Tsar Sultan (Earth-616)

Insect
Name	Tsar Sultan
Current Alias	Insect
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	S-Men
Relatives	Parents: Unnamed father; Unnamed mother Siblings: Unnamed sisters Spouses: Unnamed wife (deceased) Children: Unnamed son
Marital Status	Widowed
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Eyeballs: Yellow (insect form) Irises: Black
Hair	Brown (human form), No Hair At All (insect form)
Skin	Green (insect form)
Unusual Features	Can change into an insectoid-type human.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human who accepted a curse to transform into form of of an insect
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Russian
Occupation	Terrorist
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Rick Remender, John Cassaday
First	Uncanny Avengers #1 (October, 2012)
First	Uncanny Avengers #1 (October, 2012)
Death	Uncanny Avengers #25 (October, 2014)
Death	Uncanny Avengers #25 (October, 2014)

 Killing the few to save the lives of many. 

—The Insect

History

Origin

According to him, he was born in Russia, his missionary father moved him, his mother, and sisters to the new mutant nation of Genosha to help build it. Tsar Sultan left to study abroad and was not there when it was eliminated by Cassandra Nova's Wild Sentinels.

He later accepted a curse to be able to transform into a fire-resistant insect form after he lost his wife to an arson perpetrated by a mutant.

S-Man

The Insect was a member Red Skull's S-Men. He, along the rest of the S-Men, removed Professor X's body from his mausoleum in order to allow the Red Skull to take part of his brain and give himself telepathic powers, taking Rogue and Scarlet Witch prisoner in the process.

The Insect stabbing a newly powered mutant.

When the Red Skull caused the panic among the population and sent a mind-controlled lynch mob to hunt and kill all mutants, Tsar fought against Wolverine before being knocked out by Scarlet Witch. He escaped along with the other S-Men and the Red Skull after the tide of the battle was turned in the favor of the Avengers Unity Division.

He met with Jet Black and tried to recruit her to the S-Men, telling her some of his history.

Insect was killed by Magneto, who had tracked down the Skull's activities after the villain turned Genosha into a mutant concentration camp.

Attributes

Powers

Insectoid form: Through a "curse" Tsar is able to transform, at the cost of excruciating pain, into an insectoid creature. This form has several benefits, however, he has increased agility and strength, and is resistant to small caliber bullets and blades. Most dangerous of all, however, is his venom which he can deliver when he cuts and pierces his opponents with the large sting he has in each hand. This "Cassandra Toxin", has a potent psychological effect and causes lethal paranoia on the victims, who are torn away from reality and exposed to visions of their most dreaded possible future.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Fashionable uniforms

Notes

The two back stories he has been given seem to be inconsistent so far it is unknown if this will be addressed at a later date.

See Also

• 8 appearance(s) of Tsar Sultan (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Tsar Sultan (Earth-616)
• 9 image(s) of Tsar Sultan (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Tsar Sultan (Earth-616)