The Resistants, also known as Mutant Force, are a
supervillain
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group appearing in
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s published by
Marvel Comics
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. They were originally the second incarnation of the
Brotherhood of Mutants, but have become completely independent of the other incarnations of that group. They were originally gathered by
Magneto.
Fictional team history
The
mutant
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Magneto was the founder of the original
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Over the years, the original Brotherhood had disbanded, so Magneto decided to create a new Brotherhood. He recruited five young mutants and trained them to become the new Brotherhood. The five mutants were sent to capture
Mister One, a mutant who was small enough to enter and operate a miniature spacecraft Magneto had discovered. Their plans were foiled by
Captain America
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and Magneto left the team.
Their next employer, the
Mandrill
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, renamed the team Mutant Force, a name they would commonly be associated with. As Mutant Force the team repeatedly came into conflict with the
Defenders. During this period they were employed by both the US government and the
Secret Empire.
Peeper, the usual leader, was absent for their first mission with the Secret Empire. As Secret Empire operatives, they were led by
Mad Dog
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.
The
Red Skull offered the team funding and renamed them the Resistants. As the Resistants, the team fought against the
Mutant Registration Act
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. During this time,
Slither wasn't part of the team, but many mutants joined the team including
Mist Mistress and
Mentallo (now calling himself ''Think Tank''). As the Resistants, the team would fight against several superheroes, including their original enemy Captain America. Eventually most members would leave. Slither rejoined and the team retook the name Mutant Force.
[''The New Warriors'' vol. 2, #6] The team disbanded shortly afterwards, most members going their own way.
After the events of "
Decimation", some members of the Mutant Force have been depowered while others maintained their mutant abilities.
Members
*
Burner/Crucible (Byron Calley): Has the ability to create heat and fire from his hands.
*
Lifter/Meteorite (Ned Lathrop): Can manipulate gravity, increasing his density, durability and strength and negate gravity on other objects, making them fly.
*
Mist Mistress: Can create and control various types of mists like knock-out gas, acidic mists and toxic mists. Depowered.
*
Peeper/Occult (Peter Quinn): Has increased visual abilities and can fire beams of energy from his eyes. Killed by
Predator X
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.
*
Quill
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: Body was covered with sharp quills that he could fire at opponents. Depowered.
*
Rust
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: Could fire blasts from his hands that corroded metal. Presumed killed by
Captain America (Walker).
*
Shocker/Paralyzer (Randall Darby): Could fire electric blasts from his hands. His hands and feet were cyborg crab-like claws. After the team disbanded, he left for
Genosha
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to join Magneto. Depowered.
* Slither (Aaron Salomon): Has a snake-like body, allowing him to constrict opponents with great force. He also has minor superhuman strength. Slither left when the team became the Resistants, but returned when they became Mutant Force again. Slither was briefly a member of the
Serpent Society
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on occasion and the Fangs.
*
Think Tank
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(Marvin Flumm): Better known as the telepath Mentallo. He was only a member of the Resistants for a short time. Currently the Minister of Public Affairs of
A.I.M.
There are also many unnamed members.
In other media
The Mutant Force appeared in the ''
X-Men
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'' episode "Sanctuary". They are among the mutants that move to
Asteroid M
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. The Mutant Force members seen there are
Lifter,
Peeper,
Shocker, and Slither.
Notes
* The original members were all created by
Jack Kirby
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.
Magneto and
Think Tank
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were created by
Stan Lee
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and Jack Kirby.
Mist Mistress,
Quill
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and Rust were created by
Mark Gruenwald
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Biography
Early career
Gruenwald got his start in comics fa ...
,
Kieron Dwyer
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Biography
During his career, Dwyer has worked on such comic book titles as ...
, and
Al Milgrom
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.
References
External links
Mutant Forceat Marvel Appendix
at Marvel Appendix
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Marvel Comics mutants
Marvel Comics supervillain teams
Characters created by Jack Kirby