Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Jean Grey were the original members of which group of fictional characters?
Beast (comics) time, can be filled out by new recruits. He later joins the Defenders, stays with the team to organize as the "new" Defenders, and is one of the final surviving members at the time of its first disbandment as a result of the battle with Moondragon and the Dragon of the Moon. Beast and fellow surviving Defenders Angel and Iceman are contacted shortly after by Cyclops and Jean Grey to form a new group, X-Factor. With X-Factor, Beast rejoins the original members of the X-Men, and is again reunited with Vera Cantor. Beast starts out in his furred form, but
X-Factor (comics) group killed off in the final issue in order to free up Angel, Beast, and Iceman for X-Factor. A more difficult task was the return of Cyclops and Jean Grey. In 1980, Jean Grey was killed during the seminal "Dark Phoenix Saga", and since it was considered vital that the team have a female member, Layton opted to use fellow mutant Dazzler. Publicity material for the series began to appear at this time, with images of the team using a blank space or silhouette in place of the female member as a teaser mystery. However, writer Kurt Busiek suggested a