Blind Faith (Alexi Garnoff) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in X-Factor Annual #1. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... The idea of a mutant is a common trope in comic books and science fiction. ... Categories: | | | ... The idea of a mutant is a common trope in comic books and science fiction. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ...

Not much is known about Blind Faith's history prior to his first known rebellion against the Soviet's mutant genocide program, which brought him in contact with the original X-Factor team. It has been suggested that X-Factor Investigations be merged into this article or section. ...

Fictional character biography

Under the Soviet government, all of the communist states viewed mutants as a threat to humanity's survival. As such, mutants were forced to ban together in subversive hideaways in an elaborate safehouse system. A Catholic priest, Father Alexi Garnoff, was the leader of one of these cells, whose membership included Mentac, Concussion, Iron Curtain, and Siberian Tiger (later known as Sibercat). A German member of the KGB named Wolfgang Heinrich, also known as the Doppelganger, was capturing and vivisecting mutants. When the original X-Factor team came to the USSR to investigate, Doppelganger captured Iceman and posed as him. Garnoff and Iron Curtain rescued Iceman, who helped these exiles raid the Doppelganger's facility and with X-Factor brought the mutants to safety. Sibercat (Illyich Lavrov) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... It has been suggested that X-Factor Investigations be merged into this article or section. ... Iceman (Robert Bobby Drake) is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the X-Men. ...

The cyborg assassin, Firefox, under orders from Project: Remont, soon infiltrated the safehouses looking for mutant runaways. He brutally killed many mutants until Blind Faith called for the abandonment of the safehouse system and escaped with five other mutants, Vanguard, Darkstar, Ursa Major, Sibercat and Stencil. Mentac, Concussion, and Iron Curtain were not so fortunate, as they were killed by Firefox. Vanguard (Nicolai Krylenko) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Darkstar, Laynia Petrovna, is a Marvel Comics fictional character. ... Code name:Ursa Major;Real name:Mikhail Uriokovitch Ursus;Home Country:Russia;Team:Soviet Super-Soldiers;Powers:Transformation into bear-like creature with super-strength,(transformation takes 10 seconds and he keeps his human intelligence);Origin of powers:he is a mutant. ...

Garnoff saw the need for a mutant freedom fighting force to undertake dangerous missions, and organised the surviving mutants into a team called the Exiles, dedicated to fighting for the rights of other Russian mutants. In one such mission, Blind Faith and Darkstar encountered an immensely powerful psychic being, the Soul Skinner, who had taken over a small Russian town. With the help of the X-Men, the Soul Skinner was defeated. SOUL SKINNER Real Name: Unrevealed Identity/Class: Human mutant Occupation: Psychic tormentor Affiliations: Omega Red (unwilling ally) Enemies: Darkstar, Alexi Garnoff, Colonel Vazhin, Omega Red, the X-Men (Cyclops, Psylocke, Iceman, Jubilee, Colossus, Wolverine) Known Relatives: Unnamed wife (deceased); Oskana (daughter, deceased) Aliases: The Skinner of Souls Base of Operations... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ...

Garnoff was also once leader of an incarnation of the Russian superteam formerly known as the Soviet Super-Soldiers, now known as the Winter Guard. Blind Faith lost his mutant powers after the M-Day (this was confirmed in New Avengers #18). Winter guard is an indoor color guard activity, derived from the outdoor summer activity that is commonly part of marching band or drum corps. ... Decimation event logo, as shown on the covers of tie-in comics Decimation is the name of the late 2005 Marvel Comics crossover spinning out of the House of M limited series, that focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witchs stripping nearly all of the mutant population of...

Powers and abilities

Alexi could sense the thoughts of others, emit hypnotic lights from his eyes that are able to entrance others, alter their memories, and place them under his direct mental control.

Notes

• In the Ultraverse there is a character, also known as Blind Faith.

The Ultraverse was the name given to a comic book imprint published by Malibu Comics. ...

Bibliography

• Soviet Super-Soldiers #1
• Starblast #1
• X-Factor Annual #1
• X-Men vol. 2 #17-19

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