TheResistants, also known asMutant Force, are asupervillain group appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. They were originally the second incarnation of theBrotherhood of Mutants, but have become independent of the other incarnations of that group. They were originally gathered byMagneto.^[1]

The original members were all created byJack Kirby.Magneto andThink Tank were created byStan Lee and Jack Kirby.Mist Mistress,Quill and Rust were created byMark Gruenwald,Kieron Dwyer, andAl Milgrom.

ThemutantMagneto was the founder of the originalBrotherhood of Evil Mutants. Over the years, the original Brotherhood had disbanded, so Magneto decided to create a new Brotherhood. He recruited five young mutants and trained them to become the new Brotherhood. The five mutants were sent to captureMister One, a mutant who was small enough to enter and operate a miniature spacecraft Magneto had discovered. Their plans were foiled byCaptain America and Magneto left the team.^[2]

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

TheRed Skull offered the team funding and renamed them the Resistants. As the Resistants, the team fought against theMutant Registration Act. During this time,Slither wasn't part of the team, but many mutants joined the team includingMist Mistress andMentallo (now calling himselfThink Tank). As the Resistants, the team would fight against several superheroes, including their original enemy Captain America.^[5] Eventually most members would leave. Slither rejoined and the team retook the name Mutant Force.^[6] The team disbanded shortly afterwards, most members going their own way.

AfterDecimation, some members of the Mutant Force have been depowered while others maintained their mutant abilities.

• Burner/Crucible (Byron Calley): Can create heat and fire from his hands.
• Lifter/Meteorite (Ned Lathrop): Can manipulate gravity, increasing his density, durability and strength and negating gravity on other objects.
• Mist Mistress: Can create and control various types of mists like knock-out gas, acidic mists and toxic mists. Depowered.
• Peeper/Occult (Peter Quinn): Has increased visual abilities and can fire beams of energy from his eyes. Killed byPredator X.
• Quill: Body was covered with sharp quills that he could fire at opponents. Depowered.
• Rust: Could fire blasts from his hands that corroded metal. Presumed killed byCaptain America (Walker).
• Shocker/Paralyzer (Randall Darby): Could fire electric blasts from his hands, and possessed robotic crab-like claws. After the team disbanded, he left forGenosha 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 theSerpent 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 ofA.I.M.

There are also many unnamed members.

The Mutant Force appear in theX-Men: The Animated Series episode "Sanctuary", consisting of Lifter, Peepers, Shocker, and Slither.

• Mutant Force at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
• Resistants at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe

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