Purifiers (Marvel)

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*In The Gifted, the Purifiers appeared in the live-action television series starting in the episode "3 x 3". It was shown that two years ago a group of them approached Blink when she was with her boyfriend and forced her to leave their town.
 
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*In X-2: X-Men United, the Purifiers did not appear within the movie but Colonel William Stryker did lead a secret military unit with the purpose of eliminating Mutants.
 
*In X-2: X-Men United, the Purifiers did not appear within the movie but Colonel William Stryker did lead a secret military unit with the purpose of eliminating Mutants.
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*''Marvel Graphic Novel #5: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills'': ([[1982]])
 
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==External Link==

Revision as of 16:25, 18 January 2018

Purifiers battling Mutants in X-Force v3 #2.

The Purifiers are a terrorist group that features in Marvel Comics.

Contents

History

The Purifiers were an organization of humans that worked with William Stryker and sought to eliminate Mutants. (Marvel Graphic Novel v1 #5)

They were aiding Stryker in his plan to use Professor Charles Xavier to eradicate all Mutant life on Earth. This later brought them into conflict with the X-Men. After kidnapping Xavier, they strapped him into a machine that was made to model Cerebro. (Marvel Graphic Novel v1 #5)

A group of Purifiers disguised themselves as a tour group in order to infiltrate the Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach whereupon they attacked the Mutant students. (Generation X v2 #1)

Overview

Much of the basis for their teachings were derived from Reverend Stryker's beliefs in the Bible that stated that Mutants were not supposed to exist. (Marvel Graphic Novel v1 #5)

Members

  • William Stryker :
  • Matthew Risman :
  • Jason Stryker :

Notes

  • The Purifiers were created by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson where they made their first appearance in Marvel Graphic Novel #5: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills v1 #1 (1982).

In other media

Television

  • In The Gifted, the Purifiers appeared in the live-action television series starting in the episode "3 x 3". It was shown that two years ago a group of them approached Blink when she was with her boyfriend and forced her to leave their town.

Films

  • In X-2: X-Men United, the Purifiers did not appear within the movie but Colonel William Stryker did lead a secret military unit with the purpose of eliminating Mutants.

Video games

Purifiers in X-Men: Destiny.
  • In X-Men: Destiny, the Purifiers made an appearance in the video game as antagonists and were described as cults that formed around the world in response to Mutants. They believed Mutants were abominations that needed to be eliminated and were present during a rally at San Francisco when hostilities emerged. A playable character named Adrian Luca was the teenage son of a Purifier who was indoctrinated to follow his father's wishes until his powers manifested during the rally. During the course of events, it was shown that the Purifiers were equipped with high-tech weapons and had formed an alliance with the U-Men in order to replicate Mutant powers. Their actions and those of the other antagonistic forces of Mutants were shown to had been secretly orchestrated by Bastion in order to promote hostilities and conflict. Among the Purifer antagonists included Cleansers that used flame throwers, Stalkers that were bipedal walker machines armed with machine guns and others.
  • In Marvel Heroes, the Purifiers appeared as antagonists in the video game setting. They were responsible for creating anti-Mutant hysteria and attacked the increasing Mutant population of Mutant Town in New York City. The Purifiers were being led by Reverend Stryker who led them from their headquarters at Fort Stryker and had made arrangement with A.I.M. to create a superweapon called the Cleansing Wrath for use against Mutants in their Purification Crusade. One of their bases was a building known as the Church of Purification that served as a place where they gathered. Stryker was also secretly forged an alliance with Mister Sinister to receive aid for his efforts against Mutants.
  • In X-Men: Battle of the Atom, Purifier Henchmen appeared as a playable card in the iOS video card game.

Appearances

  • Marvel Graphic Novel #5: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills: (1982)
  • X-Force v3:
  • All-New X-Men:

External Link

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