Later on, Furmintz began his genetics career by studying with Howard Stark. Furmintz served as one of Reed Richard’s college professors. Furmintz felt that it was unfair that all around him super heroes were being created while he went nowhere.

Years later, Furmintz created the Genetech Foundation, in the hopes of creating his own super heroes. When the New Warriors appeared, Furmintz hired the Mad Thinker to gather information on the New Warriors and their powers.

The Mad Thinker succeeded, but did not give Genetech the secret identities of the New Warriors. The Mad Thinker had grown to like the New Warriors and he even warned them about the information he provided to Genetech.

The New Warriors invaded a Genetech facility on Long Island, and they were surprised and rendered unconscious by a group of super human youths that went by the name Psionex. They woke to find themselves captives of Furmintz and his proteges. Furmintz described his life, and he told the New Warriors that the members of Psionex had been given their powers from the in formation the Mad Thinker had provided about the New Warriors.

The perpetually late Speedball was able to free the New Warriors from their power-damping cell, and they then soundly beat Psionex. During the battle, one member of Psionex, Coronary, was carried aloft by Namorita. When Coronary caused Namorita to have stomach pains, Namorita accidentally dropped him from a high altitude. Coronary’s body apparently shattered when he hit the ground.

Furmintz’s assistant, Walter Rosen, saw the errors of their methods and promised that they would be more responsible in the future. He realized this when he saw how vicious and insane the members of Psionex were when under stress. Since there was nothing more the New Warriors could do, they left, hoping that Rosen would keep his promise.

Psionex has no real leader, and they really don’t cooperate or use teamwork when they are fighting. Furmintz began noticing his operatives’ more deviant behavior and began suffering bouts of depression over his creation of super-powered delinquents.

Some time after their initial encounter with the Warriors, Coronary (who was reassembled after his defeat) and Mathemanic exhibited noted increases in power. All the Psionex members began acting aggressively and soon made their escape from Genetech.

The New Warriors arrived to stop Psionex, but the battle was interrupted by Terrax. Furmintz attempted to assimilate Terrax’s power and become a superhero but he only gave Terrax a new host body. After a lengthy battle, Terrax was defeated by the New Warriors with help from the Fantastic Four and Mathemanic. Impulse was apparently killed in battle, and the whereabouts of the other Psionex members are currently unknown.