Who Is Sublime? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Sublime is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of John Sublime, with over 230 comic issue appearances. An ancient sentient bacterium that possesses and operates through human hosts.

Who is Sublime?

Origin Sublime has been around longer than any other sentient life form native to Earth, and most non-sentient life as well. The sentient bacteria that makes up Sublime gained sentience 3 billion years ago, not long after the formation of the planet but long before any complex life forms developed. Sublime functioned with one mind, it was the first genome, fully evolved and as a result of its bacterial nature it was virtually indestructible. Simple life forms gave way to more complicated life forms, and finally humanity arose to become the dominant species of the planet. This did not bother Sublime, as humans were easily controllable. Sublime could live inside humans, and could be transmitted between humans--controlling their behavior and silently, invisibly dominate and species however it saw fit. The inception and rise of homo superior, or Mutant kind was the first true challenge to Sublime's dominance. Mutants were stronger than humans.

Key facts

Sublime is of infection origin and first appeared in "The Man From Room X". The character is published by Marvel. With 230 recorded issue appearances, Sublime ranks among the most featured characters in comics.