Favorite Nonhuman-Looking Mutant Design

[BobbysWorld]

A common sentiment I see a lot of (and share) is that Krakoan mutants who can't pass as human are underrepresented among the main books and lineups. I mean, other than Glob Herman, who is everywhere. Like Arakkii mutants understood the assignment, lol, but outside of group scenes with unidentified extras, a lot of Marvel's more unusual Earth-born mutants have been flying under the radar this era. And Marvel's had some amazingly unique designs for mutants over the years, ranging from the absolutely wtf to the iconic like Nightcrawler.....sooooo.....

Whomst among the most weird, wacky, eye-catching or otherworldly appearing mutants...is your fave, or makes your top three? Obscure Z-list characters welcome, because 'tis a thread by me and hellooooooo, like, duh, but from the 'never heard of them' to the 'I'm so used to this character I tend to forget they stand out in a crowd'....which mutant DESIGNS are your faves?

For me, in no particular order, and not at all limited to just these....some personal faves include:

1) Paras Gavaskar aka Indra.

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2) Decimus Furius

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3) Scorpion Boy

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What I really love about him is how the glimpse of his future self shows his glow-up from the shrimpy little weird dude on the far left, to the intimidating guy you don't want to fuck with in the center.

I really enjoy when nonhuman-appearing character designs include room for the character's growth and change in appearance over time instead of just being a single static design that ultimately ends up changing even less than traditionally human-appearing characters, no matter how much that character ages.

[Thirteen]

NO-GIRL for the win.

[Riv86672]

[JB]

I love Kylun's design because he's so striking. Though he does resemble a lion he still has his own unique look and colors.



Gloom! Even though we don't quite know what he looks like, it's clear he isn't human-passable and I've always been intrigued by him.

[Milici]

Mammomax, Artie, Leach and Caliban.

[danielsan52]

Max Rocker

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[Exodus]

NO-GIRL for the win.

I double that!!!

...also: Generation X had some amazing mutant designs.

[Grunty]

I'm starting to warm up to Shark Girl. Perhaps it's because she also looks like she wouldn't be out of place in My Hero Academia (which recently also adressed the situation of non-human looking people in their world). Or maybe she just hasn't been driven into the ground by bad writing yet, which sadly feels like it's only a matter of time.

Now if only the artist could settle for a particular design, rather than her being all over the place head design and body wise.

(...) Artie, Leach and Caliban.

Do these three really count as "non-human"?

[BobbysWorld]

Generation X had some really great designs and concepts for sure, and as for Shark Girl, she's definitely a weird one but seriously endearing and just fun. Would love to see her used more often, but she mostly just tends to be a Cameo Queen.

And not trying to be definitive or anything, but in terms of this thread, I'd definitely say Artie, Leech and Caliban fall under the umbrella of the kinds of mutants I'm talking about. They're humanoid, certainly (as is Indra in my own OP), but none of them could pass as baseline human, and Artie and Leech notably always had to use image inducers to go out in public when they were students at Massachusetts Academy.

Plus, Artie's another mutant in the same vein as Chamber, where its not even just their appearance that makes them stand out, but even things like their personal form of communication is something unique to them and their mutation, and not something that can 'pass' without comment. Their 'voices' are literally telepathic in nature, as well as pictorial in Artie's case, and I've always found that really interesting and something I'd like to see more of with mutants: where its not even just their appearance or physiology that's different from humans, but there's nonvisual aspects of their identity or mutation that notably stand out as well.

(For instance, I've always thought it might be interesting - though hard to convey in a visual medium, but maybe could work as a cartoon or live action character in an X-Men adaptation - if maybe some mutants had some kind of innate or unconscious auditory aspect of their mutation that couldn't be 'turned off.' Like mutants who maybe always have some kind of weird frequency or hum or even song playing around them, emanating from their body or aura or something. Or kinda like how Jay Guthrie had unearthly qualities to his singing, but otherwise sounded normal.....more mutants who have some 'unnatural' or otherworldly quality to their normal speaking voice or what it sounds like when they move....that could be interesting.

One of the aspects of Bobby's powers I always wish could be explored more in adaptations, is the comics have occasionally mentioned how weird it sounds when he moves in his ice form, because there's supposedly this constant crackling sound of ice breaking and reforming as ice moving against ice is going to sound way different from the 'usual' sounds of flesh and blood bodies in motion. Stuff like that and what it must be like to be around someone like Magma in her fire form, with the crackling sounds of fire and sparks hissing off her randomly.....wish that could come up more often, somehow).

[Odd Rödney]

For me it is Sobunar. Such a cool design (and power set). Dude looks like an axolotl.

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[Outburstz]

Maggot , Rockslide, Leech, Emplate,

[CaptainUniverse]

The Marquis of Death, a cadaver is non-human...right? Yeah...sure it is, look at him...that's not natural:

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[From The Shadows]

Nightcrawler. Big surprise , huh?

[K7P5V]

The Marquis of Death, a cadaver is non-human...right? Yeah...sure it is, look at him...that's not natural:

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^^^If that guy's included, then I hope my choice will pass the test...

Thanos

[Alex_Of_X]

Broo is baby. Best boy