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· Comics / Marvel / X-Men

Quicksilver

Quicksilver Quicksilver’s superhuman speed gives the Brotherhood a fighter who can respond almost instantly, but his first appearance also establishes where his attention goes first: Wanda. When Mastermind threatens his sister during their...

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Scarlet Witch

Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch enters X-Men #4 with an ability described through hexes and strange misfortune. Wanda can point and cause things to go wrong around a target. During the palace battle, she brings part of the ceiling down on Angel...

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Mastermind

Mastermind Mastermind helps five mutants look like an occupying army. During the takeover of Santo Marco, his illusions create the appearance of a vast invading force, frightening the population and helping the Brotherhood seize control. Hi...

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Toad

Toad Toad’s defining physical ability in this first appearance is his extraordinary leaping. His crouched posture and bouncing movement make that ability immediately legible, and his name also fits his eagerness to please Magneto. He occupi...

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Magneto, the leader

Magneto, the leader Magneto demonstrates what he contributes to the Brotherhood before rejoining his followers. He steals a freighter and uses his magnetic power to move it without a crew. It is a practical display of the scale of his abili...

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The original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

The original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Cover-dated March 1964, X-Men #4 introduces Magneto’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Toad, Mastermind, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver, with Magneto directing the group. Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and inker...

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Storm and the leadership change in #170

Storm and the leadership change in #170 Uncanny X-Men #170 ends the Morlocks’ first confrontation with the X-Men by changing who leads them. After Caliban explains their custom of trial by combat, Nightcrawler offers to challenge Callisto....

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Plague

Plague Plague appears as an elderly woman among Callisto’s followers in Uncanny X-Men #169. Her mutant ability makes physical contact dangerous: she can transmit an illness severe enough to leave someone feverish, weak, and delirious. Her i...

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Masque

Masque Masque’s first reaction to the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men #169 centers on their appearance. While Sunder wonders whether the intruders are mutants, Masque focuses on their beauty. The difference he sees between their bodies and his own i...

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Sunder

Sunder Sunder brings the first immediate threat into the Morlocks’ introduction. In Uncanny X-Men #169, Candy Southern returns to the apartment she shares with Angel and finds evidence of an attack. While she tries to reach Professor Xavier...

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Caliban

Caliban Caliban is already familiar when the Morlocks appear. He first encountered the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men #148, and #169–170 place him within this larger underground community. His ability to sense other mutants helps explain how people...

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Callisto

Callisto Callisto introduces herself as the Morlocks’ leader in Uncanny X-Men #169, with the kidnapped Angel displayed beside her. She intends to make him her consort, and she treats his beauty as something she is entitled to possess. Her a...

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The Morlocks

The Morlocks The Morlocks enter Uncanny X-Men in #169–170 (1983), written by Chris Claremont with pencils by Paul Smith and inks by Bob Wiacek. Beneath Manhattan, the X-Men discover a mutant community living in tunnels and an abandoned Cold...

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