Holcomb -- Played by Michael Copeman
Holcomb.
First Appearance: "Understudy."
Quote: Holcomb: "A lot of people would be grateful if Bardow was taken down. A lot of people who can offer significant favors."
Adam: "You can keep the favors. Just tell me what you can about Bardow."
Details: Adam's insider contact Holcomb gave him the name of Jergen Bardo, the German arms dealer who hired Lucinda Alvarez to steal a particle decelerator from Walderson Industries.
From Tribune Entertainment's former Mutant X Lives website, a note to Adam from Christina: ...Mr. Holcomb
Now, don’t get me wrong, Mr. Kane. I’m still devoted to you and your Generation X-ers. However, I’m a popular girl and there’s a sticky diplomatic situation overseas (where the genetics are normal but the humanity is sub-par) that requires my immediate attention. Rather than leave you high and dry or to your own devices (no, no, no…) I’m bringing in another liaison to advise and oversee Mutant X’s missions until I return and work without distraction. Now, this is the part that you probably won’t like… Your new contact is Mr. Holcomb. Settle down, Boy Genius. I know you two have rocked each other’s boats in the past. But think about it. Hol may be a controlling, double-edged pain-in-the-everywhere, but his politics have never been anti-mutant. In fact, he’s on record insisting that your test-tube babies are human beings and need to be regarded as such. It was the secrecy and the misrepresented funds Genomex ate up that always had him riled. Face it Adam, you were a part of Breedlove’s inner circle once and despite your defection, it has always reflected badly on you. Holcomb isn’t the only one who’s found it hard to swallow your trust (even the select few of us who’ve brushed against your charming facade outside of the lab have had trouble doing that. Hmmm?) The bottom line, of course, is you have no choice. You’ve committed Mutant X to this arrangement. It was always going to be a tightrope with personality and ethical clashes. You’ve custom-designed a new breed of human, for God’s sake! That stretches the “all created equal” line to the max (a concept that many politicians have had trouble grasping applied to skin color, not to mention hybrid DNA!) You’re lucky I was able to handpick Holcomb out of the other sleazy candidates presented to me. Whew! I guess I’m a bit defensive. The truth is that I’m not happy about my new duties and would much rather stay and babysit you. But I knew what I was in for when I took the job. So did you. Just try and work with Holcomb. Next to me, he’s your best shot at going legit. I’ll send you and the kids a postcard.