The Purifiers

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The Purifiers are a militant anti-mutant religious extremist group in Marvel Comics, known for violently targeting mutants under the belief that they are abominations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-mutant group
fictional organization
religious extremist group
terrorist organization
alignmentInFiction villainous group
allies other anti-mutant extremists
associatedWith Friends of Humanity NERFINISHED
William Stryker’s church
anti-mutant hate groups
enemyOf Cable NERFINISHED
Hope Summers NERFINISHED
New X-Men NERFINISHED
Wolverine NERFINISHED
X-23 NERFINISHED
X-Force NERFINISHED
X-Men NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Marvel Comics NERFINISHED
firstAppearance New X-Men vol. 2 #20 NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 2006
foundedBy William Stryker NERFINISHED
genre superhero fiction
ideology anti-mutant extremism
religious fundamentalism
mediaType comic books
motive belief that mutants are abominations
belief that mutants are not part of God’s plan
notableAct attacks on mutant safe havens
attempted assassination of Hope Summers
massacre of mutant students at Xavier Institute
notableLeader Crusade
Matthew Risman NERFINISHED
Reverend William Stryker NERFINISHED
notableStoryline Messiah Complex NERFINISHED
New X-Men: Childhood’s End NERFINISHED
Second Coming NERFINISHED
X-Force (2008) Messiah War era NERFINISHED
operationalBase United States NERFINISHED
operationalScope international
opposedBy various superhero teams
primaryAntagonistsOf mutants
publisher Marvel Comics
religiousBasis distorted Christian theology
slogan “Purify the Earth”
targets mutant children
mutant communities
mutants
uses assassinations
bombings
paramilitary tactics
terrorist violence

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X-Force enemy The Purifiers
William Stryker notableOrganization The Purifiers
this entity surface form: Purifiers