Mutate (fictional)
| Mutate | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Fantastic Four #1 (November 1961) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
| Characteristics | |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Notable members |
Fantastic Four Savage Land Mutates Grapplers |
In the Marvel Comics universe, the term mutate refers to humans who were mutated into superhumans, as opposed to mutants, inhumans, and other sub-races of humanity whose superhuman characteristics are genetically inherited.
Mutate is a term used in Marvel Comics to refer to superhumans who acquired their superpowers by exposure to some mutagenic compound or energy (either accidentally or deliberately). Unlike Marvel's mutants, mutates require external stimuli to acquire their powers, since mutates are not born with the potential to manifest powers. Within the Earth X universe, the powers and abilities of Earth's mutates and mutants alike are the direct result of the genetic manipulations of the Celestials in humanity's distant past, who placed dormant genes within one cross-section of humanity, and the active Deviant and Eternal genes in other cross-sections.
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