Neo (Marvel Comics species)

Publication history

The Neo race debuted in X-Men vol. 2 #100 (May 2000), created by Chris Claremont and Leinil Francis Yu. The race subsequently appeared in several Marvel series, including Young X-Men (2008), and X-Men: Giant-Size (2011).

Species biography

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 the High Evolutionary activated machines that switched off all mutant genes. 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.

The Neo engage in fighting the X-Men, who have no intention of letting them destroy the world. The Neo sabotage the High Evolutionary's space station, destroy 17 of Mister Sinister's bases, and hunt down the mutants hidden by Charles 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; the Lost Souls, who psychically trap souls near death in a state of despair; 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.

Domina's Warclan is attacked by Magneto, 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.

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 the Decimation, the Guardian Clan and War Clan jointly attack Utopia in search of answers as to why many of the members of their species had lost their powers and no new births had occurred. Before Cyclops 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.

Due to their inter-dimensional travels, the Crimson Pirates survive the extinction of the Neo. They have since appeared in the Nightcrawler solo series.

Powers and abilities

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.

References

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