BROTHER BROOD
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Extra-Dimensional (Earth-Amalgam), Human Mutant/Brood Queen
Occupation: Leader of The Cult of Brood
Formerly, Leader of The Cult of Blood
Group Membership: The Brood, The Cult of Brood
Formerly, The Cult of Blood
Affiliations:
Beastling (See Comments),
His Brood children/followers, Niles
Cable (Former),
Terra-X
Enemies:
X-Patrol (Beastling (Hank Logan,
former), Dial H.U.S.K. (Paige Guthrie),
Elasti-Girl (Janet Van Dyne), Ferro-Man (Piotyr Rasputin), "Jericho" (Niles
Dayspring), Niles Cable, Shatterstarfire(Princess Koriand'r of
Tamojoran),
Raveniya (Deceased), Terra-X
(Former)
Known Relatives: His Brood
Children/followers
Aliases:
Brother Blood, "The Likho, The Evil
One Himself", (Ferro-Man called him this, apparently a Russian term for the
Devil...)
Base of Operations: A series
of caverns beneath the island nation of
Zenosha
First Appearance: The Exciting
X-Patrol#1 (June 1997)
Powers/Abilities:
Brother Brood's mutant powers are
uncertain, except that he possesses a number of spines growing from his body.
It is unclear if he has any magical powers, if so, he didn't
use them, relying instead on optical illusion, his followers, or brute force.
He was also described as "Charismatic". Brother Brood has
the typical powers of a Brood Queen, the ability to infect others
with Brood eggs, chitinous body armor, powerful jaws with sharp teeth,
a powerful tail, and clawed hands and feet. He also had complete control
of his Broodlings to the point that they seemed to have no real minds of
their own. In appearance he more
resembled The
Firstborn than the typical Brood Queen, and he retained his
spines after his transformation. It is strongly implied that he embraced
his infection, much in the same way as the mad Kree Grand
Admiral
Devros.
(The Exciting X-Patrol#1) As Koriand'r
and Niles battled the Cult of
Brood in an attempt to rescue Terra-X, they were quickly overwhelmed,
and Niles chose to sacrifice himself by telekinetically forcing Shatterstarfire
to safety. The captured Niles Cable was then brought before Brother Brood
himself, who boasted that with Niles in his grasp, Zenosha and the all of
earth would fall before The Cult of Brood. Implanted with a Brood egg and
chained within the tunnels that housed the cult, Niles Cable was confronted
by a vision of his dead wife from the far-future,
Raveniya the Healer, who offered him a
way to escape the infection...a way that would mean certain death. Meanwhile,
Brother Brood was officiating over the "Holy Rebirth" of Terra-X into The
Cult of Brood, when X-Patrol arrived and battled their way through his followers
to the Brood Pit, where the ceremony was
taking place. As the heroes confronted Brother Brood, Terra-X, now calling
herself Terra-X The Destroyer, emerged
from the Brood Pit, fully under Brood control, and viciously attacked
them, only to be knocked unconscious by
Elasti-Girl, who had shrunken and entered
her inner ear. Dial H.U.S.K., in the form
of Artemisty Knight, The Bionic
Amazon Archer, took aim at the Cult leader
on his perch above the Brood Pit, but was surprised when her arrow struck
only an empty cloak, he had draped it across a rock as a distraction, sneaking
around to attack the heroes from behind. He boasted that one of their
"unbelieving number "had already been "converted", and everyone assumed he
was speaking of Niles. Janet attempted to attack Brother Brood, only to be
blasted away by an infected Niles Cable. As the team faced defeat,
"Jericho" spoke of a future in which Niles
would lead the Brood to a brief and ultimately doomed, victory, cementing
humanities hatred for, and persecution of, mutantkind. Brother Brood then
transformed into his Brood Queen form, saying that "When Brood and Mutant
join, both are made more powerful !" In the chaos of battle, "Jericho" was
revealed to be Niles Dayspring, a younger
version of Niles Cable himself, and the elder Niles chose to sacrifice himself
, freeing the "Soul-Self" of Raveniya he carried within him. Raveniya then
enveloped Brother Brood, apparently killing him. Niles' Techno-Virus killed
the nascent Brood within him, and would have killed him as well, had his
younger self not telekinatically forced it into remission. As the heroes
chatted, The Cult of Brood seemed to simply give up, without their Queen
they simply didn't have the will or the intellect to fight. As Niles waxed
poetic about the future, Beastling, with
a dark look on his face, remarked "The promised, glorious future! Then again,
life's just full of surprises...BROOD on that for a while..."
Comments: Created by Barbara Kessel,
Brian Hitch and Paul Neary.
Brother Brood is based upon DC's
Brother Blood
and Marvel's Brood race...Actually, he's apparently just
Brother Blood after becoming infected by the Brood.
It seems very likely that the "unbeliever" Brother Brood had converted was
Beastling, he was off panel while Brother Brood made that statement, and
his remarks at the end would seem to indicate that he was Brood. It's unclear
what happened to Terra-X and the surviving Broodlings, X-Patrol apparently
just left the Broodlings, as they no longer posed any real threat without
their guiding Queen. Did Beastling return to lead them? Sadly, it wasn't
revealed. I assume that the forsaken Broodlings could have survived with
little difficulty if they had a ready supply of prey, such as local wild
animals, or the tasty and nutritious citizens of Zenosha.
On an interesting note, much of the cult's caverns resembled the skeleton
of some huge beast..perhaps an Acanti or Star
Shark?
Another interesting note: While Brother Brood refered to himself as a Brood
Queen, Ferro-Man called him a "King"
Artemisty Knight is based upon the DC
Amazon, Artemis and the Marvel character
of policewoman/Private Investigator Misty Knight.
Marvel Characters are listed in regular or bold type
DC characters are listed in bold blue type
Amalgam characters are listed in bold
purple type
In case you're confused, Amalgam Comics didn't really exist beyond those
seen in the few Marvel/DC crossovers. The titles you don't recognize
are Amalgams of similar Marvel and DC comic..Snood
Clarifications:
This character, Brother
Brood, has no known connections to:
Brother Brood's followers,
all of whom were infected by the Brood. Most likely they had been his followers
in the Cult of Blood, and simply followed their master in giving themselves
to the Brood. Some also may have been abducted as Terra-X was. They are described
in this way: "They have no minds to touch with his (Niles') telepathy, their
meager brainpower devoted entirely to will...his (Brother Brood's) will."
They were apparently incapable even of human speech, merely making hissing
noises.
--The Exciting X-Patrol#1 A large pit located within
the caverns housing The Cult of Brood, used for the ceremonial implantation
of the Brood egg and possibly other rites as well. Terra-X was implanted
within the Brood Pit, and likely Niles as well. The ceremony, what was shown
of it, had Brother Brood extolling the "Binding Blood that makes us all Brood"
from a precipice overlooking the Brood Pit, which was filled with a sea of
his Broodlings surrounding the new "Convert". When the convert (Terra-X)
emerged, it was deigned her "Holy Rebirth"...Baptism in Brood, an unpleasant
thought, even to me...
--The Exciting X-Patrol#1
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History:
(The Exciting X-Patrol#1 - BTS) - In an unspecified Brood foray to Earth,
the enigmatic cult leader known as Brother Blood was infected with the egg
of a Brood Queen, and experienced a "Spiritual" awakening, coming to believe
that becoming one with the Brood was the only truth. He infected his followers,
and , in turn, they kidnapped the metamutant
Terra-X for him, but their actions did not go unnoticed, as
Shatterstarfire of the
X-Patrol witnessed the attack, and along
with Niles Cable, traveled deep into his
lair beneath Zenosha to rescue her.
The Cult of Brood
The Brood Pit
The Exciting X-Patrol#1, p22 , Full panel (Full body)
The Exciting X-Patrol#1, p13, pan 3 (Head shot)
The Exciting X-Patrol#1, p18, pan 6 (Brood form)
The Exciting X-Patrol#1, p13, pan 2 (Brood Pit)
Exciting X-Patrol#1 (June 1997) - Barbara Kesel (writer), Bryan Hitch (pencils), Paul Neary (inks), Jaye Gardner (editor)
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