The Extreme Factor Five * Totally Naked Man

Totally Naked Man faces The Extreme Factor Five. — Jack Kirby tribute, by Illya King

First Appearance: Naked Man Comics #4
Location: Rose City, U.S.A.

The Extreme Factor Five is a fictional team of mutant villains. They were created by Illya King and Tracy Hudson as a parody of the Marvel Comics characters, the X-Men.[1]

Publication History

Comics and Comic Books

In Naked Man Comics #4, Totally Naked Man and friends, along with The Extreme Factor Five, are teleported to the planet Fabulon. The heroes meet Prince Dan and Bazooka. Prince Dan is really Man-Man the Barbarian. The villains meet Turtletor, scourge of villainy. Turtletor has captures an all-powerful Share Bear. The next part of Turtletor’s plan is to capture Skycloud Castle. He enlists the help of The Extreme Factor Five to do so. Man-Man and the heroes make the epic climb to Skycloud Castle. The villainous cabal also arrives. The heroes and villains fight. Turtletor is revealed to be The Yellow Skull. The Yellow Skull created a portal to Fabulon and quickly rose to power. Because the heroes are on Fabulon, Turtletor flees back to Earth. Man-Man brings the heroes to Hawk Witch, who provides a way back to Earth. Upon the heroes return, the Share Bear turns into a stuff bear (which Zetaman gives to a homeless kid).

All the villains in Rose City meet Vega Bond at one of his businesses, in Naked Man Comics #6. Bond has a plan to organize the villains against the heroes of Rose City. The Asalter assaults a little girl’s ice cream. Shawn and Catherine rob Old Town Pizza. The Roach slashes Zetaman’s tires. Villains have taken over the city. Totally Naked Man faces The Extreme Factor Five in Old Town Chinatown. The evil team throws Totally Naked Man off a roof and breaks his foot. Extremely Conservative Woman fights the evil team and saves Totally Naked Man. While Totally Naked Man is recuperating, he receives a call from Vega Bond. Bond challenges the heroes to a wrestling match. The heroes, sans Totally Naked Man, meet at Waterfront Park. New heroes like iHero and The Android, Chris Justice, and Civitron join the heroes of Rose City. The wrestling champion of the seven seas, Aqua Gato, also joins. The wrestling match is at the Rose Quarter. The heroes wrestle the villains. Most of the villains are taken out and retire. The Asalter is the only villain left. The villain makes short work of the heroes, including depowering the robot The Android. Aqua Gato fights The Asalter and loses. The Android turns back on and stops The Asalter. After winning the match, The Android is revealed to be Totally Naked Man.

In the Extreme Factor Five webcomic, Totally Naked Man notices that he has no hot water. Attributing the lost of heat to mutants, Totally Naked Man goes to Rose City investigate. When he arrives, Zetaman is there with news about the comic character, Rightguy. Zetaman gives Totally Naked Man a flashlight. They are interrupted by The Roach who slashes Zetaman’s tires. Totally Naked Man decides to investigate the Shanghai Tunnels instead of helping. There, Totally Naked Man stumbles upon the mutant team, the Extreme Factor Five. The team wants to destroy the U.S. Postal service as a statement of mutant supremacy. The group is confronted by another mutant, Oatmeal. The Extreme Factor Five and Oatmeal were mutated by a brewery accident. Oatmeal came to the sewers to quietly live his life. Totally Naked Man and Oatmeal fight while the Extreme Factor Five leave. The fight spills over to outside. Zetaman stops the fight. Totally Naked Man is left wondering why his water heater does not work.