Dark Riders (comics)
| Dark Riders | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
X-Factor Vol. 1 #65 (April 1991) |
| Created by |
Chris Claremont Jim Lee Whilce Portacio |
| Roster | |
| See: List of members | |
The Dark Riders, also known as the Riders of the Storm, are a team of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, and Whilce Portacio in X-Factor Volume 1 #65 (April 1991). The group is composed of mutants and Inhumans who are devoted to the philosophy of the survival of the fittest and serves the immortal mutant, Apocalypse.
Apocalypse's first assembled team were known as "The Riders of the Dark", human soldiers and warriors, gathered from all over the Earth during the fifteenth century. This army was so strong and powerful that some were led to believe that they were just a myth to scare soldiers before their first battle. They disbanded centuries ago when Cable first defeated Apocalypse. The most recent reincarnation of the Dark Riders is a group of mute, techno-organic or cybernetic warriors who guard Apocalypse's tomb. The creatures never speak and don't seem to have any personality beyond complete loyalty to the strongest.
When Apocalypse conquered the city of Attilan, home of the Inhumans, he enslaved part of its population. He selected six Inhumans among them: Gauntlet, HardDrive, Tusk, Foxbat, Psynapse and Barrage. They became the Riders of the Storm, rechristened after Apocalypse's earliest army. Apocalypse sent them to Earth to battle his enemies X-Factor and infect the infant Nathan Christopher Summers and Ship with a techno-organic virus. Ship launched and self-destructed, but the AI that controlled Ship was saved. X-Factor made it to the Moon, where Atillan was then located, and joined with the royal family of the Inhumans in their battle against Apocalypse. Apocalypse was defeated, seemingly killed, and the enslaved Inhumans were freed. Despite this loss, the Riders of the Storm remained loyal to Apocalypse, and took his body back to Earth to regenerate in his base.
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