THE INTRUDERS
Membership: Sandman (William Baker), Paladin, Fin, Man-Eater (Malcolm Murphy), Lightbright (Obax Majid)
Purpose: To support the economy of Symkaria;
to fulfill mercenary missions not suitable for non super-powered members of Wild Pack
Affiliations: S.H.I.E.L.D.;
formerly Hydra (Baron Strucker, System
Crash, others)
Enemies: Bio-Genes (Leecher, Lightbright, Mali, Transfaser; at least nine more unidentified), Justin Hammers's mercenaries (Afterburner, Beetle/Abner Jenkins, Blacklash/Mark Scarlotti, Blizzard/Mickey Quaid, Boomerang/Fred Myers, Cyclone/Gregory Stevens, Spymaster) and their allies (Latisha, Morris, and many gangs of Los Angeles), the Genesis Coalition, HYDRA (Baron Strucker/Wolfgang von Strucker, Viper and her Pit-Vipers)
Base of Operations: Symkarian Embassy, New York City, New York
First Appearance: (As a group) Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#15 (August, 1993); (named) Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#16 (September, 1993)
History:
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#9 - BTS) - The basis for a Wild Pack team exclusively
composed by superhuman members already existed, counting Sandman's
experience with the Outlaws
and Paladin's previous activities in the super-heroes world. With the
arrival of the hybrid tiger-man Man-Eater from the genetic laboratories of the
Genesis Coalition, there was another possible member for the purposes of
a super-powered team of operatives. The hybrid started his training.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#12) - During the submarine battle in the Mediterranean Sea, in the
base of the Genesis Coalition, Silver Sable noticed the power and the
attitude of a Next Wave member: Fin. She reckoned that he could have
been a suitable substitute for Sandman.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#15 (fb) - BTS) - Silver
Sable tried to gather some of the superhumans at her disposal, in a
team to be used on special occasions.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#23/2 (fb) - BTS) -
Silver Sable put Sandman in charge of the new team.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#15) - Silver Sable International was hired to capture Viper.
The task proved to be more difficult than foreseen. In fact, Viper
had trained several Pit-Vipers, who resembled herself and acted in her stead all over
the world.
While the Wild Pack elite squadron intervened in Italy, the team composed of Sandman, Paladin, Man-Eater and Fin went to Kentucky and vanquished another HYDRA operation led by one of the Pit-Vipers, capturing her.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#16/1) - The entire Universe was under the effect of the Goddess'
Infinity Crusade, on Planet Earth wars paused and conflicts quenched.
The Wild Pack was hired to help the population of
Somalia, ensuring that medicine and food would arrive to the starving
people.
Despite the status of relative calmness induced by
the Goddess, a
group of armed men tried to steal the shipment guarded by Silver Sable.
Silver had prepared a special team for such a possibility: the
Intruders. Composed of the same members who fulfilled the mission in
Kentucky, they defeated the armed men without killing anyone. For
Man-Eater, it was not so natural to accomplish this because the hunger
he had felt as a tiger was beyond the human understanding. Sandman was
satisfied with the result: 23 opponents in 45 seconds.
Elsewhere, the Bio-Genes,
Somalian mutants, gathered. They sought to drive Silver Sable and the US
military from their country and take over themselves. Leecher
used his psychic powers to reinforce the negative emotions of his
teammates, counteracting the Goddess' energies.
That night the Bio-Genes
attacked the peacekeeping troops located 10 miles far from the Wild
Pack's camp. Silver Sable mobilized the Wild Pack and the Intruders.
During the battle the effectiveness of the Intruders and of the soldiers
was reduced by the peaceful emotions caused by the Goddess. Silver Sable
succeeded in resisting to Leecher's
mind control. After a short struggle the fight came to an unnatural end
when it was interrupted by Baron Strucker and HYDRA, who sought to claim Somalia for the Southern Warlords.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#17/1) -
The battle begun again, seeing HYDRA and warlords' forces killing both
peacekeeper soldiers and civilians. Leecher kept on pushing the Bio-Genes
against Silver Sable's forces. It so happened that some of them attacked the
HYDRA forces and others had to defend themselves from the Somalian mutants. Fin and
Man-Eater could not resist against Leecher's
power and he convinced them not to fight the mutants. But Sable beat Leecher
and convinced him to use his powers to stop the conflict. He restored the
two Intruders' behavior, then helped to calm down the situation. Even
the HYDRA troops on the ground laid down their arms.
When S.H.I.E.L.D. forces landed, their work was almost
done. Sandman carried Fin to the mothership, where Silver Sable was
fighting against Strucker and his lethal Satan Claw. A double blow
laid in by the Intruders felled Strucker. Nick Fury arrived on the scene,
Sable's gun was aimed at the ex-Nazi. But the Goddess' influence had
both Fury and Sable hesitate an instant, allowing Strucker to
cut their guns in pieces with the Satan Claw. Strucker activated the teleporter of the
Claw and escaped.
Later, S.H.I.E.L.D., Intruders and Wild Pack helped feeding
the starving people.
(Silver Sable and the Wild
Pack#18/1-19/1) - During the so-called "Siege of Darkness" the American
continent was enveloped in, the Intruders were not active.
Paladin was following the case of Mr. Lee's
embezzlement from the Symkarian Embassy in NY. He was the one who welcomed Lightbright,
who had been invited there by Battlestar.
Sandman was on a mission with the Wild Pack.
Fin was at the Embassy.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#21/1) - The Intruders added Lightbright
to their roster, while Paladin was on Jonathan Lee's tracks.
The group went to Los Angeles with the Wild Pack. Their mission was to free the
"hill" of Los Angeles from the literal invasion of 130 criminal gangs.
People and the local police were taken hostage by the criminals, their attack was
not chaotic because the leaders Latisha and
Morris followed a plan devised by Justin Hammer. Hammer wanted to
acquire Beverly Hills real estate cheaply.
The Intruders' job was made
more difficult by the fact that the majority of the criminals were kids,
and Silver Sable ordered not to kill them. The Intruders dealt with the
problem in Beverly Hills.
Meanwhile Silver and the Wild Pack took back control of
the police precinct, then, Justin Hammer's super-mercenaries attacked, including Afterburner,
Beetle, Blacklash, Blizzard,
Boomerang, Cyclone and Spymaster.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#22/1)
- The Intruders were near the police precinct so they entered into the fray
with little delay. Sandman smashed Beetle against the wall, Fin charged
Blizzard only to be trapped by his ice. Man-Eater and Lightbright
confronted other mercenaries. The gangs added chaos to the battle. When
Morris, one of the gang leaders, was killed by Blizzard,
Latisha ordered all the gangs to attack everyone. So, Beetle and the
mercenaries fled. Sable managed to subdue Latisha. This, and the arrival
of the National Guard and of the local police, quenched the battle, restoring peace.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#24/1 - BTS) - Silver Sable and
the Wild Pack left Symkaria to go to free Ernst
Sablinova. Sable knew that it was a trap set up by Petrovich, for
this reason she ordered the Intruders to follow her with another
stealth-craft. Man-Eater created some problems, so the Intruders left
late.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#25/1) - Silver Sable ordered the Intruders not to follow her to the
Coalition Black Sea base. She had agreed to Fritz
Sablinova's plan, accepting to be taken prisoner, and to act
later, and she did not want the Intruders to spoil her bluff. So, the
Intruders were sent to Bosnia, where they had to fight against the
Genesis Coalition army.
There, the Coalition soldiers were disguised as HYDRA
agents, attacking the Bosnian soldiers and the USA peace-keeping troops. Unbelievably, the Intruders were supported by
HYDRA forces, including System Crash and Baron Strucker in person. Their joined
forces, added to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s subsequent intervention, destroyed the Genesis
Coalition troops. The Wild Pack neutralized the powerful battle-cruiser
of the Coalition and Silver Sable killed the leader: Ivan Trefkov. Then,
the HYDRA forces fled.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#30) -
Later, The Intruders were present as Morty announced that Sable had been
imprisoned, and that she did not wish any of her employees to try to
free her.
When the charges against Silver Sable were
dropped, she decided that Sandman would run the
Intruders from the Symkarian Embassy, and Battlestar would run the Wild Pack's U.S.
missions.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#33) - Silver Sable returned to
Symkaria from her solo mission in Japan with a drastic decision. She
announced to the Intruders and to all the others her retirement from
active duty.
(Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#34) -
After Silver Sable's retirement, the Intruders were sent back to New
York, and kept on doing their missions without seeing her again. They left for
Antarctica to take over an alien relic.
Comments: Created by Gregory Wright, Steven Butler and James Sanders III.
In Silver Sable and the Wild#19 an advertisement announced an upcoming Intruders limited series.
The Intruders had an entry in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update 3 (2007).
Profile by Spidermay.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Intruders has no known connections to:
images: (without ads)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#16, cover (the original Intruders)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#17, cover (Sandman and Paladin, the older members)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#21, p7, pan1 (the Intruders with Lightbright)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#25, p12, pan3 (Lightbright and Paladin)
Appearances:
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#15 (August, 1993) - Gregory Wright (writer), Steven Butler (pencils), James Sanders III (inks), Joe Rosas (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#16/1 (September, 1993) - Gregory Wright (writer), Steven Butler (pencils), Pam Eklund (inks), Joe Rosas (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#17/1 (October, 1993) - Gregory Wright (writer), Steven Butler (pencils), Pam Eklund (inks), Joe Rosas (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#21/1 (February, 1994) - Gregory Wright (writer), Steven Butler (pencils), Pam Eklund (inks), Joe Rosas (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#22/1 (March, 1994) - Gregory Wright (writer), Steven Butler (pencils), Pam Eklund (inks), Joe Rosas (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#24/1 (May, 1994) - Gregory Wright (writer), Gordon Purcell (pencils), Don Hudson (inks), Mike Kenny (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#25/1 (June, 1994) - Gregory Wright (writer), Steven Butler (pencils), Pam Eklund (inks), Joe Rosas and Ed Lazellari (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#30 (November, 1994) - Gregory Wright (writer), Scott Eaton (pencils), Jim Amash (inks), Megan McDowell (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#33 (February, 1995) - Gregory Wright (writer), Gordon Purcell (pencils), Pam Eklund (inks), Megan McDowell (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack#34 (March, 1995) - Gregory Wright (writer), Gordon Purcell (pencils), Pam Eklund (inks), Megan McDowell (colors), Craig Anderson (editor)
First Posted: 03/16/2021
Last updated: 03/16/2021
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