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| Neo | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Men (vol. 2) #100 (May2000) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont Leinil Francis Yu |
| Characteristics | |
| Notable members | Crimson Pirates: Bloody Bess Broadside Killian (leader) Sea Dog Goth: Beldame Goth (Leader) Sanguine Wanderer Guardian Clan: Backhand Flare Pillar Repulse Sinew Singularity Stare (leader) Lost Souls: Desolation Dirge Lament Requiem (Leader) Mindclan: Unknown members Renegade: Ransome Sole Shockwave Riders: Farahd Galadriel Gethrin Spiritclan: Unknown members Warclan: Anteus Barbican Domina (Leader) Elysia Jaeger Junction Kilmer Ransome Sole (Renegade Neo) Rax Salvo Seth Static Tartarus |
TheNeo were afictional race ofsuperhumans appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. They are depicted in theMarvel Universe and were created byChris Claremont. Before facing globalextinction, the Neo were another of Earth's races, apparently a very ancient one that preferred to live inseclusion. They appear to be a subspecies ofmutants, but much more powerful. This is seen in the way they call mutants "spikes," as if they did not register on Neo's power scales.
The Neo race debuted inX-Men vol. 2 #100 (May 2000), created byChris Claremont andLeinil Francis Yu. The race subsequently appeared in several Marvel series, includingYoung X-Men (2008),[1] andX-Men: Giant-Size (2011).[2]
The existence of the Neo was kept hidden for millennia as they had chosen a solitary life in their own community. They prospered until the day theHigh Evolutionary activated machines that switched off all mutant genes.[3] Worldwide, all mutants lost their powers and became baseline humans. The Neo suffered many casualties, including the daughter of Neo leaders Domina and Hunter. The two swear revenge on whoever is responsible.[4]
The Neo engage in fighting theX-Men, who have no intention of letting them destroy the world.[5] The Neo sabotage the High Evolutionary's space station, destroy 17 ofMister Sinister's bases,[6] and hunt down the mutants hidden byCharles Xavier in New York City.
The Neo split up into several different factions or tribes. Apart from the Warclan, the X-Men teams also battle other groups of Neo: the Shockwave Riders, who have psionic powers and ride anti-gravity skimmers;[7] the Lost Souls, who psychically trap souls near death in a state of despair;[8] the Goth, a trio of super-powered individuals who work as slave traders and are allied with the Crimson Pirates, a fellow group of slavers.[9]
Domina's Warclan is attacked byMagneto, who demands that they join him in war against the humans and stop the internecine warfare between themselves and other mutants. They refuse and Magneto kills two of the Neo, forcing Domina into obeying him.[10]
Other groups of Neo, known as the Guardian Clan, War Clan, Spirit Clan, and Mind Clan, are revealed to exist; the latter two are respectively based in Southeast Asia and the Arctic. Following theDecimation, the Guardian Clan and War Clan jointly attackUtopia in search of answers as to why many of the members of their species had lost their powers and no new births had occurred. BeforeCyclops can explain these events, a group of supreme beings called the Evolutionaries intervene and massacre the Neo, believing that they pose a threat to the survival of baseline mutants.[11]
Due to their inter-dimensional travels, the Crimson Pirates survive the extinction of the Neo. They have since appeared in theNightcrawler solo series.[12]
The Neo were a more powerful variety of mutant. Like the mutants, they have an array of individual powers. They also appear to have slightly greater strength, speed, endurance, and reflexes than the average mutant.