Resistants

Not to be confused with Resistance (disambiguation).

The Resistants / Mutant Force
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Captain America Annual #4 (November 1977) As Mutant Force: The Defenders #78 (December 1979) As the Resistants: Captain America #343 (July 1988)
Created by	Jack Kirby (writer/artist)
In-story information
Member(s)	Mutant Force Burner Lifter Mad Dog Magneto Mandrill Peeper Shocker Slither Resistants Crucible Meteorite Mist Mistress Paralyzer Occult Quill Rust Think Tank

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.

Publication history

The original members were all created by Jack Kirby. Magneto and Think Tank were created by Kirby and Stan Lee. 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 Mutants. After the original Brotherhood disbanded, Magneto recruited five young mutants and trained them to become the new Brotherhood. The five are sent to capture Mister One, then have him enter and operate a miniature spacecraft Magneto had discovered. The Brotherhood's plans are foiled by Captain America, after which Magneto leaves the team.

The team's next employer, Mandrill, renames the group Mutant Force. As Mutant Force, the team repeatedly battles the Defenders. During this period, they were employed by both the United States government and the Secret Empire. As part of the Secret Empire, Mutant Force was led by Mad Dog.

The Red Skull offers the team funding and renames them the Resistants. As the Resistants, the team oppose the Mutant Registration Act. During this time, many mutants joined the team, including Mist Mistress and Think Tank.

After Decimation, some members of the Mutant Force were depowered, while others maintained their mutant abilities.

Members

• Burner / Crucible (Byron Calley): Can create heat and fire from his hands.
• Lifter / Meteorite (Ned Lathrop): Can manipulate gravity, increasing his density, durability and strength and negating gravity on other objects.
• 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.
• Quill: Body was covered with sharp quills that he could fire at opponents. Depowered.
• Rust: Could fire blasts from his hands that corroded metal. Presumed killed by Captain America (John Walker).
• Shocker / Paralyzer (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.
• Slither (Aaron Solomon): Slither has a reptilian body that gives him superhuman strength and the ability to constrict opponents with great force. He has also been a member of the Serpent Society.
• Think Tank (Marvin Flumm): Better known as the telepath Mentallo. He was only a member of the Resistants for a short time.

In other media

The Mutant Force appear in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Sanctuary", consisting of Lifter, Peepers, Shocker, and Slither.

External links

• Mutant Force at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
• Resistants at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe