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Mutant Response Division Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance X-Factor #204 In-story information Employee(s) Bolivar Trask The Mutant Response Division is a mutant-hunting group that appears in Marvel Comics. It is also called the M.R.D. for short.
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History
When the Leper Queen reorganized her Sapien League, she captured some mutants and infected them with the Legacy Virus. She then unleashed the infected mutants upon the people at an anti-mutant rally which resulted in the deaths of those participating there. Because of these incidents, the United Nations established the Mutant Response Division. Bolivar Trask (who had been resurrected by Bastion using the Transmode virus) used his connections in Washington DC and the United Nations to be the superior of the Mutant Response Division. They first target the mutants that aren't on X-Men's Utopia base which included X-Factor Investigations. They arrange a trap for them by hiring Absorbing Man to set up the trap.[1]
Steven Lang (who was also resurrected the same way that Bolivar Trask was) was also made a high-ranking superior of the Mutant Response Division. He manages to lead the Mutant Response Division to Portugal where they end up killing Vanisher.[2]
After Bolivar Trask was killed in battle, the Mutant Response Division retreats.[3]
Known members
- Colonel Moran
- Nash
- Sylvius
In other media
Television
- Before appearing in the comics, the Mutant Response Division appears in Wolverine and the X-Men. Besides the Mutant Response Division being led by Colonel Moss (who is based on the Ultimate Marvel version of John Wraith), it is sponsored by Senator Robert Kelly and Warren Worthington II. Bolivar Trask and Sybil Zane served as the Mutant Response Division' scientists when it came to developing the Sentinels. The MRD has a nickname called "the MRDies (mar-dees)."
- The Mutant Response Division is referenced in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "The Man in the Ant Hill." When Clay Quartermain discovered that Whirlwind is a mutant, Nick Fury had Clay Quartermain double the power on Whirlwind's power negating device and arrange for Whirlwind to be handed over to the Mutant Response Division.
Video games
- In X-Men: Destiny, the Mutant Response Division appear under the command of Luis Reyes who attempt to promote better relations between Humans and Mutants. The rally however comes under attack seemingly from Magneto which provokes the Purifiers into attacking. Ultimately, its revealed that the MRD as well as Reyes are under the control of Bastion who used them to promote conflict between Humans and Mutants.
References
External links
- Mutant Response Division at Marvel Wiki
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- Fictional organizations in Marvel Comics
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