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The Savage Land Mutates are the name of a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain group based in the Savage Land, a hidden Antarctic environment of dinosaurs and primitive people in the Marvel Universe. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... The Savage Land is a hidden prehistoric land within the fictional Marvel Comics Universe. ... Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ... Orders Saurischia    Sauropodomorpha    Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are giant reptiles that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for most of their 165-million year existence. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

History

The Savage Land Mutates were originally human inhabitants of the Savage Land that were genetically altered by the mutant Magneto to serve as his troops. They clashed with the X-Men and Ka-Zar on different occasions. On one occasion, they turned Spider-Man into the Man-Spider and Angel into a bird monster. They have also encountered the Avengers. Although the group is fairly large, most appearances of the group contain only about half of the group's members, usually under leadership of Sauron, Brainchild, or Zaladane. The entire group has never appeared together at one time. Magneto is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Ka-Zar (pronounced KAY-sar) is the name of two jungle-dwelling fictional characters, both published by Marvel Comics. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Archangel (Warren Worthington III), originally and still occasionally known as Angel, is a Marvel Comics superhero, best known as one of the founding members of the mutant super-team known as the X-Men. ... The Avengers are a fictional superhero team that appear in the Marvel Universe. ... Sauron is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an enemy of the X-Men. ... Zaladane absorbs Polariss powers. ...

Leaders

The following have been depicted as leaders of the Savage Land Mutates:

• Magneto - Creator and First Leader
• Zaladane - Prophetess for Garokk. Rarely lead the group.
• Sauron - Life force draining human who transforms into a mind controlling, savage pterosaur like humanoid.
• Brainchild - A mutate with an enlarged cranium with psychic powers. Tends to most often be second in command, after Sauron, and in his absences (when taken by Weapon X or dominated by his Karl Lykos personality), Brainchild actually leads the group.

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Members

The following are actual members. Magneto's original creations were Amphibius, Barbarus, Equilibrius, Gaza, Piper, Lorelei, and Lupo. The others appeared after he abandoned the depowered mutates, who would later regain their abilities. The members usually appear a group with five or six of the listed members, and have never appeared as one large group. X-Treme X-Men: The Savage Land introduced Lupa and Leash. Cover to X-Treme X-Men Destiny Hardcover . X-Treme X-Men was a comic book published by Marvel Comics beginning in 2001 and ending in 2004. ...

• Amphibius - A frog-like mutate who can leap great distances, breathe underwater, and psionically control aquatic life.
• Barbarus - A four-armed mutate with physical strength, endurance, and injury resistant powers. Recently escaped the Raft holding facility in the breakout of Sauron.
• Equilibrius - A mutate who can induce sensations of vertigo in anyone who looks him in the eyes.
• Gaza - A mutate with enhanced strength, endurance, and resilience. He is blind, but makes up for it with an additional power, radar senses.
• Piper - A mutate who can psionically control large groups of animals using his flute as a focus for his power.
• Leash - A mutate who can psychically imprison another being's astral essence, rendering them catatonic or under her mental control.
• Lorelei - 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 first Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
• Lupo - A mutant who has strength, speed, endurance, reflexes as well as hyper keen senses, sharp claws, and can psionically command canine creatures. In later appearances he gained a lupine-humanoid appearance. At one point Lupo had an ursine appearance, looking like a blue bear.
• Lupa - A mutate with enhanced strength, speed, endurance, reflexes, night vision, and animal senses. She controls a small army of dire wolves. She can also emit pheromones that allow her to control bestial creatures. It is unknown whether she is related to Lupo.
• Vertigo- A mutate that can emit waves that affect equilibrium. She left the Savage Land to join Mister Sinister's Marauders, but later returned under mysterious circumstances (see profile for details).
• Whiteout - A mutate who can emit brilliant flashes of psionic "light" that can blind anyone she chooses.
• Worm - A mutate who secretes a mucus that allows him to override other living beings' motor and autonomic nervous functions after coating them with it. He also has a worm-like lower body and enlarged hands with suction-cups on them.

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Other Media

The Mutates have appeared on a few episodes of Fox's 90's X-Men animated series. They were creations of Magneto, though they were later recruited by Mr. Sinister. The lineup was formed by Sauron, Vertigo, Brainchild, Amphibious, Barbarus, Lupo. X-Men, an animated series, debuted on October 31, 1992 (the 1993–1994 season) on the Fox Network as part of Fox’s “Fox Kids” Saturday morning lineup, which featured cartoons such as X-Men, Bobby’s World, and Life with Louie, and live-action programming such as VR Troopers... Cover to X-men: The End #4. ... Sauron is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an enemy of the X-Men. ...