Savage Land Mutates

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Savage Land Mutates
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	TheX-Men#62 (November 1969)
Created by	Roy Thomas(writer) Neal Adams(artist)
In-story information
Base(s)	Savage Land
Member(s)	Membership

TheSavage Land Mutatesis asupervillaingroup appearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics.Their creators were writerRoy Thomasand pencilerNeal Adams.Within the comic books, the group is based in an imaginary place called theSavage Land,which is a hiddenAntarcticenvironment ofdinosaursand primitive humans within Marvel Comics' fictionalMarvel Universe.

Publication history

The Savage Land Mutates first appeared inTheX-Men#62 (November 1969) and were created byRoy ThomasandNeal Adams.

Fictional team biography

The Savage Land Mutates were originally the human inhabitants of theSavage Land(most of them being from the Swamp Men tribe) that were genetically altered by the mutantMagnetoto serve as his troops. The mutations in the Savage Land were occurring easy due to the levels of radiation.They clashed with theX-MenandKa-Zaron multiple occasions. On one occasion, they turnedSpider-Maninto the Man-Spider andAngelinto a bird monster. They have also encountered theAvengers.Although the group is fairly large, most appearances of the group contain only about half of the group's members, usually under leadership ofSauron,Brainchild, orZaladane.

After Sauron escaped from the Raft during a jailbreak concocted by the Skrulls, the Avengers believed he and the Mutates were responsible for the breakout and pursued him to the Savage Land.

Amphibius later tells Sauron and the other Savage Land Mutates that Magneto's Asteroid M has risen from the sea, but they didn't want to go find him. Worm took control of Barbarus, Lupo, and Sauron and commandeered a ship to go find Magneto. When threatened by the Japanese military, Sauron attacked an armored car causing an international incident. Cannonball, Sunspot, and Warlock investigated and found the Savage Land Mutates on the deck of the ship. Cannonball fought Sauron in the skies while Karma discovered that the Savage Land Mutates were immune to her powers of psychic persuasion. Cannonball managed to defeat Sauron while the other New Mutants defeated the Savage Land Mutates. Upon learning why the Savage Land Mutates were on the ship, Karma told Worm, Sauron, Barbarus, and Lupo that they were in charge of Asteroid M and Magneto. Worm then orders the Savage Land Mutates to return to the Savage Land.

During the "Secret Empire"storyline, Sauron returned to the Savage Land to claim leadership over the mutates. He ruled until Vertigo, Lupa, and Whiteout turned on him, driving him out of the Citadel. A resistance group of Avengers, searching forCosmic Cubefragments, teamed up with Sauron to investigate, as they speculated that the mutates may have found it. The group was then ambushed by Gaza riding a tyrannosaurus rex. He revealed that Sauron only kept the three female mutates at his side because they were desirable and had powers that weren't a threat to him. As the group arrived at the Citadel, Sauron attempted to betray them but was quickly defeated byMockingbird.She then bartered with Lupa, Vertigo, and Whiteout, offering to give them Sauron in exchange for the fragment. The trio refuse, as the fragment enabled them to overthrow Sauron and push the Savage Land towards peace. The two groups clashed, with Vertigo confronting Sauron with the knowledge that she had been cloned and killed many times. During the skirmish, Sauron managed to grab the shard but was defeated by the combined effort of both groups.Quicksilverthen grabbed the shard and escaped. Lupa, Vertigo, and Whiteout allowed the group to leave in exchange for locking Sauron in a dungeon.

Membership

Character	Real Name	Joined In	Notes
Original incarnation
Magneto ( "The Creator" )	Max Eisenhardt	X-Men#62 (Nov. 1969)	The creator and the original leader of the Savage Land Mutates.
Amphibius	Unknown		Formerly a Swamp Men tribesman that lived in the Savage Land. He is saved from hostile tribesmen by Magneto, and changed into a humanoid frog-like mutate. He is the first of the Savage Land Mutates to see the X-Men, and has fought not just the X-Men but also Ka-Zar, who is a human inhabitant of the Savage Land. He has also fought Spider-Man. Amphibius is one of Magneto's first Savage Land Mutates, and has been involved in all the Mutates' subsequent activities.
Barbarus	Unknown		A four-armed Swamp Men tribesman mutate with physical strength, endurance, and injury resistant powers. Escaped from the Raft holding facility in the breakout of Sauron.
Brainchild	Unknown		A Swamp Men tribesman mutate with an enlarged cranium with psychic powers. Tends to most often be second-in-command, after Sauron, and in his absences (when taken byWeapon Xor dominated by his Karl Lykos personality), Brainchild actually leads the group.
Equilibrius	Unknown		A mutate who can induce sensations of vertigo in anyone who looks him in the eyes.
Gaza	Unknown		A Swamp Men tribesman mutate with slightly enhanced strength and durability. He is blind, but makes up for it with an additional power, radar senses.
Lupo	Unknown		A Swamp Men tribesman mutate who has enhanced strength, speed, reflexes & reactions, agility, and durability as well as hyper keen senses (including night vision), sharp claws and fangs, and can psionically command canine creatures. In later appearances, he gained awerewolf-like appearance. At one point, Lupo had anursineappearance looking like a humanoidblue bear.It is unknown whether he is related to Lupa.
Piper	Unknown		A mutate who can psionically control large groups of animals using his flute as a focus for his power. In his first appearance as one of the Savage Land Mutates, Piper sent a monster to attack the X-Men and Ka-Zar. Piper later aided Magneto by causing dinosaurs to attack the Avengers in the Savage Land. With the Savage Land Mutates, Piper was later employed by Zaladane in her attempt to conquer the Savage Land. With the other Savage Land Mutates, Piper again aided Zaladane in battle with Magneto, Ka-Zar, and their allies.
Lorelei	Lani Ubana	X-Men#63 (Dec. 1969)	A mutate who is able to place men in a hypnotic trance using her hypersonic vocal emissions. She was also briefly a member of the firstBrotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Second incarnation Led bySauron.Included original membersAmphibius,Barbarus,Brainchild,Gaza,andLupo.
Sauron	Dr. Karl Lykos	Marvel Fanfare#1 (March 1982)	A life-force draining human who transforms into a mind controlling, savagePteranodon-like creature if he feeds on mutant energy.
Vertigo	Unknown		A mutate that can emit waves that affect theequilibrioceptionof anyone hit by them. She left the Savage Land to joinMister Sinister'sMarauders,but later returned under mysterious circumstances.
Third incarnation Led byZaladane.Included original membersAmphibius,Barbarus,Brainchild,Gaza,andLupo.
Zaladane	Zala Dane	Uncanny X-Men#249 (Oct. 1989)	High Priestess to the Savage Land deityGarokk,Zaladane sought power for herself and claimed the role of Empress of the Savage Land. She was previously an associate of the mutates, having worked with them in prior appearances.
Whiteout	Unknown	Uncanny X-Men#249 (Oct. 1989)	A mutate who can emit brilliant flashes of psionic "light" that can blind anyone she chooses.
Worm	Unknown	Uncanny X-Men#250 (Nov. 1989)	A mutate who secretes mucus that allows him to override other living beings' motor and autonomic nervous functions after coating them with it. He also has aworm-like lower body and enlarged hands with suction-cups on them.
Fourth incarnation Led byBrainchild.Included original membersAmphibius,Barbarus,Gaza,Vertigo,andWhiteout.Later appearances also includedPiperandWorm.
Lupa	Unknown	X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land#2 (Dec. 2001)	A Swamp Men tribeswoman mutate with enhanced strength, speed, reflexes & reactions, agility, and durability as well as hyper keen senses (including night vision). She controls a small army ofdire wolves.She can also emit pheromones that allow her to control bestial creatures. It is unknown whether she is related to Lupo.
Leash	Unknown	X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land#3 (Jan. 2002)	A mutate who can psychically imprison another being'sastral essence,rendering them catatonic or under her mental control.

In other media

• The Savage Land Mutates have appeared on a few episodes of the 1990sX-MenTV series. The lineup was formed by Sauron, Vertigo, Brainchild (voiced byRobert Bockstael), Amphibius (voiced by Peter McCowatt), Barbarus (voiced by Bob Zeidel in the first appearance, Peter McCowatt in the second appearance), and Lupo. They were creations of Magneto, though they were later recruited byMister Sinister.
• The Savage Land Mutates appear inX-Men '97.In "Bright Eyes", Brainchild and Amphibius were seen at Gambit's funeral.
• The Savage Land Mutates are featured as a henchman group in the popular deck-building board gameLegendary.

External links

• Savage Land Mutatesat Marvel.com
• Savage Land Mutatesat Marvel Wiki
• Savage Land Mutatesat The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
• Savage Land Mutates[2]at uncannyxmen.net