San
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Inhumans #1 (2003)
Created by	Sean McKeever Matt Clark
In-story information
Team affiliations	Inhumans
Abilities	Sculpted objects out of organic clay.

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San is a fictional character, a superhero in Marvel Comics' universe . He is a member of the Inhumans and is an old friend of Alaris. He was also part of the delegation sent to Earth, which allowed him to attend human school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. There he dated a human girl named Stacey.

Character Biography[link]

As an Inhuman, San grew up on Attilan, their home world on the moon. He believed that when he stepped into the gas, it would decide he should be a member of the Royal Guard, as his father and grandfather were (this belief was discouraged, as children usually did not try to decide on a career choice ahead of time, to save themselves disappointment). When he emerged from the gas however, he changed into a smaller, yellow-skinned creature who would be an artist. His disappointment was made greater when his friend, Alaris, turned into a member of the Royal Guard. As an artist, San could make beautiful sculptures. When Medusa decided to attempt to integrate the Inhumans back into Earth society, she handpicked several to spend at least a year there, including San and Alaris. On Earth, San faced discrimination for the way he looked. He got a job shelving books in a library and dated a girl named Stacey, deciding eventually that he wished to stay on Earth with her.

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Look up SAN, San, san, or -san in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

San or SAN may refer to:

• Senior Advocate of Nigeria, rank that may be conferred on legal practitioners in Nigeria
• Sinoatrial node, pacemaking tissue in the right atrium of the heart

Places[link]

• San, Mali
• San, Burkina Faso, a town in the Pompoï Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso
• San, Wiang Sa, a subdistrict of Wiang Sa District, Nan, Thailand
• San (river), a river in south-eastern Poland and western Ukraine, (the Celtic word (san) means river)
• IATA airport code SAN: San Diego International Airport, California
• Sydney Adventist Hospital in Australia, due to the original name "Sydney Sanitarium"
• Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, U.S., nicknamed The San by its guests

People[link]

• The indigenous people of southern Africa, also referred to as Bushmen, Sho, Basarwa, Kung, or Khwe
• San, the artist (Sandra Priest)

Arts[link]

• San (band), Yugoslav rock band
• San (album) by Japanese band High and Mighty Color
• San (comics), a character of the Marvel Universe
• San is the original name of Princess Mononoke in the same-titled 1997 animated film
• The Dream (film), originally known as San, a 1966 Yugoslav film
• Umbrella (film), a 2007 Chinese documentary also called San

Technology[link]

Computing[link]

• Storage area network, an architecture to remotely attach computer storage
• System area network, high-performance, connection-oriented network that can link a cluster of computers
• Subject Alternative Name, part of the X.509 standard for a public key certificate that permits it to identify more than one entity or device

Chemistry[link]

• Styrene-acrylonitrile resin, copolymer plastic consisting of styrene and acrylonitrile

Transport[link]

• Sandersville Railroad's reporting mark, a railroad in Georgia, United States
• Société Aeronautique Normande, defunct French aircraft manufacturer
• SAN Ecuador (Servicios Aéreos Nacionales), defunct airline

Publishing industry[link]

• Standard Address Number, a seven-digit number used to identify organizations

Organizations[link]

• South African Navy, the navy of South Africa

Languages[link]

• San (letter), Greek letter between Pi and Qoppa
• -san San (Japanese honorific) used after a person's name, the equivalent of Mr., Mrs. or Miss
• san a Japanese word for "mountain", as in Fuji-san, an alternative name for Mount Fuji (unrelated to the honorific)
• Italian and Spanish masculine word for saint, in geographical names, as in San Francisco
• Korean noun for mountain

See also[link]

• Sans (disambiguation)

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Maximum is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Supermen of America vol. 2 #1 (March 2000), and was created by Fabian Nicieza and Doug Braithwaite.

Fictional character biography[link]

Maxwell Williams was a young African-American high school athlete with a bright future ahead of him, but became a quadripelegic after a tragic accident, and would have remained so without specially designed surgical implants provided by LexCorp. The Lexcorp implants made Maxwell more than human and he used his new powers to fight crime in Suicide Slum under the name of Maximum. After Psilencer's untimely death, Outburst and his inexperienced teammates in the Supermen of America were deeply shaken and reconsidered their vocation. It was around this time that the team met and recruited Max. Unlike the rest of the Supermen, Maximum's identity was public record.[1]

A disgruntled Lexcorp employee discovered that S.T.A.R. Labs had hidden a capsule inside a special holding chamber called Lockdown 6 in the waters near Metropolis. Luthor successfully deployed Pyrogen to retrieve the capsule from Lockdown 6, but he encountered the Deep Six and was rebuffed. Darkseid, lord of Apokolips, also wanted the contents of Lockdown 6 and had sent the Deep Six to retrieve them. In the Vega system, the Warlords of Okaara sensed the danger presented by the capsule, and took preventative measures.[2]

The Okaarans overpowered Earth's defensive forces and White Lotus desperately rushed to negotiate a peace settlement before they "cleansed' the planet. While White Lotus was negotiating with the Okaarans in order to save Earth from worse attacks, the chamber was opened and the Unimaginable was unleashed. The Unimaginable's energy form possessed Maximum and he temporarily gained the powers of a god. With these powers, Max decides to transform Metropolis into the paradise he believes it should be, even if it means fighting his own team to do so. The hero known as Loser uses his null field to slow Max down until they can talk him down. Max's parents eventually convinced him to relinquish the power, which he dispersed safely.[3]

Powers and abilities[link]

• Maximum's powers closely resembled those of Ultra Boy from the Legion of Superheroes. Max's powers come directly from the Lexcorp implant, he can use the implant to channel all his body's energies in order to maximize his strength, physical speed, reflexes, or his senses up to superhuman levels.
• He can only maximize one ability at a time.

External links[link]

• Great Krypton: Supermen of America (Vol. 2) #1
• Cosmic Teams Entry