Thread:Monolith616/@comment-3406131-20151214202106/@comment-26066818-20160322214812

Quoting from GotG Vol 1 #7, Stakar's account:

"They harness the power of the atom...and, with it, nearly destroyed themselves. In the aftermath of their exchange only two factions remained: the warmongering Reavers, a race bent on the complete obliteration of...the peaceful but horribly disfigured Mutants." (emphasis mine)