Recruited by national security agency F.I.6 after the emergence of his mutant powers, Radio 1 disc jockey Scott Wright was codenamed Micromax. While on stakeout following a series of museum thefts, Micromax mistook Excalibur member Phoenix for the burglar when she stumbled into the stakeout; his interference inadvertently let the real thief, an invisible demon serving Necrom, escape. After Necrom killed several F.I.6 operatives, including the organization's head, Micromax assisted Excalibur in defeating Necrom.
When F.I.6 was dissolved and its surviving agents transferred to R.C.X., Micromax refused to go into the organization but was abducted by their Warpie agents, and soon freed by Nightcrawler. Micromax briefly became an active member of Excalibur. He later joined the Brand Corporation in New Jersey and was eventually fired from that security job.
When Kang decided to conquer the 21st century, he started his war in France. Micromax, along with Le Peregrine, the Avengers Hercules, She-Hulk, Firebird, and Thor, and the armies of France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, and others, stood against his armies.
Micromax, along with Sabra, was recruited to help Bishop and the O*N*E round up the 198 by Tony Stark, even if he disagreed with the Superhuman Registration Act. During the battle between Bishop's squad, the X-Men, and 198 he was fatally wounded by Shatterstar only surviving due to Angel's healing blood.
After joining the black ops team Vanguard, Scott was blackmailed into betraying the team when his niece's life was threatened.
He later moved to the mutant-only nation of Krakoa, where he was a candidate to become an X-Man.
