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The Dark Riders... known as the Riders of the Storm, are a team of comic book supervillains in Marvel Comics' universe. Created by Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, and Whilce Portacio in X-Factor Volume 1 #65 (April 1991). The group is composed of mutants and Inhumans who are devoted to the philosophy of the survival of the fittest and serves the the immortal mutant, Apocalypse.
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Dark Riders are expert horsemen and are deadly shots with their crossbows. They ride strong, dark steeds with red glowing eyes. When attacking, they fire off a volley of arrows and then retreat, relying on the speed of their Dark Steeds to outrun any pursuers.
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Later, the Dark Riders gained a new leader, Genesis, and several mutants were added to the team. The team again targeted one of their own, Foxbat, who was apparently killed by new member Lifeforce, and his body was taken to their base. Caliban, a former Horseman of Apocalypse, was another target, but he was saved by Cable, Domino and Storm. They captured one of Tusk's Underlings, who claimed that the Riders had killed Tusk Prime and the other Underlings. The Underling led them to the Dark Rider's base, but it turned out to be a trap. Genesis appeared and revealed himself as Cable's son, Tyler.
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The "Dark Riders" might well be highly visible in some other guise, but typically would act primarily "behind the scenes" through "structural violence", deceit and treachery -- only using physical violence as a last resort. In this sense they would indeed be "invisible" and might well appear in some guise to be associated most closely with actively promoting the initiatives -- only to undermine or vitiate them without revealing their role. Indeed they would tend to be the first to express regret at the failure of any positive initiative.
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(Thor II#12)- The Dark Gods were telling Perrikus that he should have killed Thor. Then Adva told them that Thor had just arrived with the Destroyer and Hercules to back him up. The heroes were immediately attacked from all sides by thousands of Dark Gods. Thor and Perrikus fought, while the Destroyer and Hercules fought the countless others. The fight went on until Zelia attacked with a huge energy blast that cut through Asgard's crust. Thor went underground and transformed into Olsen, while Hercules and the Destroyer continued to fight.
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Several months later, the surviving Dark Riders, inexplicably joined by Psynapse, worked again for Stryfe, who ... had returned from death without any explanation. Stryfe ordered them to kill all other telepaths. When Gauntlet, Barrage and HardDrive attacked Jean Grey, Madelyne Pryor showed up and used her powers to defeat Barrage and HardDrive, leaving them for dead, although their status remains unconfirmed. The other Dark Riders attacked Nate Grey, but Psynapse's attack only reactivated Nate's lost psychic powers, apparently killing Psynapse in the feedback, although he would soon reappear without explanation once more. Nate also discovered that Tusk is really a small, wormlike creature within Tusk Prime's large shell, although whether this was the true Tusk remains unknown. This mission proved to be the last time the Dark Riders have been seen to date, though Gauntlet himself continues to be active, working alone as a mercenary.
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