Badoon

Badoon
A group of Badoon Hunters led by their leader Brother Royal. Interior artwork from X-Men Annual 5 (1981). Art by Brent Anderson.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Silver Surfer #2 (October 1968)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) John Buscema (artist)
Characteristics
Place of origin	Moord (males) Lotiara (females)
Notable members	Brother Royal, Tolaria

The Badoon are a fictional reptilian alien species appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are notable for living under strict gender segregation, resulting in two separate societies; the Brotherhood of Badoon (ruled by a "Brother Royal") and the Sisterhood of Badoon (ruled by a Queen).

The Brotherhood live on the planet Moord in the Lomora star system while the Sisterhood reside on the Badoon homeworld of Lotiara (Capella II, also known as "Swampworld"), 42.2 light years from Earth.

The Badoon first appeared in Silver Surfer #2 and were created by Stan Lee and John Buscema.

The Badoon are older than the Kree and the Skrulls. There was a natural hatred between the two genders, and they fought each other in long gender wars. Eventually, the males won, placing the females in captivity. In time, the males developed technology and abandoned Lotiara, returning only when their mating drive made it necessary. The males became conquerors of worlds, while the females became pacifists, content to remain in peace on their homeworld and ignorant of the males' star-spanning empire.

Among the Brotherhood's conquest attempts are the Zen Whoberi, and the extra-dimensional world of Polemachus. They have been known to form alliances with the Brood (against the Shi'ar and Earth's superhumans), the Kree (against the Skrulls), and Byrrah of Atlantis. They were also responsible for killing a woman who would have become the universe's greatest peacemaker.