Mutant, X-Factor, X-Men

10 10 17 3

8 10 17 3

8 9 17 2

8 9 16 2

7 8 15 2

7 8 15 2

7 7 14 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Fly-By: Archangel can use Charge. When he does, he can continue to use the rest of his halved movement (if any) after making the attack.

mu029 V Iceman
Team: X-Men
Range: 6
Points: 100
Keywords: Champions, Mutant, X-Men

10 9 17 3

9 9 17 3

9 10 18 3

9 10 17 3

8 9 17 3

8 9 16 2

8 8 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Slippery: Iceman can use Toughness. When an opposing character moves and becomes adjacent to Iceman, roll a d6. On a result of 1-3, the character is immediately knocked back from Iceman a number of squares equal to the result, in a direction of your choosing.

xp057 V Beast
Team: X-Men
Range: 0
Points: 80
Keywords: Scientist, X-Men

10 9 17 3

8 9 16 3

8 8 16 2

8 8 15 2

7 7 15 2

7 7 14 1

6 6 14 1

6 6 13 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

You can round out to 395 points by adding
Elite Sniper - 20 points - on Cyclops
Force Field - 10 points - on Jean Grey



The team's members were replaced by a very odd choice of heroes in issue #71.
Now the team was lead by Cyke's brother Havok and included his spouse []Polaris[/i], Strong Guy, Wolfsbane and the infamous Multiple Man.

mm039 V Havok
Team: X-Men
Range: 8
Points: 44
Keywords: X-Factor, Starjammers, X-Men

7 10 16 4

6 9 15 3

6 8 15 3

5 8 14 2

5 7 13 2

4 6 13 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

mm031 R Polaris
Team: X-Men
Range: 6
Points: 50
Keywords: X-Factor, X-Men

9 8 15 4

8 7 15 3

8 7 14 3

7 6 13 2

6 6 13 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

mu005 E Strong Guy
Team: X-Men
Range: 0
Points: 124
Keywords: Mutant, X-Factor

6 9 16 3

6 9 17 3

7 9 17 3

7 10 18 3

8 10 18 4

8 10 17 4

6 11 16 4

5 9 14 5

5 7 13 5

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

Bodyguard: Strong Guy can use Defend and Toughness.

ic029 E Wolfsbane
Team: X-Men
Range: 0
Points: 32
Keywords: Animal, X-Factor

6 7 14 1

9 8 15 2

8 9 15 2

7 8 15 2

7 7 14 1

6 6 12 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

sn205 LE James Madrox
Team: X-Men
Range: 0
Points: 39
Keywords: Mutant

8 9 16 2

8 8 16 1

7 8 15 1

7 7 15 2

6 7 14 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

sn051 V Madrox
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 44
Keywords: Detective, Mutant, X-Factor

8 9 16 2

7 9 16 2

7 8 16 2

6 8 15 2

6 7 14 .

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

sn050 E Multiple Man
Team: X-Men
Range: 0
Points: 32
Keywords: Mutant, X-Factor

8 9 16 2

7 8 16 2

7 7 15 1

7 7 15 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

sn049 R Multiple Man
Team: X-Men
Range: 0
Points: 17
Keywords: Mutant

8 9 16 2

7 7 15 2

7 6 15 1

6 6 14 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

sn049 R Multiple Man
Team: X-Men
Range: 0
Points: 17
Keywords: Mutant

8 9 16 2

7 7 15 2

7 6 15 1

6 6 14 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

There's a good reason he is called the Multiple Man, right? So 1 point shy of the 400 there's neither space nor need for cardboard.
Want a comic accurate looking Strong Guy?
Try a repaint like the one I did:



With so many possible rosters for the gouvernment sponsored team of mutants...what is your choice?
Post, and let us know...and don't forget to be back in 14 days!

I love your comic accurate articles! The Peter David version was always my fav. Depending on how many points I can use, I always include Quicksilver, Val Cooper(pog) and sometimes Forge.
Since Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths will be available on DVD next week(02/23/10), do you plan on doing an article about The Crime Syndicate? Just curious.

I would replace the LE and R Multiplemen on the second team (which is one of my favorites to play). In their place I would put 2 Exp Multiplemen for their perplex, which brings more to this team that the LE and R do as close combat tie up pieces. The remaining 10 pts can be used for Armor piercing on Havok to make EE more effective or Forcefield on Polaris to keep her in the game longer. Making the swap also give a theme team bonus for the X-factor key word.

Great article. Waiting for the time when I can make a comic-accurate X-Factor Investigations team. Peter David is still the man!

Big fan of the Peter David X-Factor. Honestly I'd rather use the old IC Quicksilver over the Wolfsbane. She's just terrible. And I'd also drop the rook and LE Madri in favor of several of the Experienced.

I like Outsmart on the vet Multiple Man, too.

Yeah he might not be on that cover but Quicksilver was diffenently on that new X-Factor team. Surprised you didn't go to the Forge, Mystique, Sabretooth, Wildchild, Shard, etc. X-Factor, and on to the new X-Factor.

The original X Factor team had lots of morlocks and teens on it too, most notably Boom Boom. You can have a pretty random group of mutants and still call it a theme.

I love the Strong Guy mod btw!

Yay! Great article! I feel the need to play it!

pretty snazzy read. thx for the write-up.

good article

ive done a strong guy mod

and modded the entire X-factor team in their original line-up costumes

Man I cant wait until we get decent, powerful versions of Cyclops and Jean Grey.
I love the AoA Jean, but I want a 616 version that plays well by todays standards.

X-Factor was the cover of my first Heroclix fanzine...this was even before Iceman was made...so I am happy to see them mentioned here.

Ah, X-Factor. The best X-spinoff ever and one of my favorite teams to run.

I've played the original team before, at 300 without cards using the starter set and M&M Iceman because under the current rules, you can't actually get them to 400 *and* be comic accurate. Starter set Cyclops, Jean, Beast, M&M Archangel and Iceman all come out to 345. So with the 10% rule, you'll be 15 points short. Maybe throw in R Boom-Boom as one of the kids they rounded up.

But then we get to the most awesome lineup and the least awesome lineups: The PAD run and the post AoA Howard Mackie run (respectively). I've won tournaments with both.

PAD's X-Factor at 600 points

Mackie's X-Factor at 400 points (with 400 points of Marauders)