10 X-Men Fates Worse Than Death

The Brood are a hive-like alien race that impregnate their victims with eggs that, upon hatching, transmogrifies the hosts into Broods themselves. Over the millennia, these 8ft-long parasites have conquered ten thousand worlds and converted six trillion lifeforms into drones.

Now, the X-Men try their best not to take a life unless it's absolutely necessary. Because they understand the nature of the Brood, they are aware that each of these creatures are victims. But when they are being attacked by thousands or millions of Broods simultaneously, the superheroes have no choice but to unleash lethal force against them.

The only thing worse than fighting these malicious insectoids is becoming one. The transformation process expunges one's personality, turning the host into a mindless killer. Wolverine has slaughtered several people he knew after they were consumed by the Brood because he believed death was a better fate.

When Professor X was implanted with a Brood egg, he implored Cyclops to kill him to avoid living in servitude of the Brood Queen. Luckily, Xavier's mind was transferred into a cloned body before the X-Men's founder was consumed by the hatchling.