THE SIDRI
Classification: Extraterrestrial insectoid/hive mind race
Location/Base of Operations: Unidentified location in deep space
Known Members: None identified
Affiliations: Black Judges, Shi'ar, Supreme
Intelligence
Enemies: Aria, Danger, Deathbird (Cal'syee Neramani), Ego the Living Planet, Excalibur (Colossus/Piotr Rasputin, Douglock/Warlock, Meggan, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Pete Wisdom), Legacy (Genis-Vell), Nova (Sam Alexander), Starjammers (Binary/Carol Danvers, Ch'od, Corsair/Christopher Summers, Lilandra Neramani, Raza Longknife, Sikorsky), S.W.O.R.D. (Abigail Brand, Manifold Tyger, others), Wolverine (James Howlett), X-Men (Armor/Hisako Ichiki, Banshee/Sean Cassidy, Boom-Boom/Tabitha Smith, Cannonball/Sam Guthrie, Colossus/Piotr Rasputin, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Cypher/Doug Ramsey, Eye-Boy/Trevor Hawkins, Forge, Jubilee/Jubilation Lee, Lady Mastermind/Regan Wyngarde, Lockheed, M/Monet St. Croix, Magik/Illyana Rasputin, Marvel Girl/Rachel Grey, Marrow/Sarah, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Kitty Pryde, Psylocke/Betsy Braddock, Dr. Cecelia Reyes, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Strong Guy/Guido Carosella, Sunspot/Roberto DaCosta, Tempo/Heather Tucker, Warlock, Wolverine/James Howlett), X-Treme (Adam Neramani)
Aliases: Sidrian Hunters
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men I#154
(February, 1982)
Powers/Abilities: The individual members of the Sidri are sentient, intelligent creatures that are primarily a deep ebon black in color with an eye-shaped pink triangle on the surface and a yellow patch on their underbellies. Lacking faces, the creatures possess long black wings and a few extra tail-like tendrils (the closest description I can give using Earth creatures is like a little stingray with spindly spider legs and batwings). They can walk along their legs or glide through the air.
Individual Sidri can take on multiple forms, from small insectoid creatures with spidery legs to winged creatures that can fly through the sky, and they are able to fire concussive beams from the pink triangle on their form that resembles an eye and which are accompanied by a "SHREEEE" sound.
Immune to telepathic scans, these creatures are themselves part of a collective hive mind, in contact with other members of their species consistently. The Sidri speak to each other in a unique language (likely conveyed telepathically).
The Sidri can combine their forms to create larger constructs, generally a large ship that is capable of surviving in and flying across the cold and vacuum of deep space at warp speed, surviving without oxygen and resistant to the extreme cold of space. The Sidri get stronger when combined into larger forms.
Sidri can also combine to form more humanoid structures with arms and legs.
The combined Sidri are extraordinarily strong and durable but are resistant to sonic and energy attacks and especially to extreme heat (which can disrupt their collected shapes, scattering them back into their original forms).
The Sidri lay clutches of eggs in communal nests, which hatch after an unrevealed amount of time. A small group of Sidri were mutated by a Shi’ar
virus,
becoming mutants (kinda) and they were separated from the hive mind,
rejected
by the Sidri for being individuals. These "mutants" could combine into
one powerful
humanoid form wearing a suit of radiation armor, were capable of human
speech
and emotions, were super-strong, and could emit a sticky gel. After
absorbing some of the Transmode Virus, these mutants seemed capable of
altering their
mutation and hoped to be accepted back by the hive mind.
Traits: Though their methods of communication with other species are
unrevealed,
the Sidri frequently take missions as bounty hunters, relentlessly pursuing
their
targets across known space.
Type: Bilaterally symmetrical arthropod/colony
hive mind
Eyes: None (means of sensory input is unrevealed)
Fingers: None (tendrils extend from body at times)
Toes: None (tendrils extend from body at times)
Skin color: Black with patches of pink on top, yellow underbelly
and magenta under legs
Average height: 4'0" (8'0" in length with legs)
History:
(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#10 - Sidri entry -
BTS/Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update#3 - Sidri entry
- BTS) - The Sidri, also called the Sidrian Hunters, evolved in
an isolated, free-floating asteroid cluster and little has been revealed about
their specific origins or civilization.
In time, at least part of the race became
bounty
hunters and took jobs working for the Shi'ar often.
(X-Men V#9 (fb) – BTS) – The
Black Judges, who were under
the employ of the Supreme Intelligence, sought to create a weaponized
drone
race and they experimented on several different races, including the
Sidri, the
Scatter, the Phalanx and more, but they only considered the Brood
successful.
(Uncanny X-Men I#154 (fb) - BTS) – Corsair
(Christopher
Summers), the leader of the intergalactic pirate crew the Starjammers,
had a
bounty on his head and he was chased all the way to Earth by the deadly
Sidrian
hunters.
(Uncanny X-Men I#154) – Corsair landed among Cyclops and Storm of the X-Men, and the Sidrian hunters began smashing through the windows to fight them. Corsair yelled that extreme heat was their biggest weakness, and Storm blanketed the aliens with wind then water as Corsair and Cyclops escaped in a ship. The Sidri then combined themselves together and formed their own ship resembling a sleek black stingray with one eye and taloned feet slicing through the sky. The size of a skyscraper, the Sidri ship pursued Corsair's ship, disrupting smaller airplanes.
Cyclops
hit the
Sidri ship with an optic blast, briefly disrupting it, and then Corsair
explained: "When
the Sidri merge into their ship matrix, the bond that links them is
almost
impossible to break… a violent dissolution will act like a gigantic
short
circuit… but shattering the matrix requires a phenomenal amount of
energy." While rescuing civilians from a helicopter that the Sidri had
shot down,
the pursuing Storm blanketed the Sidri ship with lightning bolts, after which
Cyclops rammed the
Sidri with his ship, breaking them apart. Thousands of Sidri fell to
Earth,
where Corsair blew them up in a massive explosion despite Cyclops
briefly having
second thoughts upon realizing that the Sidri were living. Corsair
explained that
the creatures were a colony of sentient beings who shared one mind but
he had
no choice but to kill them.
(Excalibur I#116 (fb)) – In space near Earth, the
X-Men
(Nightcrawler, Cyclops, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, Kitty Pryde) and
the
Starjammers (Corsair, Lilandra, Binary, Hepzibah, Ch'od, Sikorsky,
Raza), having just survived their first epic battle with the Brood,
were in a rush back
to Earth so they could save Professor X, who had been implanted with a
Brood egg,
when they passed a Sidri ship in distress. They debated about the
ethics of
letting the Sidri die but determined they had no choice. Nightcrawler
and Kitty
Pryde, wanting to save the Sidri, deployed a "Shi'ar revitalization
serum"
(actually a mutation virus) that would puncture the Sidri ship
and rewrite their genetic codes, hopefully saving them.
(Uncanny X-Men I#168 (fb) – BTS) – Some of the
Sidri
survived and laid eggs in the a store room at the X-Men's base.
(Uncanny X-Men I#168) – Kitty Pryde, Colossus and
Lockheed
battled the Sidri, destroying them and burning their eggs.
(Captain Marvel III#3) – Eric the Red (Davan
Shakari) and
the Crystal Claws sent a squadron of Sidri to apprehend the X-Treme
(Adam-X)
and to kill Legacy (Genis-Vell) but the Sidri were easily defeated by
energy
blasts.
(Wolverine II#135) – A group of Sidrian hunters
were hired
by the Collector to work with Torgo in capturing the escaped mutant
Wolverine
on Collector's prison world. The Sidri and Torgo cornered Wolverine and
his
ally Aria.
(Wolverine II#136) – The Sidri helped isolate
Wolverine
then let Torgo handle the job.
(Excalibur I#116 (fb) – BTS) – Under unrevealed
circumstances,
the mutated Sidri came to Earth. They were hired by the organization
Black Air
to hunt down the members of Excalibur.
(Excalibur I#116) – The mutated Sidri attacked
Nightcrawler
in Venice, demanding vengeance for being mutated them in the first
place. Excalibur attacked and discovered the Sidri ship at the bottom
of the
canal. They were fired upon and attacked, and the Sidri took on a
powerful
armored form to attack Colossus.
(Excalibur I#117) – The members of Excalibur were
nearly
overwhelmed by the mutant Sidri, whose strength and invulnerability
were too
great for them to overcome. The Sidri noticed Douglock among the heroes
and saw
the opportunity to take on the Phalanx technology and perhaps use it to
be able
to interface with the Sidri collective once again. Meggan and Peter
Wisdom
triggered a massive explosion that stopped the Sidri from killing
Douglock, but
the Sidri had drawn enough tech to make them believe the could join
their race
again. They combined their form into a ship and took off for space,
giving up
their mission of vengeance.
(X-Men IV#19 (fb) – BTS) – The Sidri were hired by
the
Providian Order to apprehend Deathbird (who was pregnant and being
experimented
on) when she escaped.
(X-Men IV#18) – The Sidri attacked a S.W.O.R.D.
station to
reclaim Deathbird, cutting the power to the ship, and they swarmed
inside, where
they faced Abigail Brand, Manifold Tyger and members of the X-Men
(Storm,
Psylocke, Marvel Girl, M, Jubilee, Dr. Reyes). Soon, the hull was
breached.
(X-Men
IV#19) – The X-Men held off the Sidri with weather
attacks and learned they were vulnerable to psychic attack.
(Nova VII#1) – When the Sidri infested Ego the
Living
Planet, Nova (Sam Alexander) rushed to aid the planet in repelling
them.
(Secret
X-Men I#1) – The Sidri were hired by the Shi'ar to capture Deathbird
and ended up fighting a team of X-Men (Banshee, Armor, Sunspot,
Cannonball, Strong Guy, Marrow, Tempo, Forge, Boom-Boom), who were
defending Deathbird. Banshee was able to scatter the
Sidri with a sonic scream while the X-Men escaped. The Sidri then
combined
into a
ship form and shot a tether to capture Deathbird off a spaceship.
(Marauders II#3 (fb) – BTS) – The Sidri deposited
Deathbird
far across the universe, believing she would never survive.
Comments: Created by Chris Claremont, Dave
Cockrum, Bob Wiacek and Josef Rubinstein.
The firing of energy blasts out of
their eye is rather like Cyclops or the Mindless Ones.
Profile by Chadman.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Sidri have no known connections to:
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New X-Men IV#18, p15, pan3 (mass of Sidrian hunters)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#10, Sidri entry (single Sidri)
Uncanny X-Men I#154, p15, pan1-2 (changing into ship)
Excalibur I#116, p3, pan4 (mutant Sidri)
Excalibur I#117, p20, pan3 (mutant Sidri ship)
Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler#1, p29, pan1 (humanoid
form)
Appearances:
Uncanny X-Men I#154 (February, 1982) – Chris Claremont
(writer), Dave Cockrum (penciler), Bob Wiacek, Josef Rubinstein
(inkers),
Louise Jones (editor)
Uncanny X-Men I#168 (April, 1983) – Chris Claremont
(writer), Paul Smith (penciler), Bob Wiacek (inker), Louise Jones
(editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#10 (October, 1983) - Mark
Gruenwald (head writer, designer, editor), Peter Sanderson, Mark Lerer,
Tom DeFalco (writers), Paty (Sidri entry pencils), Josef Rubinstein
(inks)
Captain Marvel III#3 (February, 1996) – Fabian Nicieza
(writer), Ed Benes (penciler), Mike Sellers (inker)
Wolverine II#135-136 (February-March, 1999) – Erik Larsen
(writer), Jeff Matsuda (penciler), Jonathan Sibal (inker), Bob Harras
(editor)
X-Men IV#18 (October, 2014) – Marc Guggenheim (writer),
Harvey Tolibao (penciler), Ed Tadeo, Craig Yeung (inkers), Mike Marts
(editor)
X-Men IV#19 (November, 2014) – Marc Guggenheim (writer),
Harvey Tolibao, Dexter Soy (pencilers), Ed Tadeo, Craig Yeung (inkers),
Mike
Marts (editor)
Nova VII#1 (February, 2017) – Jeff Loveness (writer), Ramon
Perez (artist), Devin Lewis (editor)
Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler#1 (May, 2020) – Jonathan
Hickman (writer), Alan Davis (artist), Annalise Bissa (editor)
X-Men V#9 (June, 2020) – Jonathan Hickman (writer), Leinil
Francis Yu (artist), Jordan White (editor)
Secret X-Men I#1 (April, 2022) – Tini Howard (writer),
Francesco Mobili (artist), Jordan White (editor)
Marauders II#3 (June-July, 2022) – Steve Orlando (writer),
Eleonora Carlini (artist), Jordan White (editor)
Wolverine VI#23 (August, 2022) – Benjamin Percy (writer),
Adam Kubert (artist), Jordan White (editor)
First Posted: 03/04/2023
Last updated: 04/01/2023
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