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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The S-Men were a team of superhumans that were brought together by the [[Red Skull]] to wage a war against [[Mutants (Marvel)|Mutants]]. He intended to use the fear of Mutants to unite all of humanity on Earth into an eternal Reich under his rule. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) | + | The S-Men were a team of superhumans that were brought together by the [[Red Skull]] to wage a war against [[Mutants (Marvel)|Mutants]]. He intended to use the fear of Mutants to unite all of humanity on Earth into an eternal Reich under his rule. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) Many of their members had suffered some hardship or tragedy due to the actions of Mutants where they eagerly were recruited to bring about the extermination of Homo Superior. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) From a village in Ethiopia came a man who had survived the death of his family at the hands of [[Magneto]] and his followers where he only survived by hiding within an oil drum until the Mutants departed the area. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) Another recruit was '''Tsar Sultan''' whose wife died in a blaze caused by a rampaging Mutant. Taken in by the Red Skull, he used a variety of painful ways to empower them for their new role. This included the use of physical alterations, cellular augmentations, cursed relics and genetic enhancement therapy performed by [[Arnim Zola]]. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) |
They later struck at the grave site of Professor Xavier in order to attack [[Rogue (Marvel)|Rogue]] and the [[Scarlet Witch]] with the two being captured as a result. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) Taken to the Red Skulls base, Wanda Maximoff was brought to their leader who intended to use her abilities to purge the planet of Mutants. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) | They later struck at the grave site of Professor Xavier in order to attack [[Rogue (Marvel)|Rogue]] and the [[Scarlet Witch]] with the two being captured as a result. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) Taken to the Red Skulls base, Wanda Maximoff was brought to their leader who intended to use her abilities to purge the planet of Mutants. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) | ||
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| + | The Red Skull then made his move to New York City where he used his new telepathic abilities where he instilled hate of Mutants among citizens. He then had his S-Men arrive where he claimed Mutants such as Rogue and the Scarlet Witch were responsible for all their woes. Both were telepathically goaded to accept responsibility and even stating that they had planned to eliminate the 'human threat'. This led to a mob of humans gather to attack the pair where their hatred was amplified by the Red Skull who urged them to remove these 'foreign intruders'. In time, the mob began to attack anyone they deemed to be 'foreign' including other humans that were simply passing through the scene. The S-Men were privy to the Red Skull's plans with them being fine with a few of their kind being killed in order to save the many. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) | ||
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| + | The mind controlled Thor was sent against his teammates where the Scarlet Witch and Havok fought against him. Meanwhile, Captain America himself tried to stop the Red Skull but slowly fell under the villains new telepathic powers. He was only stopped when Rogue came to absorb the powers of the Goat Faced Girl allowing her to shut down the Skull's telepathic influence. The Red Skull attempted to shoot Rogue with a pistol but the shot went wide due to an attack from Havok from behind. However, unknown to Havok, the bullet injured Rogue enough for the Goat Faced Girls powers to be negated. This allowed the Red Skull to instantly alter Havok's perceptions making him think he was attacking the Nazi supervillain when in reality the Mutant was beating his own teammate namely Rogue. This chain of events though allowed Captain America to sneak up on the Red Skull and attack him. Unable to fight off the American supersoldier, the Red Skull was only saved by Dancing Water who used a puddle to transport herself and her leader to safety. With the villain gone, the telepathic hate he projected on the people of the city dissipated and recovery efforts were made. The Unity Squad had attempted to search for their foes but by this point the S-Men were gone having fled with their leader. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #4) | ||
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| + | Later on, the S-Men were alongside their leader as he made his plans from the shadows. By this point, he approached '''Jet Zola''' the daughter of [[Arnim Zola]] who had established his base of operations in '''Dimension Z'''. During that time, he had a son and daughter with the latter having joined Captain America on Earth. By this point though, she was feeling out of place in the world and the Red Skull had the Insect approach her in his human guise. Tsar Sultan would trick Jet into meeting the Red Skull. (Captain America v7 #16) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | In appearance, the S-Men were a team of superpowered individuals brought together to wage a war against Mutants. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) | + | In appearance, the S-Men were a team of superpowered individuals brought together to wage a war against Mutants. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) |
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| + | A common factor among the team was that many of its members had suffered at the hands of Mutants and claimed their lives were ruined as a result. Mutants were seen as the ultimate foreign invader and thus needed to be exterminated. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) All members of the S-Men had endured terrible experiments to ready them for the coming war against Mutants. These included physical alterations, cellular amalgamations, Zola's genetic enhancement therapy and the possession of cursed relics. All such measures were used with the S-Men having given their lives for the cause. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) | ||
| − | + | Their actions were deemed to be done so to protect mankind and to take back their own future from Mutants. The S-Men were fine for other humans to die as part of their schemes. They reasoned that the few had to die in order to save the many. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) | |
They were based at a secret facility maintained by the Red Skull which he considered to be a school for gifted humans. It included a multiregional training facility that could replicate different environments. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) | They were based at a secret facility maintained by the Red Skull which he considered to be a school for gifted humans. It included a multiregional training facility that could replicate different environments. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) | ||
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
| − | *'''Goat-Faced Girl''' : a goat-faced woman who had the power of neutralising the abilities of anyone around her. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) | + | *'''Goat-Faced Girl''' : a goat-faced woman who had the power of neutralising the abilities of anyone around her. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) The Depletion Effect could negate the powers of the X-Gene in a Mutant. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) |
| − | *'''Dancing Water''' : the daughter of Dominikos Petrakis aka Avalanche where she came to be transformed into a being of living water and could manipulate water as well as teleport through it. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) | + | *'''Dancing Water''' : the daughter of Dominikos Petrakis aka Avalanche where she came to be transformed into a being of living water and could manipulate water as well as teleport through it. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) It was said that though beautiful she had a corrosive hate that had long encompassed her soul. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) |
| − | *'''The Insect''' : a man who could transform into a monstrous green-skinned insect form who could kill people with a strike from his pincer that could inject an enemy with his '''Cassandra Toxin'''. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) | + | *'''The Insect''' : a man who could transform into a monstrous green-skinned insect form who could kill people with a strike from his pincer that could inject an enemy with his '''Cassandra Toxin'''. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) Normally, he remained in his human state with the transformation to his insect form being painful for '''Tsar Sultan'''. He accepted the pain though so long as it meant that his son did not have to die the way his wife had to a rampaging Mutant. The Cassandra Toxin he used exposed people to a lethal paranoia with the poison stripping away reality and exposing the victim's most dreaded future to them. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) Originally, he was a human whose father was a missionary had the family move from their comfortable home in Saint Petersburg to Genosha. The young Tsar Sultan though hated Mutants and by the time he was an adult he left his family to move abroad. Ultimately, he came to survive the destruction of Genosha though his father, mother and sisters died in the incident. The event though only made Tsar Sultan believe that his father was weak and as a result the man sought a new teacher in the Red Skull. (Captain America v7 #16) |
| − | *'''Mzee''' : a man who lived in a village in Ethiopia that came under attack from Magneto's followers where he survived in an oil drum but heard the death of his people at the hands of Mutants. At some point, he came to be transformed into a tortoise-like being of incredible power. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) | + | *'''Mzee''' : a man who lived in a village in Ethiopia that came under attack from Magneto's followers where he survived in an oil drum but heard the death of his people at the hands of Mutants. At some point, he came to be transformed into a tortoise-like being of incredible power. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) Empowered by the Crooked Emerald within the Tortoise Man's heart led to him being possessed by the psyche of the long dead African god Mzee. It was said that he was made inflexible by the gravity of the true soul and possessed impossible strength. Mzee was said to had been the Lord of Physical Will and an unstoppable force on Earth. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) |
| − | *'''Honest John, The Living Propaganda''' : | + | *'''Honest John, The Living Propaganda''' : a blonde haired man who was able to mentally influence others through talking alone where he began to appear to them as their most ideal leader. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) |
*'''Living Wind''' : a bat-like female whose power over the Living Wind allowed her to direct air and wind at her enemies. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) | *'''Living Wind''' : a bat-like female whose power over the Living Wind allowed her to direct air and wind at her enemies. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) | ||
| − | *'''Dangerous Jinn''' : | + | *'''Dangerous Jinn''' : a pink genie who had served the will of men for eons before coming into service to the Red Skull. He was able to unleash flames from his ruby inferno and travelled the phantom planes. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) |
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:41, 12 July 2024
The S-Men are a supervillain team that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
The S-Men were a team of superhumans that were brought together by the Red Skull to wage a war against Mutants. He intended to use the fear of Mutants to unite all of humanity on Earth into an eternal Reich under his rule. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) Many of their members had suffered some hardship or tragedy due to the actions of Mutants where they eagerly were recruited to bring about the extermination of Homo Superior. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) From a village in Ethiopia came a man who had survived the death of his family at the hands of Magneto and his followers where he only survived by hiding within an oil drum until the Mutants departed the area. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) Another recruit was Tsar Sultan whose wife died in a blaze caused by a rampaging Mutant. Taken in by the Red Skull, he used a variety of painful ways to empower them for their new role. This included the use of physical alterations, cellular augmentations, cursed relics and genetic enhancement therapy performed by Arnim Zola. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3)
They later struck at the grave site of Professor Xavier in order to attack Rogue and the Scarlet Witch with the two being captured as a result. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) Taken to the Red Skulls base, Wanda Maximoff was brought to their leader who intended to use her abilities to purge the planet of Mutants. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2)
The Red Skull then made his move to New York City where he used his new telepathic abilities where he instilled hate of Mutants among citizens. He then had his S-Men arrive where he claimed Mutants such as Rogue and the Scarlet Witch were responsible for all their woes. Both were telepathically goaded to accept responsibility and even stating that they had planned to eliminate the 'human threat'. This led to a mob of humans gather to attack the pair where their hatred was amplified by the Red Skull who urged them to remove these 'foreign intruders'. In time, the mob began to attack anyone they deemed to be 'foreign' including other humans that were simply passing through the scene. The S-Men were privy to the Red Skull's plans with them being fine with a few of their kind being killed in order to save the many. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3)
The mind controlled Thor was sent against his teammates where the Scarlet Witch and Havok fought against him. Meanwhile, Captain America himself tried to stop the Red Skull but slowly fell under the villains new telepathic powers. He was only stopped when Rogue came to absorb the powers of the Goat Faced Girl allowing her to shut down the Skull's telepathic influence. The Red Skull attempted to shoot Rogue with a pistol but the shot went wide due to an attack from Havok from behind. However, unknown to Havok, the bullet injured Rogue enough for the Goat Faced Girls powers to be negated. This allowed the Red Skull to instantly alter Havok's perceptions making him think he was attacking the Nazi supervillain when in reality the Mutant was beating his own teammate namely Rogue. This chain of events though allowed Captain America to sneak up on the Red Skull and attack him. Unable to fight off the American supersoldier, the Red Skull was only saved by Dancing Water who used a puddle to transport herself and her leader to safety. With the villain gone, the telepathic hate he projected on the people of the city dissipated and recovery efforts were made. The Unity Squad had attempted to search for their foes but by this point the S-Men were gone having fled with their leader. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #4)
Later on, the S-Men were alongside their leader as he made his plans from the shadows. By this point, he approached Jet Zola the daughter of Arnim Zola who had established his base of operations in Dimension Z. During that time, he had a son and daughter with the latter having joined Captain America on Earth. By this point though, she was feeling out of place in the world and the Red Skull had the Insect approach her in his human guise. Tsar Sultan would trick Jet into meeting the Red Skull. (Captain America v7 #16)
Overview
In appearance, the S-Men were a team of superpowered individuals brought together to wage a war against Mutants. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2)
A common factor among the team was that many of its members had suffered at the hands of Mutants and claimed their lives were ruined as a result. Mutants were seen as the ultimate foreign invader and thus needed to be exterminated. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) All members of the S-Men had endured terrible experiments to ready them for the coming war against Mutants. These included physical alterations, cellular amalgamations, Zola's genetic enhancement therapy and the possession of cursed relics. All such measures were used with the S-Men having given their lives for the cause. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3)
Their actions were deemed to be done so to protect mankind and to take back their own future from Mutants. The S-Men were fine for other humans to die as part of their schemes. They reasoned that the few had to die in order to save the many. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3)
They were based at a secret facility maintained by the Red Skull which he considered to be a school for gifted humans. It included a multiregional training facility that could replicate different environments. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2)
Members
- Goat-Faced Girl : a goat-faced woman who had the power of neutralising the abilities of anyone around her. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) The Depletion Effect could negate the powers of the X-Gene in a Mutant. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3)
- Dancing Water : the daughter of Dominikos Petrakis aka Avalanche where she came to be transformed into a being of living water and could manipulate water as well as teleport through it. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) It was said that though beautiful she had a corrosive hate that had long encompassed her soul. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3)
- The Insect : a man who could transform into a monstrous green-skinned insect form who could kill people with a strike from his pincer that could inject an enemy with his Cassandra Toxin. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1) Normally, he remained in his human state with the transformation to his insect form being painful for Tsar Sultan. He accepted the pain though so long as it meant that his son did not have to die the way his wife had to a rampaging Mutant. The Cassandra Toxin he used exposed people to a lethal paranoia with the poison stripping away reality and exposing the victim's most dreaded future to them. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3) Originally, he was a human whose father was a missionary had the family move from their comfortable home in Saint Petersburg to Genosha. The young Tsar Sultan though hated Mutants and by the time he was an adult he left his family to move abroad. Ultimately, he came to survive the destruction of Genosha though his father, mother and sisters died in the incident. The event though only made Tsar Sultan believe that his father was weak and as a result the man sought a new teacher in the Red Skull. (Captain America v7 #16)
- Mzee : a man who lived in a village in Ethiopia that came under attack from Magneto's followers where he survived in an oil drum but heard the death of his people at the hands of Mutants. At some point, he came to be transformed into a tortoise-like being of incredible power. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #2) Empowered by the Crooked Emerald within the Tortoise Man's heart led to him being possessed by the psyche of the long dead African god Mzee. It was said that he was made inflexible by the gravity of the true soul and possessed impossible strength. Mzee was said to had been the Lord of Physical Will and an unstoppable force on Earth. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3)
- Honest John, The Living Propaganda : a blonde haired man who was able to mentally influence others through talking alone where he began to appear to them as their most ideal leader. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3)
- Living Wind : a bat-like female whose power over the Living Wind allowed her to direct air and wind at her enemies. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #1)
- Dangerous Jinn : a pink genie who had served the will of men for eons before coming into service to the Red Skull. He was able to unleash flames from his ruby inferno and travelled the phantom planes. (Uncanny Avengers v1 #3)
Notes
- The S-Men were created by Rick Remender and John Cassaday where they made their first appearance in Uncanny Avengers v1 #1 (October 2012).
In other media
Video games
- In Marvel Heroes, though unnamed characters resembling the S-Men were shown in the Red Onslaught storyline in the MMORPG video game.
Appearances
- Uncanny Avengers v1:
- Magneto v3:
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