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Terry is the nickname of Theresa Maeve Rourke aka Siryn, former member of X-Force and daughter of the former X-Man Banshee. Terry became very close to Jaime and they even joined The Fallen Angels together but that turned out to be a renegade dupe and not the "main" Jaime. Terry was understandably hurt when when she and Jaime didn't have the same connection despite him having the memories do to him reabsorbing that renegade dupe previous.

oooOOOooohh.... interesting. Does Banshee know about this? I imagine he and Jamie are kinda close considering all the time they spent together on Muir Island....

I dunno. If I were Terry, I wouldn't tell my dad. Well, if I were me, I wouldn't tell my dad either... yeah. But, still... not something to openly share, y'know?

Well, the whole of X-Force were there when Siryn & Madrox had this little talk...

Marvel's released an image. Sook looks pretty good:

Who's the woman with the long black hair and the guy in the back?

The guy in the back is Julio aka Rictor and the woman with long black hair is Monet aka M. The former is from New Mutants and X-Force and the latter is from Generation X.

Can't wait to pick this up.

PAD + Madrox = yes, yes, yes.

And I've always loved Siryn as a character, and see the additions of Richtor and Monet as a good thing.

What's the story with M? I read GenX for awhile, but she was always mysterious. I dropped the title before finding out what she was really about.

I'd like to know, too. I never could follow her storyline.

You don't really want to, trust me. Suffice it to say that Lobdell's original intentions were totally screwed by Larry Hama's run.

Fundamentally, she's a genius telepathic Supergirl with an often-cold attitude.

She has twin younger sisters, one of which is autistic, and a crazed brother called Emplate who steals mutant energy or something. She joined up with Sean's X-Corperation thingy and Xavier's X-Corps France for a bit, as well. That's pretty much all I was ever able to salvage.

Are you referring to that non-speaking girl who was in GenX with the claws and bondage outfit? What happened to her?

No. That's Penance.

Originally Penance was actually Monet trapped within and Monet was being immitated by her sisters. (Yeah, I know, go with it.) Then, Monet became herself again and her sisters became stuck inside Penance. Then the twins were set free and Penance was her own being.

No one knows what happened to Penance. She was probably retconned out of existence, since, well... you can see what kind of convoluted nonsense she was bogged under. Makes Donna Troy look normal, huh?

Lobdell's original intention was that the twins (who were 8) merged to form the gestalt M 16 year old form and that there was no real Monet to begin with. That's why their own brother Marius (Emplate) didn't recognize "her". Penance wasn't supposed have any connection to the family other then being Emplate's longtime victim.

Thanks. I thought M looked more like Dani Moonstar or Risque. I would never have pegged Rictor working for a detective agency.

Siryn and Rictor are the BIG draw for me here. They are two examples of Fabian Nicezamenksiosneotrueoizjkhashuitriq's (SP) fine work. He developed both characters into believable, multifacted players in X-Force.

My limited experience with PAD has been good, but I've never really grown attached to any of the others. Sook's art has been hit or miss with me. I didn't care for his work on the latest SPECTRE series, but I'm digging that promo piece Marvel is using.

The Pulse article has the editor sounding rather haughty, but if they can keep the described vibe to the book, I'm going to stick around for the long haul.

Yep.

Penance was supposed to be a deaf-mute Yugoslavian called Yvette (and various hints in Lobdell's issues, like references to the lack of freedom in "her native land," Chamber being the only one who could speak to her, and Moira's scans showing that her skin was only diamond-hard because it was pulled tight in fear out-and-out don't make sense in light of Hama's "revealations" about M & Penance).

Just so you know, JM DeMatteis wrote the last SPECTRE series. Writing Hal as a "Spirit of Redemption" is a perfect example of DeMatteis' writing. (That's not necessarily a compliment, especially where the Spectre's concerned.)

And while I do like Rictor, I just can't see how he fits into a detective agency. It just doesn't seem his style.

As for PAD himself, I expect this series to start out great. But, like everything else, he'll overstay his run and drive it into the ground.

Interview with PAD on the new X-Factor: http://www.newsarama.com/forums/printthread.php?threadid=41312

X-FACTOR #1 is out!!!

No spoilers
-- LOVE seeing Sook again! He was great in "The Spectre" and was already starting to break from his Mignola style. He may be leaning towards an Adam Hughes style at times, but he's great either way. He totally sets the right tone for this series.
-- Interesting new development for Siryn's powers
-- So there's a Scottish girl and an Irish girl on the team? Why do I envision a funny scene or two coming from David about that.
-- Interesting that M is under wraps for now. Maybe there was too much going on at the time to introduce her, or maybe she's busy on an assignment?

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">-- The ending threw me for a loop. Jamie can be a real bastard (especially considering how Jamie's dupe turned against him in the mini). Will this be a running theme? Even if this is just one aspect of him, the fact that he's at all capable of throwing a friend off a roof just to be "unexpected" is worrisome. If Richtor weren't on the cover I might be more worried.</span></span>

I loved it. Definitley a keeper. I'm not crazy aobut Layla Miller, though. I hope she's not too important.

I wonder if there's some twist for M that we don't know about yet. I can't say I'm relly fond of the character, but I suppose she'll keep things lively.

Interesting twist on Terry's powers, but not (IMO) as interesting as the twist on Rictor's powers.

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text"> Poor guy, no wonder he was considering jumping. It must be like loosing one of your senses and part of your body at the same time.</span></span>

Welcome back, Peter David. All the characters rang true, for me, with the possible exception of Rahne, who came across as a bit too strident. Siryn's new wrinkle in her powers was well-presented and is intriguing. Suits her name, too. The mystery surrounding Madrox and his 'evil'(?) dupe makes me look forward to #2. The surprise of the issue, for me, was the way Rictor was written. I've always liked the guy and his powers, but PAD gives the character a speech about his now-lost powers that was poetry. Poetry that illuminated Rictor's presence on the edge of a rooftop. Poetry that made me think about Polaris and Moonstar, also depowered. Lorna, especially, would have similar connections to the physical world. Rictor's lines also, for some reason- maybe seeing Crystal and Lockjaw in SON OF M, made me think of Inhumans with nature/Earth/water-based powers that must feel imprisoned on the moon.

Anyway, this is a strong debut.

Sook's art was awesome thought I'm not sure I like Siryn's costume yet...its a little victorian poofy goth or something.

I love the mood Sook set, but I thought some of the figures looked a little short. I'm probably just too used to superheroes with exagerated height.

And I thought Siryn's costume was neat.