Cube (comics)

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Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Boy vol. 2 #6
Created by	Grant Morrison J.G. Jones
In story information
Type	Prison

The Cube is a fictional prison appearing in books published by Marvel Comics.

History

The Cube was built as a prison for irradiated supervillains. The location the Cube is unknown as only high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents know of its existence. Its "villain rehabilitation program" brainwashes the inmates to serve S.H.I.E.L.D.^[1] Noh-Varr was seen as an inmate there when visited by the Illuminati when they demonstrated the Kree connection to the Inhumans and their desire to protect Earth and attempted to convince Noh-Varr to use his powers to protect the Earth and guide humans to better themselves.^[2]

During the "Civil War" storyline, the unnamed Warden mind-controls Noh-Varr to capture the Young Avengers and the Runaways and bring them to the Cube.^[3] When the Warden feels the mission has successfully completed, he orders Noh-Varr's retrieval. As the Young Avengers and the Runaways assault the Cube, he engages them in battle.^[4] After a brief fight, Noh-Varr is defeated and Vision II reverses the Cube's mental control over him. He is seen taking control of the Cube, declaring it to be the capital city of the new Kree Empire.^[5]

During the "Secret Invasion" storyline, the Cube is hit by a Skrull-engineered virus that deactivates the Cube. Noh-Varr then decided that it was "time to go".^[6]

During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Norman Osborn takes over the Cube and uses it as a base for his Thunderbolts team.^[7]

Staff members

• Unnamed Warden - The first Warden of the Cube. He was overthrown by Noh-Varr.
• Noh-Varr

Known inmates

• Noh-Varr
• Doctor Midas
• Exterminatrix

In other media

Television

• The Cube appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. This version is depicted as a prison where gamma-powered supervillains are held. Known inmates include Bi-Beast, the U-Foes (Vapor, Ironclad, X-Ray, Vector), Madman, Abomination, Leader, the Wrecking Crew (Wrecker, Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball), Zzzax, and Radioactive Man. In "Hulk Verses the World" Bruce Banner encounters Absorbing Man in a cafe where it was mentioned that Absorbing Man had escaped from the Cube, and that Banner is afraid the Cube is being used to turn the villains into weapons. Bruce Banner later ends up in the Cube after Hulk was defeated by Black Widow as well as Absorbing Man being returned to the Cube as well. When Hawkeye interrogates Bruce as to why the Hulk saved the airship containing his crew instead of fleeing, Bruce also mentions that the Cube is storing the DNA samples of the gamma-powered inmates in order to make an army of Hulks. Black Widow later steals the vial containing Hulk's DNA from the Cube and plans to give it to HYDRA. In "The Breakout," the Cube is one of the four major supervillain prisons mentioned in the first episode of the series as a successful mass breakout is staged along with the other three prisons releasing the prisoners from all four prisons. After Hulk retreats with Doc Samson, Leader takes over the Cube. In "Panther's Quest," a Hulkbuster unit tries to reclaim the Cube only to be fended off by Abomination and a force-field to cover the Cube. In "Gamma World" Pt. 1, the Avengers and Doc Samson had to wear special suits in order to get through the gamma dome that turns anyone exposed to it into Gamma Monsters in order to get into the Cube. They had to fight their way past the Zzzax, the U-Foes, and the Wrecking Crew in order to destroy the Gamma Dome's generator. This was a success, but Leader had another one in Las Vegas.

References

1. ^ Marvel Boy vol. 2 #6
2. ^ New Avengers: Illuminati vol. 2 #4
3. ^ Civil War: Young Avengers and Runaways #2
4. ^ Civil War: Young Avengers and Runaways #3
5. ^ Civil War: Young Avengers and Runaways #4
6. ^ Secret Invasion #1
7. ^ Thunderbolts #134

External links

• Cube at Marvel Wiki