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The Mutants is the name of a fictional street
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appearing in American comic books published by
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. While the Mutants were first seen in ''
The Dark Knight Returns ''The Dark Knight Returns'' (alternatively titled ''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'') is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries starring Batman, written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, with color by Lynn Varley, and ...
'', there were other incarnations of the Mutants that appeared in later
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comics.


Fictional team biography


The Dark Knight Returns

In the pages of ''
The Dark Knight Returns ''The Dark Knight Returns'' (alternatively titled ''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'') is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries starring Batman, written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, with color by Lynn Varley, and ...
'', the Mutants are a youth gang that was formed sometime after Bruce Wayne retired as Batman. When the Mutants cause trouble in Gotham City at the time when crime is at an all-time high, Bruce Wayne becomes Batman again. Following his fight with
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, Batman fights the Mutants. Although Batman defeats the Mutants with his advanced weaponry in the ensuing battle, the Mutant Leader ends up goading him into a fight. During their hand-to-hand brawl, Batman, despite being able to match the Leader in strength, is rusty and slightly slow due to a decade's lack of activity which results in him getting seriously injured.
Carrie Kelley Carrie Kelley is a superheroine from Frank Miller's graphic novels '' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' (1986) and its sequels '' Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' (2001-2002) and '' The Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' (2015-2017). She be ...
creates a diversion, allowing Batman to immobilize the Mutant Leader, and the two of them escape. The
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arrive and arrest the Mutant Leader and those with him. While in police custody, the Mutant Leader is visited by the unnamed Mayor of Gotham City who wants to negotiate with him. This ends with the Mutant Leader killing the mayor by tearing out his throat causing Deputy Mayor Stevenson to be sworn in as the new Mayor of Gotham City. Assisting in Batman's plan, Gordon has the Mutant Leader released while Carrie spreads the word of a showdown between Batman and the Mutant Leader. The two engage in a fight at a sewage run-off pipe surrounded by members of the Mutant gang. Leveraging the mud from the sewage to slow him down, Batman deals the Leader a brutal defeat. Seeing Batman defeat their leader, the Mutants disband and some of them come together as a group called the Sons of Batman, using excessive violence against criminals.


Mainstream comics

The mainstream version of the Mutants were seen causing trouble until they fight
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as
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and
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as Robin. In 2011, "
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" rebooted the DC Universe. The Mutants are seen taking place in a smuggling operation conducted by
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. They were defeated by
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. When
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accidentally brought
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to the present, he finds a family being endangered by the Mutants led by King-Boss-Champion Steaktube. He manages to shoot them until the police and Batwing arrive. After getting out of
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using
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's great-grandson Jeremiah Arkham as a hostage, they steal a car and come across a GCPD checkpoint where both groups are attacked by the Mutants. Jonah Hex takes some guns from the downed police officers and starts to fight the Mutants in a gunfight.


Members


The Dark Knight Returns

* – The unnamed albino leader of the Mutants. * Don – * Rob –


Mainstream comics

* King-Boss-Champion Steaktube – Member of the Mutants. Killed by Jonah Hex.


In other media


Television

* The Mutants appear in ''
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'' episode "Legends of the Dark Knight" with the Mutant Leader voiced by
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, Don voiced by
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, and Rob voiced by
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. * In the ''
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'' episode "How Long is Forever?," two members of the Mutants gang are shown throwing snowballs at an elderly
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in a cage. * The Mutants appear in '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold''. In the episode "The Knights of Tomorrow!," the Mutants are seen robbing a bank in a future where Bruce Wayne's son Damian is the new Batman with Damian's son as the new Robin. It turns out that the events of the episode were all part of a book that
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was writing. * A variation of the Mutants appears in '' Gotham''. The Mutants are known to hold fight clubs across Gotham City. In the episode "Wrath of the Villains: This Ball of Mud and Meanness," Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth meet with their leader Terence "Cupcake" Shaw (portrayed by Jamar Greene) who agreed to give them information on how to find his old partner
Matches Malone Josephine MacDonald Josephine MacDonald, also known as Josie Mac, is a police officer of GCPD, first appearing in ''Detective Comics'' #763 (December 2001), created by Judd Winick and Cliff Chiang. Josie Mac had a promising career ahead of her, ...
. He agreed to do so if Alfred fights him. After turning down Bruce's suggestion to pay off Terence, Alfred agrees to fight Terence. After being defeated by Alfred, Terence directs them to Jeri at the Celestial Gardens as she knows where Malone was last sighted. In the episode "Penguin, Our Hero," another faction of Mutants appear inhabiting the posh area of Gotham City that has been labeled the Dark Zone after Gotham City was declared No Man's Land. Bruce Wayne and
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encounter the Mutants and their unnamed leader (portrayed by Sid O'Connell) while looking for Jeremiah Valeska. While Bruce fought the members of the Mutants, Selina took on the Mutant Leader. After Bruce defeated most of the Mutants, he prevented Selina from finishing off the Mutant Leader. When Bruce asks if he has sighted
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, the Mutant Leader states that he was last seen at the Old Town Church. The Mutant Leader then reappeared in "The Trial of Jim Gordon" where he was hypnotized by
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and used as a distraction to fight Selina while Ivy hypnotized Bruce. Selina though managed to subdue the Mutant Leader again.


Film

* The Mutants appear in the two-part film '' Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' with the Mutant Leader voiced by
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, Don voiced by
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, Rob voiced by
Rob Paulsen Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Anni ...
, and the Sons of Batman member voiced by
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. * The Mutant Leader appears in ''
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''. He is among the villains assembled by Joker to attack Gotham City. * The Mutants make a cameo at the end of ''
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'', briefly shown tied up as Batman stands on top of the Batmobile.


References


External links


Mutants (The Dark Knight Returns version)
at DC Comics Wiki
Mutants (New Earth)
at DC Comics Wiki
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