Anna was Silver Sable's young cousin, although she called her "Aunt Silver". After the apparent death of both of Anna's parents and uncles, Silver remained Anna's only living relative and her legal guardian. Silver sent Anna to a private college in America, which was taken hostage by the Hydra. While scared, Anna bravely confronted Hydra lieutenant Dmitri Petrovich. A short time later, Anna surprised Silver Sable by going to the Symkaria embassy in New York just as Silver was about to go out. Left alone at the embassy, Anna surprised the international thief Black Fox sneaking into it. Anna showed excellent resourcefulness and athletic skills, even though the Black Fox eventually managed to get the better of Anna and left her hanging by her feet in the embassy until Silver Sable returned.
More recently, as Silver could no longer count on the Wild Pack, Anna has given her some support by providing Silver with useful information.
History
Anna Sablinova was the daughter of Fritz Sablinov,[2] twin brother and second-in-command to Ernst Sablinova of the Wild Pack, a Symkariann military team that hunted Nazi war criminals. Fritz went missing, working undercover,[3] and later Ernst was believed killed.[4] Ernst's daughter Silvija (who adopted the nickname "Silver Sable") became Anna's sole legal guardian. Silver immediately sent Anna to an American private boarding school,[2][1] Cranewood School for Girls in Northampton, Long Island, an exclusive (and expensive) place where Anna would have the best possible education, along with the daughters of several important politicians.[4] As it was an all-girls school and teenage Anna would have liked to be around handsome males, she was far from delighted there.[9]
The dormitory of the school Anna was at, was taken hostage by Hydra terrorists, led by Silver's former lover Dmitri Petrovich,[2][4] who demanded the release of dozens of international criminals. In an attempt to force the authorities' hand, Petrovich ordered to execute one of the students, Sarah, while Anna watched helplessly with her other classmates. At that juncture a courageous Anna had the courage to respond to Petrovich, shouting to him that the Hydra was no better than the Hitler's goosestepping Nazi pigs. When Hydra's goons stopped responding due to Silver and her allies confronting them, Anna foresaw that Petrovich would be defeated, and Petrovich answered by taking Anna as his personal hostage, a gun on her head. Sable and her ally Spider-Man burst in, and Anna called Silver "Aunt Silver", thus revealing to Petrovich how valuable she was as a hostage. Still, Petrovich got distracted at a critical moment, and Sable disarmed him by throwing a chai to his armed left hand; Anna then bit Petrovich's right hand with which he was holding her. Spider-Man offered to beat Petrovich up for threatening a small girl, but Sable took care of Petrovich. After humiliatingly defeating Hydra, Silver however refused to show affection to Anna, or to hear her pleas to take her to Symkaria, insisting that Anna was to make the most of the investment Silver was making on her education, at least while Anna was still a minor.[4]
A short time later, Anna surprised Silver Sable by going to the Symkarian Embassy in New York City just as Silver was about to go out for a gallant evening with her lover Jacques Girard; Silver's uncle Mortimer received Anna,[10] but Silver insisted that Anna was too young to go away in New York City by night. Left alone at the embassy and crying on the roof, Anna surprised the international thief Black Fox who was sneaking into Symkaria's embassy to rob it. Anna then showed excellent resourcefulness and athletic skills and managed to keep up with the famous thief, using Silver's chai, a magnesium flare and small balls, along with traps and the Embassy's security system, while everyone else was helpless - the Fox had used a narcotic gas to disable the staff, but Anna had been on the roof at that point. In the end, however, the Black Fox eventually got the better of Anna and left her hanging by her feet in the embassy until Silver Sable returned. Silver, who had had a bad night, decided to leave there like that for a while.[10] Sable still refused to let Anna live in Symkaria.[5]
Years later, Silver sent Anna to a new, still expensive, school, paying for it with her mercenary activities,[7] though, after a revolution in Symkaria, her status had changed and she no longer could count on the Wild Pack. While investigating a string of murders of criminals in New York City, Silver contacted with Anna via a tablet to ask her to look for connections between four victims. As she had found nothing of notice, Anna on her own expanded the search to also include dozens of recently missing and mysteriously-deceased criminals,[6] and found that NYPD's Rafael Scarfe and his units had investigated every one of them, pointing Scarfe as a main suspect. This information helped Silver and her allies arrest Scarfe.[6][11]Attributes
Powers
Abilities
Trivia
- Although Silver is Anna's cousin,[2] Anna calls her "Aunt Silver",[4][6] possibly because Silver is her legal guardian.[2] Recently, however, Silver has started asking Anna to not use that nickname.[6]
- When Silver talked with Anna via a tablet recently, there was an image of a young woman on the screen during their conversation. However, in the previous moments, the screen showed several photographs of people of interest for the investigation, suggesting that Anna was not having a video conference, instead sharing her screen, so the woman on the screen is possibly not Anna.[6]
See Also
- 4 appearance(s) of Anna Sablinova (Earth-616)
- 1 mention(s) of Anna Sablinova (Earth-616)
- 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Anna Sablinova (Earth-616)
- 4 image(s) of Anna Sablinova (Earth-616)
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook #1
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #10 ; Silver Sable's profile
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #25
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #1
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Marvel Atlas #1 ; Symkaria's profile
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Shadowland: Blood on the Streets #3
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Shadowland: Blood on the Streets #1
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #11
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #20
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #19
- ↑ Fear Itself: Fellowship of Fear #1
- ↑ Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #1