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{{Short description|Fictional species in Marvel Comics}}
{{distinguish|baboon}}
{{Infobox comics species<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
|image     = Badoon army.jpg
|caption   = A group of Badoon Hunters led by their leader Brother Royal. {{Descript-inner-art|[[X-Men]] Annual||5|1981}}Art by [[Brent Anderson (comics)|Brent Anderson]].
|publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]
|debut     = ''[[Silver Surfer (comic book)|Silver Surfer]]'' #2
|debutmo   = October 
|debutyr   = 1968
|creators  = [[Stan Lee]] (writer)<br>[[John Buscema]] (artist)
|deities   = 
|homeworld = Moord (males)<br>Lotiara (females)
|members   = [[Kang the Conqueror]], Brother Royal, Tolaria
|powers    = 
|subcat    = Marvel Comics
|altcat    = Marvel Comics alien species
|sortkey   = Badoon
|et        = y
}}
The '''Badoon''' are a fictional [[Reptilian humanoid|reptilian]] [[List of extraterrestrials in fiction|alien species]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=John |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969 |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490557 |page=198}}</ref> The Badoon Exfulgence are notable for living under strict [[Sex segregation|gender segregation]], resulting in two separate societies; the '''Brotherhood of Badoon''' (ruled by a "Brother Royal") and the '''Sisterhood of Badoon''' (ruled by a [[Queen regnant|Queen]]).

The Brotherhood live on the planet Moord<ref name=ohmu2>''[[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe]]'' #2, 1983</ref> in the Lomora<ref>''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' #30 November 1992</ref> star system, in the Milky Way, while the Sisterhood reside on the Badoon homeworld of Lotiara<ref name=ohmu2/> ([[Capella (star)|Capella]] II, also known as "Swampworld"<ref name=def8>''[[Defenders (comics)|The Defenders]]'' #28, by [[Steve Gerber]], October 1975</ref>), 42.2 light years from [[Earth]].

==Publication history==
The Badoon first appeared in ''[[Silver Surfer (comic book)|Silver Surfer]]'' #2 (October 1968) and were created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[John Buscema]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brevoort |first1=Tom |last2=DeFalco |first2=Tom |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=Sanderson |first4=Peter |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |title=Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History |date=2017 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1465455505 |page=132}}</ref>

==Fictional history==
[[File:Female Badoon.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Female Badoon from ''[[Defenders (comics)|The Defenders]]'' #28 (October 1975). Art by [[Sal Buscema]].]]
The Badoon Exfulgence is older than the [[Kree]] and the [[Skrull]]s. There was a natural hatred between the two genders, and they fought each other in long gender wars. The males won and placed the weaker females in captivity.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/skrulls-badoon-part-marvel-cinematic-universe.html | title= Why the Skrulls and Badoon May Never Be Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe| first= Rudie | last= Obias | website= giantfreakinrobot.com | date= February 21, 2014 | access-date= September 13, 2019}}</ref> In time, the males further developed technology and abandoned Lotiara, returning only when their mating drive made it necessary. The males became conquerors of worlds, while the females became [[Pacifism|pacifists]], content to remain in peace on their homeworld and ignorant of the males' star-spanning empire.<ref name=def8/>

Among the Brotherhood's conquest attempts are the [[Gamora|Zen Whoberi]], the Spartax Empire, and the extra-dimensional world of [[Arkon|Polemachus]].<ref name="UncannyAnn5">''[[Uncanny X-Men|The Uncanny X-Men]]'' #5 Annual, 1981</ref> They have been known to form alliances with the [[Brood (comics)|Brood]] (against the [[Shi'ar]] and Earth's superhumans<ref>''Contest of Champions'' (vol. 2) #1-5, September–November 1999</ref>), the Kree (against the Skrulls<ref name=surferv3-27>''[[Silver Surfer]]'' (vol. 3) #27, by [[Steve Englehart]], September 1989</ref>), and [[Byrrah]] of [[Atlantis]].<ref name="Sub-Mariner #50-51">''Sub-Mariner'' #50-51</ref> They were also responsible for killing a woman who would have become the universe's greatest peacemaker.<ref>''Captain Marvel'' (vol. 4) #1</ref>

Badoon invasion attempts of Earth have been overcome by the [[Silver Surfer]],<ref>''Silver Surfer'' #2</ref> [[Namor]],<ref name="Sub-Mariner #50-51"/> and the [[New Warriors]].<ref>''Avengers: The Initiative'' #10</ref> They were also opposed by the combined forces of the [[X-Men]], the [[Fantastic Four]] and [[Arkon]] in order to liberate Arkon's homeworld and prevent an invasion of the Shi'ar empire.<ref name="UncannyAnn5" />

At the time of the [[Annihilation Wave]] the Badoon Empire controlled 37.7% of the Milky Way Galaxy.<ref>''Annihilation Prologue'' #1 (May 2006)</ref> Despite this, the Badoon are considered a minor species. The time traveler [[Vance Astro|Major Victory]] warned the [[Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]] that they need to take the Badoon seriously, as soon they'll become the greatest military threat in the galaxy.<ref>''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' (vol. 2) #7-8</ref>

The [[Inhumans]] and the Kree later form an alliance with the Badoon alongside the Centaurians, the [[Dire Wraith]]s, and the [[Kymellian]]s. They were put through the same experimental procedure so that they cannot be harmed by the [[Terrigen Mist]]s. The Badoons' procedure had them going through Amphogenesis upon injecting one drop of the diluted water from the dormant Amphogen (a mutagenic substance).<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #577</ref> The Badoons were present on Earth's moon upon [[Black Bolt]]'s return and when the prophecy of the four cities is known.<ref>''FF'' #7</ref>

The Badoon Exfulgence's currency is the Kreull.

==Technology==
[[File:Monster of Badoon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Monster of Badoon. Art by [[Brent Anderson (comics)|Brent Anderson]].]]
The Brotherhood are capable of [[faster-than-light]] [[Space exploration|space travel]] and also possess personal [[Cloaking device|cloaking]] technology. They employ a hand-held particle gun called the "basic weapon." Although males typically wear minimal clothing, some soldiers wear an explosive "frag-[[G-string|thong]]"<ref name=surferv3-27/> that destroys approximately ten surrounding enemies once a Badoon is shot down.

There is also a large, muscular [[cyborg]]-like being sometimes used in personal combat called the Monster of Badoon.<ref>''Silver Surfer'' #2 (October 1968)</ref> The Badoon will bolster their forces with Zom soldiers: the corpses of victims turned into cyborg warriors.<ref>''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (vol. 2) #7 (2008)</ref> They are known to use Saturnian Hound-Hawks in the 31st century.<ref name="Marvel Super-Heroes #18 1969">''Marvel Super-Heroes'' #18 (1969)</ref>

==Known Badoons==
* '''Aladi No Eke''' - Queen of the Badoon contingent of Universal Inhumans.
* '''Brother Royal''' - Ruler of the Brotherhood of the Badoon. He commands the Monster of Badoon.
* '''Czar-Doon''' - A Badoon that worked with Thanos. In an earlier life, he was a member of [[Yondu]]'s Ravagers.
* '''Dara Ko Eke''' - The daughter of Queen Aladi No Eke is a member of the Universal Inhumans' Light Brigade. She operates under the alias of '''All-Knowing'''.
* '''Drang''' - Badoon leader of conquering forces of Earth's solar system in the 31st century.<ref name="Marvel Super-Heroes #18 1969"/>
* '''Droom''' - Brother Royal of the Badoon Exfulgence in the 31st century.
* '''Durge''' - Badoon of the 31st century, who attempted to reconquer Earth by broadcasting "Realitee-Vee" and addicting its inhabitants.
* '''Master Ecallaw''' - The last member of the Intergalactic Alliance of Earth-93112. He mentored [[Maxam]] and Zhang to time-travel and kill [[Adam Warlock]], to stop the [[Magus (Marvel Comics)|Magus]].
* '''Frack''' - Bounty Hunter on Knot's crew. Twin brother of Frick.
* '''Frick''' - Bounty Hunter on Knot's crew. Twin brother of Frack.
* '''Knot''' - Criminal Bounty Hunter who attempted to gain the Mandalay Gem from an orphanage, but was sucked into the void of space where he probably met his end.<ref name="Legendary Star-Lord #1 2014">''Legendary Star-Lord'' #1 (2014)</ref>
* '''Kodor''' - Badoon bounty hunter who trailed the mass murdering Cazon to Earth. He teamed up, with [[She-Hulk]] and Jazinda, to convict him. 
* '''Koord''' - Governor of [[Earth]], during its occupation in the 31st century. He was killed by [[Martinex]].
* '''L'Matto''' - A Badoon that was one of the hosts to [[Captain Universe]]. He wielded the Enigma Power to prevent the Guardians of the Galaxy from exterminating the Badoons.
* '''L’Wit''' - The daughter of the Brother Royal.
* '''Manat''' - Ambassador Manat represented the Brotherhood in the Intergalactic Council.<ref>''Maximum Security:Dangerous Planet''#1 (2000)</ref>
* '''Maul''' - Badoon soldier who invaded [[Jupiter]].
* '''Maz''' - Badoon soldier who invaded Jupiter.
* '''Mud-Ah''' - A member of Sandorr's Hunters, [[bounty hunters]] who attempted to capture the [[Inhumans]].<ref>''Fantastic Four'' (vol. 3) #51 (2003)</ref> He, along with most of the group of hunters, was killed while retreating.
* '''Muer''' - Soldier, of the Badoon Plutonian invading force, in the 31st century.<ref>''Guardians of the Galaxy'' #1 (1990)</ref>
* '''Thumbnail''' - Mercenary thug who followed Knot as his muscle, they attempted to gain the Mandalay Gem when they probably met their end.<ref name="Legendary Star-Lord #1 2014"/>
* '''Tiberius''' - A badoon orphan who was held captive by his own people. He was freed by [[Star-Lord]] as he made his escape.<ref name="Legendary Star-Lord #1 2014"/>
* '''Tolaria''' - Leader of the Sisterhood in the 31st century.
*  '''Voord Bloodeye''' - Badoon Deity, the god of Beheadings who was killed by [[Gorr the God Butcher]] about 500 years ago.
* '''Y’Gaar''' - Current Brother Royal of the Badoon Exfulgence.
* '''Yur''' - Badoon of the 31st century who attempted to capture [[Charlie-27]] on [[Pluto]].<ref name="Marvel Super-Heroes #18 1969"/>

==Other versions==
===Earth-691===
The Brotherhood are most closely associated with the [[Guardians of the Galaxy (1969 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'s [[Multiverse (Marvel Comics)|'Multiverse' timeline]] of [[Earth-691]]. In this reality, Earth fought a war with them in the 30th century until both Earth and its solar system colonies were conquered in the year 3007, and many races were nearly all wiped out. The Guardians of the Galaxy were made up of different species, and put together by [[Starhawk (comics)|Starhawk]]. The human [[Michael Korvac]], joined the Badoon and became a cyborg. The Solar System was liberated by the intervention of the Sisterhood in 3014.<ref>''[[Marvel Presents]]'' #3, by Steve Gerber, Feb 1976</ref>  Almost all information about the Sisterhood comes from the Guardians of the Galaxy's encounters with them in this timeline. Recent stories [[Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)|as of 2008]] have depicted the Sisterhood who exist in the Earth-616 reality as being as warlike as the Brotherhood, suggesting that this origin story does not apply to the "mainstream" version of the Sisterhood.

===Earth-93112===
In the [[Earth-93112]] timeline, the Badoon [[Earth-93112#Master Ecclaw of "Earth-93112"|Ecclaw]] was one of the last survivors of the Intergalactic Alliance destroyed by the [[Magus (comics)|Magus]], who is best known as the mentor of the superhero [[Maxam]].<ref>''[[Warlock and the Infinity Watch]]'' #41</ref>

===Avengers Forever===
In another timeline, the Badoon were conquered by [[Kang the Conqueror|Kang]].<ref>''[[Avengers Forever]]'' #9</ref>

==In other media==
The '''Badoon-Cylek''', an original creation of the Badoon, appears in the ''[[Avengers Assemble (TV series)|Avengers Assemble]]'' episode "Hulk's Day Out". It is a  genetic parasitic experiment that was previously abandoned on the [[Moon]] and caused weather phenomena on Earth before being stopped by the [[Hulk]].

A member of the Badoon race is seen sitting in a gallery of spectators in the ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' episode "The Dark Phoenix, Part IV: The Fate of the Phoenix".

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Marveldatabase|Badoon}}
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/brotherroyal.htm Brother Royal] at the Marvel Appendix

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