| Wild Pack | |
|---|---|
 Image of Silver Sable and the Wild Pack from Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #9. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man #265 (1985) |
| Created by | Gregory Wright Steve Butler Jim Sanders |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Wild Pack Headquarters, Symkaria Symkarian Embassy, New York City |
| Member(s) | Members |
The Wild Pack is a fictional mercenary team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team is led by Silver Sable.
The Wild Pack first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #265 and was created by Gregory Wright, Steve Butler, and Jim Sanders.
The Wild Pack was formed by Silver Sable's father, Ernst Sablinovia, for the apprehension of international criminals, and the recovery of stolen property for a wide spectrum of clients, from major insurance companies to small nations. As a young girl, Silver Sable witnessed her mother's death at the hands of terrorists and it is then that she becomes determined to take over leadership of the group. She joins her father's team at the age of 17 and is soon promoted to second-in-command. Later, her father embarks alone to track down his wife's killer. Sable and the Wild Pack catch up with him, in time to see the villain kill her father and escape with the body. Believing her father dead, Sable assumes command of the Wild Pack.
When the number of war criminals declines, Sable turns her Wild Pack toward other activities and begins selling her services around the world. The group eventually gains the approval of the Symkarian government and in fact becomes the major source of outside income for Symkaria. While typically composed of elite mercenary soldiers, Sable has occasionally hired freelance operatives to serve in the Pack.
Once, Silver Sable steps down from leadership of the Wild Pack. This was during a period of soul-searching after Silver Sable is believed to be pregnant, although this is actually due to a computer error. During this time, the Wild Pack is led by Sable's father, who is revealed to have survived. As Sable monitors the team's progress however, she feels compelled to step in and take an active hand in leadership once more, stating that the team is like a family to her and is where she belongs.
The elite agents who have worked with Silver Sable for a long time go their separate ways. Sable is left to lead a team that is becoming increasingly lazy and incompetent. After four unsuccessful missions and the betrayal of several agents, Silver Sable decides that the group has become too broken and fractured to maintain. Bringing her agents together one last time, Silver Sable informs them that she is going into retirement and that the Pack themselves will be dissolved.
After a number of encounters with superhuman agents, vigilantes and enemies, Sable begins to use them in future assignments. Later, Sable decides to create an elite version of the Wild Pack, the Outlaws. The Outlaws feature Sable associates Prowler, Puma, Rocket Racer, Sandman and Will o' the Wisp. They encounter Excalibur in the course of their adventures, but are soon disbanded in favor of the traditional Wild Pack.
Silver Sable continues to lead her Wild Pack in mercenary endeavors. She also hires the hero Battlestar to serve on the team. When the team begins attracting superhuman associates such as Fin and Man-Eater, Sable forms another elite offshoot of the Wild Pack called the Intruders. Sandman leads the Intruders, which includes Fin, Lightbright, Man-Eater, and Paladin. They often engage in assignments independently of the Wild Pack. Although the team never officially disbands, the Intruders are presumably dissolved by Silver Sable several months later.
Silver Sable later resurfaced following her apparent death and has reformed the Wild Pack to combat Katrina Karkov. This team consists of Foxtrot, Juliet, Romeo, Tango, and X-Ray.
During the "Venom War" storyline, Silver Sable is persuaded by Dominic Fortune to reactivate the Wild Pack and recruits Lightbright, Puma, Tarantula, Crippler, Lina Abbas, and Navvab Tadjvar. After Tadjvar is bitten by a Zombiote, the Agony symbiote abandons him, triggering a failsafe that kills Tadjvar.
An alternate universe iteration of the Wild Pack appears in Ultimate Spider-Man (2000), led by Silver Sable and consisting of Chen, Powell, and Quentino.