Savage Land Mutates
| Savage Land Mutates | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Men #62 (1969) |
| Created by |
Roy Thomas (writer) Neal Adams (artist) Tom Palmer (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Savage Land |
| Member(s) |
Magneto (founder) Sauron Brainchild Zaladane (see below for an extended listing) |
The Savage Land Mutates are a supervillain group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group is depicted as based in the Savage Land, a hidden Antarctic environment of dinosaurs and primitive people in the Marvel Universe.
The Savage Land Mutates first appeared in X-Men #62 and were created by Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, and Tom Palmer.
The Savage Land Mutates were originally the human inhabitants of the Savage Land (most of them being from the Swamp Men tribe) that were genetically altered by the mutant Magneto to serve as his troops for the mutations in the Savage Land were occurring easy due to the levels of radiation. They clashed with the X-Men and Ka-Zar on different occasions. On one occasion, they turned Spider-Man into the Man-Spider and Angel into a bird monster. They have also encountered the Avengers. Although the group is fairly large, most appearances of the group contain only about half of the group's members, usually under leadership of Sauron, Brainchild, or Zaladane. The entire group has never appeared together at one time.
After Sauron escaped from the Raft during a jailbreak concocted by the Skrulls, the Avengers believed he and the Mutates were responsible for the breakout and pursued him to the Savage Land.
Amphibius later tells Sauron and the other Savage Land Mutates that Magneto's Asteroid M has risen from the sea, but they didn't want to go find him. Worm took control of Barbarus, Lupo, and Sauron and commandeered a ship to go find Magneto. When threatened by the Japanese military, Sauron attacked an armored car causing an international incident. Cannonball, Sunspot, and Warlock investigated and found the Savage Land Mutates on the deck of the ship. Cannonball fought Sauron in the skies while Karma discovered that the Savage Land Mutates were immune to her powers of psychic persuasion. Cannonball managed to defeat Sauron while the other New Mutants defeated the Savage Land Mutates. Upon learning why the Savage Land Mutates were on the ship, Karma told Worm, Sauron, Barbarus, and Lupo that they were in charge of Asteroid M and Magneto. Worm then orders the Savage Land Mutates to return to the Savage Land.
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