Who Is Blind Faith? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Blind Faith is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Alexi Garnoff, with over 25 comic issue appearances. 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.

Who is Blind Faith?

History Alexi Garnoff was first seen as the leader of a group of mutants consisting of Mentac , Concussion , Siberian Tiger , and Iron Curtain . They were opposing the Soviet Government, which viewed mutants as threats towards humanity's survival. As such, mutants were forced to band together in subversive hideaways in an elaborate safe-house system. 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. He was depowered on M-Day. Creation Alexi Garnoff was created by Bob Layton in 1986 and first appeared in X-Factor Annual # 1.

Key facts

Blind Faith is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Grand Design". The character is published by Marvel. With 25 recorded issue appearances, Blind Faith ranks among the most featured characters in comics.