Network (comics)

Network is the name of three unrelated fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe. One is a teleporting villain, the others are both superheroines with the power to communicate with and/or manipulate machines.

Network (Hellbent)

A teleporting member of the group of Moon Knight foes known as the Hellbent.

Network (Sarah Vale)

Network
Network (Sarah Vale).
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New X-Men: Academy X #12 (2005)
Created by	Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir
In-story information
Alter ego	Sarah Vale
Species	Depowered Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Alpha Squadron training squad Xavier Institute
Abilities	Technopathy

Network (Sarah Vale^[1]) is a fictional character, a mutant who appears in the Marvel Comics series New X-Men: Academy X as a student at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. She is the sister of fellow student Preview.

Fictional character biography

Not much is known about the mutant known as Network. She is voted most likely to be a millionaire after graduation.^[1] She is one of the many mutants who lose their powers on M-Day, and she is killed on the bus of depowered former Xavier Institute students that is destroyed by agents of William Stryker.^[2]

Powers and abilities

Before she was depowered, Sarah possessed technopathy/cyberpathy: she could mentally communicate with and control all forms of electronic machinery, letting her access computer files and manipulate programming to suit her needs. The extent of her powers was unrevealed.^[1]

Network (Valerie Martin)

Network
Network in Civil War: Front Line #4 Art by Ramon Bachs.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Civil War: Front Line
Created by	Paul Jenkins Ramon Bachs
In-story information
Alter ego	Valerie Martin
Abilities	Cybernetic body armor grants: Ability to search across the Internet

Network (Valerie Martin) is a fictional superheroine from the Marvel Comics universe. She first appeared in Civil War: Front Line. and was created by Paul Jenkins and Ramon Bachs

Fictional character biography

During the Civil War event, a third character using the name Network was among the anti-Registration Act faction of heroes, and became involved with a group of like-minded heroes. She tried to use her powers to locate Captain America and his Secret Avengers to join them, but didn't have enough time as she and the other members of the gang were apprehended by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Network has been identified as one of the 142 registered superheroes who are part of the 50-State Initiative.^{[3] [4]}

Other characters

• Wayne Tucker of the New Universe was referred to by the code-name "Network" in a file in Psi-Force Annual #1, but never adopted the name for himself.

Other media

Television

• The Sarah Vale version of Network appears in the Wolverine and the X-Men episode "X-Calibre" voiced by Grey DeLisle.^[5] She is shown on a ship to Genosha which is raided by Spiral and the Reavers. She helps in keeping the ship from sinking by communicating with the ship.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook Special #1 (2005)
2. ^ New X-Men, vol. 2 #23 (2006)
3. ^ Avengers: The Initiative #1
4. ^ Avengers: The Initiative #1 Character Map
5. ^ Wolverine e os X-Men (Wolverine and the X-Men)

External links

• Network at Marvel Appendix