Madison Jeffries

Madison Jeffries
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Alpha Flight#16 (Nov. 1984)
Created by	John Byrne
In-story information
Alter ego	Madison Jeffries
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Exiles X-Men X-Club Weapon X Alpha Flight Gamma Flight Zodiac
Notable aliases	Box, Gemini
Abilities	Technokinetic ability to reshape plastic, metal, and glass to any shape desired Technopathic ability to mentally communicate with A.I., such as machines, robots and cyberware Technoformic capacity to physically/mentally merge with and augment his BOX warsuit via mechanical assimilation Intuitive Inventing.

Madison Jeffriesis a fictionalsuperheroappearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.The character is depicted as having the ability to reshape plastic, metal, and glass to any desired shape. He also possesses the technopathic ability to mentally communicate withA.I.,such as machines and robots. Additionally, Madison Jeffries is the brother ofScramble.The character first appeared inAlpha Flight#16 (Nov. 1984), and was created byJohn Byrne.He also appears as anNPCin the video gameMarvel Heroes,voiced byRichard Epcar.

Character background

As a young man, Madison Jeffries volunteered to enlist as a soldier inVietnamalongside his younger brotherLionel.After Madison left the military, he met a man namedRoger Bochsat a clinic for physicallydisabledpersons. The two became friends, and Madison used his mutant powers to help Bochs create his Box robot. They were recruited into the new Alpha Flight program underDepartment H.When the Canadian government cut Department H's funding, Madison left the organization completely and found employment digging ditches.

After Alpha Flight returned to Canada, Roger Bochs recruited Madison to rebuild his damaged Box robot, to seek revenge against Omega Flight.

Madison Jeffries later appears as a member of the Utopians alongsideElixir,Karma,Masque,Random,andTabitha Smith.

Alternate versions

Age of Apocalypse

In the"Age of Apocalypse"reality, Madison Jeffries joined Apocalypse's cause and was a member of the Brotherhood of Chaos, an elite religious group affiliated with the Church of the Madri.

Age of X-Man

In the "Age of X-Man"reality, Madison Jeffries is the History Instructor of the 10th Year class within the Summers Institute Of Higher Learning, located in Winchester, New York.

House of M

In the"House of M"reality, Madison Jeffries had also been forced byWeapon Xto create weapons that would be used on his fellow mutants.

Weapon X: Days of Future Now

In the alternate future depicted inWeapon X: Days of Future Now,Madison's ever-improving Boxbots have gained a sentience of their own, one of them even calling itselfMaster Mold.

External links

• AlphaFlight.NetAlphanex Entry On - Madison Jeffries;
• MarvelDirectory.com- Character Bio - Madison Jeffries aka Box IV;
• Uncannyxmen.netSpotlight on Madison Jeffries;
• Madison JeffriesonMarvel Database,aMarvel Comicswiki.