Resistants

The Resistants, also known as Mutant Force, are a supervillain group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They were originally the second incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants, but have become completely independent of the other incarnations of that group. They were originally gathered by Magneto.^[1]

Publication history

The original members were all created by

Their next employer, the Mandrill, renamed the team Mutant Force, a name they would commonly be associated with.^[3] As Mutant Force the team repeatedly came into conflict with the Defenders. During this period they were employed by both the US government and the Secret Empire. Peeper, the usual leader, was absent for their first mission with the Secret Empire.^[4] As Secret Empire operatives, they were led by Mad Dog.

The

After the events of "Decimation", some members of the Mutant Force have been depowered while others maintained their mutant abilities.

Members

• Burner/Crucible
  (Byron Calley): Has the ability to create heat and fire from his hands.
• Lifter/Meteorite
  (Ned Lathrop): Can manipulate gravity, increasing his density, durability and strength and negate gravity on other objects, making them fly.
• Mist Mistress
  : Can create and control various types of mists like knock-out gas, acidic mists and toxic mists. Depowered.
• Predator X
  .
• Quill
  : Body was covered with sharp quills that he could fire at opponents. Depowered.
• Captain America (Walker)
  .
• Shocker/Paralyzer (Randall Darby): Could fire electric blasts from his hands. His hands and feet were cyborg crab-like claws. After the team disbanded, he left for Genosha
  to join Magneto. Depowered.
• Slither (Aaron Salomon): Has a snake-like body, allowing him to constrict opponents with great force. He also has minor superhuman strength. Slither left when the team became the Resistants, but returned when they became Mutant Force again. Slither was briefly a member of the Serpent Society on occasion and the Fangs.
• Think Tank (Marvin Flumm): Better known as the telepath Mentallo. He was only a member of the Resistants for a short time. Currently the Minister of Public Affairs of A.I.M.