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Real Name: Unrevealed; possibly Alex

Identity/Class: Human mutant (possibly magically-enhanced)

Occupation: Warrior

Group Membership: "Inferno Babies" (see comments; Alex, Bob, Face, Loca, Maw, Russell, Scab, Shauna, Timothy, Toko, Trista); Nathan Summers (later Cable) was also one of these infants, although he didn't share their fate in limbo/Otherplace), Project Purgatory

Affiliations: Dr. Noc, General Ulysses and his demon-mutated troops (including McDonald);
    formerly New Mutants (Cannonball/Sam Guthrie, Gosamyr, Magik/Illyana Rasputin, Mirage/Dani Moonstar, Sunspot/Roberto DaCosta, Warlock/technarch, Wolfsbane/Rahne Sinclair), X-Factor (Angel/Archangel/Death/Warren Worthington, Beast/Hank McCoy, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Iceman/Bobby Drake, Marvel Girl/Jean Grey), X-Men (Colossus/Peter Rasputin, Dazzler/Alison Blaire, Havok/Alex Summers, Longshot, Psylocke/Betsy Braddock, Rogue/Anna Marie, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Wolverine/James Howlett/Logan), X-Terminators (Boom-Boom/Tabitha Smith, Rusty Collins, Leech, Artie Maddicks, Rictor/Julio Richter, Skids/Sally Blevins, Wiz Kid/Taki Matsuya)

Enemies: General Combest, Nanny, N'astirh, N'asteris, New Mutants (Cannonball/Sam Guthrie, Cypher/Doug Ramsay, Karma/Xi'an Coy Manh, Magik/Illyana Rasputin, Magma/Amara Aquilla, Dani Moonstar, Sunspot/Roberto DaCosta), Orphan-Maker (Peter), Pixie/Megan Gwynn, S'ym, US Army, Witchfire, demons of limbo/Otherplace

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    formerly the limbo realm Otherplace

First Appearance: (Unidentified infant) X-Terminators I#3 (December, 1988);
    (Alex; unidentified) New Mutants III#16 (October, 2010);
    (identified) New Mutants III#19 (January, 2011)

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Powers/Abilities: Alex is composed of some sort of gelatinous material. He most commonly exists in a more amorphous configuration, although he can adopt human proportions.

    In his more human form, he appears to have a skull and skeleton, with eyes, a nasal cavity a mouth and teeth, with his internal organs visible.

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    When amorphous, some sort of internal organs are visible within his body. He may or may not need to eat, drink or breathe.

    He can shape his body into a sphere or something like a large chair, extend a large tendril, form a wave, etc.

    He can contain, bind and/or suffocate others. He can apparently alter his density/durability somewhat; for example, he could allow Cannonball to blast into his substance but then prevent him from exiting (or perhaps the energy taken to penetrate his form initially slowed Cannonball enough that he could not force an exit).

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Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'8"-5'10"); variable
Weight: Unrevealed (his body composition is unrevealed, and so its density and mass is indeterminate
Eyes: They look to either be a light purple
Hair: None
Unusual Features: Alex is composed of a gelatinous, translucent material; he can assume humanoid configurations although he is more often amorphous. Some sorts of internal organs are visible within his form.


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History:
alex-inferno_babies-projpurg(X-Terminators#1-4/Uncanny X-Men I#236,239-242/X-Factor I#34-37/New Mutants I#71-73 - mostly BTS and completely unidentified) - With the limbo realm Otherplace, S'ym instructed N'astirh to find and steal thirteen power-filled babies (beings of both purity and great potential power) and to bring them to the chosen place (Manhattan's Times Square) for the performance of his rite and the attainment of his purpose: the sacrifice of the infants would allow S'ym to hold open the mystic portal to allow his demonic hordes to invade and conquer Earth.

    N'astirh's hordes (the N'asteris) gathered the mutant children and performed the rite, but the New Mutants and X-Terminators disrupted the ritual and rescued most of the children. The Goblin Queen and N'astirh subsequently attempted to sacrifice the infant Nathan Christopher and three other of the Inferno babies to reopen the portal, but the X-Men and X-Factor thwarted this plot. Nanny and Orphan-Maker attempted to abduct the babies, but the heroes fought them off and then turned the mutant babies over the US government.

(New Mutants III#16 (fb) - BTS) - Using flesh from the mutant infants who had been used to open the portal to limbo, Dr. Noc reverse-engineered a portal to limbo. Dr. Noc continued working to weaponize the infants in a few years.

(New Mutants III#16 (fb)) - General Combest showed General Ulysses the Inferno babies and the limbo-portal and gave him a mission to raise and train the babies in the timeless realm.

(New Mutants III#16 (fb)) <Mission day 1533 / elapsed Earth time of 263 days> - Therein, Dr. Noc sought to stress trigger the young (now 4-5 years old) children's mutant powers, such as by placing the child within a barred cage, surrounded by multiple chained limbo demons seeking to reach the child.

(New Mutants III#16 (fb)) <Mission day 1673 / elapsed Earth time of 287 days> - After General Ulysses' agents recovered a bloodstone locket from a corpse of an Illyana, Witchfire led an army of demons to assault the military base.

(New Mutants III#18 (fb) - BTS) - The mutants slew the demons, although one of the mutants had his face torn off (by his own powers as they destroyed the demons).

(New Mutants III#16 (fb)) - Ulysses instructed Noc to check on the Inferno mutants, and he found that the demons had gotten into the hatchery. Shocked, he reported "They're all dead."

    Ulysses then requested permission to exit through portal Epsilon, but Combest ordered the portal sealed to prevent contamination. 

(New Mutants III#18 (fb)) <Mission day 1674 / elapsed Earth time of 287 days> - As Alex and the others watched, Noc clarified to the arriving Ulysses that the children had survived, and that it was the demons who had died.

(New Mutants III#18 (fb)) <Mission day 1704 / elapsed Earth time of 292 days> - Alex and the others watched as safety and firing mechanisms were installed on Face. When Noc noted to Face that they were not the bad guys, Alex and the others stood by as Timothy asked who were the bad guys. Ulysses noted that he was glad they had asked...alex-inferno_babies-nm18-canball

(New Mutants III#17 (fb) - BTS) - Ulysses and his men, as well as the now mature "Inferno Babies" traveled 600 miles "blood-north" through the shifting worlds of the Elsewhere Desert.

(New Mutants III#15 (fb) - BTS) - Ulysses and his men, as well as the "Inferno Babies" returned to Earth (allegedly after 26 years in limbo, but with only 4 years having passed on Earth).

(New Mutants III#15 - BTS) - Ignoring orders from General Combest, Ulysses led forces to capture the X-Man Pixie, taking possession of her soul dagger.

(New Mutants III#16) - When Combest attempted to take Ulysses into custody and chastised him for losing his "weapons," Ulysses noted that the mutants did not like being called weapons. Trista and the other mutants then slew Combest and announced their presence/revealed their survival. alex-inferno_babies-nm18-dumpout

(New Mutants III#17 (fb) - BTS) - Trista and the other mutants obliterated an entire battalion of the US Army in approximately 30 seconds.

(New Mutants III#17) - General Ulysses' demon-enhanced agent McDonald's vision/senses allowed him to report that while Magik and her New Mutants allies had arrived in limbo and knew that they had Pixie, they weren't close to discovering Ulysses' group's location.

    When one of Ulysses' soldiers wondered if they were safe in their location after having taken out the army battalion, Alex and the others looked on with amusement as Timothy noted that he and his mutant allies had been the ones to take out the army, and that with the speed and ease with which they had done so, they were safe there for as long as they needed.

(New Mutants III#17 - BTS) - After weeks in limbo/Otherplace, Magik led her New Mutants allies (Cannonball, Cypher, Karma, Magma, Moonstar, Sunspot) to confront Ulysses and his forces.

(New Mutants III#17) - Ulysses summoned the "Inferno Babies," and Toko tore the Soulsword from Magik, after which Russell beat Magik into submission before sending Alex and the others to take out the other New Mutants. Alex joined Bob, Maw, Scab and Trista in beating on the weakened Magik.

(New Mutants III#18) - After Russell explained their nature and history, Toko advised the New Mutants that Magik would be killed when they were done with her. As a fight ensued, Loca identified Karma as a "viral telepath" and instructed Alex to deal with her, which he did by engulfing her face and then her entire body. Magma prepared to rescue Karma but was distracted by Maw. Cannonball blasted into Alex's amorphous mass but found himself trapped inside as well.

    After the rest of his teammates had defeated the rest of the New Mutants (and transported Magik away), Alex dumped the unconscious Cannonball and Karma with the rest of the fallen heroes.alex-inferno_babies-nm19-magsun

(New Mutants III#19 - BTS) - Ulysses used the Soul Sword to steal a portion of Pixie's soul and then used that to complete the Bloodstone Amulet.

(New Mutants III#19) - Ulysses subsequently summoned Alex and the rest of the "Inferno Babies" to their transport as they planned to return to limbo (to use the Bloodstone amulet to slaughter the resident demons). Alex helped transport Magma and Sunspot.

(New Mutants III#19 - BTS) - Following the departure of Alex and most of the others with Ulysses, Karma was able to connect to Face's mind, and -- using her eyes to see -- Face slew the other "Inferno Babies (Maw & Timothy) and the soldiers watching over Magik and Karma.

(New Mutants III#20 - BTS) - After Ulysses, his crew, and Alex and the remaining "Inferno Babies" arrived in limbo, Toko eventually placed the soul "bloodstone" in the amulet, activating a spell that unleashed immense demons ("Elder Gods," which has consistently referred to the N'Garai masters) that tore through the portal from limbo to Earth.

(New Mutants III#21) - Alex was present as General Ulysses attempted to use the bloodstone amulet to control the N'Garai masters, but they instead destroyed him.

(New Mutants III#21 - BTS) - The rest of Alex's teammates were similarly incapacitated.

    Legion (David Haller), released via a plan of Magik and Illyana, apparently destroyed the invading demons and the "bloodstone" amulet.

Comments: Inferno babies created by Louise Simonson, and various others
    Trista created by Zeb Wells and Leonard Kirk.

    I don't think we have any reason to believe that the original names of the babies were known by the demons or by the government agents who recovered them. So, Alex could be his original name, or it could be what he was named by those working with him.

    Alex could have been destroyed by the N'Garai masters alongside General Ulysses, but that was not shown, so there's no reason to confirm him as deceased

    It's hard to believe the group never got a better name than the "Inferno Babies..." How about the Infernals, or something...

    Alex was one of the least-developed characters in the group. Nonetheless, he -- along with Bob, Shauna, Toko & Trista -- is one of the few members of the "Inferno Babies" to survive their encounter with the New Mutants, and -- at the time I write this profile -- 13 years have passed and none of them have appeared again.

    We see so many heroic stories where Spider-Man or someone fights to uphold this extreme no-killing standard...in this one, however, killing was clearly in-play; Dani Moonstar shoots Loca in the neck with an arrow, and Cannonball deliberately smashes though a monorail, killing Scab, Noc, and others.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Alex should be distinguished from:

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New Mutants III#16, story pg. 4 (babies)
    #17, pg. 18, panel 3 (confronting New Mutants);
    #18, pg. 4, panel 3 (upper, human form);
       pg. 7, panel 4 (cover Karma's face);
       pg. 14-15, panel 5-8 (sphere engulfing Karma; Cannonball blasting into and then trapped within substance);
       pg. 22 (dumping out Karma and Cannonball);
    #19, pg. 16, panel 1 (holding Magma & Sunspot)

Appearances:
 X-Terminators#1 (October, 1988) - Louise Simonson (writer), Jon Bogdanove (penciler), Al Williamson & Al Milgrom (inkers), John Wellington (editor)
Uncanny X-Men I#236 (late October, 1988) - Chris Claremont (writer), Marc Silvestri (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Factor I#34 (November, 1988) - Louise Simonson (writer), Walter Simonson (penciler), Bob Wiacek (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Terminators#2 (November, 1988) - Louise Simonson (writer), Jon Bogdanove (penciler), Al Milgrom (inkers), Bob Harras (editor)
Power Pack I#42 (December, 1988) - Jon Bogdanove (writer, penciler), Stan Drake (inker), Carl Potts (editor)
Uncanny X-Men I#239 (December, 1988) - Chris Claremont (writer), Marc Silvestri (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Factor I#35 (December, 1988) - Louise Simonson (writer), Terry Shoemaker (penciler), Joe Rubinstein (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Terminators#3 (December, 1988) - Louise Simonson (writer), Jon Bogdanove (penciler), Al Milgrom (inkers), Bob Harras (editor)
New Mutants I#71 (January, 1989) - Louise Simonson (writer), Bret Blevins (penciler), Al Williamson (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
Uncanny X-Men I#240 (January, 1989) - Chris Claremont (writer), Marc Silvestri (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Factor I#36 (January, 1989) - Louise Simonson (writer), Walter Simonson (penciler), Bob Wiacek (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Terminators#4 (January, 1989) - Louise Simonson (writer), Jon Bogdanove (penciler), Al Milgrom (inkers), Bob Harras (editor)
Uncanny X-Men I#241 (February, 1989) - Chris Claremont (writer), Marc Silvestri (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
New Mutants I#72 (February, 1989) - Louise Simonson (writer), Bret Blevins (penciler), Al Williamson (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Factor I#37 (February, 1989) - Louise Simonson (writer), Walter Simonson (penciler), Bob Wiacek (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
Avengers I#300 (February, 1989) - Walter Simonson (writer), John Buscema (penciler), Tom Palmer (inker), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Spectacular Spider-Man II#147 (February, 1989) - Gerry Conway (writer), Sal Buscema (artist), Jim Salicrup (editor)
Excalibur I#6 (March, 1989) - Chris Claremont (writer), Alan Davis (penciler), Paul Neary (inker), Terry Kavanaugh (editor)
Fantastic Four I#324 (March, 1989) - Steve Englehart (writer), Keith Pollard (penciler), Romeo Tanghal (inker), Ralph Macchio (editor)
New Mutants I#73 (March, 1989) - Louise Simonson (writer), Bret Blevins (penciler), Al Williamson & Mike Manley (inkers), Bob Harras (editor)
Uncanny X-Men#242 (March, 1989) - Chris Claremont (writer), Marc Silvestri (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Bob Harras (editor)New Mutants III#15 (September, 2010) - Zeb Wells (writer), Leonard Kirk (artist), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor), Nick Lowe (editor)
New Mutants III#15 (September, 2010) - Zeb Wells (writer), Leonard Kirk (artist), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor), Nick Lowe (editor)
New Mutants III#16-18 (October-December, 2010) - Zeb Wells (writer), Leonard Kirk (artist), Jake Thomas (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor), Nick Lowe (editor)
New Mutants III#19 (January, 2011) - Zeb Wells (writer), Leonard Kirk (artist), Jake Thomas (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor), Nick Lowe (editor)
New Mutants III#20-21 (February-March, 2011) - Zeb Wells (writer), Leonard Kirk w/ Andrew Currie (artist), Jake Thomas (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor), Nick Lowe (editor)

First posted: 03/09/2026
Last updated: 03/09/2026

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