Wildside (comics)

Wildside
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	New Mutants #86 (February 1990)
Created by	Louise Simonson Rob Liefeld
In-story information
Alter ego	Richard Gill
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Mutant Liberation Front Weapon X Program
Abilities	Depowered, formerly: Ability to disrupt a persons sense of reality, Sharp claws and fangs Enhanced athletic ability

Wildside (Richard Gill) is a fictional mutant villain and sadist in the Marvel Comics universe. Wildside has always been a mainstay on the Mutant Liberation Front terrorist group's roster, even staying through leader change and surviving incarceration.

He was first introduced as a member of the Mutant Liberation Front in the comic title New Mutants, when Rob Liefeld took over as the penciller of that series.

Wildside was one of the founding members of the terrorist organization known as the Mutant Liberation Front (or MLF). One of their first missions under the leadership of Stryfe was to liberate the incarcerated New Mutants members Rusty and Skids. They broke them out of prison and the pair joined the MLF out of confusion (and, as later evidence showed, neural implants kept them there). Wildside continued to be a mainstay in the team's ventures, including fighting Wolverine,Sunfire, and X-Factor.

Under the leadership of Cable the New Mutants became the paramilitary organization known as X-Force, and began to be more aggressive in their campaigns. In one such mission X-Force discovers a hidden MLF base and, while fighting Wildside, Forearm, Reaper and other members of the team, nearly lose their lives when Stryfe orders the destruction of the base.

Later, Garrison Kane stumbles upon Wildside, Forearm, and Sumo in the Canadian mountains and, after a brief scuffle, follows them through their teleportation portal, where he is tortured.

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