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[edit] Class

I downgraded the article to start class, as, while there are a lot of words, there is not a lot of information. There are no significant sources outside of primary sources, and the entire article is in-universe. --PsyphicsΨΦ 23:44, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Works for me. I just made a snap judgement. Since there are so many unclassified, unrated comics articles, I try to update the Comicsproj box for any page that I alight on. --GentlemanGhost 00:14, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I am sure that at one point he was advertised as Xerox the Multiple Man - I guess copyright lawyers nipped that in the bud.

Aha - see this from Len Wein - "I was going to call him XERROX, THE MULTIPLE MAN, until Roy [Thomas] went berserk. There was screaming about lawsuits and suchlike, even though I spelled the name with two Rs. Roy didn't think it would placate the Xerox company, so Madrox it became."

and "though I did remember after posting that I'd intended the original name to be Zerrox the Multiple Man, with a Z, not an X."

http://peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/001658.html

-- Beardo 08:03, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suit

How are we sure he is wearing a suit at all? It seems (from the art) that it is just a shirt ,alluding to the old suit. I say this beceause he in no way seems to have controll of his duplication when he is hit or when he falls. 68.150.221.42 (talk) 07:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Creators

In May, 67.186.35.95 changed the previously credited creators to Stan Lee and Gil Kane, and the date of the first appearance to December 1975. The date was wrong, and it seems the creators were too. Sources such as http://www.ffplaza.com/library/?title=Giant-Size+Fantastic+Four and http://www.angelfire.com/comics/mcg-sac/1974.html support the originally credits (though I will ignore the inkers) -- Beardo 08:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kill Crop

In a recent issue of X-Factor Vol. 3, it is stated that Jamie is not a mutant but a homo killcrop.

?? What, exactly, does that mean? -- Noclevername 13:14, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Check here. I'm currently trying to clean this article up a bit. It may take a while. --PsyphicsΨΦ 15:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
It seems that they are compairing homo killcrop to Changelings 68.150.221.42 (talk) 07:13, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Considering the number of known mutants that have manifested mutant powers since birth i am highly dubious of if this retcon is in fact accurate. Does this mean that beast and nightcralwer are going to be retconed as not been mutants? As well as others that have developed mutant powers from birth?--Dr noire 20:52, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Past Tense

Past tense can be used in articles on fictional subjects, as order of events is not exclusive to reality. Any literate individual will tell you that events occur in some chronological order in the vast majority of written and illustrated media and thus when talking about comics it follows that, assuming the present to be the most recent event, all events that preceded it were in the past. With a statement of its fictitious subject in the beginning of the article any reader will realize that the, obviously fictitious, subject is, in fact... fictitious. Its useless and will only confuse the article to make everything present tense.

If nothing else it implies a certain lack of intelligence or simple literate ability in the readers, that is so extreme as to imply that one does not have the ability to comprehend what one reads (the article clearly states that it concerns fiction at the beginning). I am almost offended that someone would believe any reader capable of that... then I realize that any individuals that impaired are not likely to be browsing the internet as even children understand when someone tells them they are about to tell them a story of a fictional nature (though one usually uses simpler language).

The tag is thus erroneous in claiming that the use of past tense should be exclusive to actual history, is it not? 70.136.89.194 06:15, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jaime has killed, twice

I can't find an effective place to enter in the times Jaime has killed sentient beings.

The first was the reseructed form of Carnivore, a lizard-like mutant who despises X-Factor and was about to bite off Jaime's arm. He formed a dupe inside the entity, which exploded him. The second was during the MadroX series, when he killed in self-defense, but still...a man ended up dead on the floor, his throat torn open.

And a list of dupes that have died, how and when, would be a great sub-section.

Lots42 02:10, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] earth x

i have expanded upon the earth x section, both the information givern in earth x 6 apendex and his role in universe x beasts special. what do you think?--Dr noire 20:54, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:33, 13 February 2008 (UTC)