Sack (comics)

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caption=Sack trying to remove the microchip implanted by the government
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Sack
real_name=Anthony SmithFact|date=March 2008
species=Human Mutant
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Uncanny X-Men" #323
creators=Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
alliances=
Gene Nation, Morlocks
aliases=Glass
powers=Possession|

Sack is a fictional mutant supervillain created by Marvel Comics for their team called Gene Nation. His first appearance was in "Uncanny X-Men" #323.

Fictional character biography

When the mentally unstable Mikhail Rasputin flooded the Morlock tunnels, many were believed dead. However, at the last instant Mikhail used his powers to open a portal into a parallel dimension dubbed The Hill. In this dimension, time moves at a faster rate, and even though it was a manner of months in the main "Marvel Universe", it had been between 10-20 years on the Hill.

On the anniversary of the Mutant Massacre, a horrific event in which Mr. Sinister's henchmen the Marauders killed many Morlocks, the members of Gene Nation reappeared in the main universe (Earth-616). Their mission was to destroy one hundred humans for every Morlock life that was lost. Sack along with Vessel were the first members to show themselves, killing a few civilians. Sack had suffocated a coroner, and an innocent bystander, when the X-Men arrived. They battled with Wolverine, Storm, Cannonball, and later Beast and were hardly fazed by their show of force. Finding their luck changing, the two Gene Nationals fled.

Afterwards, a team of X-Men and the Morlock Callisto confront an attack group from Gene Nation including Sack, threatening the lives of several civilians by attaching incendiary devices to them that were regulated by Marrow's heartbeat. Seeing it as the only way of stopping the terrorist, Storm rips out Marrow's heart. Defeated, Callisto takes Sack, along with the remaining members of Gene Nation, back to The Hill.

A few months later, Storm is kidnapped by Mikhail and taken to The Hill. Once there she has to fight her way to the top of the hill where Mikhail lives, where she successfully overpowers him. Sack is one of the team that had successfully reached the top, yet he had decided to take on the moniker of "Glass". Having won the victory, Storm forces Mikhail to take all of the people living on The Hill back to the real world. In an effort to give the mutants a new start, she settles them in a village outside of her home town in Africa.

Fortunately for him, Sack did not have any involvement in the next two installments of Gene Nation, because a vengeful Agent Zero killed all current members to make Marrow suffer. Sack was one of the few mutants that was unaffected by the Scarlet Witch's tamperings of M-Day, and was next seen on the grounds of the Xavier Institute as one of the 198. He was seen associating with former Gene National Fever Pitch and former Morlock Erg, and almost incited a riot against their Sentinel "protectors". If not for the intervention of Mister M, it could have escalated into a bloody battle. When O*N*E* offers to let the mutants into Salem Center in exchange for being implanted with "tracking" chips, Sack is one of the mutants that has it implanted. When the device's true purpose is revealed he attempts to remove the device, discovering that he can't and it has bonded to his skull. Fortunately Mr. M, who did not have one implanted, removes Sack's along with everyone else's.

Powers and abilities

Sack is a being composed entirely of a gelatinous body that covers his skeleton. He is able to shift his liquidy form to cover and control his host while going about his business virtually undetected. Due to the fact that his body is not made of solid matter, it helps to reduce the pain of physical impact.

Bibliography

*"Uncanny X-Men" #323-325
*"Storm" #3-4
*"X-Men: The 198" (miniseries)

External links

* [http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/characters/showquestion.asp?fldAuto=903 Uncannyxmen.net character bio on Sack]
* [http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/pov/showquestion.asp?faq=5&fldAuto=38 Uncannyxmen.net feature on Gene Nation]
*http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/sackgnation.htm