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"Peter David has teased as to what fans can expect from his upcoming X-Factor arc, featuring guest appearances from Spider-Man and the Black Cat. The arc, which began last week with X-Factor #216, follows a recent trend on the title, featuring a wider range of characters from the Marvel Universe. &amp;quot;Originally X-Factor&amp;#039;s mission statement was to cater to the concerns of the Marvel Universe&amp;#039;s mutants, particularly Mutant Town,&amp;quot; David told Newsarama, when asked about the book&amp;#039;s change of focus. &amp;quot;Now the team has moved on to what they feel is a true realisation of Xavier&amp;#039;s dream: that mutants are peacefully co-existing with humans. &amp;quot;The best way to do that is for the team to specialise in cases that stem from the needs of the various denizens of the Marvel Universe,&amp;quot; the writer explained. David, who wrote Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man between between 2005 and 2007, admitted that though he is happy to be writing Peter Parker again, he was more interested in bringing Black Cat to the title. &amp;quot;Actually using Felicia stemmed from the nature of the story,&amp;quot; David revealed. &amp;quot;She winds up being drawn into the middle of it.&amp;quot; X-Factor has seen a number of cast changes over the past few months, with Wolfsbane returning to the team, Darwin leaving temporarily, and even oddball character Pip the Troll signing up as their receptionist. X-Factor #217 is due to be published on March 16. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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