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Overview

Mutants mark the next step in human evolution, commonly referred to as Homo Superior. Unlike other superhuman powers, mutation originates at conception as a result of the presence of a particular gene known as the X-Gene (a.k.a. the X-Factor or mutant gene). Mutant powers generally manifest around puberty, but can be catalyzed during periods of heightened emotional or physical stress. Often times, some superhumans are erroneously referred to as mutants because of unique genetic structure and/or their powers were evident at birth. The only true Marvel Mutants are those born with an X-Gene.

The X-Gene commonly lies dormant until puberty, when it manifests in a number of ways, but it can manifest at birth or lie dormant throughout life, or until triggered mechanically. Mutations manifest in varied and unexpected ways, and mutants may or may not look different than normal humans. A mutation will grant a member of the homo superior species either a psionic or physical ability or some combination thereof. Variations in appearance include abnormal body color, excessive hair or fur, disproportionate or additional limbs, extra appendages (such as tails, wings, or tentacles), textured skin (such as rock or scales) or an animal-like appearance. Powers vary in nature and and include (but are not limited to) superhuman strength, superhuman speed, superhuman senses, flight, telepathy, telekinesis, blast powers, shape shifting, mastery over particular energies/radiation, and control over particular elements.

Among the public, some humans show great fear or hatred towards mutants due to either their abilities, their appearance, or ignorance, but there are mutants (and humans) who make an effort to achieve equality among humans and mutants, but some feel that the humans will never change and will continue to oppress mutantkind.

There have been many attempts to neutralize the X-gene for those who wish to lead to what they feel is a normal life. Some have been successful, some have not.

Marvel's First Mutant

Namor the Sub-Mariner is often labeled as Marvel's first mutant, which is true insofar as he is the first mutant character published by Marvel.

However, the first, as in oldest known mutant in the Marvel universe, would be Selene, being well over 17,000 years old.

Chronological list of Marvel mutants:

• Selene (over 17,000 years old)
• Forever Man (?)
• Saul (one of the oldest Externals)
• Crule (worshiped Hyborian dieties)
• Nicodemus (~10000 years old)
• White Sword
• Apocalypse (born 3000 BC.)
• Genesis (wife of Apocalypse)
• Isca the Unbeaten (sister of Genesis)
• First Horsemen (children of Apocalypse and Genesis)
• Azazel (several thousands years old)
• Sphinx (at least 3300 years old)
• War (Final Horsemen) (born in the 3rd century)
• Death (Final Horsemen) (born in the 4th century)
• Candra (over 1000 years old)
• Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (11th century)
• Sahreed (active when Exodus' powers manifested)
• Scarab (active when Exodus' powers manifested)
• Exodus (born in the 12th century)
• Damian Tryp (born in 1337)
• Locomotive Breath
• Gideon (born in the 15th century)
• William Burke
• Shadow King (born in the 16th century)
• Gloria Knoblach (born 1673)
• Clarity (born 1675)
• Dark Mother (born 1680)
• Summoner (~300 years old)
• Elias Bogan (over 250 years old)
• Graymalkin (born before 1775)
• Pestilence (Final Horsemen) (born in ~1800)
• Famine (Final Horsemen) (born in ~1800)
• Cyber (born in ~1800)
• Absalom (over 150 years old)
• Mr. Sinister (Artificial mutant, born in mid 19th century.)
• Margaret Slade (born in the 1850's)
• Kabar Brashir (born in the 1850's)
• Tobias Messenger (born in 1859)
• Black Womb (born in the 1870's)
• Hamilton Slade (born in the 1870-1880's)
• Frederick Slade (born in the 1870-1880's)
• Jack Starsmore (born in the 1870-1880's)
• Sabretooth (over 130 years old)
• Destiny (over 130 years old)
• Mystique (over 130 years old)
• Gateway
• Klara Prast (born in 1895)
• Wolverine (born in the 1890's)
• Silver Fox
• Centennial (born in 1902)
• Dr. Nemesis (born in 1906)
• Spitfire (born in the 1910s)
• Namor (born in 1920)
• Namora (born in 1921)
• Magneto (born in the 1920s)
• Whizzer (born in the 1920s)
• Super-Sabre
• Crimson Commando
• Stonewall
• Solem
• Spider-Queen
• Toro
• Scalphunter

Omega-Level Mutants

Omega-level mutants are the most powerful members of the mutant race, with their psionic powers unlimited within the spectrum of their specific field.

The Omega-Level Mutation term was originally used to label mutants that were the biggest threat. Omega-Level Mutants are now known as mutants with potential for immeasurable power. The theory of the omega-level power was explained in the limited series X-Men: Forever.

It explained current human population in the Marvel Universe are the result of experiments by the Celestials eons ago. They were attempting to create humanity and have them evolve into new beings. Those that have achieved Omega-Level powers are nearing the final stage of evolution and often pass along this trait to their progeny.

The most common listing of qualities needed by these mutants is that they must have unlimited potential, be able to utterly control a substance (examples include ice, matter and energy) and that they can live beyond their physical form. However another way they can be judged to be Omega-level is if they are capable of hosting the Phoenix Force. Be aware, all these are speculations; there are no actual rules for what being an Omega means.

The confirmed Omega-level mutants that are cited below include:

1. Rachel Summers was the first mutant referred to as omega-level in Uncanny X-Men #208.
2. Mr. M shows spectacular displays of power throughout his few appearances but in is in X-Men: The 198 #2 that Val Cooper tells the X-Men that he is indeed an Omega-level mutant. This is quite possible since he can do anything he wishes and after his physical body was incinerated he still lives.
3. Though Vulcan was first referred to as "beyond Omega-level", this is impossible since Omega is already unlimited. So this has often been seen as a error in the writer's judgment. In Uncanny X-Men #483 he is confirmed as being Omega-level.
4. Iceman and Jean Grey received the title in the X-Men Forever (2001) series.
5. Elixir and Franklin Richards were confirmed in the 198 Files.
6. Quentin Quire was confirmed as an Omega-level mutant by the Phoenix Force within X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong, a series in which he briefly possessed the Phoenix Force.
7. David Charles Haller confirmed in New Mutants #4 (2009)
8. X-Man is identified as an Omega-Level mutant in Dark X-Men #2 (2009)
9. Hope Summers confirmed in X-men: Phoenix Force Handbook (2010)

Krakoa Era Omega Level Mutants

With the start of Krakoa Era came with a definition of omega level mutants in which their dominate power must have an unknown upper limit this definition includes mutants from previous list but confirming mutants such as Magneto, Exodus, Proteus, Storm, and Monarch are also omega level.

Omega Level Mutants were also introduced all being part of Great Ring of Arakko

These Mutants are: Isca, Idyll, Lactuca, Lodus Logos, Nameless, Ora, Redroot, Sobunar, Tarn the Uncaring, Xilo,

Apocalypse's wife Genesis and their children the first horsemen (Death, War, Famine and Pestilence) are also omega level mutants.

Beyond Omega?

Also there is a character in the Marvel Universe who seems to have surpassed Omega-Level and may be the true pinnacle of human evolution, having evolved beyond death itself, and so he has been deemed Homo Supreme rather than Homo Superior. He has been promised that he will live to see the End of the Universe:

1. Craig Hollis/ Mr. Immortal

Mutant Subspecies

• Externals
• The Neo
• The Cheyarafim
• The Neyaphem
• Dominant Speices
• Changelings

Mutant Hybrids

• Adam X-Treme (Adam Neramani; Shi'ar hybrid)
• Lifeguard (Heather Cameron; Shi'ar hybrid)
• McKenzie, Namor (Atlantean hybrid)
• Namora (Aquaria Neptunia; Atlantean hybrid)
• Noble, Nia (Atlantean hybrid)
• Pixie (Fairy hybrid)
• Prentiss, Namorita (Atlantean hybrid)
• Slipstream (Davis Cameron; Shi'ar hybrid)
• Tier (Asgardian hybrid)

Mutant Registration Act

A registration act forcing all mutants to register with the United States government introduced by Senator Robert Kelly. It was first introduced in Uncanny X-Men #181 (May 1984).

The Mutant Registration Act is a fictional law that required all mutants to register with the government. It was first mentioned in the Uncanny X-men #141 when Moria MacTaggert suggest that Senator Robert Kelly has suggested that mutants must be registered under law by the government. The law does eventually go under way and is made clear when Senator Kelly is discussing the introduction of the law with a colleague. Later, in Uncanny X-men# 183 the Act is made as a passed legalisation and in #188 it becomes an accepted law.

The Mutant Registration Act did not have any major impact on the story lines in the Marvel Comics, but it was part of some of the plots. This law is what motivated Cyclops and Jean Grey to form the original X-Factor group and it was one of the reasons Valerie Cooper and Mystique formed the Freedom Force.

Ex-Mutants and the 198

During the Marvel event House of M, mutants are decimated when Wanda Maximoff depowers 98% (actually is closer to 99.9997% by using mathematics) of the mutant population after being fed up with her father Magneto's mutant cause. This day went on to be known as M-Day. Notable depowered mutants (or Ex-Mutants) include Magneto himself, Quicksilver, Wind Dancer, Moonstar, Rictor, Chamber, Jubilee, The Blob, and Marrow.

It was initially estimated by the O*N*E* (Office of National Emergency) to only be 198 mutants left on Earth, although that number has since been refuted to be around 200-300 mutants. Nonetheless, mutants have used that number as a symbol of solidarity representative of their dwindled numbers.

198 Definition

The term 198 has dual meanings.

The first of which describes a group of still-powered mutants that sought refuge on the grounds of the Xavier Institute after M-Day.

Secondly, 198 refers to the earliest confirmed number of mutants still powered after M-Day. It is a misconception that there were only 198 mutants with powers after M-Day, but the number is often used as a symbol of those left. The precise number of mutants left with powers after M-Day is not known, however most estimates put the total number between 200-300.

During Necrosha Caliban discovered that even the dead were affected by the Scarlet Witch's spell.

For reasons currently unknown, mutants who have originated from other realities (not from the main, 616 universe), were have said to retained their powers. However, they are not included among the 198.

This is a list of all mutants confirmed to retain their powers after M-Day. Mutants who were re-powered by some means after M-Day are not to be included in this list.

• Alchemy
• Anole
• Apocalypse
• Archangel
• Armor
• Asylum
• Aurora
• Avalanche
• Beast
• Beautiful Dreamer
• Big Bertha
• Black Box
• Black Womb
• Blindfold
• Bling!
• Bliss
• Blockbuster
• Bohusk, Tito
• Boom Boom
• Cannonball
• Catiana
• Cheney, Lila
• Cipher
• Collective Man
• Colossus
• Cyber
• Cyclops
• Daken
• Darwin
• Dazzler
• Dead Girl
• Death
• Dee, Johnny
• Diamond Lil
• Doctor Cecilia Reyes
• Domino
• Doorman
• Dragoness
• Dust
• Elixir
• Empath
• Emplate
• Erg
• Ernst
• Exodus
• Famine
• Felon
• Fever Pitch
• Firestar
• Flatman
• Forge
• Frenzy
• Frost, Emma
• Gambit
• Gamesmaster
• Gargouille
• Gateway
• Gentle
• Ghoul
• Gibbon
• Glob Herman
• Gorgon
• Greymalkin
• Havok
• Hellion
• Husk
• Icarus
• Iceman
• Indra
• Jazz
• Jeffries, Madison
• Johansson, Martha
• Justice
• Karma
• Kid Omega
• Lady Mastermind
• Leech
• Lightbright
• Lil' Bro
• Litterbug
• Loa
• M
• Magma
• Mammomax
• Mandrill
• Masque
• Mastermind
• Match
• Meld
• Mentallo
• Mercury
• Microbe
• Micromax
• Mindblast
• Mister X
• Mister M
• Mortis
• Multiple Man
• Mutant Zero
• Mystique
• Nekra
• Neophyte
• Nightcrawler
• Nixon, Kiden
• Northstar
• Nuñez, Leon
• Nuwa
• Omega Red
• Onyxx
• Outlaw
• Paradigm
• Peepers
• Persuasion
• Pestilence
• Portal
• Princess Powerful
• Projector
• Proteus
• Pryde, Kitty
• Pulse
• Quill
• Rasputin, Mikhail
• Rhapsody
• Richards, Franklin
• Ricochet
• Rockslide
• Rogue
• Sabra
• Sabretooth
• Sack
• Sage
• Selene
• Senyaka
• Shaara, Neal
• Shaw, Sebastian
• Siryn
• Skein
• Skids
• Slade, Frederick
• Smerdyakov, Gregor
• Squirrel Girl
• Celeste Cuckoo
• Mindee Cuckoo
• Phoebe Cuckoo
• Stinger
• Storm
• Strong Guy
• Sunspot
• Surge
• Tempo
• Toad
• Trance
• Travis, Lorelei
• Unuscione
• Ursa Major
• Vanguard
• Vanisher
• Vindaloo
• Voght, Amelia
• Vulcan
• Warpath
• Whedon, Evangeline
• Whirlwind
• Wisdom, Pete
• Wither
• Wolf Cub
• Wolfsbane
• Wolverine
• X-23

Notes

• There have also been a couple of unnamed mutants shown with retained powers that have been eaten by Predator X.
• Several other Stepford Cuckoo specimens, known as the Thousand-In-One.
• Professor X has since regained his mutant X-Gene after making contact with the reality-altering M'Kraan Crystal.
• Magneto regained his powers after extensive experimentation done by the High Evolutionary.
• Marrow and Polaris, despite having been listed as depowered, retained aspects of their physical mutation. Marrow retained her scars & growths, while Polaris' hair is still green.
• Quicksilver was initially depowered, but his powers spontaneously re-emerged after prolonged exposure to the Terrigen Crystals & during a time of great distress.
• During the Necrosha storyline, Selene resurrected many mutants with the T-O virus. These deceased mutants were brought back to life with their powers in tact, although it is unknown if this is a result of the virus. Tarot, who was previously thought to be depowered via a computer screen in New Avengers, has shown to use her powers. Feral had exhibited the loss of her mutant powers at the time of her death, but shown as active once again following her resurrection.

• Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna), thought dead, resurrected herself by corrupting and taking over the body of a Dire Wraith who had absorbed elements of the Darkforce. As a result, it is unknown if she could currently be classed as a mutant.
• Rictor has since regained his powers at the hands of the Scarlet Witch.
• After being presumed dead as a member of the New Warriors, Stacy X has reemerged alive and fully powered. How this came to be has yet to be revealed.

Discrepancies

• Jamie Braddock is a creature from Otherworld and is not human.
• Madame Web's powers were mystical in nature, thus why Julia Carpenter could inherit her abilities upon her death.
• Despite conflicting sources, Mimic has most recently been confirmed a mutate.

Mutant Status Undetermined

The following characters have statuses that are difficult to determine, often due to conflicting sources or rampant Internet rumors.

• Debrii : No origin of powers given.
• Fesi, Eden : Protegee of mutant Gateway, with whom he shares similar powers.
• Scarlet Witch : A mutant before M-Day, she is shown undetectable by Cerebra, but her vast abilities may be able to cloak her.
• Speed : A magical construct of the Scarlet Witch, it is unknown if he is mutant, human or something else.
• Wiccan : A magical construct of the Scarlet Witch, it is unknown if he is mutant, human or something else.

Mutant Hybrids

Some characters are said to be mixed specimens and seemingly still hold the X-Gene trait. Some consider them mutants nonetheless while others consider them to be separate species altogether because they are technically not "human mutants" like the rest of the 198. These mutant hybrids include:

• Ariel (not actually homo superior, but an extraterrestrial mutant)
• Adam X : Shi'ar hybrid
• Crosta : homo mermanus superior
• Lifeguard : Shi'ar hybrid
• McKenzie, Namor : homo mermanus superior
• Namora : Aquaria Neptunia; homo mermanus superior
• Paradigm : mutant merged with the Phalanx

Secondary Mutation

A secondary mutation is something certain mutants develop. It is just a new power they recieve at a seperate time from receiving their first.

What You Need To Know

A secondary mutation is when a mutant develops a new mutation/new power. This mutation could do various things, from giving a new power to returning an old power or building on an old mutation.

Examples

Emma Frost - When Genosha was attacked by Cassandra Nova's Sentinels, and they killed most of the mutants living there, Emma Frost's second mutation saved her life. Her new power is the ability to turn her body into near-indestructable diamond, but this power blocks her telepathy.

Black Tom Cassidy - Gained the power of clorokinesis (he turned into and was able to control all plant life). He lost this power when M-Day struck.

Iceman - Iceman's secondary mutation was directly linked to his first: his body was completely turned to ice, and he wasn't able to change back and forth between human and ice form. In this form, if he was destroyed he was basically immortal because he was able to reform himself from water. He lost this power due to M-Day.

Beast - Beast has some sort of secondary mutation, that seems to keep evolving. His beast form evolves into something new.

Angel - Angel recently developed the power to heal others with his blood, providing they're the same blood-type. He may have always had this mutation but didn't realize it, because Icarus, a mutant with similar powers, had healing powers that derived from his wings.

Warpath - Warpath developed the power of self-propelled flight, although for some reason it has never been stated officially that this was a second mutation. This hasn't been exhibited in a while, but he did display some sort of ability to either jump far or fly again recently.

Polaris - After her powers were drained by her alleged half-sister, Zaladane, Polaris developed the ability of super-strength, but she generated negative emotions while doing this. Her powers were later returned and this secondary mutation disappeared.

In Other Media

Film

X-Men: Days of Future Past

In the film, Kitty Pryde is shown to have developed additional abilities during the 17 years since X-Men: The Last Stand. While Kitty could initially phase herself and other through solid objects, she is now shown able to send the minds of people back in time into their younger bodies, essentially allowing time travel. This ability proves crucial in stopping the Sentinels from wiping out the entire mutant race.

Additionally, Best is implied to have undergone a secondary mutation in the 10 years since X-Men: First Class. He now sports a more ape-like appearance that looks almost nothing like his previous, cat-like form from the first prequel.