Acolytes (Marvel)
The Acolytes are a team that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
The Acolytes were a team of super-powered Mutants who were followers of Magneto. Originally, they were a group of Mutants brought together by Fabian Cortez who had led them in stealing a space shuttle to go into orbit as they headed towards Asteroid M. Once there, they met with Magneto and pledged themselves to his teachings of the superiority of Mutantkind and their dominance over normal humans. This caused some members of the group to even beginning to worship the Master of Magnetism with religious fervour and saw him as a 'Mutant Messiah'. Magneto decided to allow them to stay with him and he came to refer to them as his Acolytes. (X-Men v2 #1)
After the establishment of Krakoa, a call was given to all Mutants to come to the living island that was to be their homeland. Among them were the Acolytes were alongside Exodus were invited to join the rest of Earth's Mutants. (Powers of X v1 #5)
Overview
Their original base of operations was the orbiting Asteroid M. (X-Men v2 #1)
Members
- Magneto:
- Exodus :
- Fabian Cortez :
- Amelia Voght :
- Marco Delgado :
- Carmella Unuscione :
- Joseph :
Notes
- The Acolytes were created by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee where they made their first appearance in New X-Men v2 #1 (October, 1991).
In other media
Television
- In X-Men: Evolution, the Acolytes were introduced as antagonists where they made their first appearance in the two-part episode "Day of Reckoning".
Appearances
- New X-Men v2: (1991)
- X-Men: Legacy v1:
- Powers of X v1:
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