W'Kabi is afictional character appearing inMarvel Comics. The character, created byRoy Thomas, first appeared inAvengers #62. He is aWakandan andT'Challa's loyal second-in-command.[1] He andZuri are killed byMorlun while attempting to protect T'Challa, and are buried next to each other.[2]
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Dorothy Walker is a fictional character inMarvel Comics. She was created by Stuart Little andRuth Atkinson and first appeared inMiss America Magazine #2 (November 1944). She was reintroduced inThe Defenders #89 (November 1980) byDavid Michelinie andMike Harris as a radical departure from her conception.
Dorothy Walker is introduced asBetty Walker, the doting mother ofPatsy Walker. This existence is revealed to have been a comic book written by Dorothy and loosely inspired by the teenage Patsy's life. Because of this Patsy was cared for by their housekeeper Dolly Donahue. While Dorothy bathes in the success of her comic, Patsy loathes it and their relationship is heavily strained.[6] When she divorces her husband, Joshua, she gets custody of Patsy and her brother Mickey due to her wealth.[7]
Dorothy does not approve of Patsy's marriage toBuzz Baxter and when the two end up divorcing, Dorothy loses contact with her daughter.[8] Years later, Dorothy is stricken with cancer and dies before she is able to see Patsy again.[9] Patsy realizes that despite her mother's sometimes cold attitude towards her, she was doing everything she could to forgive her.[10] Unbeknownst to her, Dorothy attempted to make a deal with the demonAvarrish. In exchange for Patsy's soul, Dorothy would be restored to life without cancer. However, Avarrish fails and Dorothy remains dead.[11]
Dorothy Walker appears inJessica Jones, portrayed byRebecca De Mornay. This version is a talent agent and has a much more abusive relationship with her daughter.
TheWalking Stiletto is arobotsupervillain created byStan Lee,John Romita, Sr., andSal Buscema, first appeared inCaptain America #114 (June 1969). Within the context of the stories, the Walking Stiletto is a creation and agent ofAIM. WhenSharon Carter attacks a group of AIM leaders, they release the Stiletto to attack her, but she is saved byCaptain America andRick Jones, who destroy the robot.[12] Many years later, the Walking Stiletto is among the robotic collection of theReanimator, who unleashes it onWolverine andNova. Wolverine eviscerates the Walking Stiletto, rendering it inoperative.[13]
During the "Iron Man 2020" event, Walking Stiletto joins theA.I. Army.[14]
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New Mutants, vol. 2 #2 (August 2003) |
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| Alter ego | Laurie Collins |
| Species | Human Mutant |
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| Abilities | Pheromone manipulation |
Wallflower (Laurie Collins) is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. She is a member of the student body of theXavier Institute and a member of theNew Mutants. After the events ofM-Day transpired, she was one of a handful of mutants to keep her powers. She first appeared inNew Mutants (vol. 2) #2 (June 2003) and was killed inNew X-Men (vol. 2) #25 (June 2006). The character was revived during theKrakoan Age.[15]
Laurie is a second-generation mutant. She receives her power from her father, Sean Garrison, who used his ability to manipulate people and get money, fame, and women. Laurie's mother Gail was one of these women. After becoming pregnant with his child, Gail became immune to his power and broke up with him, deciding to raise Laurie alone. Laurie grows up a loner. While on vacation, her powers manifest, causing every boy on the beach to become attracted to her. After she becomes popular, her mother realizes what is going on, and tells Laurie that using her power on people is wrong. As she has no control over it and unwillingly causes people to mirror her own emotions, Laurie gets scared and becomes even more withdrawn than before.[16]
After theXavier Institute becomes public, Laura is sent there by her mother, and moves to Salem Center to stay near her, so that she could have one person whose reactions she could trust. Although she insists that Laurie live at the school, so that she could make friends, Laurie remains a loner and goes through several roommates in quick succession.[16] EventuallySofia Mantega is paired with Laurie and, with her power to blow pheromones away, Laurie no longer has to worry about accidentally manipulating her roommate.[17] Under pressure from Sofia, she also begins developing acquaintances withDavid Alleyne andKevin Ford. On a visit to meet Sofia's former butler, they are attacked by theReavers, and Laurie is stabbed through the heart.[18] She is saved byJosh Foley, who uses his power to heal her.[19] Laurie develops an crush on Josh, but before she can pursue it, he falls head-over-heels forRahne Sinclair.[20] Laurie remains smitten with Josh, and the sight of him in danger gives her the emotional fortitude to take control of her powers.[21]
After the mansion is destroyed and rebuilt, she is placed on theNew Mutants squad with Josh, Sofia, David, Surge and Kevin and given the codename Wallflower.[22] When Rahne breaks up with Josh, saying that a relationship with him is inappropriate since she is on the faculty, he begins dating Laurie to make Rahne jealous.[23] Eventually Rahne, feeling it would be healthier for Josh to be with Laurie after she sees the two returning from a date, breaks off her relationship with Josh for good. Kevin spies on their conversation and uses the information to break Josh and Laurie up. Laurie is left embittered by the experience, going so far as to use her pheromones to manipulateProdigy into kissing her at the dance in a successful attempt to make Josh jealous. Sofia realizes what is happening, and the event adds to the fast disintegration of the squad.[24]
Thereafter, Sofia pushes all the New Mutants into a camp out for one night on the Xavier Institute grounds. While the initial attempts by Sofia at forcing a resolution come to disaster, a fist-fight between Josh and David leads Laurie to confess to Josh what had happened at the dance. Later she - along with the other New Mutants - overhear him pouring his heart out toIcarus, leading her to forgive him enough to be friends.[25][volume & issue needed] After the events ofHouse of M, where almost the entire mutant population lost their powers, Laurie was one of the few who retained the mutant gene. Panic spread throughout school in the aftermath of theDecimation and, assuming he'd lost his powers too, Kevin reaches out to Laurie, withering away her arm.[26] Shortly after this, Laurie is shot and killed by a sniper working forWilliam Stryker.[27] Years later, she is resurrected during theKrakoan Age.[28]
Morris Walters is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
Morris Walters is the father ofJennifer Walters / She-Hulk and the husband ofElaine Walters.[29]
Julia Gao is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created byCody Ziglar and Federico Vicentini, first appeared inMiles Morales: Spider-Man vol. 2 #1 (December 2022) as an officer of theNYPD and inDeadpool vol. 9 #12 (March 2025) asWar-Cry.
When working as a police officer, Julia Gao's partner gets killed trying to interrupt a fight betweenVenom andCarnage, causing her to despise superheroes, vigilantes and supervillains.[31] To enforceWilson Fisk's Anti-Vigilante Act, Gao is the leader of theCape-Killers task force and recruited theScorpion,Taskmaster,Electro, Hightail and Gust in exchange for clemency while antagonizing Spider-Man as well asMisty Knight,Colleen Wing,She-Hulk and theProwler.[32][33][34][35]
AfterLuke Cage repealed the Anti-Vigilante Act, Julia seeks out an alliance in thwarting New York's superhuman activities so she equips herself and the Cape-Killers with upgraded suits provided byRabble to ambush Spider-Man who fights Julia's Cape-Killers off with assistance from theRhino, Prowler,Ms. Marvel,Shift andStarling before her so-called ally's technopathy takes control until being defeated by Spider-Man to which the Cape-Killers are disbanded and Julia slips away.[36]
Now a fugitive, she's enhanced as an avatar ofAres in order to sadistically antagonize Spider-Man andDeadpool.[37][38]
War Dog is a name used by several different dogs inMarvel Comics that have bonded withsymbiotes. The character was created byDan Slott, Paulo Siqueira and Ronan Cliquet, and first appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man #654 (April 2011).
Samson is aGerman Shepherd. Samson is General Brad Dodge's pet dog fromWashington, D.C. who temporarily bonded with theVenom symbiote to helpFlash Thompson against theSpider-King.[39]
Another German Shepherd is Mercury Team's dog, trained extensively as a symbiotically enhanced duo with Chief petty officer Marcus Simms asLasher in Doverton, Colorado.[40] Mercury Team's symbiote soldiers are killed byCletus Kasady, but the group's mascot survives and helpsDeadpool defeat Carnage,[41] by bonding with Phage, Lasher,Agony, andRiot[42] before returning to the government.[43]
Mitch isBullet's hunting dog who bonds withPhage to participate in a conspiracy alongside his "siblings", led by theCarnage symbiote involving theFriends of Humanity, only to be defeated by Thompson,Silence andToxin, and taken into Alchemax's custody.[44][45][46][47]
Gemini, a dog loosely inspired by War Dog, appears inVenom (2018).
Warbird is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Warbird is a fictional character inX-Men comic books. She was created byJason Aaron andChris Bachalo, first appearing inWolverine and the X-Men #1 (October 2011). She is a member of theShi'ar Warbirds who comes to Earth as a bodyguard toGladiator's son Kubark (Kid Gladiator) as he attends theJean Grey School for Higher Learning.
She would later go on to join theX-Men inAstonishing X-Men vol. 3 #48 (March 2012). She eventually left to rejoin the Shi'ar Empire, fighting against threats such asAsgardians, and took on her ownSymbiote, Zzzxx.[48][49]
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Senator Stewart Ward is a fictional character inMarvel Comics. The character, created byHoward Mackie andJohn Romita Jr., first appears inPeter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2) #4.
Ward is aC.I.A. agent namedSentry who, with Seeker (Arthur Stacy) and Ranger, infiltratesHYDRA to destroy their alien experiments. Sentry is actually adouble agent and Stacy and Ranger are forced to try and kill him. During the scuffle, Sentry is contaminated with an alien virus, the "Z'Nox", and developsamnesia.[50] Sentry reestablishes himself as Stewart Ward and becomes a successful senator for New York,[51] secretly working to spread the alien virus.[52] Eventually, Spider-Man and Stacy hit him with apathogen that causes him to explode into an antidote, curing the infected.[53]
A character loosely inspired by Stewart Ward namedChristian Ward appears inAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed byTim DeKay as an adult andAlex Neustaedter as a child. This version is thesadistic older brother ofGrant and Thomas Ward and a candidate for theU.S. Senate. In flashbacks depicted in the episode "The Well", Christian tortured his brothers as a boy, which culminated in forcing Grant to torture Thomas. As an adult, Christian entered politics in an attempt to locate and shut downS.H.I.E.L.D. AfterPhil Coulson meets with Christian, offering him Grant in exchange for his support, Christian publicly reveals Grant's ties toHydra. However, Grant escapes, ambushes Christian, and forces him to confess to his childhood wrongdoings before meeting with their parents, killing all three off-screen, and planting audio of the confession to frame their deaths as amurder-suicide.
Raymond Aaron Warren is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created byStan Lee andSteve Ditko, first appeared inAmazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962).
Raymond Warren was a science teacher ofMidtown High School inQueens,New York, and the brother ofMiles Warren / Jackal.[54][55] Raymond had a multi-faceted attitude towardsPeter Parker / Spider-Man, and was in fact the cause of his top student's early adventures against theTinkerer and theLiving Brain.[56][57]
Raymond was murdered by the Jackal for his identity and appearance, but his corpse and identity theft gets exposed by his former student andMiles Morales / Spider-Man.[58][59][60]
| First appearance | X-Men #137 (September1980) |
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| Created by | Chris Claremont andJohn Byrne |
| Species | Two symbiotically linked sentient mechanoids |
| Teams | Imperial Guard |
| Abilities | B'nee: electricity generation C'cil: gigantic, superhuman strength and durability |
| Aliases | B'nee and C'cil |
Warstar is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created byChris Claremont andJohn Byrne, first appeared inX-Men #137 (September 1980).
A warrior serving in the Royal Elite of theShi'arImperial Guard, Warstar is actually two symbiotically linked sentient mechanoids consisting of a small one named B'nee who can generate electricity and a large one named C'cil who is gigantic and immensely strong and durable; B'nee rides on C'cil's back.
Natalie Washington is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created byBrian Michael Bendis and Stefano Caselli, first appeared inInvincible Iron Man vol. 4 #1 (November 2016).
Natalie Washington was the neighbor ofRiri Williams. She came across Natalie when her garage was opened and showed an interest in Riri's work. During a picnic with Riri's family in Marquette Park, a guy driving a car opened fire on some bystanders, with Natalie and Riri's stepfather Gary both being victims.[64]
During the "Iron Man 2020" storyline, Ironheart's armor possesses anA.I. version of Natalie Washington calledN.A.T.A.L.I.E.[65]
Lyric Ross portrays Natalie Washington in theDisney+ miniseriesIronheart (2025).[66] She and Gary Williams were victims of a drive-by shooting at Gary's garage and the mapping out of Riri's brain led to the creation of N.A.T.A.L.I.E.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Force #129 (August 2002) |
| Created by | Peter Milligan Duncan Fegredo |
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| Alter ego | John Lopez |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | Underground Weapon X New Mutants X-Force |
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Washout (John Lopez) is afictional mutant character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character first appeared in a one-page cameo inX-Force #129 (August 2002) before being given a larger role in the 2002–2003Weapon X series.
John Lopez was a chronic bed-wetter as a child, until he discovered that he had the mutant ability to generate a spurt of water from his body on touch. Having no friends and no family, John wanted to try his luck at anaudition to join the new media-savvyX-Force team. Taking on thecodenameWashout, John competed in a contest but was not recruited.[67] Soon after, John was approached byMalcolm Colcord to join theWeapon X project.[68] Accepting the offer, Washout underwent a process that enhanced his mutant ability to the point where Washout had the ability to transform his body into water, project high pressure jets of water from his arms, shape the water into any form, and even manipulate or siphon off the water within another person's body. However, the process had a severeside effect in that Washout's powers now gradually began todehydrate him.[69] The more frequently he used them, the closer he would come to killing himself. His body was slowing cracking apart. Washout found out about these side effects and joined fellow Weapon X agentBrent Jackson in a conspiracy against the Director. They later started to work withSoldier X's Underground movement.[70]
Washout helped the Underground infiltrate the Weapon X compound by temporarily shutting down the power. At the same time, he attacked and attempted to kill the Director. He caused the water within the Director's body to boil, but the side effects from his powers caused Washout to die before he could finish off the Director.[71] Washout's remains were taken byMister Sinister.[71]
Washout appears in theWolverine and the X-Men episode "Greetings from Genosha".
Wasp is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Waspbunny is an anthropomorphic rabbit and animal version of Wasp.
Mary Jane Waterbuffalo is an anthropomorphicwater buffalo version ofMary Jane Watson.
Mary Crane Watsow is an anthropomorphiccrane version ofMary Jane Watson.
Wave (Pearl Pangan) is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. She was created by writerGreg Pak and artistLeinil Francis Yu as a water-basedCebuano superhero protecting thePhilippines.[72]
Wave made her debut in the limited seriesWar of the Realms, New Agents of Atlas in May 2019 and reprised her role as a member in the follow-on limited seriesAgents of Atlas (vol. 3). She also appeared in the seriesAero teaming up with the title character.[73][74]
Pearl Pangan is a native ofCebu City and had a natural affinity for the water since she was a child. She is recruited for her swimming strength to conduct experiments with a company called Alontek. WhenTriumph Division raids the site and shuts down the experiments, she discovers she is capable of hydrokinesis (ability to control water).[73] Triumph Division recruits her to protect the Philippines, but later fires her for abandoning her post in theWar of the Realms.[75] During the War of the Realms, Wave and the Agents of Atlas battle Sindr, the daughter ofSurtur, to prevent her from melting the polar ice caps and turning Asia into New Muspelheim.[76]
Dr. Katherine "Kate" Waynesboro was created byBill Mantlo andSal Buscema, and has been primarily a supporting character of theHulk. She first appeared inThe Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #287.
Bruce Banner hires Waynesboro as a laboratory assistant during a period of time when Banner's rational persona controls the Hulk, and eventually enters into a romantic relationship with him. During a battle with theAbomination, Banner discovers that Waynesboro is also an agent ofS.H.I.E.L.D., sent as a "minder" to ensure that Banner did not lose control of the Hulk again, which called her actions, including their romance, into question.[80]
The Abomination then kidnaps Waynesboro and offers her as a hostage to a faction ofA.I.M. that had recently taken overMODOK's base, where she is subjected to the same process that had created MODOK, dubbing her "Ms. MODOK". MODOK states his intention to take her as a consort, to which she assents. When the Hulk objects, MODOK attacks him and atomizes the Abomination as a demonstration of power. Aghast at MODOK's casual murder, Ms. MODOK turns against him, and MODOK forces her back into the transformation chamber, restoring her to her original state.[81]
Waynesboro quits S.H.I.E.L.D. to continue her personal and professional relationship with Banner, but after his return from the so-called "Secret Wars", it is apparent that Banner is losing control of the Hulk just as S.H.I.E.L.D. feared. Waynesboro returns to S.H.I.E.L.D. to help capture the Hulk,[82] but ultimately leaves, unable to bear witnessing Banner's failing struggle to regain dominance.[83]
Waynseboro is later seen receiving information regarding the Warbound members from their former teammateMiek to find their biggest weaknesses.[84] Three weeks later she is sent to aid fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in capturing the Warbound, but the group kidnap her to help one of their wounded members. She is caught in a plot by theLeader to irradiate the world with gamma rays, working with the Warbound to stop the threat. She gains Warbound memberHiroim's Oldstrong powers when he is killed in battle. She meets withNorman Osborn to get the Warbound pardoned for their crimes duringWorld War Hulk, only to find out that he already has, being "a big believer in the concept of redemption".[85][86]
H.A.M.M.E.R. captures Waynesboro to extract the Oldpower for their own use, but Banner andSkaar assault the facility and rescue her.[87]
Web-Man is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
On Earth-57780, Web-Man is the evil clone of a Spider-Man with inverted colors created byDoctor Doom's Twin Machine.[88]
Web-Man appears inSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. He was among the many Spider-Totems that chased afterMiles Morales.
James Wesley is a minor character inMarvel Comics. The character, created byFrank Miller andDavid Mazzucchelli, first appeared inDaredevil #227 (February 1986). He is a faithful assistant of theKingpin (Wilson Fisk).
He is ordered by the Kingpin to locateNuke for the sole purpose of destroyingHell's Kitchen.[89] AfterDaredevil saves Hell's Kitchen, Wesley fears that said events would connect the Kingpin to the authorities.[90]
Wesley later comes back under his employer when tasked with handling reporter Sarah Dewey's affairs, and is also revealed to double as a criminal lawyer for anyone under his boss's payroll.[91]
Charles Weiderman is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character has appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man #515 and created byJ. Michael Straczynski,Mike Deodato Jr. andMark Brooks
As a student atMidtown High School, Charlie was bullied by a group of students led by a teen named Rich, a football player on the school team.
Later, he tried to pull a knife on his tormentors only for the coach to catch him. Peter covered it up by stating that the knife belonged to hisUncle Ben (Ben would later support Peter for defusing a potentially violent situation). When Charlie slashed his tormentors' tires, he fled to the Parker house for protection. Charlie declared innocence and was backed up by Peter's Uncle Ben. After the bullies left, Ben asked Charlie if he actually slashed their tires. When Charlie was afraid to tell the truth, Ben Parker told him never to see Peter again and stated he would've respected Charlie if he admitted to the action.[92]
When Charlie encountered Sheila, a Midtown High cheerleader and girlfriend of Rich and was introduced to her, Rich humiliated Charlie again by ripping off his shorts.[93]
Charlie's dad got a new job in a different town. Peter appeared to see Charlie off reassuring that things will be different at the school that he will go to.[94]
As an adult, Charlie still searched for vindication. His father died and left him enough money to help fund the creation of a porous polymer compound that could completely cover a soldier and protect him from harm. Charlie eventually realized that his "skinsuit" would have to be composed of the energy-absorbing metalvibranium to protect the wearer from any impacts. Charlie talked Peter into a letter of recommendation that swayed industrialistTony Stark, aware of Spider-Man's true identity and lead to believe that Peter was an active partner on the project, into authorizing a large grant. When Peter saw Charlie's hasty shortcuts involving the volatile vibranium however, he wanted to pull the plug on the project. Frantic, Charlie rushed the procedure and only moments too late realized Peter had been right; the vibranium blew up, encasing him in a skinsuit that bestowed the metal's properties on him.[95]
Attempting to duck responsibility, maddened by the chemicals in his suit and by Peter's insistence that he turn himself in, Charlie went on a rampage, locating and killing the now married Rich and Sheila, fighting Spider-Man, and, believing that Peter had betrayed him to Spider-Man, planned to killAunt May andMary Jane. Unable to track down the Parkers, Charlie settled for destroying Peter's apartment and the family home inForest Hills. Recalling that the fluid vibranium could be made solid by the use of extreme pressure, Spider-Man forced Charlie into an atmospheric chamber atStark International, causing the skinsuit to harden, immobilizing him inside. Charlie was wheeled away by the doctors who assured Peter Parker and Tony Stark that they would get through the suit enough to keep Charlie alive. As Tony and a disheartened Peter discuss finding a way to remove the skinsuit, tears fell from Charlie's frozen eyes.[94]
Charlie did regain some degree of speech and movement when he volunteered forHarry Osborn's Promethean Trials as a test subject for a chemical that will cure Harry's ex-brother-in-lawMark Raxton. The experiment is a success and Charlie is freed from the skinsuit.[96]
Through his Vibranium skinsuit, Charlie was endowed with superhuman strength sufficient to lift an SUV and go toe-to-toe with Spider-Man. His skinsuit is fireproof, can absorb impact rendering him virtually invulnerable, and can vibrate at frequencies that allow him to split diamonds and slough off Spider-Man's webbing. A major side effect is that the skinsuit was too early to even be prototyped, and its chemical composition actively and severely affected Charlie's mind, driving him into a murderous rage.
Charlie possesses an intelligent, scientific mind, able to come up with ideas that Peter considered brilliant. Unfortunately, Charlie also had a desire to prove himself to others, resulting in him often rushing through his experiments. Peter states that at that time, Charlie did not have the patience that a scientist requires.
| Evangeline Whedon | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | X-Treme X-Men #21 (April, 2003) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont Salvador Larroca |
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| Alter ego | Evangeline "Vange" Whedon |
| Species | Human Mutant |
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| Abilities | Ability to transform into red dragon |
Evangeline "Vange" Whedon is a fictional character, amutant appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Whedon is a lawyer who possesses the mutant ability to transform into a dragon.[97] Her first appearance was inX-Treme X-Men #21.
Vange Whedon is a lawyer and a member of the Mutant Rights Coalition (or Mutant Rights League). Her ability to shapeshift is triggered when she comes in contact with blood. Evangeline used to be a successful prosecutor until others learned that she was a mutant. She was fired instantly and evicted from her apartment the next day. Herfiancé left her with an e-mail and her family disowned her.[98]
When theX-MenBishop andSage were being held in police custody, Whedon and the Mutant Rights League staged a protest for their release. While Evangeline was talking to Detective Cardones, a human struck the detective with a brick. The blood from the wound dripped on to Whedon, and caused her to shapeshift involuntarily. She transformed into a beast that resembled adragon, and was out of control. Sage was able to stop Vange momentarily, while Bishop calmed her down enough to revert to her human form.[99][volume & issue needed]
Evangeline was called to Los Angeles when the X-Men needed legal help. Evangeline succeeded in getting Marie D'Ancanto, an anti-mutant terrorist, given a second chance by the X-Men, under probation and hired her as an assistant. Evangeline also helped the X-Men against a lawyer secretly working for the psychic mutantElias Bogan.[100][volume & issue needed]X-Men: The 198 Files reveals that she kept her powers after the "Decimation" of the mutant population – the government considers her a 'Significant' national security threat. She currently still acts as the X-Men's lawyer.[volume & issue needed] Later, after theSecond Coming crossover, she is seen asTeon's lawyer and defends him in court to keep him from being returned to the custody of his parents.[101]
Vange Whedon is a metamorph and can transform herself into a red dragon. This can be triggered consciously or by the presence of blood.
Evangeline Whedon appears inThe Gifted, portrayed by Erinn Ruth. This version is the co-founder of the Mutant Underground.
White Bear is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel comics.
White Bear is apolar bear that was experimented on byNathaniel Essex and was released into the Canadian wilderness. The polar bear found it difficult to survive and eventually stumbled acrossWolverine's wolf pack and killed them all. Wolverine returned and faced off against White Bear. After a vicious battle, White Bear was slain.[102]
Jennifer "White Jennie" Royce is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Jennifer Royce is the former secretary forHeroes for Hire, the detective agency helmed byLuke Cage andDanny Rand.[103]
After the agency disbanded, she was convicted of the murder of her abusive boyfriendEugene Mason. She tricked Cage and Rand to help her with her case, which was a front for her criminal activities withBlack Mariah.[104][105]
White Sword (Blue) is fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, created by writerJonathan Hickman and artist Pepe Larraz, and first appeared inX-Men (vol. 5) #12 (September 2020).
Blue was amutant born onOkkara. When Daemons from the dimension Amenth attacked Okkara, he took up his fallen father's sword and took the name theWhite Sword, leading his One Hundred Champions into Amenth as a vanguard and buying time for the rest of the Okkaran forces.[106][107] He and his army were lost and presumed dead in Amenth, but in reality, they built a stronghold, the Ivory Spire, deep within the dimension to defend against the Daemon hordes. Over millennia, the White Sword and his champions battled the Daemons daily, with the former resurrecting any champions killed in battle. This endless cycle eventually drove him mad, so much so that whenGenesis encountered him during her counteroffensive againstAnnihilation, he saw her and her army as enemies and attacked, forcing them to retreat toArakko.[108]
The White Sword was recruited byFamine andDeath to fight forArakko in theX of Swords tournament inOtherworld, on the condition that they would give him whatever he desired should they win.[109] He participated in three challenges, winning all of them and killingGorgon in the final challenge.[110][111] When Arakko lost the tournament and Annihilation summoned its forces to invade Earth, the White Sword and his champions chose to leave the battlefield and return to the Ivory Spire in Amenth, reasoning that they had not come to fight a war.[112]
The White Sword was later defeated by Genesis and fell under her control shortly before the latter traveled to Planet Arakko and incited a civil war. Ninety-nine of his champions fell alongside him, but he sent the last one, Jon Ironfire, to Planet Arakko to warn them of Genesis' coming.[113] He and the remaining champions later fought and were defeated by Ironfire. AfterStorm destroyed the Annihilation Staff, the White Sword was freed from Genesis' control.[114]
The White Sword is anOmega-level mutant with healing powers strong enough to resurrect the dead.[115] He is also capable of placing those he heals under his control.[116] If he releases someone from his control, he will never be able to heal or control them again. The White Sword is very long-lived, being thousands of years old.[117]
In combat, he wields a white sword named Purity, passed down to him from his father.[115][106]
| White Tiger | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Black Panther (vol. 3) #50 (December 2002) |
| Created by | Christopher Priest (writer) Dan Fraga (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Kevin "Kasper" Cole |
| Team affiliations | The Crew NYPD |
| Notable aliases | Black Panther |
| Abilities | Peak human physical strength, speed, reflexes and reactions, agility and durability, Superhuman eyesight, Night vision |
Kevin "Kasper"Cole is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is the third to use the nameWhite Tiger. He has also adopted the moniker of theBlack Panther. The character was created byChristopher Priest andDan Fraga and introduced inBlack Panther (vol. 3) #50. With sales numbers declining on the third volume ofBlack Panther, the decision was made to retool the series.[118] The original character – T'Challa T'Chaka, the king of Wakanda – would be replaced with a new character impersonating the Black Panther, starting with issue #50 (December 2002).[119] According to writer Christopher Priest, this would be 'some guy who starts this gig, essentially, as a scam, but who evolves over the course of time to embrace and appreciate the rich heritage and culture of the Lord of the Wakandas'.[119]
In issue #50 of theBlack Panther, Kevin "Kasper" Cole makes his first appearance. He is an officer in the narcotics division of the New York Police Department's Organized Crime Control Bureau (OCCB), looking to be promoted to homicide detective. He lives with his mother Ruth and his pregnant girlfriend Gwen in a squalid apartment in Harlem. His father "Black" Jack is a former cop that has been imprisoned on the charge of corruption.
The character was pitched by Priest as a 'dark satire of Spider-Man', in line with work he had done on DC Comics'Steel, who functioned similarly as a 'dysfunctional Superman'.[120] The character of Kasper Cole and his friends and family therefore take many cues from Peter Parker and his supporting cast, with Kasper's mother Ruth correlating withAunt May, his father Jack withUncle Ben and his girlfriend Gwen withGwen Stacy.[120] Priest also drew inspiration from the filmTraining Day, as well as sitcomEverybody Loves Raymond.[120]
The first storyline, "Black and White", running in issues #50 to #56, focuses on Kasper's investigation into the ties between his boss Sal Anthony and the criminal 66 Bridges gang. Suspended from the police force, he adopts the mantle of the Black Panther - stealing the costume from his Sergeant Tork, an ally of the Panther - so that he can gather evidence. This brings him into conflict with Nigel "Triage" Blacque (who leads 66 Bridges) and the police department's Internal Affairs. During the course of the investigation, Kasper also comes into contact with the original Black Panther, as well as the Panther's antagonist and half-brother the White Wolf (Hunter). They both attempt to manipulate him to their needs. Christopher Priest has described "Black and White" as being 'about a war between The Black Panther (T'Challa) and the "white panther" (Hunter) over the soul of this young kid'.[119]
Tom DeFalco once taught me thatSpider-Man's motivation for being Spider-Man was to patrol the city looking for crimes so he could photograph himself in the act of stopping the crimes and sell the photos to Jameson to raise money to pay his rent which was always late. Kasper's motive is to wear the costume so he won't be recognized by the good guys or the bad guys as he goes about cleaning up his precinct so he can get a promotion to Detective so he can make enough money to marry his pregnant girlfriend and move them all out of Harlem.
Before the story arc concludes, it is revealed that 66 Bridges is led by Kasper's father as Kibuka (a plotline that has been left unresolved) and that Triage is his half-brother.[121] Kasper does not succeed in taking down the gang, although he manages to expose a number of crooked cops. He has also struck a deal with his corrupt boss, who will help him take down 66 Bridges if Kasper locates his kidnapped son. This search is key to the finalBlack Panther story arc, "Ascension" (#59-62).
In order to find the child, Kasper makes a deal with T'Challa's nemesis Erik Killmonger, the then rightful holder of the Black Panther mantle. Given a synthetic version of the herbs that grant the Black Panther his powers, Kasper gains the enhanced skills necessary to locate the child. The arc and the series concludes with Kasper becoming a White Tiger, a sort of acolyte to the Black Panther cult, although he remains in Harlem. Before the finalBlack Panther arc was finished, Kasper Cole was already designated as one of the feature characters in the short-livedThe Crew (2003–2004, 7 issues). He makes his first regular appearance in issue #1 and as the new White Tiger in issue #2. His character provides narration (the only one to do so) for the second, fourth, (part of the) sixth and seventh (the final) issue. In the series, Kasper teams with James Rhodes (War Machine), Danny Vincente (Junta) andJosiah X in taking on Triage and the 66 Bridges Gang. While Kasper's relationship with the other characters is fraught with conflict, they nonetheless manage to defeat Triage.
After the conclusion ofThe Crew, he is referenced in theCivil War: Battle Damage Report one-shot.[122] DuringCivil War II, Kasper is shown in attendance at James Rhodes' funeral after he is killed byThanos.[123]Kasper is later shown retired from the world of superheroics, now focusing on his police career after having been kicked out of his apartment by Gwen. T'Challa convinces him to don the White Tiger suit one last time in order to stopCardiac andVanisher, the latter of whom has been smuggling stolen vibranium out of Wakanda. Later, T'Challa unveils a new costume for Kasper and says that he wants to train him properly to become a hero again, not as White Tiger or Black Panther, but in a new identity altogether.[124]
Kevin "Kasper" Cole is depicted as biracial, the child of an African man and a Jewish woman. As a result of the sharp contrast between his light skin and the dark skin of his father, he has been nicknamed Kasper, afterCasper the Friendly Ghost. Aspects of his heritage and the colour of his skin are frequently referenced inBlack Panther andThe Crew. Initially, Kasper Cole was to be modelled after actorVin Diesel, an idea suggested by artistOscar Jimenez.[119] Language and culture barriers, as Priest describes it, precluded this suggestion from being properly translated toJorge Lucas, who ended up as thepenciller of theBlack Panther title.[119]
Kasper Cole was initially non-powered, wearing only the Black Panther's outfit for protection and carrying a pair of9×19mm pistols[125] (later loaded with non-lethal gel bullets[126]). Later on, after ingesting a synthetic version of the herbs that give the original Black Panther his powers, he possesses peak human physical strength, speed, reflexes and reactions, agility and durability, superhuman eyesight, and night vision.[126]
The suit Kasper wears as the Black Panther and later as the White Tiger is avibranium microweave body suit capable of dissipating thekinetic andhydrostatic shock damage of bullets or bullet-like objects, essentially making it bullet-proof.[127][128] It also has special vibranium soled boots for scaling vertical surfaces.[127][128] Anti-metal properties of the Antarctic vibranium in his claws and boots will break down any known metal includingadamantium.[126] Kasper also carries energy based throwing daggers capable of paralyzing or tagging his enemies.[126] He can track those tagged via an advanced pocket computer (which also has numerous other capabilities), a Kimiyo Card.[126]
Wicked is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Not much is known about Wicked except for the fact that she has the ability to summonghosts. She is one of the few survivors of the attack on Genosha's capitalHammer Bay. Right before the attack she had a fight with her mother about what she was wearing (her attire is associated with thegothicsubculture). Her mother shouts that she was wicked, right before their house was destroyed by the Sentinels. No one knows how she survived, but she is next seen followingCharles Xavier as he treks his way through the island. She confronts Xavier, angered by his X-Men's failure to protect the mutants of Genosha. The two are confronted byUnus the Untouchable and a few of his men. With the assistances of Wicked's friendFreakshow, the confrontation is stalled, especially when Freakshow swallows Unus. Neither is physically harmed by the experience. Freakshow and Wicked agree to be Xavier's students. They both come back after a gentle telepathic nudge encourages them to get a good sleep. Later on that day, Wicked savesMagneto, believed to be dead but in reality hiding on the island, from the blades ofCallisto.Storm had sent Callisto to keep an eye on Xavier. When Callisto battles Wicked's spirits, it was discovered that when the ghosts were hurt Wicked feels the pain instead.[129]
With these members and the later additions ofShola Inkosi andKarima Shapandar they formed a basic team with the mission of rebuilding the island of Genosha and finding survivors and refugees. They successfully find a gray skinned mutant namedBroadband, gifted with the power to tap into all forms ofelectronic communications and project them to others,Book, a former librarian who is a vast repository of knowledge, and the unwilling allyDark Beast. Around this time, Wicked and Freakshow also endure an attack/search and rescue mission by former Genoshan Magistrates (the ex-police force of the island). Callisto protects them during some of the battle. Everyone gets in on the battle and the two eventually subdue some of the attackers themselves.[130]
Since the events of theHouse of M and the conclusion inDecimation it was seen that Wicked was among the depowered, as well as the rest of the Excalibur vol. 3 cast in theSon of M miniseries. Desperate to gain her powers back, she took a huff of theTerrigen MistsQuicksilver was offering and regained her powers. However, with her powers enhanced by the Mists, she was encountered by the spirits of her deceased parents, who condemned her, saying she had left them to die, and that she was a "nasty, selfish little tramp", until she made them go away. She was later taken to a hospital with the other refugees, and the effects of the Mists wore off, leaving her powerless once more.[131]
Through unknown means, Wicked regained her powers and appeared on Genosha. When interacting withKitty Pryde during the Hannukah season, Wicked summoned the ghost of Kitty's father Carmine.[132]
Wicked was seen among the mutants living onKrakoa.[133]
Following the aftermath of a bomb explosion in Milford, New Hampshire, Wicked assisted in providing counsel to the survivors of the explosion.[134]
Wild Thing (Rina Logan) is amutant character in the alternate futureMC2, daughter ofElektra andWolverine. Created byTom DeFalco andRon Lim, the character first appeared inJ2 #5 (February 1999).[135] She had her own series for a time, but due to low sales it was canceled after issue #5.
For a short period of time, Wild Thing is a member of a superhero team composed of herself,Magneta, and Daze, but she quits when Magneta becomes villainous.[volume & issue needed] WhenLoki kidnaps several of Earth's heroes (including her father), Wild Thing's enhanced senses are pivotal in finding them.[volume & issue needed]
Rina possesses many of her father's mutant abilities, including accelerated healing and superhuman senses, strength, reflexes and endurance. She also has a set of "Psi-Claws", created frompsychokinetic energy, which, although they appear similar to her father's adamantium claws, usually inflict damage on a mental rather than a physical level. However, if she concentrates hard enough, her claws can actually slice through steel and stone. Her fighting skills are impressive, as her parents have trained her in martial arts. Her skills are sufficient to enable her to engageJ2 in hand-to-hand combat and hold her own, despite the advantages his much greater strength provides him.[volume & issue needed]
Reese Williams is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appears inMoon Knight (Vol. 9) #1 (July, 2021) and was created byJed MacKay andAlessandro Cappuccio. Reese has the abilities of superhuman speed, regeneration, immortality and the ability to turn into mist.
Reese lived in Manhattan when she was turned into a vampire by the Structure, a vampiric cult. She was forced by the cult to create more vampires, where she was almost killed byMoon Knight until she explained the situation. She began work as Moon Knight's receptionist. Reese, alongside Soldier, would later be ambushed byZodiac. Zodiac shot a bullet through Reese into Soldier, killing Soldier before being infected with Reese's chunk of heart and turned into a vampire.[136][137]
After the death ofMoon Knight, Reese took over the Midnight Mission organization.[138][139]
Verity Willis is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Verity Willis is a doctor with the ability to detect lies, and a friend ofLoki.[140]
Verity Willis appears inLoki andDeadpool & Wolverine as the original identity of Hunter B-15 (portrayed byWunmi Mosaku).[141]
Willow is a fictionalmutant character created byMarvel Comics for theirMarvel 2099 runX-Nation 2099. This short-lived series only lasted six issues before ending. Willow can perfectly mimic the shape of other beings, although her facial markings remain prevalent.
In the year 2099, a young girl namedWinter Frost gets a job at a local amusement park, Million Palms Amusement Park, which is actually presided over by a king and a queen. One day Queen Perigrine disappears, and her body is found at the bottom of theTunnel of Love. King Avian becomes suspicious of everyone and requires genetic scans of all incoming tourists before they can enter. Anyone with genetic anomalies is imprisoned in an undergroundlabyrinth and subjected to many tests and acts of torture.[volume & issue needed]
Winter is discovered to be a mutant and is imprisoned. Among the otherinmates is a tormented girl named Willow. The two girls became friends, but Willow os taken away by Avian. Winter tries to escape to save her friend, but is discovered. For her actions she is sentenced topublic execution. When she is taken to be executed, she sees the missing queen, who is revealed to be Willow using hershapeshifter abilities. Willow orchestrates her and Winter's escape from the facility.[volume & issue needed]
The pair arrive atHalo City, the home ofX-Nation, and join the group. They move into a home for indigent children which is maintained by the 'Sisterhood of the Howling Commandos'. Cerebra, one of the members of the currentX-Men, assists the Commandos in teaching the children. The group spends downtime at 'milk' bars, as a new process had been invented to give dairy products narcotic qualities.[volume & issue needed]
Some time later, Avian decides to mount a mission to recapture Willow in a bid to be the first to find the fabledMutantMessiah. He attacks the children and captures Willow. Wanting to rescue their friend, X-Nation decides to infiltrate the Million Palms facility and save her. However, their fledgling efforts end in their capture and subsequent torture. Willow is able to escape and, is able to help liberate her friends by impersonating Avian.
Upon their return home they find that Halo City has been blown up by the Atlantean army, and the city is being flooded due to thePhalanx melting the polarice caps.[volume & issue needed] The entire Sisterhood has been killed in a battle that took many Atlantean lives.Exodus awakes from another century-long slumber and tries to make X-Nation hisAcolytes. They refuse and are subsequently beaten. The entire group realize Exodus is not to be trusted when he refuses to help save the human population of Halo City. Those who survive areteleported away byMademoiselle Strange.[volume & issue needed]
They travel to theSavage Land, along with many other humans and mutants, as it is now the last inhabitable place on earth. They do what they can to begin to form a society there. Willow, along with Nostromo,Bloodhawk,La Lunatica, communications expert Jade Ryuteki, Mr. Hodge and a scientist named Mr. Winn form part of an exploration team into the jungles. Along the way they stumble upon analien space craft and become trapped inside of it. Willow shapeshifts into one of the previous alien owners of the ship to allow them to escape, but she becomes trapped in that form. With the alien mind taking over, La Lunatica slams her into the water to protect the rest of the group. Nostromo dives in after her and succeeds in subduing her feral persona and returning her to normal, but he does not resurface. Luna dives after him, but only finds a strangecocoon at the bottom. Nostromo "hatches" in fullPhalanx form and some ofPresident Doom's operatives arrive to bring the boy to Doom. Mr. Winn turns out to be Phalanx and slays all of Doom's men. The heroes end up the last people standing as Winn teleports away with Nostromo.[volume & issue needed]
They escape back to the 'Last Refuge'. Willow, transformed into a green flying creature, tries to smooth relations with the mutant hating Hodge, as both had lost a friend with the betrayal of Mr. Winn. On the outskirts of the city, the expedition is confronted with another Phalanx warrior, threatening to assimilate them all.[volume & issue needed]
Later, Willow is among the human/mutantcoalition shown trying to rebuild the Savage Land settlement. She is the one who realizes thatUproar, who had become lost when kidnapped along withWulff, has been missing for some time.[volume & issue needed]
Darlene Wilson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published byMarvel Comics. She first appeared inCaptain America #277 (October 1982), and created byJ.M. DeMatteis andMike Zeck.
Darlene Wilson is the mother ofSam Wilson / Falcon and Sarah Wilson. Darlene was supportive to different religions and comparative theology.[142][143][144] Darlene is later shot and killed by a mugger.[142]
Darlene Wilson appears in theAvengers Assemble episode "One Little Thing", voiced byCree Summer.[145]
Paul Wilson andDarlene Wilson are fictional characters appearing inMarvel Comics. Both characters first appeared inCaptain America #277 (October 1982), and created byJ.M. DeMatteis andMike Zeck.
Paul was a minister who is the father ofSam Wilson and Sarah Wilson. He was later killed trying to break up a neighborhood fight,[142][146][147]
Sarah Wilson is a fictional character appearing inMarvel Comics. The character first appeared inCaptain America #134 (February 1971), and created byJ.M. DeMatteis andMike Zeck.
She is the sister ofSam Wilson / Falcon. Sarah is shown as supportive of her brother's personal problems as she went though similar things as well.[148][149][150][151]
Sarah Wilson appears inThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier, portrayed byAdepero Oduye.[152]
Windshear (Colin Ashworth Hume) is amutantsuperhero and member ofAlpha Flight. Created byFabian Nicieza andMichael Bair, the character first appeared inAlpha Flight #87 (April 1991).[153] He has the ability to project "hard-air" molecules, which he can use to create constructs, release as concussive force, and propel himself in flight. He was born in Canada, but grew up in Britain.
Hume was hired byRoxxon Oil Corp and given a battlesuit that allowed him to control his powers more thoroughly. When he was unable to defeat a machine-creature at Roxxon's Denver Energy Research station, the company called inBox andDiamond Lil.[154] The trio andForge discoveredJames MacDonald Hudson at the machine's core.[155] Hume, upset about Roxxon's practices, quit the company and returned to Canada with the members ofAlpha Flight, and was soon accepted onto the team, first on a probationary basis and later as a full member.[156][157] He was later appointed the Chief Administrator of Alpha Flight.[158] He was one of the superheroes who vanished during theInfinity Gauntlet saga whenThanos used the Infinity Gauntlet's power to sacrifice half of the population of the universe toDeath.[159] He appears inInfinity Crusade as one of theGoddess' mind-controlled lackeys.[160]
Eventually, the Canadian government disbands Department H and the Flight programs, and Hume returns to England.[volume & issue needed] Hume set up a curio shop to sell "hard air" constructs. When theThunderbolts were investigating a series of murders committed with bullets created out of hard air, they investigated Hume and learned of Roxxon's connection.[volume & issue needed]
He is among those depowered byM-Day,[161] but continues to fight crime in Toronto under the alias Chinook.[162]
Norah Winters is afictionalsupporting character ofSpider-Man. Created byJoe Kelly andChris Bachalo, the character first appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man #575.
Nora Winters is a reporter for theDaily Bugle. She has worked withPeter Parker on numerous occasions.[163][164]
Nora was romantically involved withRandy Robertson for a time,[165] but the latter breaks up with her when she puts her career above anything else, staying on the sidelines to film Randy fighting the Hobgoblin when she had access to a bag of the Goblin's pumpkin bombs. She soon starts datingPhil Urich,[166] who was secretly the Hobgoblin and had plotted her and Randy's breakup.[166]
When Phil's villain identity is revealed in a television broadcast, Nora gets fired from her position.[167]
| Romany Wisdom | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Pryde and Wisdom #2 (October 1996) |
| Created by | Warren Ellis (writer) Terry Dodson (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Supporting character of | Pete Wisdom |
Romany Wisdom is afictionalsupporting character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. She first appeared inPryde and Wisdom #2 (October 1996), and was created byWarren Ellis andTerry Dodson.
Romany Wisdom is the sister to X-Men allyPete Wisdom, and a former agent of the Royal Metropolitan Police's Department of Unusual Death (Department F.66).[168] Born in England, nothing is known about Romany's childhood after her mother is killed, as she had cut ties with her family. Following those years, Romany meets and falls in love with Joseph Chapman, aka the thirdUnion Jack. They break up under vague circumstances, but remain friends. She continues to help Jack during his super-hero adventures, whenever her expertise is needed. She is an obsessed history fanatic, and knows much about ancient cultures, even such secret races as vampires.[169]
In order to make headway in a murder investigation, Pete is forced to contact his estranged family - visiting his borderline-senile father, Harold, to get a professional profiling on the killer, and his sister, Romany, who can translate the symbols on the bodies. With Romany's help, they determine that the murderer believes himself to beCain, son ofAdam, and is composing a letter directly to God on the corpses he has left behind, asking for forgiveness and to be allowed admittance into heaven. Ascertaining the killer's identity as John Gideon, a deranged officer from Department F.66, they track him down just as he makes contact with Amanda Jardine... and just after Harold Wisdom had taken it upon himself to hunt down Gideon.[170]
Later, Romany is revealed to have been transformed into the cyborg head of a secret global conspiracy, which in her words is "so high up that they may as well be the right hand of God", which conducts clandestine experiments with human beings using alien technology in order to create parts to build a techno-organic world engine.[171] She has yet to be seen since then, and is presumed to have died after her brother's particular incarnation of X-Force destroyed the entire facility in England, though she has stated that no matter what happened, "the work would always continue".
Witchfire (Ananym) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is depicted as a formersuperhero, nowsupervillain, andmagician.
Witchfire was a former member ofGamma Flight and was eventually recruited intoBeta Flight. She is the daughter of X-Men villainBelasco.
| Wither | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | New Mutants (vol. 2) #3 (September 2003) |
| Created by | Nunzio DeFilippis Christina Weir Keron Grant |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Kevin Ford |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | Hellions training squad New Mutants training squad Xavier Institute |
| Partnerships | Selene |
| Abilities | Disintegration |
Wither (Kevin Ford) is afictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He is amutant as well as a member of the student body at theXavier Institute, a member of theHellions training squad, and a supervillain as a part ofSelene's Coven.
When Kevin Ford's powers first manifested, he panicked. His father tried to calm him down, but Kevin's power reduced him to dust. A talented artist, Kevin lives in a scrap yard and turns unwanted scrap into beautiful art. He is found byDanielle Moonstar and brought to the Xavier Institute,[172] where he begins to develop friendships withLaurie Collins,David Alleyne, andSofia Mantega.[173] WhenDonald Pierce attacks them and impales Laurie, Kevin lashes out and uses his power on Pierce. To stop him from killing Pierce, Moonstar shows him his worst fear - using his power on an innocent person. Frightened by the physiological pleasure he experienced when using his power on Pierce, he leaves the institute.[174]
Some months laterEmma Frost persuades him to return, and he joins theNew Mutants squad under the codenameWither. Clashing withElixir, the current object of Laurie's affections,Mercury of theHellions reaches out to him, having developed a crush on him.[175] He is arrested by the FBI for killing his father. While the Hellions try to rescue him, the New Mutants stop them, fearing the consequences of involving the Institute in a fight with the FBI. Kevin sees this as a betrayal, and he switches to the Hellions squad.[176] He discovers Elixir's former relationship withWolfsbane and reveals it to the school, successfully ending Josh's relationship with Laurie.[177]
Kevin spends some time vacationing with the Hellion squad. They get caught up with the powerful 'Kingmaker' who grants people their wishes in return for favors later. Kevin spends some time without his powers due to drugs supplied by their new ally. However, once the Hellions discover the favor is stealing a biological weapon, they rebel. Kevin loses access to the drugs. He uses his powers to destroy the weapon.[178] After M-Day, Kevin believes he has lost his powers like most of the mutant population. When he touches Laurie's hand, however, it withers. After a session in David Alleyne's Danger Cave, Kevin overhearsJulian Keller referring to him as "dangerous." Kevin again runs away from the institute, unaware that Julian also wanted to help him.[179]
Kevin goes to Mutant Town, and lives in the company ofSelene, in disguise as an old lady. After seeing Selene shot by the police, he kills two policemen in a rage. Wither and Selene embrace as Kevin accepts Selene's offer to be her "king" as they fade away, presumably to Selene's dimension.[180] Wither lives a life of luxury with Selene, but he still has feelings for Laurie and because of this is still reluctant to use his powers. Using illusions of Elixir and Laurie, Selene is able to get him to renounce these inhibitions.[181]
Wither is among Selene's Inner Circle, dispatched to retrieve Selene's mystical knife from the X-Men. During the resulting fight, he is distracted by Dust, her transient form proving difficult for him to affect. However, when Onyxx attacks, Wither uses his powers to disintegrate his rocky form, killing him instantly.[volume & issue needed] During a quarrel with Eli Bard, Wither transforms, revealing that Selene has used her powers to make him an immortal vampire, much like Bard. Bard is killed immediately after their argument by Selene herself. Elixir and Wither face against one another, during which Elixir reluctantly kills Wither by disintegrating his body.[182]
Years later, Wither resurfaced in the newly founded mutant nation of Krakoa, having been presumably reborn by the hand of The Five, a group of mutants capable of combining their powers into a process of resurrection, brought together by Charles Xavier as part of his plans for mutant ascension. He was seen talking to Bevatron with his old Hellions Squad, living on the Akademos Habitat.[183]
Wither decays, and eventually disintegrates, organic matter by touch—a power which is involuntary. With extended contact he would reduce almost anything—or anyone—organic to dust. As a result of his power, he is only able to wear clothing made of synthetic textiles. This power is even more difficult to deal with due to Kevin's self-styled interpretation that his ability wants him to use it. It has a "hunger", which gives Kevin a desire to use it, though this could just be a psychological aspect of his power. He is also sometimes shown to see things in their decayed form, such as livepigeons appearing to be decayed through his eyes. During a later confrontation withEli Bard, Wither shows also that he can transform into a vampire-like being, due to Selene's manipulation.[184]
Wiz Kid (Takeshi 'Taki' Matsuya) is a mutant character appearing inX-Men related titles. The character was created byLouise Simonson andJon Bogdanove, and first appeared inX-Terminators (Vol. 1) #1 (June 1988). Wiz Kid has the power of technokinesis and can manipulate and rearrange machinery with his mind. He tends to use this ability on his own wheelchair, giving it various forms and functions.
Takeshi Matsuya was orphaned at a young age when his parents died in a car crash, which also resulted in the paralysis of his legs. He befriended the young mutantsLeech andArtie Maddicks at his school. During theInferno event, the three boys were kidnapped byN'astirh's demons to be used in a ritual, however N'astirh used Taki to build him a supercomputer to increase his own abilities. Taki then helped theNew Mutants and theX-Terminators defeat the demons.[185]
Taki would retain his powers after theDecimation, but would list himself as depowered on theS.H.I.E.L.D database. He went on to joinAvengers Academy.[186][187]
During the Krakoan Age, Takeshi would joinS.W.O.R.D's mutant team, the Six, as the 'Control'. AfterAbigail Brand was found to be a traitor forOrchis, Takeshi joined theX-Corps, and maintained their base withTrinary.[188][189]
Wiz Kid appears in theX-Men: The Animated Series episode "No Mutant Is an Island".[190]
Wolf Cub (Nicholas Gleason) is a fictional character andmutant created byBrian K. Vaughan and Lee Ferguson, and first appeared inChamber #1.
Gleason possesses a permanent werewolf-like form that imbues him with enhanced senses, strength, speed, agility, reflexes, coordination, balance and endurance. Additionally, Gleason possesses razor-sharp claws and fangs, a full-body coat of fur, and pointed ears.
After the deaths of his parents, Gleason is targeted by anti-mutant assassins. He is rescued byX-Men membersChamber andCyclops, and subsequently enrolled at theXavier Institute.[volume & issue needed][191] After accidentally injuringHavok, he runs away from the Institute and is invited to join a group called Dominant Species byMaximus Lobo. He declines, and later rejoins the school as a member of theParagons training squad.[192]
Wolf Cub is recruited to theYoung X-Men after Cyclops intervenes in his attempts to killMaximus Lobo, former leader of the Dominant Species and an M-Day casualty, as revenge for his manipulation of Nicholas.[193] The team battlesDonald Pierce, during which Wolf Cub is killed.[194] Years later, he is resurrected bythe Five following the establishment ofKrakoa as a mutant nation.[195]
Wolf Spider is an alias used by several characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
TheWolf Spiders, created byButch Guice andEd Brubaker, and first appeared inCaptain America #617 (June 2011), are aspecial ops team trained by theRed Room.
The first candidate wasNiko Constantin, an assassin who is imprisoned in agulag (alongsideBoris Bullski andUnicorn) where he's thesadistic leader of his own gang and sold outBucky Barnes / Winter Soldier toAndre Rostov.[196]
The Wolf Spiders later act as the Red Widow's enforcers, trying to assassinateWhite Widow but are stopped byBlack Widow.[197] The Wolf Spiders are also defeated byCaptain America andIron Man as well as theWinter Hulk during a conspiracy to eliminateNamor.[198]
An unidentified multiverse individual, created byDan Slott andOlivier Coipel, and first appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 3) #11 (December 2014).
This Wolf Spider is a Spider-type superhero withwerewolf features. He is killed byKarn of theInheritors during the "Spider-Verse" storyline.[199]
A version of Wolf Spider, loosely inspired by the unidentified incarnation, appears in theUltimate Spider-Man four-part episode "Return to the Spider-Verse", voiced byChristopher Daniel Barnes.[200] This version is a villainous alternate universe variant ofPeter Parker who possesses organic, spider leg-like appendages. He travels the multiverse to obtain theSiege Perilous' fragments and absorb the powers of his heroic doppelgangers,Miles Morales andGwen Stacy for himself. He initially succeeds after assimilating his "main"doppelganger before being overloaded and shattered across the multiverse.
Wolverine-Bug is an anthropomorphic insect and member of the X-Bugs from Earth-8311.
Woodgod is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Woodgod was created by two scientists, David and Ellen Pace, on their farm inNew Mexico, possessing aSatyr-like shape as the result of a gene-splicing experiment that involved human DNA and animal DNA. They also had been working with nerve gas for the federal government. When people from the nearby town of Liberty, New Mexico, discovered Woodgod they stormed the farm and shot him. One of the townspeople smashed a canister of the lethal nerve gas within the barn, killing the Paces and everyone in Liberty. When Col. Del Tremens and the U.S. Army came to investigate what happened in Liberty, they found and battled Woodgod (who was immune to the gas) and quarantined the empty town.[201]
Later, theHulk andSpider-Man turned up in Liberty, and Col. Tremens and the army tried to kill both them and Woodgod.[202][203]
Woodgod escaped and returned to the Pace farm, using David Pace's notes to teach himself how to read. Using Pace's notebooks and equipment, Woodgod began genetic experiments using the methods he had discovered and created the sentient half-humanoid half-animals of human intelligence that he called the Changelings. He resisted a coup by the murderous Changeling Leoninus. He soon left the Pace farm and found a valley in theColoradoRocky Mountains where he established a community for the Changelings, and became the Lawgiver of the Changelings.[204]
Some time later, Woodgod was revealed to have become an experimental subject of theStranger on his laboratory world.[205]
Woodgod then returned to Earth inJack of Hearts's caravan.[206]
Woodgod later thwarted attempts by Leoninus andRoxxon to take control of the Changelings' breeding patterns.[207]
Woodgod later returns to Earth and fightsRed Hulk. Red Hulk sends Woodgod running as a Hulk that is not the one he knows appears.[208]
Warren Worthington Jr., also known asWarren Worthington II, is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books withinMarvel Comics. The character was created byStan Lee andJack Kirby, and first appeared inX-Men vol. 1 #14 (September 1965). He was the father ofWarren Worthington III / Angel / Archangel and theCEO of Worthington Industries.[209]
As a member of theHellfire Club, Worthington has interacted withHoward Stark, John Braddock, andSebastian Shaw.[210] Warren's diamond-smuggling brother Burt Worthington (who operated as Dazzler) sent some agents to kill him.[211]
Wraith is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Wrongslide is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
When theHigh Summoner ofArakko betrayed and killedRockslide inOtherworld, the Five ofKrakoa attempted to revive him. Unfortunately, they created an amalgamated clone of his multiversal variants as a side effect of him being killed in Otherworld.[212][213][214] Wrongslide later enteredX-Factor's custody before sacrificing himself to replenish Krakoa by giving up his energy.[15][215][216][217]
The Wu (Alice Gulliver) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books fromMarvel Comics. The character, created byJames Robinson andMike Perkins, first appeared inDoctor Strange: Last Days of Magic (April 2016).
Alice Gulliver is the daughter of Hong Kong's mystic guardian, The August Wu of the Coral Shore, and a human police officer father, Adam Gulliver. She metDoctor Strange when he came to aid The August Wu on a case. Sometime later, The August Wu was killed by a demon, resulting in Alice's black hair suddenly turning a shade of coral red, just like her mother's. Growing up, she became a police officer like her father while also battling demonic entities under the name The Wu.[218]
Adam was later killed by Chinese Triads, pushing Alice further into her career. She later metScarlet Witch and the two teamed up to defeat Dark Tongji. Despite his magical abilities, Alice defeated him with a plain bullet.[219]
Alice is later seen among the numerous magic users that Scarlet Witch visits after noticing a string of magic based crimes around the world.[220]
Alice inherited magical affinity from her mother. In order to maintain a low profile, she rarely used magic directly and instead imbued her weaponry with hexes and spells invisible to normal eyes.
The Wu, renamedAlice Wu-Gulliver, appears inAgatha All Along, portrayed byAli Ahn.[221] This version is an ex-police officer andsecurity guard whose mother Lorna was a famous singer and witch who was widely rumoured to having been lost to the Witch's Road. Additionally, Alice is portrayed with having black hair with red highlights. Alice joined to Agatha Harkness's coven to walk the Witches' Road, suggesting that she might learn the truth of what happened to her mother. At the end of the third trial, Alice dies after her magic is absorbed by a possessed Agatha and her soul is claimed byRio Vidal / Death.
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Leiko Wu is a fictional character appearing inMarvel Comics. The character, created byDoug Moench andPaul Gulacy, first appeared inMaster of Kung Fu #33 (October 1975).
Leiko Wu is aBritish ChineseMI-6 agent. Upon joining, she entered a romantic relationship withClive Reston, but she left him for Simon Bretnor, who later became the villain Mordillo.[222] She soon joined back up with Reston along with his new alliesBlack Jack Tarr andShang-Chi, the latter of whom she developed feelings for. Together, they defeated Mordillo.[223] She continued to go on several missions with Shang-Chi and Reston which would usually cause awkward tension among them.[224] Wu would also help Shang-Chi defeat his father,Fu Manchu, on a couple of occasions.[225][226][227]
Sometime after her relationship with Shang-Chi ended, Leiko is murdered byRazor Fist while working undercover in thetriads for MI-6. Leiko's murder prompts Shang-Chi to return to London, where he reunites with Tarr and his former enemy Skull Crusher, who alleges that Leiko planned to defect MI-6 for him. When Razor Fist's employer is revealed to beWhite Dragon, Skull-Crusher's rival triad clan leader, Shang-Chi and Skull-Crusher arrive at White Dragon's estate, but are captured by Shang-Chi's brotherMidnight Sun, White Dragon's master. Midnight Sun decapitates White Dragon and Skull-Crusher for the Mao Shan Pai ritual, which requires the heads of the triad leaders. Instead of granting him the powers that the ritual would grant him, the spell instead resurrects Leiko due to Skull-Crusher secretly making her the leader of his clan before her death. Leiko uses her newfound powers to main Razor Fist and summons the spirits of the dead triad leaders to drag Midnight Sun back to their realm. Shang-Chi is unable to bring his former lover back to her normal self and she flees when Tarr arrives at the estate with backup. Leiko is later seen taking a photo that Shang-Chi leaves behind at her grave of the two of them.[228]
Leiko eventually resumes her duties with MI-6. When MI-6 discovers that Zheng Zu's (Fu Manchu's real identity) organization is active again, Leiko visits Shang-Chi at his new residence inSan Francisco to warn him, only for the two to be attacked by unknown assailants. The two are rescued by Shang-Chi's previously unknown half-siblings, Brother Sabre andSister Dagger, who reveal that Shang-Chi has been chosen by Zheng Zu's spirit as the new Supreme Commander of theFive Weapons Society, the true name of their father's organization. Sabre and Dagger request Shang-Chi's help in overthrowing Sister Hammer, the illegitimate leader of the Society and his long-lost full sister, Shi-Hua, who sent the assassins to kill her brother in order to consolidate her rule.[229] Leiko flies Shang-Chi back to London, where the House of the Deadly Staff and Sister Hammer are located. Despite Leiko's offer to help, Shang-Chi insists on confronting his sister alone.[230]
Leiko provides Shang-Chi with information via phone call regarding a map leading to his uncle Zheng Yi's grave and attempts to prevent anMI5-led raid on the House of the Deadly Staff; the leading officer ignores her warnings and leads an assault, only for him and his forces to be massacred by Shi-Hua and her henchmen.[231] When Shi-Hua and herjiangshi army attack London, Lekio and MI-6 help defend the city with Shang-Chi and his siblings. After the army is defeated and Shi-Hua is subdued, Leiko attempts to shoot her in the head, but the bullet is caught by Shang-Chi, who allows his sister to flee.[232]
While Shang-Chi is still in London, Leiko approaches him on behalf of MI-6 and asks him to steal the mystical Equinox Blade from theBritish Museum before it could be auctioned off due to the danger the sword poses. Leiko guides Shang-Chi via earpiece through the museum's security systems, but he encountersLady Deathstrike,[233] who had just stolen the blade and used its power to steal the souls of the museum's guards. After a prolonged struggle and with Leiko's help, Shang-Chi knocks Deathstrike out of a window and destroys the blade, freeing the souls it consumed to return to its victims. For his trouble, Leiko treats Shang-Chi togelato.[234]
Leiko and Shang-Chi spend holiday together inSeoul, where they witness several gas bombs detonate across the city, turning victims into trees. After helping Shang-Chi andWhite Fox rescue civilians from a gas explosion, Leiko receives a broadcast of similar explosions happening in major cities worldwide. The three track the origin of one of the diffusors to anA.I.M. laboratory in London, where they encounter scientist Jessa Chen, who claims she and other scientists are being forced against their will to create the bioweapon, named the Gelsemium Molecule. Leiko takes Chen to safety while Shang-Chi and White Fox fight A.I.M. guards. While they are alone, Chen reveals herself as Doctor Gelsemium, the true mastermind behind the Gelsemium Molecule and uses her tree-like physiology to restrain Leiko before exposing her to a Molecule sample. Gelsemium takes Leiko to another laboratory in thePacific Northwest, where Leiko begins transforming into a tree. Shang-Chi and White Fox find Leiko through her tracker and fight Gelsemium. Leiko is able to free herself and uses her own tree physiology to free Gelsemium's test subjects and fight her. After Gelsemium is defeated, Leiko is cured with an antidote which later supplied to Gelsemium's victims around the world.[235]
Leiko Wu possesses supernatural powers since her resurrection and knows martial arts, espionage, and firearms.