Swamp Men | |
Aliases: | Swampers Swamp Tribe |
Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
Category: | Terrestrial |
Status: | Existing |
Homeworld: | Earth |
Body type: | Near-human |
Limbs: | 4 |
Eyes: | 2 |
Fingers: | 10 |
Toes: | 10 |
Sub-groups: | Savage Land Mutates |
Representatives: | Amphibius; Barbarus; Brainchild; Equilibrius; Gaza; Leash; Lorelei; Lupa; Lupo; Piper; Sauron; Vertigo; Whiteout; Worm |
Allies: | Magneto; Savage Land Mutates; Zaladane |
Enemies: | Avengers; Ka-Zar; Shanna O'Hara; X-Men; Zabu |
1st appearance: | The X-Men #10 |
The Swamp Men are a group of fictional neanderthals featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are associated with the X-Men and Ka-Zar line of titles and first appeared in The X-Men #10 in March, 1965.
Description[]
The Swamp Men were a bunch'a cavemen that lived in the Savage Land. As their name suggests, they took to inhabiting the swamp land regions. Groups of Swamp Men, or Swampers, formed the Swamp Tribe.
Representatives[]
- Amphibius
- Barbarus
- Brainchild
- Equilibrius
- Gaza
- Leash
- Lorelei, Lani Ubanu
- Lupa
- Lupo
- Piper
- Sauron, Karl Lykos
- Vertigo
- Whiteout
- Worm
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Swamp Men were created by writer Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
- The terms "Swampers" and "Swamp Tribe" are more appropriate gender-neutral names used to identify the Swamp Men; particularly since at least two of them, Lorelei and Vertigo were actually female.
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Appearances[]
- Marvel Fanfare 1
- Uncanny X-Men 10 (1st appearance)