Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Neo (Marvel Comics species)
Fictional race of superhumans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
The Neo were a fictional race of superhumans appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are depicted in the Marvel Universe and were created by Chris Claremont. Before facing global extinction, the Neo were another of Earth's races, apparently a very ancient one that preferred to live in seclusion. They appear to be a subspecies of mutants, but much more powerful. This is seen in the way they call mutants "spikes," as if they did not register on Neo's power scales.
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Remove ads
Species biography
Summarize
Perspective
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.[1]
The Neo engage in fighting the X-Men, who have no intention of letting them destroy the world.[2] The Neo sabotage the High Evolutionary's space station, destroy 17 of Mister Sinister's bases,[3] 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;[4] the Lost Souls, who psychically trap souls near death in a state of despair;[5] 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.[6]
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.[7]
Other groups of Neo, known as the Guardian Clan, War Clan, Spirit Clan, and Mind Clan, have been revealed to still 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.[8]
Due to their inter-dimensional travels, the Crimson Pirates survive the extinction of the Neo and have since appeared in the Nightcrawler solo series.[9]
Remove ads
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.
See also
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads