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Brotherhood of Mutants The Brotherhood of Mutants (originally called the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, sometimes referred to as BoEM or B.O.E.M) is a fictional team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters are depicted as being devot ...

, also known as the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and the Brotherhood, is a team of

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who are devoted to mutant superiority over normal humans. Their roster has varied and has included many powerful and dangerous mutants, and they have often been at odds with the

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, although on rare occasions they have worked alongside them, usually in order to overcome some greater evil. The original Brotherhood first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #4 (March 1964), and were created by

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Known members

Other versions

House of M Brotherhood

Since the rise of Mutants in this alternate version of Earth, most human officers were phased out (similar to what happened to S.H.I.E.L.D.), with the exception of Sam Wilson. A mutant strikeforce known as the Brotherhood is also implemented to take down organized crime. Among its members are: *

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(leader) * Avalanche (Dominikos Ioannis Petrakis) * Blob (Frederick J. Dukes) * Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith) * Feral (Lucia Callasantos) *

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- only human member; defected to the Avengers. * Taskmaster - posed as a mutant; was made quadriplegic by Luke Cage after he killed Tigra.

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Brotherhood lineup

The Brotherhood of Mutants is referred to as the "Brotherhood of Chaos." Among its members are: * Arclight (who is not the same as the mainstream Marvel character Arclight/Philippa Sontag) * Box (Madison Jeffries) * Copycat (Vanessa Carlyle) *

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Ultimate Brotherhood lineup

Among the members of the Ultimate Marvel Universe's version of the Brotherhood of Mutants are: * Blob (Franklin Dukes) * Detonator *

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* Hard-Drive * Juggernaut (Cain) * Longshot (Arthur Centino) * Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) *

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* Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) * Mystique * Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff Lensherr) - Defected to the Ultimates. Returned to the Brotherhood. * Sabretooth (Creed) *

Unus the Untouchable Unus the Untouchable (also known as Gunther Bain, born Angelo Unuscione) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Unus is a mutant, and is named for his ability to consciously project an invisible force fie ...

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Former members

* Cyclops (Scott Summers) - Defected from the X-Men. Returned to the X-Men. Currently deceased. * Rogue (Marian) - Defected to the X-Men * Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff Lensherr) - Defected to the Ultimates. *

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- Defected to the X-Men. Currently deceased. * Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett) - Placed as a mole in the X-Men, but defected to the X-Men. Currently deceased.

Animal Evolutionaries

* Prosimian - A mutant

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. * Orb-Weaver - A mutant

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. * Sumatran - A mutant

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. * Saluki - A mutant

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. * Kathleen - A mutant

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References

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