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Brotherhood of Mutants The Brotherhood of Mutants (originally known as the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants) is a fictional group of mutants appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Brotherhood are among the chief adversaries of the X-Men. While the ...

, 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

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initial ...

, 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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Jack Kirby Jack Kirby (; born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comics artist, comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew ...

Known members

Other versions

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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) * Spyne *

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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: * John Proudstar (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.

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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* 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 ...

Vanisher Vanisher (Telford Porter) is a fictional character and mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Vanisher's primary ability is teleportation. He is usually depicted as an opponent of the X-Men. The characte ...

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

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

. * 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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