MR. ALBASINI

Real Name: Albasini (first name unrevealed)

Identity/Class: Human;
   citizen of an unidentified Northern African nation

Occupation: Terrorist

Group Membership: Sword of Glory

Affiliations: Silver Wolf's mercenary organization (Silver Wolf/Andreas Vadas, Berecz, Joannes Boros, Jaworski, Artur Sobczak)

Enemies: Wild Pack (Silver Sable/Silver Sablinova, others), Kirk Applewood, Senator Les Rickenbauer, Cardinal Boyle, Tabansi Mugabe, Alexei Zhubilov, Prime Minister Koizumi, Jasper Angevine, Dominic Fortune, Governor Pataki

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile worldwide, but mostly Northern Africa

First Appearance: Sable & Fortune#1 (March, 2006)

Powers/Abilities: None. Albasini knew how to use fire-weapons.

Height: Unrevealed (6'; by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed (180 lbs.; by approximation)
Eyes: Brown (presumably)
Hair: Bald (black moustache)

History:
(Sable & Fortune#3 (fb) - BTS) - Albasini was the leader of the Sword of Glory, a group of terrorists and fanatics.

   In the past, the Sword of Glory was occasionally opposed by the Wild Pack.

(Sable & Fortune#4 (fb) - BTS) - The Sword of Glory had illegal business with a small crew at Smith-Locke Aerospace in Biloxy, Mississippi. The men of the company illegally sold weapons to the terrorists.

    Smith-Locke vice president Kirk Applewood found out something about the illegal activity and started an internal investigation, strictly helped by Sam Kurokawa, a P.R. specialist. Applewood's investigation made him an enemy of the terrorists. He had to be eliminated.

   Albasini was contacted by Andreas Vadas. Vadas was second-in-command of the Wild Pack, but was a traitor that followed his own agenda. Vadas proposed to Albasini a serum that transformed innocent people into unwitting assassins. As a bonus to his ally, Vadas dispatched some Wild Pack soldiers to choose some subjects, very close to the targets hated by the Sword of Glory. Berecz succeeded in contacting Sam Kurokawa, in injecting her the serum and in programming her with the triggering phrase that transformed her into a sleeper assassin.

   Meanwhile, Tony Stark suspected that something fishy was going on at Smith-Locke Aerospace, a competitor company of his. Stark hired an industrial spy, "Bad" Sebastian, to gather information. Sebastian discovered what the crew did for the Sword of Glory. During the investigation, Sebastian gathered pictures and videos. In one of these he also found evidence that a former member of the Wild Pack had been in contact with Sam Kurokawa, a Smith-Locke employee.

(Sable & Fortune#1) - Vadas set up a demonstration for Albasini. He had a boy named Jasper Angevine kidnapped and programmed by the serum. Then Vadas lured Silver Sable to free the boy from some Wild Pack traitors. When Silver Sable spelled out the triggering phrase, Angevine shot at Silver Sable. Albasini and Vadas watched the scene thanks to a video-camera that transmitted to Vadas' base.

(Sable & Fortune#2) - Angevine's shot wounded Dominic Fortune instead, but the demonstration was clear enough for Albasini, who accepted the deal.

(Sable & Fortune#3) - Some days later, Albasini, Vadas and their men met at Castle Doom in Upstate New York. Albasini transferred the money to Vadas' account and Vadas gave him the formula and as a bonus an executable software. The software would send the activation orders to the Wild Pack soldiers that could trigger the sleeper assassins. However, Angevine hacked the criminals' computers while Sable & Fortune fought the terrorists and mercenaries. The Wild Pack's rogue operatives and three terrorists were killed. Albasini succeeded in seizing Angevine's laptop, but before he could send the execution order he was shot in the head by Silver Sable. Vadas fled.

    News reporters filmed Dominic Fortune while he was transporting Angevine to a safer location and he was credited as the man that foiled a terrorist arms deal. Governor Pataki called him a hero.

(Sable & Fortune#4 (fb) - BTS) - Angevine sent an abort order to the rogue Wild pack agents. One of Vadas' agents, Berecz, misread the abort order, and activated the sleeper Sam Kurokawa. Sam killed her boss Kirk Applewood.

Comments: Created by Brendan Cahill and John Burns.

The most hated targets of the Sword of Glory, each one with a sleeper near him, were:

• Kirk Applewood (USA);
• Cardinal Boyle (Vatican City);
• Prime Minister Koizumi (Japan);
• Tabansi Mugabe (Northern africa);
• Senator Les Rickenbauer (USA);
• Alexei Zhubilov (Russia).
  

Profile by Spidermay.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Albasini has no known connections to

• any other character with a similar name.

The Sword of Glory has no known connections to:

• S.W.O.R.D., allies of SHIELD, handle all extraterrestrial matters, @ Astonishing X-Men III#6
• Sword of Damocles, Damocles foundation field agents, @ X-Force I#83
• Sword of Judgment, led by modern day terrorist Agamemnon, @ Marvel Two-In-One I#10
• Swords of the New Dawn, Martin Rheinhardt, white supremacist group, plotted death of Abraham Lincoln Brown, @ Mighty World of Marvel II#7/3
• Desert Sword, Freedom Force foes, @ New Mutants Annual I#7
• any other "sword" or "glory" group or character with a similar name.

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Sable & Fortune#1, p23, pan1 (main image)
Sable & Fortune#3, p10, pan1 (head shot)