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Religion: Purifiers: Christian fundamentalist anti-mutant group 
Name: Purifiers
Classification:
villains
group
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Marvel Graphic Novel #5 (Nov. 1982): "X-Men: God Lives, Man Kills"
Creators: Chris Claremont, Brent Anderson
Number of Appearances: 32
Number of group members listed below: 6
| Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.) |
Religious Affiliation |
Team(s) [Notes] |
Pub. | # app. |
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Purifiers [recruited by Rev. William Stryker] |
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1 | ||||||
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Friends of Humanity; Humanity's Last Stand...  [mystical fusion of Master Mold and Nimrod] |
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95 | ||||||
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Friends of Humanity (leader); Purifiers... [son of Sabretooth and Mystique] |
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61 | ||||||
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Purifiers [possesses T-O virus (techno-organic)] |
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8 | ||||||
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[1st app: Marvel Graphic Novel #5 (Nov. 1982)] | |
32 | ||||||
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Purifiers (founder) | |
44 |
Marvel Graphic Novel #5 (Nov. 1982): "X-Men: God Lives, Man Kills"The New Avengers (vol. 2) #30 (Nov. 2012)X-Men (vol. 2) #205 (Jan. 2008): "Messiah Complex: Chapter Five"X-Men: Divided We StandX-Treme X-MenYoung X-Men #1 (June 2008): "Final Genesis" (mentioned)
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://www.marvel.com/universe/Purifiers
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purifiers
- http://www.comicvine.com/purifiers/65-14915/
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/punpuz.htm
