Wraith (Brian DeWolff)
| Wraith | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
(DeWolff) Marvel Team-Up #48 (August 1976) (Rendoza) Uncanny X-Men #392 (April, 2001) (Zak-Del) Annihilation Conquest: Wraith #1 (June 2007) (Watanabe) The Amazing Spider-Man #600 (November 2009) |
| Created by |
(DeWolff) Bill Mantlo (writer) Sal Buscema (artist) (Rendoza) Scott Lobdell (writer) Salvador Larroca (artist) (Zak-Del) Javier Grillo-Marxuach (writer) Kyle Hotz (artist) (Watanabe) Dan Slott (writer) John Romita, Jr. (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | - Brian DeWolff - Hector Rendoza - Zak-Del - Yuri Watanabe |
| Species |
(DeWolff) Human (Rendoza) Human Mutant (Zak-Del) Kree (Watanabe) Human |
| Team affiliations |
(DeWolff), (Watanabe) New York City Police Department (Rendoza) Genoshan Assault X-Men (Zak-Del) Kree Underground Nameless Kree |
| Partnerships |
(DeWolff) Phillip DeWolff Iron Man (Watanabe) Spider-Man |
| Notable aliases |
(Zak-Del) Pale Rider, Kree with no name, "Paleface" (Watanabe) "Jean DeWolff" |
| Abilities |
(DeWolff) Thought reading Image projection (makes himself invisible and undetectable) Induce mental pain Mind control Skilled armed/unarmed combatant Carries a smoke gun (Rendoza) Transparent skin and the ability to temporarily "infect" others with this transparency condition (Zak-Del) Polymorphic weapon Deactivate/disarm other weapons Enhanced strength, speed, and agility Travel through the air Accelerated healing Unnaturally high tolerance for pain Darkness manifestation Longevity via agelessness |
Wraith is the codename of four unrelated fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is also the surname of the character John Wraith.
The Brian DeWolff version of Wraith first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #48 and was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema.
The Hector Rendoza version of Wraith first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #392 and was created by Scott Lobdell and Salvador Larroca.
The Zak-Del version of Wraith first appeared in Annihilation Conquest: Wraith #1 and was created by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Kyle Hotz.
The Yuri Watanabe version of Wraith first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #600 and was created by Dan Slott and John Romita Jr.
Brian DeWolff was a former patrolman for the New York Police Department who was shot by criminals and rescued by his father, using experimental technologies to restore Brian's health. This process gave Brian psionic abilities, including the ability to read minds, induce illusions in the minds of others, project psionic force bolts and control the mind of another person (but he can only control one mind at a time), but left him with no mind of his own and susceptible to the mental domination of others. Under his father Phillip's psionic control, Brian (as the Wraith) operated as a vigilante and killed several criminals. He fought Spider-Man, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and his sister Jean DeWolff until he was defeated by Spider-Man and Iron Man.
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