You don't need super powers to be a successful soldier of fortune in the Marvel Universe, so long as you're cunning, have incredible combat skills, and a large helping of tenacity. Of course, the backing of a small European country and a team of highly-trained operatives doesn't hurt, either. Silver Sable, of course, possesses all of those traits, and over the years she's put them to good use. Sable rose to prominence as guest star in a number of Spider-Man comics in the '80s before graduating to her own series in 1992, Silver Sable & the Wild Pack, which ran for 35 issues. Since then, she's appeared in a number of Marvel books, including “Ends of the Earth,” a 2012 Amazing Spider-Man story which saw her die.

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Well, appear to die, at least. While she was gone, Sable took advantage of her "death" to strike back at several of her enemies, a ruse she maintained until recent issues of Amazing Spider-Man where she stepped out of the shadows to help Spidey liberate her homeland of Symkaria from the grip of Norman Osborn and his allies.

This November, Sable's return continues with a vengeance with the release of the Marvel Legacy one-shot, Silver Sable & the Wild Pack #36, by novelist Christa Faust and artist Paulo Siqueria. The issue not only continues the numbering of her previous series, it sends Sable on a deadly mission that will test her and her team's mettle.

CBR: Christa, best known for your work as a prose novelist, though you recently broke into the world of comics with Peepland, a miniseries you co-wrote with Gary Phillips for Titan's Hardcase Crime imprint. Now you're sort of getting your feet wet in the Marvel Universe with Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #36. What's that been like?

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Christa Faust: Even though this is only my second comic project, I've been writing tie-ins and novelizations for over a decade. I've written for a wide variety of film and television properties including Supernatural, Fringe, Nightmare on Elm Street and everybody's favorite, Snakes on a Plane. I love being invited to play in established universes. It can be a challenge to find fresh and interesting ways to present preexisting characters while still staying true to the established cannon, but it's the kind of challenge I really enjoy.

And, yeah, of course writing comics is very different than prose. It's distilled and ultra lean and far more visual than internal. It's also a collaborative process and requires more of a team mindset than pecking away on a novel all by yourself in your writer-cave. Mostly I'm just working hard and trying to keep my eyes and ears open when I'm around people with more comic experience than I have so far. I'm lucky to have a lot of friends in the comic business who are willing to let a newbie like me pick their brains. I've been working with a great team at Marvel. Ultimately, I guess it will be up to the readers to judge whether or not I've made my bones, but in the meantime, I'm just trying to have fun with it.

What's your sense of Silver Sable? Which aspects of her character were you especially interested in exploring?

Silver Sable is the perfect character for me to dip my toes into the Marvel universe. While I've done work in other genres, I'm primarily a hardboiled crime writer. I'm particularly attracted to gritty, complex stories in which the line between good and evil isn't always so clear. Silver Sable is nobody's hero, but she's not an evil villainess either. She has no superhuman powers, she's just an extraordinarily tough woman trying to make her own way through a treacherous and violent world. She's morally flexible when she needs to be, but still has a heart. And hey, I love a bad ass chick with silver hair, because my hair started going silver at a young age too. I've finally stopped dyeing it dark, and from now on I'm going to tell people I'm not getting older, I'm just cosplaying Silver Sable!

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Silver Sable's Mission, and The One-Shot's Cover Homage to Jim Steranko

What can you tell us about the adventure Sable becomes embroiled in during your story? What kind of threat is she up against?

I had originally pitched it as my take on Die Hard, but with a female lead. I don't want to give away too much, but she'll be going through a physically and mentally grueling ordeal that will require every drop of stamina and ingenuity she can muster. As for the threat, I'll just say that she'll be facing down a unique, all female terrorist group.

Will Sable's Wild Pack have a significant role to play? Or will the spotlight be more on her?

Because it's a one-shot, the focus will be primarily on her. However I do plan to include a fun cameo or two.

Which artist will you be collaborating with on Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #36?

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EXCLUSIVE: Silver Sable & the Wild Pack's Jim Steranko cover homage by Mahmud Asrar

Devin Lewis (Editor): Christa will be working with Paulo Siqueira on this issue! He’s been working with the Spider-Office for a couple of months now on Venom 154, and I couldn’t be more excited for him to transition to this Silver Sable adventure. Paulo’s a top-notch illustrator, and few people can draw the Marvel Universe with such detail, beauty, and awesome super hero action as him.

How would you describe the overall tone and feel of your story?

It'll be a gritty, grungy, two-fisted tale that isn't afraid to get a little tarnish on that silver. I'm having a blast with this project and I hope that the fans enjoy reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it.

Finally, Silver Sable & the Wild Pack #36 is just a one-shot issue, but if the book resonates with fans would you be interested in returning for more stories with the character? Are there any other Marvel characters that you find especially interesting and would be up for exploring?

I would absolutely love to continue on with this character if given the chance. She and the Wild Pack certainly have a lot of potential for future adventures. As far as other characters I'd like to write, part of the fun of playing in someone else's universe is being forced to stretch out of your comfort zone and tackle any and every type of character that comes your way. That being said, I'm a big Film Noir fan and love mid-century pulp novels, so I wouldn't mind taking a crack at Peggy Carter.

SILVER SABLE AND THE WILD PACK #36

  • CHRISTA FAUST (W) • PAULO SIQUEIRA (A)
  • SILVER AND BOLD Part 1 (OF 1)
  • After faking her own death, SILVER SABLE is back in the mercenary game, and this time she REALLY might not survive! In the wake of Norman Osborn’s control of the Symkarian government, one of Sable’s operations goes south, and she finds herself and a small group of hostages trapped in the clutches of a dangerous group of terrorists! With no equipment and no back up Sable has to make sure that she and the innocents trapped with her find their way out alive. Piece of cake.