Can anyone think of any MU villains that are Mutants

>>The Marvel rules don't follow real world rules regarding the term
>>"mutant". In Marvel, a mutant is a person who possesses an active
>>x-factor. Period.

I don't think so. Or at least it used to not be that way. I seem to
recall one of the Marvel writers in the 80s defining those who
inherited the same powers from their parents as not mutants.
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Whirlwind is a mutant, but Bullseye is not. I'm not sure where that
keeps coming from, I've heard it from a bunch of people lately.

Mandrill and Nekra are mutants.

Heck, I remember when they were trying to say that everyone was a
mutant, from Spider-Man to the Hulk, that their mutant powers were
'triggered' by whatever their origin was....
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Back in the 80's, it was established that the Celestials' experiments
left a dormant potential gene in mainstream humanity. This could be
triggered by chemical (Terrigen mists) or radioactive (spider-bite)
means. "Mutants" started appearing with more frequency after WWII, as
the world's background radiation started increasing due to nuclear
tests and microwave popcorn. The concept was carried to it's extreme
limit the Earth X series.
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"Dan McEwen" <ferroboy RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Brian Doyle" <noone RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote in
> news:dieova$cst$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk:
>
> > Why would his daughter count as a mutant if she's only inherited her
> > fathers mutate properties? Or are they significant differnces in their
> > powers. I know she has to have open air between herself and her target
> > for the pheremone aspect of her powers to reach her targets skin, but
> > I thought Daddy had to have that too.
>
> The Marvel rules don't follow real world rules regarding the term
> "mutant". In Marvel, a mutant is a person who possesses an active
> x-factor. Period.

Yes, but you can have inherited powers without having an active ex-factor.
May Parker being the first to spring to mind.

If Daddy was a mutate and I have powers too, that does NOT make me a mutant
in the MU.
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"Jakanapes" <Jakanapes.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Whirlwind is a mutant, but Bullseye is not. I'm not sure where that
> keeps coming from, I've heard it from a bunch of people lately.
>
> Mandrill and Nekra are mutants.
>
> Heck, I remember when they were trying to say that everyone was a
> mutant, from Spider-Man to the Hulk, that their mutant powers were
> 'triggered' by whatever their origin was....

My standby benchmark would be; Would a standard Sentinel target them? They
seem fairly conmpetent at identifying mutants, the Falcon to one side.
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On 10 Oct 2005 13:28:33 -0700, barnett DeleteThis @shentel.net wrote:

>I mean Mutants who primarily face non-mutant heroes. I can think of
>Crusher Creel, and Mentallo. Can anyone else think of any?
>
>JLB


I thought Crusher got his powers from the Enchantress?

Lynley
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"Jakanapes" <Jakanapes DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in
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>>>The Marvel rules don't follow real world rules regarding the term
>>>"mutant". In Marvel, a mutant is a person who possesses an active
>>>x-factor. Period.
>
> I don't think so. Or at least it used to not be that way. I seem to
> recall one of the Marvel writers in the 80s defining those who
> inherited the same powers from their parents as not mutants.

Yeah, they tried to claim Siryn had the extra power of being able to
talk while screaming. Guess what? Daddy can do it, too. Marvel
abandoned this whole idea in the 90s and went with the active x-factor.
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:32:54 +0100, "Brian Doyle" <noone.DeleteThis@nospam.com>
wrote:


>>
>> The Marvel rules don't follow real world rules regarding the term
>> "mutant". In Marvel, a mutant is a person who possesses an active
>> x-factor. Period.
>
>Yes, but you can have inherited powers without having an active ex-factor.
>May Parker being the first to spring to mind.

When were we told that she's undetectable?
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"David Johnston" <rgorman.TakeThisOut@block.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:32:54 +0100, "Brian Doyle" <noone.TakeThisOut@nospam.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> >>
> >> The Marvel rules don't follow real world rules regarding the term
> >> "mutant". In Marvel, a mutant is a person who possesses an active
> >> x-factor. Period.
> >
> >Yes, but you can have inherited powers without having an active
ex-factor.
> >May Parker being the first to spring to mind.
>
> When were we told that she's undetectable?

I never said she was. Her father isn't a mutant though, and I don't recall
her ever being identified as a mutant.
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"Lynley James" <lynley.james.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 10 Oct 2005 13:28:33 -0700, barnett.RemoveThis@shentel.net wrote:
>
>>I mean Mutants who primarily face non-mutant heroes. I can think of
>>Crusher Creel, and Mentallo. Can anyone else think of any?
>>
>>JLB
>
>
> I thought Crusher got his powers from the Enchantress?

What is this - an even dozen now to point this out? Does no one read
threads anymore or is there a problem with the attention spans of comic
readers? I think the OP has gotten the point now - Creel isn't a mutant.
Yeesh.


Matt
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Brian Doyle <noone.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Jakanapes" <Jakanapes.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1129036290.871368.104980@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Whirlwind is a mutant, but Bullseye is not. I'm not sure where that
> > keeps coming from, I've heard it from a bunch of people lately.
> >
> > Mandrill and Nekra are mutants.
> >
> > Heck, I remember when they were trying to say that everyone was a
> > mutant, from Spider-Man to the Hulk, that their mutant powers were
> > 'triggered' by whatever their origin was....
>
> My standby benchmark would be; Would a standard Sentinel target them? They
> seem fairly conmpetent at identifying mutants, the Falcon to one side.
>

Regarding the discussion about the Purple Man and his daughter, it's worth
mentioning that the only time Persuasion has been 'scientifically'
identified as a mutant was by a malfunctioning Sentinel in Alpha Flight #43
(which didn't register any of Alpha Flight's other mutants as such). So you
could argue that she and her father don't have the mutant gene at all.
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Opening a random can of alphabet soup on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:31:06 GMT,
someone claiming to be "Brian Doyle" <noone RemoveThis @nospam.com> spooned up the
following and ladled it out into rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe's bowl:

>
> "David Johnston" <rgorman RemoveThis @block.net> wrote in message
> news:434c552a.18632906@news.telusplanet.net...
>> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:32:54 +0100, "Brian Doyle" <noone RemoveThis @nospam.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >> The Marvel rules don't follow real world rules regarding the term
>> >> "mutant". In Marvel, a mutant is a person who possesses an active
>> >> x-factor. Period.
>> >
>> >Yes, but you can have inherited powers without having an active
> ex-factor.
>> >May Parker being the first to spring to mind.
>>
>> When were we told that she's undetectable?
>
> I never said she was. Her father isn't a mutant though, and I don't
> recall her ever being identified as a mutant.
>
>
>

The X-People have also been tracking other mutants within May's vicinity
(in and out of costume), but never given any sign of noting a second mutant
(i.e., May) in the area.

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Matt, you may not realize this, but some of those posters might not
have seen anyone's post correcting the OP. Or they were posting at the
same time. Some (like myself) may respond to a post after we read
it--perhaps to make a correction--and then see afterwards that said
correction had been made by others. It has nothing to do with
attention spands.
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