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By the mid-1980s, the original X-Men hadn't been on a team together in nearly twenty years. Since the "All-New, All-Different" era began in 1975, all of them had left (or died, in Jean's case) to pursue other avenues. Angel, Iceman and Beast had left the X-Men to take part in other superhero teams. Angel and Iceman both joined the Champions, while Beast was recruited into the Avengers. Shortly after, all three were part of the Defenders. Meanwhile, Cyclops had left the X-Men and started a family. At this point, it was decided that the remaining members of the original roster should re-form as a new team alongside the mutant songstress Dazzler. However, after a suggestion made by Kurt Busiek, Dazzler was ousted (and ended up on the X-Men) in favour of resurrecting Jean Grey. And so, X-Factor was born.

Debuting in 1986, X-Factor saw the return of the original X-Men under the creative team of Bob Layton and Jackson Guice. They were later replaced by Louise and Walter Simonson. Having been revived from a cocoon deep beneath Jamaica Bay, Jean Grey discovered that the X-Men were now led by their old foe Magneto and that mutants were in more danger than ever. She contacted her old teammates - Scott, Bobby, Hank and Warren - and convinced them to join her in becoming a superhero team again. Their mission was to seek out troubled mutants and teach them how to use their abilities. To do this, they pretended to be mutant hunters. These early stories saw the introduction of several new mutants, including Rusty, Skids, Rictor and Boom Boom. Writer Louise Simonson focused heavily on the personal lives of her characters, particularly exploring the complicated mess that had become of Cyclops' marriage to Madelyne Pryor now that Jean Grey was alive and well. Iceman and Beast also began new relationships, the former with Opal Tanaka and the latter with reporter Trish Tilby.

Since X-Factor pulled double duty, they operated under two names. As X-Factor Investigations, they were mutant-hunting "humans" who wore blue and white jumpsuits. As the X-Terminators, they were a mutant super team who wore colourful costumes with Xes stretched across their chest. The looks here represent their X-Terminators uniforms. Each one appeared in colour schemes based off of their graduation uniforms. For some reason, these five are always really hard for me to fully capture, but I tried my best to draw them as close to brimming with personality as possible.

And if you haven't done so already, please feel free to vote on any or all of the X-Men themed polls I currently have active. You can vote on them by clicking the links below.

Original X-Men Poll - femmes-fatales.deviantart.com/…
Brotherhood Poll - femmes-fatales.deviantart.com/…
Second Genesis Poll - femmes-fatales.deviantart.com/…

Enjoy!

Description
By the mid-1980s, the original X-Men hadn't been on a team together in nearly twenty years. Since the "All-New, All-Different" era began in 1975, all of them had left (or died, in Jean's case) to pursue other avenues. Angel, Iceman and Beast had left the X-Men to take part in other superhero teams. Angel and Iceman both joined the Champions, while Beast was recruited into the Avengers. Shortly after, all three were part of the Defenders. Meanwhile, Cyclops had left the X-Men and started a family. At this point, it was decided that the remaining members of the original roster should re-form as a new team alongside the mutant songstress Dazzler. However, after a suggestion made by Kurt Busiek, Dazzler was ousted (and ended up on the X-Men) in favour of resurrecting Jean Grey. And so, X-Factor was born.

Debuting in 1986, X-Factor saw the return of the original X-Men under the creative team of Bob Layton and Jackson Guice. They were later replaced by Louise and Walter Simonson. Having been revived from a cocoon deep beneath Jamaica Bay, Jean Grey discovered that the X-Men were now led by their old foe Magneto and that mutants were in more danger than ever. She contacted her old teammates - Scott, Bobby, Hank and Warren - and convinced them to join her in becoming a superhero team again. Their mission was to seek out troubled mutants and teach them how to use their abilities. To do this, they pretended to be mutant hunters. These early stories saw the introduction of several new mutants, including Rusty, Skids, Rictor and Boom Boom. Writer Louise Simonson focused heavily on the personal lives of her characters, particularly exploring the complicated mess that had become of Cyclops' marriage to Madelyne Pryor now that Jean Grey was alive and well. Iceman and Beast also began new relationships, the former with Opal Tanaka and the latter with reporter Trish Tilby.

Since X-Factor pulled double duty, they operated under two names. As X-Factor Investigations, they were mutant-hunting "humans" who wore blue and white jumpsuits. As the X-Terminators, they were a mutant super team who wore colourful costumes with Xes stretched across their chest. The looks here represent their X-Terminators uniforms. Each one appeared in colour schemes based off of their graduation uniforms. For some reason, these five are always really hard for me to fully capture, but I tried my best to draw them as close to brimming with personality as possible.

And if you haven't done so already, please feel free to vote on any or all of the X-Men themed polls I currently have active. You can vote on them by clicking the links below.

Original X-Men Poll - femmes-fatales.deviantart.com/…
Brotherhood Poll - femmes-fatales.deviantart.com/…
Second Genesis Poll - femmes-fatales.deviantart.com/…

Enjoy!