THE PURITY SINGERS
Purpose: To spread anti-mutant propaganda via
music
Aliases: None
Affiliations: Abby, Clay, Purity
(Roy/Ron, others), Solo (James Bourne), Charles Tyler, June Tyler
Enemies: M (Monet St. Croix), Siryn (Theresa
Cassidy) (though they unaware of it)
Base of Operations: Mobile throughout the USA
First Appearance: (photo, mentioned by name)
X-Factor III#21 (September, 2007);
(fully seen and identified) X-Factor III#22
(October, 2007)
History:
(X-Factor III#21 (fb) - BTS) - Molly and Wally were born fraternal
twins to Abby, daughter of Charles and June Tyler, and Roy, a member of
the anti-mutant Purity cult. Roy and Abby began utilizing Molly and
Wally for Purity propaganda purposes as the Purity Singers.
(X-Factor III#24 (fb) - BTS) - Plotting against the mutant group X-Factor Investigators, the telepathic Isolationist met with the Purity Singers' parents and grandparents and had them pretend to feud in an effort to create a situation that X-Factor Investigations would need to resolve.
(X-Factor III#21 (fb) - BTS) - In keeping with their
orders from the Isolationist, Abby and Ron pretended to keep the Purity
Singers away from Charles and June Tyler, who then sued for visitation
rights, which were granted. Ignoring the court order, Roy and Abby kept
the Purity Singers in a constant state of touring around the country,
spreading the word of the Purity organization by singing songs about
the "joy" of a world without mutants, how the depowering M-Day event
was God's will, and how all mutants would soon be dead, though they
were also known for performing a really good Sondheim medley.
(X-Factor III#22 (fb) - BTS) - Armored mercenaries
Solo and Clay were hired to protect the Purity Singers from mutants.
(X-Factor III#21 - BTS) - Still playing their part in
the Isolationist's plot, Charles and June Tyler met with X-Factor
Investigations and showed them a photo of Molly and Wally, asking their
help in retrieving the Purity Singers and claiming they wanted to see
their grandchildren and try to undo some of the damage done to them by
the Purity organization. Unaware of the plot against them or the
Tylers' true nature, X-Factor's Madrox asked if his teammates M and
Siryn would be interested in taking the case and they happily agreed.
(X-Factor III#22) - M and Siryn attended a Purity Singers concert in Nashville, Tennessee and during the show, Siryn asked M's opinion of the show, to which M replied that the Purity Singers' parents should be shot for filling the children's heads with such bile and poison. When the two opted to go backstage to see the Purity Singers, they were allowed backstage, both unaware they were being led into an ambush. After the two were taken captive by the armored Solo and Clay, M accused the two of being on the wrong side, as the Purity Singers were spewing venom and X-Factor was there to enforce their grandparents' court-granted rights. Solo replied that they didn't care what the Purity Singers sang about, only the paychecks they were being provided to protect the Purity Singers.
(X-Factor III#23) - In Las
Vegas, Nevada, the Purity Singers and their parents made their way to
an elevator led by Solo and Clay. Molly asked if Solo and Clay were
there to protect them from being kidnapped by mutants. Her mother Abby
replied in the affirmative and Wally then asked if Solo was related to
Han Solo. Solo answered no and led the family to the express elevator,
which he explained would lead them to the penthouse floor and a waiting
Clay. Before the Purity Singers got on the elevator, Wally asked if he
could hold Solo's gun, prompting his father Roy to scold him. Inside
the elevator, Roy began discussing whether they should switch the order
of songs during the Purity Singers' next show but Molly argued that Roy
always talked about worka and instead suggested they discuss dinner.
The conversation was interrupted when M and Siryn arrived and M grabbed
the elevator by the cables and pulled it up into the air through the
roof. As both mutants flew off with the Purity Singers and their family
in tow, Siryn confirmed that the children's grandparents were waiting
at a rendezvous point and M remarked that it should be an interesting
reunion. Clay reported the Purity Singers' kidnapping to Solo,
subsequently also informing the Isolationist and noting that the
kidnapping was expected and should keep M and Siryn occupied for a
time.
(X-Factor III#24) - The Purity Singers and their
parents grew antsy while being flown in the elevator and when M finally
set them down, the Singers prepared to exit the elevator. M then opened
the door to reveal that they were atop a gigantic tree stump, the other
side of which contained a tent housing the Purity Singers'
grandparents. Charles and June Tyler greeted their grandchildren for
the first time in a long time and the Purity Singers ran to them,
exclaiming how much they had missed their grandparents. While there, M
proved unable to reach her X-Factor teammates and as she flew off to
investigate, Abby and Ron turned to each other, whispering that they
had done everything the Isolationist asked and how Abby's parents had
played their part beautifully.
Comments: Created by Peter David and Pablo Raimondi.
The Molly and Wally images are not bad scans, they're just taken from a panel where they were in a shaky elevator. There just weren't very many great images of them.
In X-Factor III#21, Charles and
June Tyler refer to the Purity Singers' father as "Roy" but in #24,
their mother Abby calls him "Ron." For the purposes of this profile, I
am referring to him as Roy since that is what he was called first.
This profile was finished on 08/08/2025, but saved for the late Peter David's birthday!
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Purity Singers has no known connections to:
Molly was the daughter of Roy and Abby, granddaughter of Charles and June Tyler, and the fraternal twin sister of Wally. At a young age, her parents began utilizing her and her brother as singers to help spread the anti-mutant propaganda of the Purity organization. They were dubbed the Purity Singers and they traveled across the country spreading anti-mutant hate via music. Eventually, the telepathic mutant Isolationist used the Purity Singers' parents and grandparents in a plot against X-Factor Investigations, tasking them with feigning a feud that the grandparents would eventually get X-Factor involved in. Seeming unaware of the subterfuge, Molly and her brother missed their grandparents and were happy to reunite with them after X-Factor's M and Siryn flew them to the Tylers.
--X-Factor III#21 (photo) (#22-24,
Wally was the son of Roy and Abby, grandson of Charles and June Tyler, and the fraternal twin brother of Molly. Like Molly, his parents began utilizing him and his sister as singers to help spread the anti-mutant propaganda of the Purity organization. They were dubbed the Purity Singers and they traveled across the country spreading anti-mutant hate via music. Eventually, the telepathic mutant Isolationist used the Purity Singers' parents and grandparents in a plot against X-Factor Investigations, tasking them with feigning a feud that the grandparents would eventually get X-Factor involved in. Seeming unaware of the subterfuge, Wally and his sister missed their grandparents and were happy to reunite with them after X-Factor's M and Siryn flew them to the Tylers.
--X-Factor III#21 (photo) (#22-24,
images: (without ads)
X-Factor III#22, p5 pan1 (Purity Singers, main image)
X-Factor III#22, p5, pan2 (Purity Singers, headshots)
X-Factor III#24, p8, pan1 (Purity Singers with their parents)
X-Factor III#23, p14, pan2 (Molly & Wally images)
Appearances:
X-Factor III#21 (September, 2007) - "The Isolationist" story - Peter
David (writer), Pablo Raimondi (art), Andy Schmidt, Nick Lowe (editors)
X-Factor III#22 (October, 2007) - "The Isolationist, Part II: Natural
Order" story - Peter David (writer), Pablo Raimondi (art), Andy
Schmidt, Nick Lowe (editors)
X-Factor III#23 (November, 2007) - "The Isolationist, Part III: True or
False" story - Peter David (writer), Pablo Raimondi (art), Andy
Schmidt, Nick Lowe (editors)
X-Factor III#24 (December, 2007) - "The Isolationist, Conclusion" story
- Peter David (writer), Pablo Raimondi, Valentine de Landro, Drew
Hennessy (art), Andy Schmidt, Nick Lowe (editors)
First Posted: 09/23/2025
Last updated: 08/08/2025
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