Badoon
The Badoon are an alien species that feature in Marvel Comics.
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History
Origin
The Badoon are a reptilian alien species native to the planet Swampworld that was the second planet from its sun in the Capella system. (Defenders v1 #28) It was said to be a planet so ancient that it had no name. (Silver Surfer v1 #2)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) The Badoon name was spoken with fear and nameless dread among the inhabitants of the universe. A survey vessel of the Brotherhood arrived on Earth in order to prepare it for invasion. In order to aid their efforts, they abducted a human woman so that they could learn mankind's language. Upon arriving on Earth, they masqueraded as a benevolent people seeking to benefit humanity with their advanced technology when they confronted the Silver Surfer. (Silver Surfer v1 #2)
Modern Age
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 v2 #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)
The Recorder #451 was noted to had encountered a ship of Badoon and convinced them to commit mass suicide. (Iron Man v5 #9) After Thanos's disappearance following the Builder crisis, Gamora and Angela travelled to Moord in order to uncover whereabouts of the Mad Titan. (Guardians of the Galaxy v3 #10) The Mad Titan would later arrive at Moord where he battled the Badoon and devastated their holy site in order to recover one of their relics that had great cosmic significance. (Thanos: The Infinity Revelation)
31st century
In 3007, the Badoon emerged where the Brotherhood assaulted mankind where they conquered their colonies and their homeworld whereupon humanity were turned into slaves. (Defenders v1 #26)
Overview
As a species, they had evolved from reptilian ancestors. (Thanos: The Infinity Revelation)
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)
Select members of the Brotherhood were royals by birth and had elevated station's within their society. (Silver Surfer v1 #2) The Brotherhood did not have any Princesses born as they were typically smothered any of the hatchlings. (Gamora v1 #3)
It was noted that their kind were hoarders who looked to gather objects that they stored in vaults. (Gamora v1 #1) Male Badoon enjoyed the taking of captives and hunting their victims where they delighted in the fear they experienced. They saw such activities as a sport and enjoyed foes that afforded them a challenge during a hunt. (Silver Surfer v1 #2) The Brotherhood of Badoon were noted for being slave traders that enslaved lesser evolved civilizations and put them to work for their own barbaric needs. Management and security over the slaves was done so by the slave trade council. (Guardians of the Galaxy v3 #10)
Though a martial people, they also had religion and had holy sites on their homeworld that were managed by priests. Among their most holiest of relics was Kilzarra. (Thanos: The Infinity Revelation) One of their deities was Voord Bloodeye who was the god of beheadings though this deity was actually missing among the cosmic pantheons. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #3)
One piece of technology allowed them to generate a telepathy ray which allowed them to learn aspects such as language from a subject. Cloaking technology was a specialty among the Badoon who used it to turn themselves invisible that allowed them to walk on world's occupied by other races without attracting attention. On a planet's surface, they tended to use flying discs that defied gravity and floated over the landscape. They could also arm themselves with a basic weapon which fired an electric blast that could induce symptoms like a heart attack in victims. Badoon made use of molecular displacement rays to transport objects instantly from one site to another. (Silver Surfer v1 #2)
Badoon vessels were able to travel across space and had engines that generated the power equivalent of an exploding sta. They were able to cloak their vessels thus rendering them invisible which allowed them to spy and observe others. (Silver Surfer v1 #2) As a result, they were reported to hold good stealth technology for their cruisers. (Iron Man v5 #9) 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)
- Kodor : (She-Hulk v2 #25)
- Manat :
Notes
- The Badoon were created by Stan Lee and John Buscema where they made their first appearance in Silver Surfer v1 #2 (October 1968).
- Sometimes, they have been referred to as Baddoon.
- 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.”
- In the 100th Anniversary Special - Avengers v1 #1, its shown that in one future a hundred years later that the Badoon went through a brutal Seventh Gender War where they reformed as a much stronger empire expanded across the galactic spiral that included the conquest of Nu-Skrullos which was picked clean. They would later invade Earth but were defeated by the Avengers along with Dr. Franklin Richards who was the Herald of Galactus but before departing they unleashed a terror weapon that shunted North America into the Negative Zone littered the atmosphere with Bio-Spores to poison the environment whilst they departed in order to recover from their losses.
In other media
Television
- In Avengers Assemble, the Badoon do not make an appearance but in the episode "Hulk's Day Out" a creature known as the Badoon Cylek was present that fought the Avengers on the Blue Area on the Moon.
Video games
- In Marvel Heroes, a Badoon Soldier's "The Basic Weapon" appeared as an item available in the MMORPG. They were mentioned as being a reptilian race older than the Kree and Skrulls with the item being a hand-held particle gun.
Appearances
- Defenders v1 #28
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