Mutants (Marvel)

Mutants in X-Men: Legacy v1 #275.

Mutants are a species that feature in Marvel Comics.

History

Origin

Mutants or Homo Superior were a breed of humans born with extraordinary powers as a result of the X-Gene that generally manifested in puberty or high stress situations. Some believe mutants to be the next stage in the chain of human evolution, while others say they are simply a new branch of humanity. Mutants are the subject of social persecution, but they have defenders such as the X-Men, Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Alpha Flight and X-Force.

Eons ago, the planet Earth was young when it was populated by the earliest ancestors of mankind. During this time, the Celestials had arrived on the world to conduct their experiments leading to the creation of the Deviants and the Eternals. Oneg the Prober was responsible for experimentation on a third crop of humans where he implanted a latent gene within them whereupon he allowed them to return to the surface. There were no apparent changes to their physiology unlike the Deviants or Eternals but the genetic potential for mutation was present among these humans that would manifest in the millennia afterwards that could surpass those of the other two experiments in the future. Upon completing their task, the Celestials departed allowing these early Mutants to develop among mankind. (What If? v1 #23)

In this time, a genetic predecessor species emerged known as Homo Killcrop that differed from Homo Superior in that they were born with their power. These Changelings or Replacement People were designed to pave the way for the rise of Homo Superior as they did not begin overnight. As a result of their nature, Killcrops were blamed for bad harvests by mankind and were killed 99 times out of a 100 in their infancy. In time, they came to be regarded in mythology of humanity that attributed them to the old legends of fairies or goblins that switched a human child with one of their own. (X-Factor v3 #11) Hundreds of years ago, Earth had Proto-Mutants that had cruder and less evolved version of the X-Gene. (X-Men v3 #31) In time, an ancient yet advanced civilization was founded by Mutants that predated all known civilizations. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #429) During the biblical era, several tribes of advanced humans that were Mutants dominated the planet. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #433) These tribes were referred to as the Neyaphem and the Cheyarafim who were mortal enemies of one another. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #429) Around this era, a red-skinned Mutant named Azazel came into power where he ruled much of Earth until he along with his closest followers were banished to another dimension by their enemies. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #433)

In 1013, Apocalypse came to Scandinavia to kill Thoron after being counselled by Rama-Tut who informed him of beings and ancestors of people who would cause a threat to him in the future. He then sent his four Four Horsemen to kill Folkbern Logan who was an ancestor of one of his future enemies but his agents were all destroyed by Thor. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #6)

During the Crusades, a newly manifested Mutant named Bennet du Paris came upon the hidden city of Akkaba where he came to be transformed into a servant of Apocalypse. However, he would later turn against his master leading to his imprisonment for centuries. (Black Knight: Exodus v1 #1)

In 1459, the Horseman of War led Apocalypse's Riders of the Dark in Romania against the forces of the mortal Vlad Dracula. Dracula came to be defeated in his encounter with Apocalypse and left for dead. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #1)

The Clan Akkaba allegedly had at least a member on the Mayflower journey to America, in 1620. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #1)

In 1859, the scientist Nathaniel Essex in Victorian era England had been conducting experiments in the nature of evolution and mutation leading to him discovering the existence of Mutants. He determined that these were an evolutionary breakthrough in mankind with him naming the genetic potential as the Essex Factor where he showcased his findings to the Royal Society of London. However, he was admonished for being a madman and rejected by the society who cast him out for dabbling in the creation of monsters. Despite being rejected, he continued his work in secret and recruited the Marauders gang to aid him. (Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix v1 #1)

During the rise of Nazi Germany, they began to hunt down Mutants in a time known as Lebengebrochennacht after Joseph Mengele theorised that the transplantation of Mutant organs and tissues into a human body being the key to creating the master race. This led to Project: Griffin where scientists surgically implanted the organs into human test subjects to see if their bodies could hold Mutant genetics. Most of the experiments failed but there was a success in one group consisting of children with these being known as Wenig Taktreisenders (Little Time Travelers). However, Hitler deemed these cross-bred children as a threat to the war effort and potentially could be devastating for the Reich if they went out of control. Thus, Mengele ordered the destruction of the subjects who were nearly completely eliminated when Allied forces arrived at the scene to liberate the camp. These children were freed leading to generations of hybrid Human-Mutant children spreading throughout Germany and East Europe with varying degrees of teleportation abilities. (Spider-Man and the Black Cat v1 #5)

In 1944, Nazi scientist Mister Sinister experimented on prisoners in concentration and death camps in order to find and activate Mutants. (Excalibur v3 #7)

In 1959, a Mutant by the name of the Armageddon Man lost control of his powers which devastated the town of Magic Mirror leaving it in ruin. This led to a government response who launched enough firepower to destroy a building with this only stunning the target. The target was then taken to a special detention facility as part of the Alamogordo Project who sought to study the subject and prevent the kind of damage from occurring in the future. (X-Force v1 #89)

Children of the Atom

A popular explanation for this marked growth was the proliferation of nuclear technologies in the modern era starting with the first atomic bomb who began the wide-spreading of genetic mutation resulting from the radiation. (X-Men Forever v1 #4) The increase of the mutant population was eventually perceived by the Eternals as a sign of the coming Fourth Host. (X-Men: The Hidden Years v1 #21)

harles Xavier was not the only man gathering mutants to his cause, however. Years before founding the X-Men, Xavier had encountered a Holocaust-survivor by the name of Erik Magnus Lensherr. The two became friends but found themselves frequently debating the subject of human-mutant co-existence. Scarred by his experiences as a prisoner of the Nazi death-camps, Magnus was convinced that humanity would turn against mutantkind, and that only by claiming their position as the dominant species by force, could mutantkind survive. Xavier and Magnus would soon go their separate ways, and Magnus eventually began calling himself Magneto, recruiting mutants who shared his violent ideology to his Brotherhood of Mutants. (X-Men v2 #-1)

The mutant terrorists Mystique and Destiny would also pursue a radical and violent path to mutant supremacy. Guided by Destiny's pre-cognitive powers, the pair assumed the mantle of Magneto's Brotherhood after he had stopped using the moniker, leading a team of mutant fighters on a campaign of terrorism and assassination. In order to avoid imprisonment, the couple would reform the Brotherhood as Freedom Force, a mutant strike force in service to the U.S. government. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #142)

Senator Robert Kelly later brought a proposed draft for legislation to control the activity of Mutants. The proposed bill was the Mutant Affairs Control Act 1984 with his fellow Senator Phillip believing the law amounted to slavery and looked to defeat it. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #181) In time, the United States Senate Committee on Mutant Affairs began to consider legislation in the wake of increased activity from Mutants. The proposed Mutant Registration Bill were to call for mandatory registration of all known Mutants making it necessary for them to report their whereabouts annually with it being taken to the President for consideration. (X-Factor v1 #1)

Apocalypse himself would eventually awaken from a long period of dormancy, leading his renewed Horsemen back on the world stage. (X-Factor v1 #6)

In an attempt to exterminate mutantkind Stryfe, the clone of X-Man Cyclops' son Cable, unleashed a custom-made plague known as the Legacy Virus. The virus targeted mutants, causing the deaths of hundreds before mutating to also effect baseline humans. Through the work of X-Man Beast and the sacrifice of X-Man Colossus, a cure was developed. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #390)

In China, the Chinese government made its own moves at controlling the rise of Mutants within the nation. Thus, they established the People's Protection Agency that was their own version of Project: Wideawake. In response, a band of Mutants formed called 3Peace who evaded government efforts at capturing their kind with the Agency deploying the China Force to apprehend the fugitives. (X-Force Annual v1 #3) At some point, a team of Chinese Mutants established their own enclave that the called Tian where they remained undercover and undisturbed research as well as understand themselves better. (Astonishing X-Men v3 #27)

Having learned of Moira MacTaggert's manipulations of his genome, a furious Magneto abandoned his covenant with her and Xavier, leaving the X-Men and once more pursuing a more radical and violent path to mutant salvation. He gathered a new group of mutants known as the Acolytes. (X-Men v2 #2) For a time, Magneto created a base known as Asteroid M in Earth-orbit which he hoped would serve as a sanctuary for mutants. When those plans were undone, Magneto returned to Earth and used his vast magnetic powers to seize control of the Earth's magnetosphere, blackmailing the world community into sanctioning the creation of an independent mutant nation. The United Nations eventually agreed to his demands, ceding the island nation of Genosha to Magneto. (X-Men v2 #87) When the Legacy Virus began circulating in the mutant community, thousands of infected mutants had been quarantined on Genosha. When the virus was cured, Magneto gained a vast army overnight, and began preparing for a campaign of world domination. (X-Men v2 #111) A team of X-Men managed to foil his schemes, with Magneto being left wheelchair bound due to injuries inflicted by the X-Man Wolverine. (X-Men v2 #113)

Vanisher was involved with a drug cartel to produce Designer Genes that was a drug that imparted superpowers for a short time before killing the user. The retrovirus was created by harvesting DNA from Mutants by tapping into the bone marrow. (Uncanny X-Men Annual v1 2001)

Within the U.S., there was an increased number of Mutants in the country along with a rising number of hate driven crimes against Mutants. As a result, the FBI organised the formation of a special division known as the Mutant Civil Rights Task Force (MCRTF) to handle tensions whilst proving that it was not an empty political gesture. (X-Factor v2 #1)

By this time, the vast majority of Earth's mutant population lived in the nation of Genosha which was ruled by Magneto. Beast believed that the surge in the mutant population was linked to the emergence of secondary mutations. (New X-Men v1 #114)

Decimation

Utopia in Nation X v1 #1.

The Genoshan Massacre resulted in the death of 16 million people that was half the worlds Mutant population. (New X-Men v1 #116)

In the wake of M-Day, global genetic devastation faced Mutants as a result of the Chaos Wave generated from the Scarlet Witch. Her actions caused many Mutants around the world to be depowered and losing their abilities. It was determined that this was not a case of their powers being inhibited by the existence of the X-Gene being erased with there being no potential for even new Mutants to be born thus creating an endangered species bordering on extinction. (House of M The Day After v1 #1)

The true reasons behind the Decimation remained unknown to the majority of mutants and to the public at large, since the X-Men feared that if the world know that a mutant had made and unmade the world in her own image, humanity would not rest until the surviving mutants were exterminated. (X-Factor v3 #9)

In the immediate aftermath of the Decimation, several attempts were made at reversing its effects. While some of these were effective on an individual basis, none managed to find a viable solution for all those de-powered. One notable attempt was made by Quicksilver. Himself depowered, he sought aid from his estranged wife's people, the Inhumans, believing their Terrigen Mists could be used to reverse the effects of Wanda's spell. Using stolen crystals, Quicksilver was able to restore the powers of depowered mutants, but these powers more often than not spiralled out of control, resulting in serious injury or death to those exposed to the mists. (X-Factor v3 #20)

Beast went on a journey of his own, contacting the greatest minds of the world for help, compromising his ethics, and even searching for the Scarlet Witch herself. In the end however, he returned empty-handed, no closer to reversing the Decimation. (X-Men: Endangered Species v1 #1)

During the Secret Invasion, the Skrull race under Queen Veranke believed that the number of Mutants in the world was a threat to their eventual conquest of the planet. Thus, they sought to introduce measures to weaken them and end the danger posed by them. This included stoking anti-Mutant sentiment among humans who were already distrustful of Homo Superiors over fears of facing extinction. (New Avengers v1 #42)

Using the Cooperstown Massacre as a basis, Simon Trask led the Humanity Now! Coalition in bringing about a Mutant breeding act to a public referendum for people to vote in a ballot initiative in an effort to legislate births of Mutants. This led to Proposition X whereby tests was to be conducted on newborn children and those that were X-Gene positive were to undergo mandatory chemical birth control procedures to prevent an increase in the Mutant population whilst stating that this was to ensure the survival and safety of ordinary humans. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #509)

In response to rising anti-Mutant sentiment along with Director Norman Osborn's H.A.M.M.E.R.'s activities, Scott Summers decided to evacuate the X-Men to an island mass he had his people rise from the fallen Asteroid M. This became a small independent island off U.S. soil near San Francisco Bay with this being referred to as Utopia that was to be a safe haven for Mutants. (Dark Avengers v1 #8)

Through the machinations of the Phoenix Force, a mutant child was born in Alaska; the first mutant birth since the Decimation. The child was immediately hunted by various factions, including the Marauders, X-Men, and Purifiers, who all wanted the child for their own reasons. The child was first found and saved by Cable. Cable believed the child to be a messiah that would save mutantkind from extinction. With the X-Men's blessing, he took the child into the future to raise and protect her until she would be ready to return. The two were pursued by former X-Man Bishop, who came from a future where the child grew up to kill a million humans and brought about a world where a resurgent mutantkind was forced into concentration camps. (X-Men v2 #205)

During the battle for the messiah child, the School was killed, scattering mutantkind. The X-Men would re-group in San Francisco and opened their doors once more to all current and former mutants who required sanctuary. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #495)

In a bid to become a living goddess, Selene orchestrated the resurrection of the deceased mutants of Genosha. While most of the dead mutants had been de-powered by Wanda's spell, this still grew the mutant population to 1,652,106 mutants world-wide. (X-Force v3 #21)

Dubbing the island 'Necrosha', Selene would make it the crown jewel of her new empire and succeeded in sacrificing the resurrected mutants and achieving godhood. She, however, came to be stopped by Warpath and X-Force, putting an end to her short-lived empire. After Necrosha and the loss of many mutant lives, Doctor Nemesis stated that the mutant population consisted of 181 individuals. (X-Men: Second Coming v1 #1)

Having grown to adulthood, the mutant messiah, now known as Hope Summers decided that she was ready to return to the present. Her return coincided with the final plan of Bastion, a Sentinel with knowledge of the future who sought to wipe out mutantkind once and for all. Bastion launched an all-out assault on Utopia, but Hope succeeded in destroying him. (X-Force v3 #28)

House of X

Krakoans in Powers of X v1 #1.

Charles Xavier later sought to create a unified Mutant sovereign nation that was to be located on Krakoa that had its own language and culture. (House of X v1 #1) The first danger to the country was when a team of assassins from a mysterious faction managed to infiltrate the island and assassinate Professor Xavier. (X-Force v6 #1) Though dead, the resurrection protocols were initiated leading to a new body for his mind to habit being made by Jean Grey whereupon they sought to eliminate this threat to their nation. (X-Force v6 #3)

An island known as Arak Coral later appeared off the southern coast of Krakoa. With Cypher offworld, Cable and Prestige accompanied their father in exploring the new landmass and learned about it from the High Summoner of Arakko before the two islands merged. (X-Men v5 #2)

After the Krakoan mutants defeated the Swordbearers of Arakko, Krakoa was finally able to reunite with Arakko. As it turned out, both Krakoa and Arakko had evolved beyond what they originally were together, with personalities radically different from what they once knew. Both now completely different, even needing Doug to translate for the both of them, they had no interest in reunification. (X-Men v5 #16)

Afterwards, there was growing issues of Arakkii Mutants causing disruptions in various human nations with Magneto bringing the matter to Isca the Unbeaten though she showed no interest in the matter. The Quiet Council then decided to embark on an ambitious venture and one that would deal with the issue of Arakkii Mutants. This involved a grand effort by Omega-level Mutants to terraform Mars and even listed a number of members of the Great Ring of Arakko. Ultimately, their efforts were a success and they made the planet habitable whereupon they teleported Arakko to Mars that was now the first colonised Mutant world that was re-named planet Arakko. It came to be declared the new capital of the solar system. (Planet-Size X-Men v1 #1)

Tensions arose when Colossus forced the Council to reveal the Sins of Sinister to the entire world, causing internal turmoil within the Council and the nation while the mutant population became more hated than ever. Cypher confronted Xavier and demanded for the Council to be disbanded to which the latter agreed. Feeling threatened and having lost its trust in the Council, Krakoa got hold of Cypher and hid him within itself in order to protect him from the danger that would soon come. (Immortal X-Men v1 #13)

During the celebration of the Hellfire Gala, Orchis suddenly attacked, targeting the Omega-level mutants while the Stark Sentinels killed the rest of the mutants. The X-Men attempted to fight back, but Orchis revealed that it had poisoned Krakoa's drugs and could easily kill every human who ingested them, threatening to kill as many humans for any mutant living on Earth. Left with no choice, Xavier took control of all mutants and forced them to leave the island through the gateways, though a small group resisted him and fled to New York. Sadly, Orchis had also sabotaged the gateways, causing the mutants who had passed through to completely disappear and end up in the White Hot Room. With the massacre over, Orchis planned to hunt down the remaining mutants around the world, leaving a devastated Xavier the last living inhabitant of Krakoa. (X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 v1 #1)

Overview

In appearance, Mutants were humans that were born with special abilities and powers. (X-Men v1 #1) They were also known as the Children of the Atom on account of their fantastic powers. (X-Force v1 #1)

Studies had shown that genetic Mutants had a very specific energy signature that were more powerful than other lifeforms. (X-Men: Deadly Genesis v1 #1)

Certain Mutants were known to succumb to a secondary mutation whereby they gained new abilities. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #412)

There was a classification system that divided Mutants into:

• Omega Level : Xavier believed Omega Level Mutant abilities had unlimited potential. (X-Men Forever v1 #3) These related to a single Mutant power that could not be surpassed in any measurable way. (House of X v1 #1)
• Alpha Level :
• Beta Class :
• Omega Class :

Certain Mutants were designated as a Code X with these being personality profiles that had the chance of their Mutant gene X causing them to become mentally unstable. (X-Statix v1 #1)

Among their kind there were numerous variations such as:

• Homo Killcrop : (X-Factor v3 #11)
• Neo-Mutants : these were a type of latent Mutant whose abilities only activated in the presence of others with the X-Gene. (X-Men First Class Special v1 #1)

It was noted that shared bloodlines sometimes acted as a filter which produced immunities between close relations. Thus, among mutations that mothers were oftentimes exempt from their child's Mutant power with siblings sharing this immunity as well. (Domino v2 #4)

One specially bred form of Mutant were referred to as Chimeras that were produced from DNA of two separate X-genes thus creating a child that had the most predictable powersets of the source Mutants. In time, further generations of Chimeras allowed for the manifestation of multiple amalgamated X-genes that could include five different DNA sources. (Power of X v1 #1)

Numerous Mutant organizations had formed over the years that included:

• Mutant Liberation Front :
• 3Peace :
• Morlocks :
• Gene Nation :
• Externals :
• Quiet Council of Krakoa :
• Clan Akabba :
• Great Ring of Arakko :

In the sovereign nation of Krakoa, Cypher created the Krakoan language to be mutantdom's first autochthonous language. A local telepath would imprint the language in the mind of each newly arrived Mutant. (House of X v1 #3)

Members

• Jamie Braddock : a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Monarch whose power was reality manipulation on a quantum level. (House of X v1 #1)
• Robert Drake : male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Iceman whose power was negative temperature manipulation. (House of X v1 #1)
• Joshua Foley : a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Elixir whose power was biokinesis. (House of X v1 #1)
• David Haller : a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Legion whose power was power manifestation. (House of X v1 #1)
• Erik Lehnsherr : a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Magneto whose power was magnetism. (House of X v1 #1)
• Kevin MacTaggert : a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Proteus whose power was reality manipulation on a psionic level. (House of X v1 #1)
• Absalon Mercator : a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Mister M whose power was matter manipulation. (House of X v1 #1)
• Ororo Munroe : a female Omega-level Mutant codenamed Storm whose power was weather manipulation. (House of X v1 #1)
• Bennet du Paris : a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Exodus whose power was telekinesis. (House of X v1 #1)
• Quentin Quire : a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Kid Omega whose power was telepathy. (House of X v1 #1)
• Franklin Richards: a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Powerhouse whose power was universal reality manipulation. (House of X v1 #1)
• Gabriel Summers : a male Omega-level Mutant codenamed Vulcan whose power was energy manipulation. (House of X v1 #1)
• Hope Summers : a female Omega-level Mutant codenamed Hope whose power was power manipulation. (House of v1 #1)
• Maddie : a young female Omega-level Mutant who was a teleporter. (Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan v1 #2)
• Matthew Malloy : a male Omega-level Mutant who was able to manipulate reality and noted to be incredibly powerful. (Uncanny X-Men v3 #27)
• Forever Man :
• Garbha-Hsien :
• Selene :
• Crule :
• Nicodemus :
• En Sabah Nur :
• Candra :
• Ogun :
• Elias Bogan :
• Fiona Knoblach :
• Jonas Graymalkin :
• Silas Burr :
• James Howlett :
• Victor Creed :
• Jack Starsmore :
• James Bradley :
• Bennet du Paris :
• Armageddon Man : (X-Force v1 #89)
• Professor X :
• Cyclops :
• Beast :
• Angel :
• Iceman :
• Jean Grey :
• Steven Shaffran : a male Mutant who had the power of reality probability manipulation and was known as Ricochet. He came to be a Senator in the U.S. where he hid his true nature and was working with Mister Sinister to discredit the government superhero team X-Factor. (X-Factor v1 #74)
• Ricochet :
• Jubilation Lee :
• Collective Man :
• Dei Guan :
• Nuwa : a female Chinese Mutant with short black hair who could emit a Tranquillity Wave where she was able to induce a sleep state in multiple people. She used to be a scientist working for the government where she helped pioneer a Mutant detection system that took the form of a satellite relay network but the People's Protection Agency used this to persecute Mutants. As a result, Nuwa rebelled against them where she headed the 3Peace group that were labelled as fugitives by the Chinese government. (X-Force Annual v1 #3)
• Paradigm : a male from Hong Kong with technokinetic abilities who was bonded with the Techno-Organic Virus from an alien organism but his abilities allowed him to take over the substance that encased his form in living circuitry that he could manipulate at will. (X-Force v1 #89)
• Kuan-Yin Xorn : a male Chinese Mutant who upon the manifestation of his powers saw his brain turn into a star forcing him to wear a mask for the rest of his life. (New X-Men Annual v1 #2001)
• Shen Xorn : a male Chinese Mutant who was the twin brother of Kuan-Yin Xorn where his powers led to his brain manifesting a black hole that forced him to wear a mask for the rest of his life. (X-Men v2 #157)
• Jia Jing : a female Mutant with short black hair who developed insectile characteristics with blue rocky skin and wings. (Wolverine and the X-Men v1 #19) She could harden her skin to make her strikes more powerful and had a desire to be a great hero where she was given a a legacy code name of Spite. (Wolverine and the X-Men v1 #27)
• Trevor Hawkins : a male Mutant with long blonde hair whose mutation saw him sprout numerous eyes across his body leading to him being known as Eye-Boy. (Wolverine and the X-Men v1 #19)
• Iara dos Santos : a dark haired female Mutant whose mutation manifested in her developing the characteristics of a shark where she came to be know as Shark Girl. (Wolverine and the X-Men v1 #20)
• Persephone : a female Mutant who had the power to kill people and resurrect them as undead corpses that were extensions of her will with her heading a company called Soteira. (Return of Wolverine v1 #4)
• Wolfgang Heinrich : a male shapeshifting Mutant known as the Doppelganger that was born in East Germany in 1932 where his father was said to be among Adolf Hitler's best geneticists during World War II. After the war, Wolfgang was hired by the KGB and worked on experiments in isolating the X-Gene in order to create supersoldiers for the Russian government. (X-Factor Annual v1 #1)

Notes

• Mutants were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where they made their first appearance in X-Men v1 #1 (September, 1963).
• Class Omega Mutants were first referenced by Nimrod where he designated Rachel Summers as one in Uncanny X-Men v1 #208 (1986).

Alternate Versions

• In X-Men v1 #141 (1981), alternate versions of Mutants were shown in the Days of Future's Past reality set in a possible 2013 that was designated as Earth-811 in the Multiverse. On this Earth, anti-Mutant attitudes arose after the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants assassinated Presidential candidate Senator Robert Kelly along with Charles Xavier and Moira MacTaggert in 1980. This led to the governments of the world passed the Mutant Control Act in 1988 leading to mass deployment of Sentinels that targeted and eliminated Mutants. The machines eventually began to take over and started cataloguing mankind in North America into three categories; H were baseline humans without the Mutant gene who were allowed to breed, A were anomalous that were normal humans but had the Mutant genetic potential thus they were not allowed to breed and M were Mutants that were pariahs in society who were hunted down and exterminated. This saw millions of Mutants killed with the X-Men largely eliminated though a small number of them survived to form an anti-Sentinel resistance. Special inhibitor collars were developed to neutralise their powers with the resistance working to change the timeline.
• In X-Factor v1 #67 (1991), alternate versions of Mutants were shown in the Clan Askani reality set between the 37th and 38th century and designated as Earth-4935 in the Multiverse. On this world, Apocalypse had risen to power and conquered the world where he instituted a survival of the fittest system. A newborn Nathan Summers after being infected with the Techno-Organic Virus was transported to this future to save him where he was raised by Clan Askani to be the warrior Cable.
• In Uncanny X-Men v1 #282 (1991), alternate versions of Mutants were shown in a reality similar to Days of Futures Past that was designated as Earth-1191 in the Multiverse. On this Earth, Sentinels rose to power in this timeline where Mutants were kept in concentration camps until the Summers Rebellion that led to Emancipation. In the aftermath, the Xavier's Security Enforcers were established to maintain the peace between humans and Mutants with Lucas Bishop born on this Earth.
• In X-Men v2 #40 (1994), alternate versions of Mutants were shown in the Age of Apocalypse reality that was designated as Earth-295 in the Multiverse.
• In Bishop the Last X-Man v1 (1999), alternate versions of Mutants were shown in a future reality created by the time travelling Chronomancer that was designated as Earth-9910 in the Multiverse. One group that arose were a species known as the Kith that were said to had been ancient savage unrelenting race and resided in aeries set in the mountain peaks. The young were grey-skinned giants larger than humans but by adulthood the grew horns and wings. By this point in the timeline, they were dwindling in number and dying when the last king had two sons with one imprisoning the other. He turned the Kith savage where they formed a tithe where they abducted sacrifices from a nearby town to feed on them. A band of roaming outcasts known as the X-Faces lived in this timeline that consisted of Scorch, Link, Jinx, Nom, and Michael where they were on the run from the Chronomancers forces.
• In New X-Men v1 #150 (2004), alternate versions of Mutants were shown in the Here Comes Tomorrow reality that was a possible future designated as Earth-15104 in the Multiverse. This showed a future set a century later where the sentient bacteria Sublime using Beast as a host body waged a genetic war against humans and Mutantkind as well as any other species in order to become the dominant race on the world.
• In House of M v1 #1 (2005), alternate versions of Mutants were shown in the House of M reality that was designated as Earth-58163 in the Multiverse. It was created by the actions of the Scarlet Witch whose powers affected reality as a whole creating a divergent world. On this Earth, a public attack by Sentinels in the 1970s was thwarted by Magneto who revealed an anti-Mutant conspiracy leading to him being awarded rule over the nation of Genosha. Another result was increased laws in the protection of Mutants leading to their rise and dominance whereupon they came to dominate the upper echelons of society relegating normal humans to a lower social status.
• In Ultimate Marvel, alternate versions of Mutants were shown in the Ultimate Marvel reality that was designated as Earth-1610 in the Multiverse. In Ultimate Origins (2008), it was revealed that super-powered Mutants were the result of artificial experiments with them being created through genetic modification conducted by the Weapon X program in their laboratories in Alberta, Canada on October 1943. It was an attempt to produce a supersoldier with this inspired by the creation of Captain America. James Howlett was the first individual to go through this modification procedure but during a confrontation between Magneto and his parents the Mutant trigger was released into the worldwide environment causing the rise of Mutants among the general population. In Ultimate Comics Wolverine v1 (2013), it was shown that were was a program called Project: Mothervine that created a drug which was given to pregnant mothers that turned the children into Mutants which could be programmed and weaponised. It was used to create sleeper agents that when activated resulted in their mutation with this being done following exposure to the Mothervine drug.
• In Major X (2019), alternate versions of Mutants were shown in the X-Istence reality that was designated as Earth-19647 in the Multiverse. It was shown to had formed in the aftermath of that Earth's Mutant Wars where Mutants gathered at a sanctuary and under the direction of the X-Ential they formed a golden age of prosperity. However, something triggered that began to collapse this world leading Major X journeying to the mainstream Earth to find the cause of the destruction of his world.

In other media

Television

• In X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, Mutants were mentioned in the setting of the animated television series.
• In X-Men, Mutants featured heavily in the setting of the 1990 animated television series.
• In X-Men: Evolution, Mutants featured heavily in the setting of the animated television series.
• In Wolverine and the X-Men, Mutants featured heavily in the setting of the animated television series. The government was responsible for creating the Mutant Response Division that was tasked with the apprehension of Mutants.
• In Marvel Anime: X-Men, Mutants featured as part of the animated series setting. A condition that affected Mutants was Damon-Hall Syndrome which caused the development of secondary mutations leading to multiple personalities, uncontrolled physical mutation, and psychological instability.
• In Legion, Mutants were referred to in the live-action television series. It was claimed that a shadowy government agency known as Division 3 was responsible for keeping track of Mutants.
• In The Gifted, Mutants appeared heavily in the setting of the live-action television series. After the X-Men's disappearance, laws were put in place to apprehend Mutants with a federal agency established named Sentinel Services.

Films

• In X2: X-Men United, Mutants featured in the live-action film that was part of the X-Men Trilogy. Pyro stated that the Mutant gene was passed down from male parents.
• In Logan, Mutants appeared and were referenced in the live-action film. In 2029, Mutants were held to had been killed off on Earth.
• In Deadpool 2, Mutants appeared in the setting of the live-action sequel film. Anti-Mutant sentiment was present among humans with a headmaster at the Essex House for Mutant Rehabilitation believing the Mutant children under his care to be sin evil creatures with him abusing them. The government controlled Department of Mutant Control (DMC) was shown to operate in cases of rogue renegade Mutants who had power damper collars placed on their necks upon arrest and transported to prison facilities such as the Icebox.

Video games

• In X-Men Legends, Mutants appeared in the setting of the video game with tensions rising between them and humanity. The Genetic Research and Security Organization (GRSO) was a government organization that actively targeted and hunted Mutants.
• In X-Men: Destiny, Mutants appeared in the setting of the video game with tensions between them and humans having risen due to events surrounding the death of Professor X. Both sides gathered at San Francisco with tensions being high as the Mutant Response Division sought to keep the peace whilst the Purifiers intended to instigate a purge and the X-Men looked for peace.
• In Marvel: Realm of Champions, Mutants appeared in the setting of the mobile video. They were shown as one faction in the Battlerealm where they made up Pyramid X situated in the lands of Egyptia and ruled by Apocalypse.

Appearances

• X-Men v1: (1963)
• Uncanny X-Men v1:
• X-Factor v1:
• New Mutants v1:
• X-Force v1:
• Astonishing X-Men v1:
• New X-Men v1:
• Uncanny X-Men v2:
• Dark Avengers v1:
• Uncanny X-Force v1:
• Wolverine and the X-Men v1:
• Cable and the X-Force v1:
• Extraordinary X-Men v1:
• Uncanny X-Men:
• House of X v1:
• Powers of X v1:
• Marauders v1:
• X-Men:
• Excalibur:
• X-Force v6:
• New Mutants:
• Hellions v1:
• Planet-Size X-Men v1:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Comicvine Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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