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It was hinted that the very hatred and fear of mutants was caused by Sublime itself. But the bacteria took more direct actions in order to ensure that mutant population would be held check, if not exterminated, in order to keep it from becoming the dominant species of the planet. |
It was hinted that the very hatred and fear of mutants was caused by Sublime itself. But the bacteria took more direct actions in order to ensure that mutant population would be held check, if not exterminated, in order to keep it from becoming the dominant species of the planet. |
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The first step was the [[Weapon X|Weapon Plus Project]], Sublime took over a human body, dubbed John Sublime, and became the director of the Program, overseeing the creation of |
The first step was the [[Weapon X|Weapon Plus Project]], Sublime took over a human body, dubbed John Sublime, and became the director of the Program, overseeing the creation of living weapons created by each installation of the program, from [[Captain America]] (Weapon I) to the ''Super-Sentinels'' - [[Fantomex]], Huntsman and Ultimaton (Weapon XIII, Weapon XII and Weapon XV). |
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For many years, Sublime remained behind the scenes, manipulating the Weapon Plus Project and installing [[Malcolm Colcord]] as the Director of Weapon X, which would eventually lead to the so-called ''War of the Programs'' between Colcord and Sublime. |
For many years, Sublime remained behind the scenes, manipulating the Weapon Plus Project and installing [[Malcolm Colcord]] as the Director of Weapon X, which would eventually lead to the so-called ''War of the Programs'' between Colcord and Sublime. |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New X-Men Annual 2001 |
| Created by | Grant Morrison |
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| Alter ego | Sublime |
| Team affiliations | Weapon Plus Project, U-Men, Third Species Movement, Winterbrand Tech, Megacorp |
| Notable aliases | John Sublime, Dr. Sublime, Michael Grand, Kick |
| Abilities | Present within all human beings, capable of exerting at least some level of mental manipulation over those it inhabits; enhances the powers of mutants exposed to it and possesses them after repeated exposure |
Sublime, also known as John Sublime, is a fictional sentient "bacteria" from the New X-Men comic book series of the Marvel Universe.
Biography
Sublime is the self-appointed name of a sentient bacterial lifeform that arose during the beginings of life in Earth. With the arisal of multicellular lifeforms, Sublime found endless numbers of hosts it could infect. However, mutantkind, inmune to Sublime's infection, eventually arose and multiplied, becoming the first threat to Sublime's domination.
It was hinted that the very hatred and fear of mutants was caused by Sublime itself. But the bacteria took more direct actions in order to ensure that mutant population would be held check, if not exterminated, in order to keep it from becoming the dominant species of the planet.
The first step was the Weapon Plus Project, Sublime took over a human body, dubbed John Sublime, and became the director of the Program, overseeing the creation of living weapons created by each installation of the program, from Captain America (Weapon I) to the Super-Sentinels - Fantomex, Huntsman and Ultimaton (Weapon XIII, Weapon XII and Weapon XV).
For many years, Sublime remained behind the scenes, manipulating the Weapon Plus Project and installing Malcolm Colcord as the Director of Weapon X, which would eventually lead to the so-called War of the Programs between Colcord and Sublime.
As millions of mutants were born worldwide, Sublime, still under the identity of John Sublime, took other steps to ensure the extermination of mutantkind. One of these steps was the creation of the Third Species Movement a.k.a. the U-Men or Homo Perfectus, outwardly a group of mutants born in human bodies, though actually a cult of humans that seeked to empower themselves by grafting mutant body parts to their own bodies and who also refused to have any sort of contact with the world, for which they sealed themselves in containment suits.
John Sublime was victim of a number of apparently succesful assassination attempts, including forced suicide from Martha Johansson and incineration from Chamber. However, Sublime, animating its host body, always returned once again.
Meanwhile, Sublime also managed to plant a mole in the Xavier Institute, Xorn, the mutant healer rescued by the X-Men from one of Sublime's mutant prisons in China, and seemingly transformed into a duplicate of Magneto by the Scarlet Witch, became addicted to the drug Kick, actually Sublime itself in a concentrated dosis which would allow the bacteria to infect a mutant and take control of it after prolonged use. Xorn dealt the drug to Quentin Quire, thus placing Quire under Sublime's influence, which would cause the Open Day Riots made by the Omega Gang, and which led to the death of Sophie of the Stepford Cuckoos.
Sublime was also responsible for sending Sabretooth against Mr. Sinister. Sublime wanted to obtain Sinister's latest creations: The Children, a group of superpoweres.
Xorn assembled a new Brotherhood of Mutants and lay waste to the Xavier Institute and then New York City before being defeated by the X-Men. However, Xorn had consumed Kick to enhance his powers, and, under Sublime's influence, he killed Jean Grey, who was manifesting the powers of the Phoenix Force. Unbeknowst to all, the Phoenix was the ultimate threat to Sublime's plan.
Here Comes Tomorrow
Following the death of Jean, Professor X left the Xavier Institute to rebuild the island of Genosha. A broken Cyclops declined Emma's offer to jointly run the Xavier Institute. Beast became the new Headmaster and faced lots of troubles in his attempt to teach the younger generation of mutants and fight for the Dream. The stress led to Hank to consume Kick, becoming the new host of Sublime. In this new host body, Sublime made war against mutantkind and the X-Men, destroying the Xavier Institute as well.
150 years since Jean's death, Earth was filled with new species, all fighting for a place in the world, homo superior being one of them, while homo sapiens was on the verge of extinction. Sublime longed to wipe out all other species, thus bringing evolution to halt, and replace it with the stagnation of his own mass-produced minions, including the Crawlers, genetic constructs made from the DNA of Nightcrawler and empowered with the genetic codes of Multiple Man and Cyclops. The Beast had also the aid of his champion, Appolyon, the last of the U-Men and the result of the separation of Fantomex from E.V.A.
The Beast/Sublime stole the Phoenix Egg, in which a merged Phoenix/Jean Grey creature awaited her resurrection in order to bring "the judgement of the Phoenix". After emerging from the egg, the amnesiac Jean/Phoenix became a minion of the Beast, exterminating the race of sentient termites dominating the Panafrikate Basin. Phoenix was then sicced on the mutant population of Megamerica, though she would regain her memories thanks to the aid of Logan.
Meanwhile, Sublime managed to duplicate the DNA of Phoenix/Jean and obtained her telekinetic powers. The nearly all-powerful Sublime fought and defeated each one of the X-Men, though they were merly buying time for Jean, who, having fully regained her memories, was now ready to bring about the judgement of the Phoenix, to "Burn away what doesn't work". Phoenix purged Sublime from the Beast's body, destroying the bacteria once and for all.
That Which Endures
It is debated among fandom whether Sublime is the same as That Which Endures, an ancient organism seeking to test mutants as viable hosts. If that is the case, then Sublime's first appereance was in Avengers West Coast #46.