Badoon
The Badoon are an alien species that feature in Marvel Comics.
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History
The Badoon are a reptilian alien species native to the planet Swampworld that was the second planet from its sun in the Capella system. They evolved on this planet many millions of years ago and were actually an ancient race that predated the likes of the Skrulls or the Kree. Despite their age, the race did not develop into technically advanced species due to a schism amongst their kind. Due to a genetic defect inherent in their kind, the Badoon genders hated one another with the males and females fighting devastating conflicts the likes of which that were not seen on Earth. This ongoing war between the sexes made progress impossible as a madness fell upon the genders during the time to propagate their species. Mating between the sexes was done so by force with a stalemate between male and females. However, though the females were stronger, they lacked the cunning of the males who managed to successfully enslave them. By segregating the females, the male Badoon used them only for propagation whilst they engaged in technological innovation. This allowed them to reach technological maturity on a cosmic scale in more recent years where in the span of a few thousand solar cycles they progressed from spears to starships. With space travel achieved, the males commenced the ultimate act of gender segregation by abandoning their homeworld for another planet whilst leaving the females behind. Thus, the females inherited the homeworld where they became known as the Sisterhood of Badoon whilst the males established themselves as the Brotherhood of Badoon on another planet. In this time, the Sisterhood established the city of Venesia on their homeworld but despite being free they faced the continued madness suffered during the time of propagation. Thus, once every sun cycle, the male Badoon used giant space arks to return to Swampworld where they brought those of their kind afflicted with the mating madness. Once the mating was complete, the males remained behind only to code and collect the eggs spawned from their union which were taken to their homeworld. Afterwards, the eggs were hatched through incubators thus leading the Brotherhood of Badoon forcibly taking the responsibility of childbirth. Those female children born from the eggs, however, were returned to Swampworld where they were allowed to join the Sisterhood as the males did not hold the desire or inclination to raise them. Thus, they were also responsible for adding to the ranks of the females and perpetuating their number. (Defenders v1 #28)
This remained the system in place for both genders with the males forging an empire that sought to plunder the galaxy and wantonly destroyed entire civilizations that threatened them. Unknown to the Brotherhood, their female counterparts had also developed advanced technology since the segregation of their genders but kept this fact a secret in order to maintian a peace. Thus, whilst the males conquered, the female Badoon were more peaceful and isolationists that remained on Swampworld in order to remain undisturbed but ignorant of the actions done by the Brotherhood. (Defenders v1 #28)
During the War of Kings, the Badoon struck at the Benthus Colony in the Callisto Sector where deployed war factories that began creating Zom slaves soldiers for testing. They were opposed by the Guardians of the Galaxy where a time displaced Major Victory recognised their actions from his own timeline and warned Rocket Raccoon that in time they would conquer the known galaxy. After facing opposition, the aliens deployed the Monster of Badoon against the Guardians to properly respond to their assault. (Guardians of the Galaxy v2 #7) With their forces defeated, the Badoon angrily demanded why their live weapon testing was disrupted to which the Guardians of the Galaxy warned the reptilian species to depart which they did so without saying another word. However, Major Victory had his reservations and believed that it was a matter of decades before the Badoon returned. (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 #8) Sometime afterwards, the reborn Thanos had acquired a Cosmic Cube and was preparing to use it. To prevent the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy attacking him, he forged an alliance with the Badoon and promised them great power in return for their services. (Avengers Assemble v2 #6)
Overview
Female Badoon were noted to not only be tougher but stronger than the males. However, they lacked the cunning or slyness seen within male Badoon. Regardless, both were afflicted with a madness inherent in their biology and caused by an inborn defect. This led to both genders experiencing a madness during the time of mating where the two genders propagated only by force. These events were noted to impact males or females once in their lifespan but left them in a near mindless berserker state. (Defenders v1 #28)
Their mobile war factories allowed them to deploy Zom slave soldiers en mass. (Guardians of the Galaxy v2 #7)
Members
- Brother Royal
- Tolaria : a female Badoon who was the queen of the Sisterhood of the Badoon. (Defenders v1 #28)
Notes
- During Brian Michael Bendis's run on Guardians of the Galaxy, he commented about the Badoon that: “They’re not religious or pious like the Skrulls but in some ways they’re a little scarier. They’re so warrior-like and so involved in war all the time, it’s almost like a barbaric situation. It’s crazy.”
Appearances
- Defenders v1 #28
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