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Artie
Full Name: Arthur "Artie" Maddicks
Affiliation: None
Previous Affiliations: Generation X (ward), X-Factor (ward)
Relatives: Dr. Carl (father, deceased)
Powers: Artie projects holograms of his thoughts. Usually he uses his power
to communicate, because he is mute. However, he can make large-scale holograms
as a means of defense. Artie has pink skin, and can also tap into and project
the thoughts of other people, at times on the scale of a city's population. He
can also use this limited form of telepathy to mind-lock people and prevent them
from acting. Although he is ususally represented as a small child, Artie was 11
when his mutancy first manifested. Carl Maddicks' efforts to return his son to
normalcy led him to kidnap Beast and subject him to a
de-mutanting treatment, which transformed Hank back to his original non-furry
state. Unfortunately, Carl died when he used himself as a diversion to allow Artie
and Hank to escape the Secret Empire, who were his backers. Artie went to live
with X-Factor, and met his best friend Leech in the Morlock
tunnels shortly before the Massacre. Some time
later, they were part of the X-Terminators, and after Inferno
were transferred to a private school. After Leech was rescued from Gene
Nation by Generation X, he and Artie came to live at the Massachussetts
Academy, where they soon met Franklin Richards
who rounded out the trio of "The Daydreamers."
The trio went on some adventures with Man-Thing and Howard the Duck, but when
Franklin's family returned from an alternate universe (of his own creation), Artie
and Leech returned to the School, where they started to take a more active role.
They were given image inducers to hide their appearances, and frequently used
them to wreak playful havoc. Artie's current whereabouts are unknown at this time,
as the Academy has been closed. Presumably, Professor X
set him up at another private school
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