 the morlocks are a group of several fictional comic book mutants associated with the x-men in the marvel comics universe. created by writer chris claremont and artist paul smith, they were named after the subterranean race of the same name in h. g. wells' novel the time machine. they first appeared as a group in uncanny x-men #169 (may 1983). (caliban appeared prior to that (in uncanny x-men #148), but he was not yet a member of the morlocks.) due to a series of tragedies, the original morlocks no longer reside in subterranean new york (except marrow, who was one of the original morlocks as a child), although a violent splinter cell gene nation and a comparable group called those who live in darkness have emerged. similar groups, called morlocks by readers and/or the x-men themselves, have appeared under chicago and london. the morlocks appeared occasionally in the 1990s x-men animated series and its successor x-men: evolution. ==history== according to callisto, she formed the morlocks by first recruiting caliban, and then using his power to track down other mutants who were unable to integrate into normal society. the morlocks squatted in a network of abandoned, interconnected tunnels beneath manhattan, which had originally been built as cold war bomb shelters and then forgotten.uncanny x-men #170 (june 1983) the x-men were alerted to the existence of the morlocks when their leader callisto kidnapped angel and intended to make him her mate. this brought storm to challenge callisto to a duel for leadership of the morlocks. storm is victorious, and orders an end to their attacks on normal humans,uncanny x-men #171 but she does not assume leadership of the morlocks full-time. against her wishes, several morlocks later kidnap the child superheroes power pack so that they could be raised by the morlock annalee, who had lost her own children. when callisto discovers what was going on, she forces annalee to let them go. they promise to return in the future to keep her company.uncanny x-men #195 (july 1985) a majority of the m
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