Mutants (Homo superior)

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Mutants
Name	Mutants
Scientific Name	Homo superior, or Homo sapiens superior, Homo Mutandis (on Earth-889), Homo mutatis (on Earth-4935, and Earth-58163)
Aliases	Abominations, advanced humans, Changing Ones, Changelings (Homo Killcrop), Children of the Atom, Earth Mutants, Enriched, Essex-Men Essex Men, Freaks, Friends of Mordred, Geeces, Gene Jokes/Genejokes, Genefreaks, Genescrape, Genetrash, genetic anomalies, "genetic atrocities", genetic freaks, Genetic Monstrosities, Genetically challenged, Human Mutants, Malforms, Mistakes of Nature, Moo-tants, mutagenic, Mutants, Mutant-Humans, Mutantes, Mutantur, mutated humans, Mutated terrans, Muties (normally as a slur), Overmen, Spikes (Non-Neo or because of the Cerebro spikes), Suppies, Terra-Mutants, twisted ones, X-gene-positives, Religious-related names: Demons, Demon-spawns, Witchbreed, Genetic infidels, Spawn of Satan Other Binomial names: Homo Detritus, Homo inferior, Homo Killcrop, Homo Mutandis (on Earth-889), Homo mutatis (on Earth-4935, and Earth-58163) Homo sapien superior, Homo superior, Homo-Superior, homo-superior, Humans (Homo sapiens) Novus, Mutants (Homo superior)
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Public
Affiliation	Representatives among the Great Ring of Arakko, Quiet Council, X-Men, Avengers and Brotherhoods.
Physical Characteristics
Body Type	Variable
Eyes	Variable
Hair	Variable
Skin	Variable
Number of Limbs	Variable
Number of Fingers	Variable
Number of Toes	Variable
Special Adaptations	See main entry
Unusual Features	Varies
Origin and Status
Origin	Homo sapien superior (also known as "mutants") are humans born with a genetic anomaly that grants them an extra-normal ability not possessed by normal humans. This anomaly is known as the "X-Factor" or "X-Gene", originated from a lengthy process of evolution and extraterrestrial modifications in the genomes of early humans Homo erectus
Reality	Multiverse
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Home	Earth
Base of Operations	Earth and Mars (now referred to as Arakko) Formerly Amenth, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (later renamed Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, Jean Grey School for Higher Learning and Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach), New York City, Genosha, Utopia and Krakoa.
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First	Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (April, 1939) (Namor; Timely, retcon) Amazing Detective Cases #11 (November, 1951) (Gloria and Perry Hammond; Atlas) Amazing Adult Fantasy #14 (April, 1962) (Tad Carter and (unidentified) Tobias Messenger; Marvel, first by Stan Lee) Fantastic Four Annual #1 (July, 1963) (First mention of Namor as a (possible) mutant) X-Men #1 (July, 1963) (X-Men; Commonly accepted)
First	Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (April, 1939) (Namor; Timely, retcon) Amazing Detective Cases #11 (November, 1951) (Gloria and Perry Hammond; Atlas) Amazing Adult Fantasy #14 (April, 1962) (Tad Carter and (unidentified) Tobias Messenger; Marvel, first by Stan Lee) Fantastic Four Annual #1 (July, 1963) (First mention of Namor as a (possible) mutant) X-Men #1 (July, 1963) (X-Men; Commonly accepted)

 We're mutants. Born different from baseline humanity, with an enhanced genome that gives us super-powers. You piss us off at your peril. 

—Shadowcat

History

• Mutant History
• Mutant Culture

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Variable.
• Other particularities exist within mutants and X-Gene carriers.

Abilities

Variable.

Average Strength Level

Variable.

Weaknesses

Variable. (Examples include various weapons and technology designed to disable and/or kill mutants, diseases such as the Legacy Virus or HX-N1 and a lack of control over their powers.)

They can also be affected in deleterious ways by Terrigen Mist (M-Pox) (please consult this page for more information).

Mutant Biology

Mutants have many distinctive traits in regard to biology, physiology, and genetics from baseline humans. Mutants can have wildly varying biologies depending on the nature of their mutation.

Mutation

Mutation is caused by the X-Gene in the mutants' DNA. Mutations normally manifest themselves during puberty, often as a result of a traumatic event. Mutants activated at adult on rare occasions. Some mutants exhibit their mutations at birth, however, while others do not manifest their powers until adulthood. Secondary Mutation is a phenomenon in which an existing mutant gains additional powers, or a change in their appearance due to a second mutation.

Breeding & Cross-Breeding

Mutant breeding has notable implications, regarding the transmission of the mutant genome, or to hybridization with others of human or extraterrestrial species.

Mutant Classification

The mutants can be divided into multiple categories, regarding to their origins, genetic status, powers (e.g. Omega Level Mutant), etc.

Habitat

Habitat

Earth and Mars (now referred to as Arakko). Formerly concentrations at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (later renamed Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, Jean Grey School for Higher Learning and Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach), New York City; Utopia; San Francisco Bay, California; Genosha; Neverland, Canada; Mutant Town; Akkaba Metropolis; Krakoa.

Gravity

9.80665 m / s²

Atmosphere

Roughly 78.09% Nitrogen, 20.95% Oxygen, 0.93% Argon, 0.038% Carbon Dioxide, and small amounts of other gases.

Population

The mutant population of Earth-616 has varied greatly. Before the Genoshan massacre, it was at 17.5 million, 16.5 million lost their lives. It was less than 200 after M-Day, 986,618 were either depowered or dead. When the mutant nation of Krakoa was founded, it had risen to 100,000, eventually increasing to 250,000. However, Orchis brought it down to near-extinction levels once more. 15 million dead Genoshan were resurrected. Atlantic Krakoa merged with Pacific Krakoa and both moved to the White Hot Room with its population.

In addition, there are less than 1 million Arakkii mutants on Arakko.

Miscellaneous

Type of Government

Individuals and groups among human societies. Independent groups have oligarchic-based governments. Governments created for and governed by mutants themselves.

Level of Technology

Similar to humans. Formerly Advanced Krakoan and mutant technology.

Cultural Traits

Similar to human culture, yet with a unique subculture: Mutant Culture. Similar to Amenthian culture.

Representatives

• Marvel Prime Universe
  • The Quiet Council of Krakoa, made up of 14 significant, wise, and powerful mutants, including the island of Krakoa; currently at White Hot Room.
  • The Great Ring of Arakko, made up of 14 intelligent, cunning, and powerful Omega-Level mutants except in Night seats, and including the island of Arakko speaking for itself with the help of Redroot; at Planet Arakko.
  • Caliban and Sobunar leading the large mutant outcast community of Morlocks in New York, United States.

Alternate Reality Versions

Naming

Across the Multiverse, many incarnations of mutants exist. The most recorded ones are similar or presumably similar to the Earth-616 mutants with Humans (Homo sapiens) sapiens evolving into Homo sapiens superior (commonly called Homo superior ), which started with the activation of an X-Gene in their genome from different sources. In other timelines, they are known as Homo mutandis (The Changed Man) on Earth-889, or Mutantur (The Changing Ones) (also called Witchbreed) on Earth-311. On Earth-2301, mutants are called Homo superior, but telepathic mutants are referred to as Humans (Homo sapiens) supreme.

On Earth-9602, mutants are amalgamated with metahumans to form Metamutants , which are also referred to as Mutants or Malforms sometimes.

On Earth-58163, they are called either Homo superior or Homo mutatis.

They are also called Homo mutatis in the possible future of Earth-4935.

Origin

While in most Marvel universes the X-Gene was presumably a result of modifications on early man by the Celestials, in the Ultimate Universe the X-Gene is a creation of the US government weapons project in Canadian facilities. This reality's Wolverine was the first of these mutants and was called the Mutant 0. This mutation is similar to a virus, infecting the population slowly and turning them into mutants.

Genetics Settings

Other mutants, such as those from Earth-89149, differed from mutants on Earth-616 in that their X-Genes are not on the 23rd chromosome but instead on the 13th chromosome. Those mutants weren't affected by M-Day and were invisible to Cerebra's detection, as it was only capable of locating a protein produced on an X-Gene in the 23rd chromosome. It was stated that it was possible that the 13th chromosome carrying the X-Gene had been genetically created for the scouts to stay hidden from devices such as Cerebra, but this statement was considered less possible as the alternate reality origin of those mutants was confirmed.

Species

In realities where species other than Humans (Homo sapiens) ascend as the dominant species, mutants still exist, as most of them are multiversal counterparts to their human alternates.

It should also be mentioned that the Acanti-like Xavier, the Xavier demon, and the giant squid-like Xavier exist, although it is unknown if those Xaviers were exceptions in their home-realities.

In the Earth-199999, Namor is a mutant Talokanil.

Notes

• There is a clear distinction between mutants and mutates.
  • Some Mutants consider themselves as a subspecies or species evolved from Humans (Homo sapiens) sapiens and known as Homo sapiens superior or Homo superior. They are distinguished by the presence of an X-Gene. This idea is more popular between the followers of Magneto, the Brotherhood of Mutants.
  • Characters who gained their superhuman powers from other sources such as radioactive spiders, gamma radiation, cosmic rays, magic, Super-Soldier Serum, etc. are NOT mutants. They are mutated humans or mutates.
  • The term mutant is often confused to intend or designate mutate, both by characters and by authors.
    • The X-Facts "X-Men - Suspended?!" (kind of announcing Age of Apocalypse after Legion Quest) used the word "mutates" to refer to the X-Men. It could although be an error.
  • In the same way, they are sometimes confused with the Inhumans (another humanity off-shoot) or with the Warpies, children and babies mutated by unstable extra-dimensional energies. Those two kinds develop random powers and appearances, as the mutants.
• It is a matter of debate and interpretation as to whether or not mutants can still be considered as human:
  • Some believe mutants are humans, humans with an X-Gene, or a special kind of human. A scientific argument that can be used in this case is that the activation of the X-Gene led to a microevolution, which would mean that a speciation has not yet occurred. The speciation only occurs via macroevolution, a process that takes millions of years and generations via natural selection, what is not the case of the vast majority of mutants in the Marvel Universe, that only started to appear two decades after the end of the World War II (with a few rare exceptions, like Wolverine and Apocalypse).
  • Others, humans and mutants, feel that mutants aren't humans, with or without also believing in mutant or human supremacy.

Druig scanning for Deviants and inadvertently finding the mutant nation of Krakoa

• Mutants and Deviants are very closely related genetically. It is to the point that Deviants can pass as mutants for the Krakoan Gates, and mutants registered as Deviants when Druig asked the Machine that is Earth to scan the planet for intelligent life with specific Deviant genes. Druig claims that the mutant X-Gene originates from the Deviants.

Trivia

• When asked if there was a way to distinguish Inhumans from mutants, Tom Brevoort (presumably joking) stated that all Inhumans were left-handed.

See Also

• 10869 appearance(s) of Mutants (Homo superior)
• 7 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Mutants (Homo superior)
• 608 minor appearance(s) of Mutants (Homo superior)
• 383 mention(s) of Mutants (Homo superior)
• 11 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Mutants (Homo superior)
• 39 image(s) of Mutants (Homo superior)
• 11505 representative(s) of Mutants (Homo superior)
• 6 item(s) used/owned by Mutants (Homo superior)

Links and References

• Mutants on Wikipedia.org
• List of human mutants (Homo superior)
• Proposition X
• Registration Acts