| Brotherhood of Mutants | |
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 Cover art forX-Men: Legacy #209 byDavid Finch | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Men #4 (March 1964)[1] |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Various |
| Leader(s) | Magneto |
| Roster | |
| See:List of Brotherhood of Mutants members | |
TheBrotherhood of Mutants (originally known as theBrotherhood of Evil Mutants) is afictional group ofmutants appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The Brotherhood are among the chief adversaries of theX-Men. While the group's roster and ideology have varied from incarnation to incarnation, most versions of the Brotherhood are generally founded and led by the mutantMagneto as a super villain team or mutantsupremacy organization that uses extreme methods to fight human prejudice.
Unlike the X-Men who believe that humans and mutants can coexist peacefully, the Brotherhood generally views humanity as an inferior close-minded species that will never accept mutants out of fear of their powers. Among the Mutants who are frequently depicted as members of the Brotherhood areMystique,Toad,Blob,Pyro,Mastermind,Quicksilver, andScarlet Witch.
The original Brotherhood was depicted as Magneto's primary allies in his early battles with the X-Men in comics published in the 1960s.[2] The original Brotherhood was ultimately disbanded, with Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch going on to become members of theAvengers. In 1981, the Brotherhood of Mutants was revived under the leadership of Mystique, while the group's most visible incarnation during the early 1990s was led by Toad.
The Brotherhood of Mutants has also appeared on severalanimated series featuring the X-Men and has been Magneto’s group in theX-Men film series.
The original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants was created by writerStan Lee and artist/co-writerJack Kirby and first appeared inX-Men #4 (March 1964).[3]
While later incarnations of the Brotherhood promoted the group's existence as a political and ideological rival toProfessor Charles Xavier's dream of peace with humans, the group was originally conceived as simply a small, but powerful army of minions gathered by Magneto to aid in his schemes for world domination. But since the group's second incarnation, the group has become a much more politically motivated group designed for use of violence to provide justice and lead a 'mutant revolution' against mankind.
One of the greater ironies of the group has been its use of "Evil" in its name. When his decision to name the group was brought up in an interview,Stan Lee simply said "We were kind of corny in those days."[4] Since the early 1990s, writers have attempted to explain this away by having Toad describe it as irony, based upon the perceived notion that all mutants are "evil." Later writers have opted instead to simply drop "Evil" from the group's name and refer to the group as "The Brotherhood of Mutants" or simply the Brotherhood. In Earth-X,Uatu explained that Magneto chose it so that, as the opposing side, Charles would be forced to assume the role of "Good," and that Magneto believed that by locking Charles into absolutes of morality, he could manipulate him.
Many of the group's members have been shown to be past victims of anti-mutant prejudice, which has made the group a haven for many mutants who feel they are outcasts and pariahs. While many of these outcast mutants have willingly embraced the violent aspects of the Brotherhood's ideology, several have ultimately rejected it and left the group because of it. Most notably, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch left the group due to their disillusionment with Magneto's ideology to join the Avengers, a group of heroes dedicated to protecting the world as opposed to ruling it.
The original leader of the team wasMagneto, a mutant with the ability to control magnetic fields. It would later be revealed that Magneto was aHolocaust survivor, explaining his distrust of humanity because of the actions done by theNazi Party and its inability to accept those who are different. The other members of the original team wereQuicksilver, who can move and think at incredible speeds, his twin sister, theScarlet Witch, who has the power to affect probability fields,Toad, a sniveling villain with incredible jumping ability and a medieval costume, andMastermind, with the power to create illusions of sight, smell, taste, touch and sound. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch had joined after Magneto saved Scarlet Witch from a mob who believed she was awitch after she accidentally made a house burst into flame. She joined to repay the debt, and Quicksilver joined to keep her safe.[5]
Time and again, the Brotherhood clashed with the original X-Men team (consisting ofCyclops,Angel,Beast,Iceman andMarvel Girl), in their first appearance taking control of a small country with the aid of Mastermind creating an illusion of an army. They captured Angel and took him to their base, known asAsteroid M, but he was rescued. They tried to recruit the Sub-Mariner, and then the Blob, but the X-Men succeeded against them. Finally Magneto and Toad were captured by an extraterrestrial being called theStranger, who they at first believed was a powerful mutant, but he revealed himself to be an alien. Mastermind had been turned to a block of solid matter by the Stranger, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch left the team and later joined theAvengers. Later, back on Earth, Magneto reorganized the team three times, including such mutants asBlob andUnus the Untouchable, as well as theSavage Land mutateLorelei, and creating a team that was later alternately called Mutant Force and theResistants. Following a battle with theDefenders, the members of the Brotherhood were all transformed into infants byAlpha.[6] The babies were brought toMuir Island, where they were placed under the care ofMoira MacTaggert. Magneto was later restored to adulthood byErik the Red, and quickly escaped MacTaggert's research facility.[7] During this incident, the other members of the Brotherhood also regained their adult forms, but discovered that Magneto had abandoned them. Without their leader, the Brotherhood soon teamed up with theVanisher as part of a plot to get revenge on the X-Men, but were beaten by theChampions. After this defeat, the Brotherhood was disbanded, and its remaining members were imprisoned.[8]
The shapeshifting mutantMystique later organized her own Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.[9] Members includedPyro, Blob,Avalanche,Destiny andRogue.[10] This team (minus Rogue, who had defected to the X-Men) later became the core membership of the government-sponsored team calledFreedom Force.[11] As Freedom Force, their membership briefly includedSpiral and the secondSpider-Woman, and later includedSuper Sabre, theCrimson Commando, andStonewall. This group both fought and teamed up with several heroic groups, includingthe Avengers, but ultimately disbanded after Destiny, Super Sabre and Stonewall were killed in action, Mystique faked her death, the Crimson Commando was crippled and the Blob and Pyro were abandoned on a mission in Iraq.
The Toad also organized a Brotherhood of Evil Mutants of his own at one point, including the Blob and Pyro, a woman namedPhantazia who could disrupt electronics and superhuman powers, and the vampiric humanoidPteranodon calledSauron, who is not an actual mutant. Toad's Brotherhood was concerned mostly with hatching revenge schemes against the X-teams, but was repeatedly defeated byX-Force,X-Factor,Darkhawk,Spider-Man, andSleepwalker.[12]
After being captured and subjected to intensive brainwashing by theDark Beast,Havok formed his own short-lived Brotherhood of Mutants whose membership included himself, the Dark Beast,Fatale, and, briefly,Aurora,Random, Ever, andX-Man. This incarnation was the first Brotherhood to omit the "Evil" from its name.[13][14][15] Despite Jean Grey's proclamation that Havok was acting of his own free will as well as the plot point of Dark Beast brainwashing Havok, it was ultimately revealed that Havok formed the team as part of a sting operation designed to find out the illegal experiments the Dark Beast was performing and fell apart when Havok and the Dark Beast finally clashed.[16]
The following incarnation included new members theMimic andPost as well as Blob and Toad. They freed Charles Xavier from prison and helped the X-Men against the animatedCerebro, who had created a team offake X-Men.[17] They later cooperated with Mystique in an attempt to capture theMachine Man. The team disbanded shortly afterwards.
During this time period, it was revealed that the teleporter namedAstra had been a member of the original Brotherhood, providing Magneto with the technology used to create Asteroid M and locating potential recruits, includingNightcrawler. Though she was in love with Magneto, he did not love her. This rejection led to her quitting the team and served as the motivation behind her creation of the Magneto cloneJoseph.
During the threat of theLegacy Virus, Mystique organized another Brotherhood, drawing members from nearly every incarnation like Avalanche, Blob, Toad, and Post[18] and addingSabretooth[19] andMartinique Jason to the lineup. A training session also showed a new Super Sabre andCrimson Commando, but they were not included on the mission. This Brotherhood attempted to killSenator Robert Kelly. This plot was thwarted byCable,Gambit, Beast,Colossus, and Pyro (who died from the Legacy Virus saving Senator Kelly from Post), but managed to assassinate Moira MacTaggert before they were disbanded.[20]
Later, a short-lived Marvel series calledThe Brotherhood featured a large group of mutant terrorists, unrelated to any other version of the Brotherhood. The group was founded by the mutants Hoffman, Orwell and Marshal, but Marshal left the group and became a government agent. Hoffman hid his identity under the alias "X". Marshal had the orders to take down the Brotherhood, but was really planning on killing Hoffman and becoming the new "X". This series was cancelled after nine issues, at which point all members had either been killed in the power struggle between Hoffman and Marshal or by the publicity-drivenX-Force (later renamedX-Statix).[21][22]
The next incarnation of the Brotherhood was led by Mystique again and included Avalanche, Blob, Mastermind, and new memberFever Pitch.[23] This Brotherhood had infiltrated theX-Corps and took over the group, before it was defeated by the X-Men and Mystique sucked into another dimension by X-Corps recruitAbyss (ironically landing the two into the arms ofAzazel, who was the father of both Abyss and Mystique's biological son Nightcrawler). Following her being rescued from her former lover's realm, Mystique would become a reluctant agent of Professor X, doing black ops missions for him. While employed, Mystique claimed that the second and third Brotherhood formed by her were actually formed by someone trying to frame her, something Xavier dismissed as lies designed by Mystique to gain sympathy from Xavier.
Another Brotherhood was formed by former X-ManXorn, who thought he was Magneto. His Brotherhood were his former studentsBeak,Angel Salvadore,Martha Johansson,Basilisk, Ernst, Esme of theStepford Cuckoos, and old Brotherhood member Toad.[24] Most members rebelled against Xorn after he accidentally killed Basilisk and his insanity became too obvious to ignore.
In the "Heroes and Villains" arc that concludedChuck Austen's run onX-Men, a new version of the Brotherhood appeared. The team was led by the powerful mutantExodus, who had once been Magneto's herald, and its other members included Avalanche, Sabretooth (who had simply been hired by Exodus), and new membersBlack Tom Cassidy,Mammomax,Nocturne (who was revealed to be spying on the team), andJuggernaut (who was later revealed to be a mole).[25] After Black Tom killed Juggernaut's friendSquid-Boy (who was attacking Juggernaut for his "apparent betrayal"), Juggernaut lashes out and tried to destroy the Brotherhood. After knocking Juggernaut and several other Brotherhood members unconscious, Exodus led his team to the Xavier Institute to claim revenge for the apparent death of Magneto. The entire team was defeated by the secondXorn, who sucked them into the "black hole" within his head; Nocturne was sucked in as well, and Juggernaut followed her. They eventually landed in Mojoworld, where the others sold Nocturne and Juggernaut toMojo, for their freedom.[26]
InYoung X-Men,Donald Pierce, in disguise asCyclops, deceives several X-Men in training into attacking what he dubs a new incarnation of the Brotherhood, which consists ofCannonball,Danielle Moonstar andMagma, all under the leadership ofSunspot, Lord Imperial of theHellfire Club.[27] However, this was just a manipulative ruse, and these fourNew Mutants were neither a team at the time nor conducting villainous activity.
An all-female incarnation calledthe Sisterhood was formed by the "Red Queen"—revealed to beMadelyne Pryor—who recruitedMartinique Jason,[28]Lady Mastermind,Chimera,[29] and the non-mutantsSpiral andLady Deathstrike.[30] The Sisterhood was able to capture and brainwash the former X-ManPsylocke, making her a member also.[31][32] Although being neither female nor a recruited member, formerHellions memberEmpath was revealed to be helping the team in their attack against the X-Men.[33] The Red Queen is later lured into a trap set by Cyclops (Madelyne's former husband) and defeated. Psylocke broke free from her brainwashing and rejoined the X-Men. The other Sisterhood members all escape.[34]
In the miniseries "Magneto: Not a Hero",Joseph is resurrected under unknown circumstances and forms a new Brotherhood of Mutants withAstra and mutated deformed versions of Blob, Mastermind, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and Toad. It is soon revealed that the mutated versions of Blob, Mastermind, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and Toad are clones created by Astra. All the clones were killed by Magneto. Joseph is defeated by Magneto and remanded toUtopia's X-Brig.[35]
In Uncanny X-Force,Wolverine's sonDaken forms a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants with Mystique, Sabretooth,Shadow King (back in Amahl Farouk's body),Blob (AoA version), Skinless Man (Weapon III ofWeapon Plus) and theOmega Clan (consisting of Omega Red II, Omega Black and Omega White who each share the DNA of the originalOmega Red) with the apparent goal of exacting revenge on X-Force. The group was seen recruitingGenesis as their next member, in order to turn him into the newApocalypse.[36]
Mystique has since gathered a new Brotherhood which consists of herself, Sabretooth, Blob,Silver Samurai II, and Lady Mastermind.[37] By using Lady Mastermind's illusions, they commit numerous heists to incriminate the original X-Men,[38] who had recently been brought through time to the present by Beast.[39]
With the money the Brotherhood of Mutants robbed in the heists, Mystique acquiredMadripoor fromHydra and attempted to turn it into a mutant sanctuary. Posing as Dazzler, Mystique attracted Magneto to the island and showed him her plans. However, Magneto reacted violently to the plan, believing that Mystique and the others were traitors to their species in part due to allowing the use of Mutant Growth Hormone to run rampant in the streets to fund their operations. He heavily injured Mystique and the Brotherhood and left after making their base collapse.[40]
Inspired by Madelyne's attempt of defeating the X-Men, Lady Deathstrike has recruited the likes ofTyphoid Mary andEnchantress and put together an all new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men, as well as helping each one of them to achieve their individual goals. They have recently added the newly resurrectedSelene to their ranks with the aid of the sentient virus, Arkea, and intend to bring back Madelyne Pryor herself as well.[41][42] After Lady Deathstrike's host, Ana Cortes had a change of heart about being a supervillain and serving Arkea, she contacted the X-Men and informed them of the Sisterhood's location. She committed suicide. Arkea placed Lady Deathstrike's consciousness in the same body Arkea used for a host, Reiko. Arkea then took the Jean Grey genetic material she purchased and modified Ana Cortes corpse so that it could host Madelyne Pryor. Amora completed the resurrection of Madelyne Pryor. The X-Men assaulted the Sisterhood's hideout. They cut the hideout off the grid. The X-Men assaulted the Sisterhood. As most members of the Sisterhood did not particularly care for Arkea, they did not defend her to the fullest of their capabilities. Karima killed Arkea with a bullet specifically designed to destroy hive mind bacteria. As Arkea Prime was the queen bee of Arkea, once she was killed all Arkea bacteria everywhere died. As Madelyne and Selene left, Madelyne informed the group of her plan to create a new Sisterhood. Lady Deathstrike survived the destruction of Arkea.[43]
Following thewar with the Inhumans and the destruction of the remaining Terrigen cloud, a new group claiming to be the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants appears, consisting of a new Avalanche, a new Pyro, Masque, Magma and a new reptile-looking member named Kologoth.[44] They are led by a somehow-repowered Mesmero and secretly funded by an anti-mutant activist named Lydia Nance.[45] It was also discovered by the X-Men that Mesmero had used his powers to brainwash the members of his Brotherhood to join the team and force them to carry out those attacks. Once his control was broken, the Brotherhood was dissolved and Mesmero was arrested.[46]
Mesmero eventually escape from the Box and persuades Pyro and Avalanche to help him get revenge on Lydia Nance.[47] After the fight with the X-Men and the NYPD, the Brotherhood of Mutants retreated to their hideout where Mesmero revealed that they were still under Lydia Nance's paycheck and she was the one who facilitated their escape from the Box and that she still has plans for the Brotherhood of Mutants. While Pyro walked away upon not wanting to work for an anti-mutant activist, Avalanche remained with Mesmero and asked for Pyro's cut as well.[48]
When Magneto time-traveled 20 years into the future to escape an attack, he found a city in ruins and statues of himself all around. He was greeted by mutants who saw him as a savior. He was also greeted by the time-displaced X-Men, who say Magneto is beyond redemption and that they should have stopped him when they had the chance.[49] When Magneto returns to his own time, he decides it's time to stop pretending. He knows who he is, what he is, and he feels that being that person, that monster, is necessary for mutants to survive. His trip to the future assured him of that. Donning his classic red and purple costume, he steps onto his restored base, New Asteroid M, and calls upon his new Brotherhood of Mutants which consists of Briar Raleigh, Toad, Exodus, Unuscione, Marrow, and Elixir.[50][51]
This new Brotherhood was short-lived though, as Magneto was soon afterwards captured and turned into a Horseman of Salvation, Elixir and Marrow were seen on Earth and members of Emma Frost's new Hellfire Club, while Exodus had established a new team of Acolytes, with Unuscione as one of its members.
Taking the opportunity of Magneto disappearance, Joseph disguised himself as Magneto and appears to disband the former Brotherhood, only to sway Avalanche, Juggernaut, Pyro, Random and Toad to form a new Brotherhood in the wake of the death of the X-Men. The Brotherhood went to an Air Force base in East Transia to put the fear in humans, but were confronted by a new group of X-Men led by a resurrected Cyclops. After the battle, Joseph's identity is revealed as the real Master of Magnetism was actually kidnapped by Nate Grey and mind-controlled to become one of his Horsemen of Salvation.[52]
Following the terraformation ofMars and the relocation of the mutant nation of Arakko to the newly verdant planet, Storm claimed a seat on the Great Ring of Arakko. While Storm attempted to navigate the complicated politics of the warlike Arakki, she found herself at odds with Abigail Brand and S.W.O.R.D.'s plans for the planet. When Brand proposed an X-Men team as a controlling influence for the Arakki, Storm declined her offer and instead formed the new "Brotherhood of Arakko" alongside Magneto, Sunspot, and theFisher King.[53]
After Storm brings an end to the bloody "Genesis War" by destroying the staff that has kept Genesis trapped beneath Annihilation's whispering and corruption as punishment for the civil war, Arakko's Great Ring chooses to exile Genesis. But even in exile, Genesis is hardly ready to give up on battle. She announces her new Brotherhood, along with her children, War and Famine. As the three of them prepare to faceOrchis, who "aimed [them] like a weapon".
In theAge of Apocalypse reality,Apocalypse is served by a strikeforce of mutant fanatics calling itself the Brotherhood of Chaos. Its members areCopycat,Box,Spyne,Yeti andArclight.[54]
InAmazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows, the Brotherhood of Mutants consists of Magneto, Blob, Toad, Mist Mistress, Jubilee, and an unnamed mutant that resemblesCrucible. They appear to attack the X-Mansion at the time when Spider-Man and his family are visiting.[55] Spider-Man and his family join the fight against the Brotherhood of Mutants who are also shown to have Emma Frost in their group. Magneto wanted Emma Frost to operate Cerebro for the group. With help from Spider-Man's family, the X-Men defeat the Brotherhood of Mutants who are remanded to the Raft.[56]
This version of the Brotherhood appeared in theBattle of the Atom event, first posing as a future X-Men team who wanted to send the past X-Men to their own time.[57] Their true reasons, to prevent the past X-Men from suffering and dying in the future, were revealed,[58] and they were soon at war against the present X-Men, the Uncanny X-Men, and the true Future X-Men. Their members include Xorn (the past Jean Grey, who had to wear a Xorn mask to limit her power), Charles Xavier II (the alleged son of the original Professor X and Mystique), Beast, Ice Thing (a semi-sentient ice construct created by the future Iceman),Molly Hayes,Deadpool, and Raze Logan (the son of Wolverine and Mystique, who first arrived disguised as Shadowcat). Some of the members of the Future Brotherhood died during the event, while some of them survived and remain living in the present.[59]
Although it appeared that all of the Brotherhood members had survived when they infiltrated Cyclops' new school,[60] after the Brotherhood were defeated by the past-Jean Grey's mind powers, it is revealed that Xorn/Jean had been killed in their first appearance in the past, while all of the Brotherhood's other members- except for Raze Logan- were only working with the team due to the telepathic influence of Charles Xavier II. With Xavier II and Raze both subdued, the former Brotherhood were freed and returned to their home future while Charles Xavier II and Raze Logan are left in the present, locked in the prison's Cage.[61]
InNeil Gaiman'sMarvel 1602 series, Magneto is Enrique, the GrandInquisitor of theSpanish Inquisition during the year 1602, with Brother Petros and Sister Wanda (Pietro and Wanda Maximoff respectively) serving under him as messenger and assistant, respectively. Enrique had been born a Jew in the ghetto of Venice, but he was taken away from his parents and raised within the Catholic Church. At some point Enrique befriended Carlos Javier, that world'sProfessor X, who crafted a helmet to protect Enrique from his psychic powers.[volume & issue needed]
After Toad, their spy at the Vatican, betrays the fact that they have been sheltering any 'Witchbreed' (1602 word for Mutants) that can hide their powers, he and his children escape being burnt at the stake, capture Toad, and sail to the Americas; as Gaiman's reinterpretation of Magneto is more rooted in religion than morality, here his group is named 'The Brotherhood of Those Who Will Inherit The Earth'. After a brief encounter with Carlos Javier in whichRoberto Trefusis freezes their ship in the middle of the ocean, Enrique agrees to work with the other heroes. When the world is saved, Enrique departs, entrusting Wanda and Petros to Javier, and instructing him to take care of them until he returns, and never to tell them that they are his children. The fate of Toad in this world is unknown, but Enrique had promised to punish him for his betrayal, a punishment which was ultimately left unseen.[volume & issue needed]
In the reality ofMarvel Noir, this Brotherhood, led by Chief Detective Eric Magnus, is a cabal of corrupt and violent policemen, doing the bidding ofSebastian Shaw. It is formed by Magnus, Dukes, Toynbee, and Wyngarde.[62]
InAmazing Spider-Girl #22, a Sisterhood of Mutants is featured. This group consists ofMagneta,Impact (a superstrong mutant able to increase the size of any part of her body),Pirouette (who can rotate at high speeds), andHeadcase (a powerful psychic).
In the alternate reality depicted in the 2005House of M storyline, the Brotherhood was created as anNYPD strikeforce team to take down organized crime. Members includedJohn Proudstar (leader),Frank Castle (only human member who left due to seeing how the Brotherhood are mistreating the human criminals[63]),Blob,Feral,Taskmaster,Avalanche,Boom Boom andMisty Knight (who had secretly infiltrated the "Avengers", and would later defect from the Brotherhood).[64]
InUltimate X-Men, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants is called theBrotherhood of Mutant Supremacy, headed by a far more violent and genocidal version ofMagneto. It was originally formed byProfessor X and Magneto in a plan to create a safe haven for mutants in a city within the Savage Land, but Magneto had other plans to make the mutants more dominant over the humans. The original Brotherhood first seen consisted ofBlob,Mastermind, Magneto's twinsQuicksilver andScarlet Witch;Toad, andWolverine. Soon after their first appearance, Wolverine was planted in the X-Men as a mole and later defected to the X-Men.Cyclops once sided with the Brotherhood during Wolverine's infiltration only to turn against the Brotherhood and assist the X-Men in fighting the Brotherhood of Mutants. When Magneto was seemingly killed by Professor X, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch tried to use the Brotherhood in more positive ways of gaining mutant rights such as proceeding with talks to the UN. This caused many splinter groups (such as the Acolytes) to split off and attempt to continue Magneto's genocidal techniques. During this short-lived less violent phase, several mutant animal recruits rescued from laboratories were added (one of which was the mutated ape Prosimian), but Magneto rejected them upon his return seeing them as lower species likeHomo sapiens and wiped out the mutant animals.
In theUltimate War and "Return of the King" storylines, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch defected to theUltimates to help stop the resurfaced Magneto.Unus, Detonator,Juggernaut,Longshot,Hard-Drive,Rogue,Sabretooth,Vanisher,Forge, andMultiple Man join the Brotherhood. After being defeated by the X-Men, the Brotherhood receded for a time.Mystique and Forge free Magneto from his plastic prison cell in the Triskelion, with Mystique taking his place to prevent anyone from realizing that Magneto is free.
InThe Ultimates 3, Magneto leads Sabertooth, Blob, Unus, Multiple Man, Mystique,Pyro, Mastermind, andLorelei in a fight against the Ultimates after the death of his daughter Scarlet Witch at the hands ofUltron. The battle results in the seeming death of Quicksilver as well (though he is later revealed to be alive), Unus being killed byThor, and Mastermind being killed byValkyrie who also dismembered Pyro's hands.[65]
Magneto, Blob, Detonator, Forge, Hard-Drive, Longshot, Lorelei, and Multiple Man are killed during theUltimatum storyline, during which Magneto tries to destroy the human race with Thor's hammer before being killed by Cyclops. Quicksilver turned up alive and was the one who shot Cyclops as he meets up with Mystique and Sabretooth.[66]
Quicksilver later reforms the Brotherhood of Mutants with Mystique, Sabretooth, Blob II/Teddy Allan.[67]
In the alternate future of the 2005 miniseriesWeapon X: Days of Future Now,Malcolm Colcord convinced people to hate mutants. In issue 4, most of the surviving mutants gather to see the return of Magneto. One of the groups is the Brotherhood led bySabretooth and consisting ofAvalanche,Blob,Caliban, Hub,Mimic, andScalphunter.
In theMarvel Fairy Tales continuity, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants appears as a group ofOni who have captured the Emperor's daughter (Jean Grey). Hitome/Cyclops subdues them. The team members used for this issue wereMagneto,Quicksilver,Scarlet Witch, andToad.[68]
Raze assembled a Brotherhood of Mutants with mutants from various alternate universes. All members were previously members of the Brotherhood of Mutants in the main universe: Pyro, Avalanche, Blob, Phantazia, Mastermind, Unus the Untouchable, Lorelei, Vanisher, Toad, Fatale, Peepers, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch. The X-Men eventually defeated Raze and his Brotherhood, and sent each of the members back to their home worlds.[69]
The Brotherhood appears in theX-Men film franchise.
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