The Resistants, also known as Mutant Force, are a supervillain group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They were originally the second incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants, but have become independent of the other incarnations of that group. They were originally gathered by Magneto.Jeff Rovin (1987). 081601356X, Facts on File. 081601356X
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Publication history
The original members were all created by
Jack Kirby. Magneto and
Mentallo were created by
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Mist Mistress, Quill, and Rust were created by
Mark Gruenwald,
Kieron Dwyer, and
Al Milgrom.
Fictional team history
The mutant 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 and Magneto left the team.
[ Captain America Annual #4 (November 1977)]
Their next employer, Mandrill, renamed the team Mutant Force, a name they would commonly be associated with.[ The Defenders #78 (December 1979)] 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.[ The Defenders #125] As Secret Empire operatives, they were led by Mad Dog.
The Red Skull offered the team funding and renamed them the Resistants. As the Resistants, the team fought against the Mutant Registration Act. During this time, 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.[ Captain America #343 (July 1988)] Eventually most members would leave. Slither rejoined and the team retook the name Mutant Force.[ New Warriors (vol. 2) #6 (March 2000)] The team disbanded shortly afterwards, most members going their own way.
After Decimation, some members of the Mutant Force have been depowered while others maintained their mutant abilities.
Members
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Burner/Crucible (Byron Calley): Can create heat and fire from his hands.
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Lifter/Meteorite (Ned Lathrop): Can manipulate gravity, increasing his density, durability and strength and negating gravity on other objects.
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Mist Mistress: Can create and control various types of mists like knock-out gas, acidic mists and toxic mists. Depowered.
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Peeper/Occult (Peter Quinn): Has increased visual abilities and can fire beams of energy from his eyes.
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Quill: Body was covered with sharp quills that he could fire at opponents. Depowered.
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Rust: Could fire blasts from his hands that corroded metal. Presumed killed by Captain America (John Walker).
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Randall Darby (Randall Darby): Could fire electric blasts from his hands, and possessed robotic crab-like claws. After the team disbanded, he left for Genosha to join Magneto. Depowered.
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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 on occasion and the Fangs.
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Mentallo (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 appear in the
episode "Sanctuary", consisting of Lifter, Peepers, Shocker, and Slither.
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