Sugar Man
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Sugar Man is a fictional character
, a mutant
villain appearing in the Marvel Comics
universe
. Created by writer Scott Lobdell
and artist Chris Bachalo
, he first appeared in Generation Next #2 (1995).
Sugar Man initially appeared during the Age of Apocalypse
, an event which caused the history of the Marvel Universe to diverge from its usual path. Although many Age of Apocalypse characters were alternate versions of existing heroes and villains, Sugar Man does not appear to have an Earth-616
counterpart.
conquered North America and mutants ruled. At one point Sugar Man was a student of Mr Sinister, learning from him all about genetics and science. He soon became a capable geneticist having a lab located at Niagara Falls and regularly tormented his slaves.
He was later sent to run the human work camps in the Pacific Northwest - specifically known as the Core - housing thousands of humans. Magneto
needed a mutant with chrono-variant powers—time travel
—in order to go back in time and restore reality to its proper order before the death of Charles Xavier
, whose existence was revealed by the displaced mutant Bishop
. Apocalypse had ruthlessly killed all mutants with that power to prevent anyone from undermining his regime
, but Know-It-All
found one with latent powers: Illyana Rasputin
, the sister of Generation Next's leader Colossus
.
Magneto sent the fledgling group to the Core to rescue her. Sugar Man eventually encountered the group and killed several of the members himself, including Vincente
and Mondo
. Illyana's successful rescue costs all of the young members their lives (except for Husk
which was not revealed until the revisit to the AOA reality called X-Men: Age of Apocalypse). Sugar Man was seemingly destroyed; however he had lost most of his mass during the attack and had shrunk to a minuscule size. Hidden in Colossus' boot, he accompanied Illyana, Colossus, Shadowcat
, and the X-Men
in their assault on Apocalypse's citadel.
In the 2000 Blink limited series, it is revealed via flashback that Sugar Man was at one point the jailer in charge of cellmates Illyana Rasputin and Blink
(before she was rescued as a young girl by Weapon-X and Sabretooth) in a prison facility, and that he sexually abused both of them on a nightly basis. This is also shown that in the Generation Next series, where Sugar Man continued to regularly victimize the young girls who were part of the inmate population at Apocalypse's slave pits.
—the "Nexus of all realities"—and vanished. He appeared in the Earth-616
timeline, arriving in an unspecified location some twenty years in the past. Sugar Man then traveled to Genosha
, where he contacted the Genegineer
and gave him the formula for the mutate bonding process which forcibly enslaved hundreds of mutants to the human Magistrates. When the first Genosha government, led by the Genegineer and Cameron Hodge
fell, he quickly worked behind the scenes affecting the seemingly more peaceful new government run by Sasha Ryan.
Eventually this government fell into a brutal civil war. When the mutant team Excalibur was investigating the first Mutate slave of Genosha, they almost learned the secret of the Sugar Man, however Sugar Man activated a device that killed the Mutate before his involvement in Genosha's history could be revealed. When Excalibur continues to keep searching for the secret history of Genosha, Sugar Man prevented them from finding it by destroying a master computer that held the truth.
, another refugee from Earth-295 was active in this reality Sugar-Man send his agent Rex to eliminate him in order to maintain his anonymity. However, Sugar Man's first attempt to assassinate Nate would be interrupted by Selene, much to his frustration. Sugar Man would next seek to capture this reality's Alex Summers, using Scarlet McKenzie as his operative. However, she would fail to do so and he eventually gave up on this endeavor after learning that another refugee from "The Age of Apocalypse", in the form of Beast
, now calling himself "Dark beast", was also seeking to capture him.
When Nate Grey's Earth-616 counterpart Cable traveled to Genosha, getting involved in the conflict, Sugar Man incorrectly believe him to be Nate and decides to finally reveal himself to the world after 20 years of secrecy. However when tracking Cable down, Sugar Man realizes he made a mistake believing that "someone" was manipulating the events to uncover his secret rule of Genosha when Cable discovers his lab. Sugar Man was forced to activate the self destruct mechanism in his lab. As Cable
, Domino
, Jenny Ransome, Phillip Moreau and the brainwashed ex-Magistrate Pipeline
were busy with trying to deactivate the bomb, Sugar Man eventually captured Phillip Moreau for his own purposes. Sugar Man's plans for Phillip remain unrevealed, and with the database destroyed, Sugar Man existence was kept secret. The clues themself where revealed to have been passed to Phillip by none other than Mister Sinister
, who had long suspected that the Genosha mutate process was based on his own genetic handiwork.
Having a near brush with this realities Mr. Sinister in Genosha, Sugar-Man began working together with the Dark Beast in continuing to keep their existence secret, as Sinister learning of their presence in this reality using his techniques would work against theirselfs interests. They would target Bishop, who retained memories from the Age of Apocalypse. After the failed attempt to slay Bishop, by using the Dark Beast's operative Fatale, the two refugees would part company.
empire who saw the fact that Holocaust having a shard of the M'Kraan Crystal embedded in him as sacrilege. However as the shard was removed from Holocaust, all refugees where sent back to Earth.
Afterwards Genosha was soon destroyed by the wild Sentinel
attack on the island that was orchestrated by Cassandra Nova
and the whereabouts of Sugar Man was unknown until he reappeared once again in Genosha, killing a band of Magistrates who were exploring the island with the Dark Beast. Callisto and Karima Shapandar confronted Sugar Man and apparently killed him with a pipe through the head.
He has an enhanced sense of smell and can use it to detect fear.
He can also control his own body size and mass. If he loses mass, the lost mass is shunted off to Hammerspace.
Sugar Man is an expert, at least by modern standards, in sciences including biology and genetics.
, in the dimension ruled by Mojo
has encountered child-like versions of the Age of Apocalypse
villains, including Sugar Man. These entities were seemingly created by Mojo himself, who then lost control of them.
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, a mutant
Mutant (Marvel Comics)
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villain appearing in the Marvel Comics
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universe
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. Created by writer Scott Lobdell
Scott Lobdell
Scott Lobdell is an American comic book writer.-Early Career:Scott didn't begin to read comics until he was 17 years old, while lying in bed after lung surgery....
and artist Chris Bachalo
Chris Bachalo
Chris Bachalo is an American comic book illustrator known for his quirky, cartoon-like style. He became well known for stints on DC Comics’ Shade, the Changing Man and Neil Gaiman's two Death series...
, he first appeared in Generation Next #2 (1995).
Sugar Man initially appeared during the Age of Apocalypse
Age of Apocalypse
"Age of Apocalypse" is a 1995 - 1996 comic book crossover storyline published in the X-Men franchise of books by Marvel Comics. The Age of Apocalypse briefly replaced the universe of Earth-616, although it was later retconned as having occurred in the alternate universe of Earth-295, it had...
, an event which caused the history of the Marvel Universe to diverge from its usual path. Although many Age of Apocalypse characters were alternate versions of existing heroes and villains, Sugar Man does not appear to have an Earth-616
Earth-616
In the fictional Marvel Comics multiverse, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place.-Origin of Earth-616:...
counterpart.
Age of Apocalypse
Sugar Man is originally from an alternate timeline in which ApocalypseApocalypse (comics)
Apocalypse is a fictional character who is an ancient mutant that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in X-Factor #5 , created by writer Louise Simonson and designed by artist Walter Simonson...
conquered North America and mutants ruled. At one point Sugar Man was a student of Mr Sinister, learning from him all about genetics and science. He soon became a capable geneticist having a lab located at Niagara Falls and regularly tormented his slaves.
He was later sent to run the human work camps in the Pacific Northwest - specifically known as the Core - housing thousands of humans. Magneto
Magneto (comics)
Magneto is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the central villain of the X-Men comic, as well as the TV show and the films. The character first appears in X-Men #1 , and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby...
needed a mutant with chrono-variant powers—time travel
Time travel
Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...
—in order to go back in time and restore reality to its proper order before the death of Charles Xavier
Professor X
Professor Charles Francis Xavier, also known as Professor X, is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero known as the leader and founder of the X-Men....
, whose existence was revealed by the displaced mutant Bishop
Bishop (comics)
Bishop is a fictional comic book superhero, appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books...
. Apocalypse had ruthlessly killed all mutants with that power to prevent anyone from undermining his regime
Regime
The word regime refers to a set of conditions, most often of a political nature.-Politics:...
, but Know-It-All
M (comics)
M is a fictional comic book superheroine, a mutant who appears in the X-Men family of books published by Marvel Comics...
found one with latent powers: Illyana Rasputin
Magik (comics)
Magik is a Marvel Comics character, associated with the X-Men. She is the younger sister of the Russian X-Man Colossus.-Publication history:...
, the sister of Generation Next's leader Colossus
Colossus (comics)
Colossus is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Len Wein and illustrator Dave Cockrum, he first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1...
.
Magneto sent the fledgling group to the Core to rescue her. Sugar Man eventually encountered the group and killed several of the members himself, including Vincente
Vincente (comics)
Vincente Cimetta is a mutant villain from the Generation X title belonging to Marvel Comics. He was created by writer Scott Lobdell and first appeared in the Main Marvel Universe in Generation X #12.- Fictional character biography :...
and Mondo
Mondo (comics)
Mondo is the name of two fictional comic book characters that have appeared in the Marvel Comics series Generation X. The first Mondo was a superhero later revealed to be a clone of the supervillain Mondo, who appeared years later. The first Mondo's first appearance was in Generation X...
. Illyana's successful rescue costs all of the young members their lives (except for Husk
Husk (comics)
Husk is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. Guthrie is a superhero associated with the X-Men.A mutant, Husk has the ability to remove one layer of skin - or "husk" - revealing an epidermis of a different composition beneath...
which was not revealed until the revisit to the AOA reality called X-Men: Age of Apocalypse). Sugar Man was seemingly destroyed; however he had lost most of his mass during the attack and had shrunk to a minuscule size. Hidden in Colossus' boot, he accompanied Illyana, Colossus, Shadowcat
Kitty Pryde
Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 and was created by writer-artist John Byrne....
, and the X-Men
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
in their assault on Apocalypse's citadel.
In the 2000 Blink limited series, it is revealed via flashback that Sugar Man was at one point the jailer in charge of cellmates Illyana Rasputin and Blink
Blink (comics)
Blink is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero featured in various X-Men-related series. Created by Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #317 .-Publication History:...
(before she was rescued as a young girl by Weapon-X and Sabretooth) in a prison facility, and that he sexually abused both of them on a nightly basis. This is also shown that in the Generation Next series, where Sugar Man continued to regularly victimize the young girls who were part of the inmate population at Apocalypse's slave pits.
Arrival in Earth-616
During the assault, Sugar Man took advantage of the chaos to escape, jumping into the M'Kraan CrystalM'Kraan Crystal
In the fictional Marvel Comics Universe, the M'Kraan Crystal is a gigantic crystalline artifact that lies at the nexus of all realities. The Crystal contains a negative galaxy, a source of near limitless power, which pulls and traps all matter inside. The Crystal plays a prominent role in several...
—the "Nexus of all realities"—and vanished. He appeared in the Earth-616
Earth-616
In the fictional Marvel Comics multiverse, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place.-Origin of Earth-616:...
timeline, arriving in an unspecified location some twenty years in the past. Sugar Man then traveled to Genosha
Genosha
Genosha is a fictional country that has appeared in numerous comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It is an island nation that exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as "Earth 616" in the Marvel Universe. The fictional nation served as an allegory for slavery and later for South...
, where he contacted the Genegineer
David Moreau
David Moreau, also known as the Genegineer, is a fictional character, a villain in the Marvel Universe. Working for the island nation of Genosha, he developed a mind control device which made mutant slavery possible.-Fictional character biography:...
and gave him the formula for the mutate bonding process which forcibly enslaved hundreds of mutants to the human Magistrates. When the first Genosha government, led by the Genegineer and Cameron Hodge
Cameron Hodge
Cameron Hodge is a fictional comic book supervillain and opponent of the X-Men, as seen in Marvel Comics. Created by writer Bob Layton and artist Jackson Guice, Hodge first appeared as a supporting character in X-Factor #1 , and was later revealed to be secretly acting against that group as the...
fell, he quickly worked behind the scenes affecting the seemingly more peaceful new government run by Sasha Ryan.
Eventually this government fell into a brutal civil war. When the mutant team Excalibur was investigating the first Mutate slave of Genosha, they almost learned the secret of the Sugar Man, however Sugar Man activated a device that killed the Mutate before his involvement in Genosha's history could be revealed. When Excalibur continues to keep searching for the secret history of Genosha, Sugar Man prevented them from finding it by destroying a master computer that held the truth.
Operating from the Shadows
Detecting that X-ManNate Grey
Nathaniel "Nate" Grey is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular those related to the X-Men franchise...
, another refugee from Earth-295 was active in this reality Sugar-Man send his agent Rex to eliminate him in order to maintain his anonymity. However, Sugar Man's first attempt to assassinate Nate would be interrupted by Selene, much to his frustration. Sugar Man would next seek to capture this reality's Alex Summers, using Scarlet McKenzie as his operative. However, she would fail to do so and he eventually gave up on this endeavor after learning that another refugee from "The Age of Apocalypse", in the form of Beast
Dark Beast
Dark Beast , sometimes known as the Black Beast, is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an alternate reality evil version of the X-Men’s Beast...
, now calling himself "Dark beast", was also seeking to capture him.
When Nate Grey's Earth-616 counterpart Cable traveled to Genosha, getting involved in the conflict, Sugar Man incorrectly believe him to be Nate and decides to finally reveal himself to the world after 20 years of secrecy. However when tracking Cable down, Sugar Man realizes he made a mistake believing that "someone" was manipulating the events to uncover his secret rule of Genosha when Cable discovers his lab. Sugar Man was forced to activate the self destruct mechanism in his lab. As Cable
Cable (comics)
Cable is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared as an infant in Uncanny X-Men #201...
, Domino
Domino (comics)
Domino is a Marvel Comics character, best known as a member of the X-Men offshoot X-Force. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/co-writer Rob Liefeld, she first fully appeared in X-Force, vol...
, Jenny Ransome, Phillip Moreau and the brainwashed ex-Magistrate Pipeline
Pipeline (comics)
Pipeline is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #235 .-Fictional character biography:...
were busy with trying to deactivate the bomb, Sugar Man eventually captured Phillip Moreau for his own purposes. Sugar Man's plans for Phillip remain unrevealed, and with the database destroyed, Sugar Man existence was kept secret. The clues themself where revealed to have been passed to Phillip by none other than Mister Sinister
Mister Sinister
Mister Sinister is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #221 and was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Marc Silvestri....
, who had long suspected that the Genosha mutate process was based on his own genetic handiwork.
Having a near brush with this realities Mr. Sinister in Genosha, Sugar-Man began working together with the Dark Beast in continuing to keep their existence secret, as Sinister learning of their presence in this reality using his techniques would work against theirselfs interests. They would target Bishop, who retained memories from the Age of Apocalypse. After the failed attempt to slay Bishop, by using the Dark Beast's operative Fatale, the two refugees would part company.
Return to the Age of Apocalypse
Returning to Genosha, Sugar Man attempted to return to Earth-295. Utilizing a hyper dimensional device that would allow him to travel back to Earth-295's past. When he succeeded, he quickly began resuming his experimentation on a super-virus that he hoped to use to bring back to Earth-616 to wipe out humanity. Unfortunately, Nate Grey would follow him into the past and with the help of Magneto and Forge would thwart Sugar Man's plot and send him back to Earth-616.The Fall of Genosha
Back in that reality, Sugar Man and the other refugees from Earth-295 soon became targeted by the Shi'arShi'ar
The Shi'ar are a fictional species of aliens in the Marvel Comics universe. The Shi'ar Empire also called the Aerie, is a vast collection of alien species, cultures and worlds situated close to the Skrull and Kree Empires, and alongside them, is one of the three main alien empires...
empire who saw the fact that Holocaust having a shard of the M'Kraan Crystal embedded in him as sacrilege. However as the shard was removed from Holocaust, all refugees where sent back to Earth.
Afterwards Genosha was soon destroyed by the wild Sentinel
Sentinel (comics)
Sentinels are a fictional variety of mutant-hunting robots, appearing in the Marvel Comics Universe. They are usually portrayed as antagonists to the X-Men. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, they first appeared in The X-Men #14 .According to Marvel canon, Sentinels are programmed to locate...
attack on the island that was orchestrated by Cassandra Nova
Cassandra Nova
Cassandra Nova is a fictional enemy of the X-Men in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, Cassandra first appeared in New X-Men #114 . Cassandra is a "mummudrai," a parasitic life form born bodiless on the astral plane...
and the whereabouts of Sugar Man was unknown until he reappeared once again in Genosha, killing a band of Magistrates who were exploring the island with the Dark Beast. Callisto and Karima Shapandar confronted Sugar Man and apparently killed him with a pipe through the head.
Endangered Species
He however recovered from Calisto's attack and was one of the villains contacted by Beast for information to reverse the effects of M-Day. Sugar Man declined to help, telling that Beast could not afford the cost of his services.Recent Activities
After the events of Dark Reign, Sugar Man left his hideout to find the device known as the "Omega Machine". He found the device in an abandoned H.A.M.M.E.R. facility with, to his delight, a still Nate Grey hooked up to it. He remade the device to open portals to other realities, and also began creating technologically-derived mutates as part of his experiments to use while he tried to reach the Age of Apocalypse. Realizing that the only way Sugar Man would leave him alone was to give him what he wanted, Nate used all of his strength and willpower to open a portal to his home reality; but before Sugar Man could escape into it, he was forced to return to the main reality by Moonstar and taken into custody by Captain Steve Rogers.Powers and abilities
Sugar Man is a mutant who possesses four arms, hands with razor-sharp claws, a giant mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, and a dense razor-sharp tongue of indeterminate length that is enfused with a type of bio-energy able to pierce and damage stone, steel, and even beings in gaseous or liquid form.He has an enhanced sense of smell and can use it to detect fear.
He can also control his own body size and mass. If he loses mass, the lost mass is shunted off to Hammerspace.
Sugar Man is an expert, at least by modern standards, in sciences including biology and genetics.
X-Babies
DazzlerDazzler
Dazzler is a Marvel Comics superheroine, associated with the X-Men. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #130 ....
, in the dimension ruled by Mojo
Mojo (comics)
Mojo is a Marvel Comics supervillain, primarily an enemy of the X-Men and one of its members, Longshot. Mojo is one of the "Spineless Ones," an alien race that is immobile without advanced technology. He is a slaver who rules the Mojoverse, a dimension where all beings are addicted to his...
has encountered child-like versions of the Age of Apocalypse
Age of Apocalypse
"Age of Apocalypse" is a 1995 - 1996 comic book crossover storyline published in the X-Men franchise of books by Marvel Comics. The Age of Apocalypse briefly replaced the universe of Earth-616, although it was later retconned as having occurred in the alternate universe of Earth-295, it had...
villains, including Sugar Man. These entities were seemingly created by Mojo himself, who then lost control of them.
Video games
- Sugar Man appears in X-Men Legends II: Rise of ApocalypseX-Men Legends II: Rise of ApocalypseX-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is an action role-playing game released in 2005 for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, N-Gage, PlayStation Portable, and GameCube video game consoles as well as the PC...
voiced by James Arnold TaylorJames Arnold TaylorJames Arnold Taylor is an American voice actor, Impressionist, and Announcer. He is the current voice provider for Fred Flintstone as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and also the movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Johnny Test in Johnny Test...
. Sugar Man appears as the supervisor of the Core and a boss. Here, Sugar Man apparently reveals that he is the same Sugar Man from the Age of ApocalypseAge of Apocalypse"Age of Apocalypse" is a 1995 - 1996 comic book crossover storyline published in the X-Men franchise of books by Marvel Comics. The Age of Apocalypse briefly replaced the universe of Earth-616, although it was later retconned as having occurred in the alternate universe of Earth-295, it had...
(although this claim can be debated) and expresses admiration for how ApocalypseApocalypse (comics)Apocalypse is a fictional character who is an ancient mutant that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in X-Factor #5 , created by writer Louise Simonson and designed by artist Walter Simonson...
manages to conquer the world and run it effectively no matter what timeline he is in. He also compliments Apocalypse as being a good boss. It is unexplained how Sugar Man managed to reach this timeline from the Age of Apocalypse.
External links
- Sugar Man at Uncannyxmen.net