List of Marvel Comics characters: W

Dorothy Walker[]

Further reading Dorothy Walker at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original) Dorothy Walker at the Grand Comics Database

Dorothy Walker is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. She was created by Stuart Little and Ruth Atkinson and first appeared in Miss America Magazine #2 (Nov. 1944). She was reintroduced in The Defenders #89 (Nov. 1980) by David Michelinie and Mike Harris as a radical departure from her initial conception.

Dorothy Walker was introduced as Betty Walker, the typical doting mother of Patsy Walker. This existence was 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 bathed in the success of her comic, Patsy loathed it and their relationship was heavily strained.^[1] When she divorced her husband, Joshua, she got custody of Patsy and her brother Mickey due to her wealth.^[2]

Dorothy did not approve of Patsy's marriage to Buzz Baxter and when the two ended up divorcing, Dorothy lost contact with her daughter.^[3] Years later, Dorothy was stricken with cancer and died before she got to see Patsy again.^[4] Patsy realized that despite her mother's sometimes cold attitude towards her, she was doing everything she could to forgive her.^[5] Unbeknownst to her, Dorothy attempted to make a deal with the demon Avarrish. In exchange for Patsy's soul, Dorothy would be restored to life without cancer. However, Avarrish failed and Dorothy remained dead.^[6]

Dorothy Walker in other media[]

Dorothy Walker appears in Jessica Jones, portrayed by Rebecca De Mornay. She is a talent agent and has a much more abusive relationship with her daughter. In the first season episode "AKA I've Got the Blues", Dorothy is shown exploiting her teenage daughter in a Disney Channel-esque show called It's Patsy. She adopts Jessica Jones into their family to make Trish's image more likable. In an effort to stop Dorothy from forcing Trish to vomit, Jessica tosses Dorothy across the room exposing her powers to her.^[7] Years later, Dorothy works at Stars & Tykes Talent Agency where her relationship with Trish is much worse than before.^[8] She claims to want to 'amend' their relationship when she really wants to exploit Trish's talk show host fame.^[9] Nevertheless, she helps Trish and Jessica out by digging up a file on the mysterious IGH.^[10] In the second season, Dorothy again impedes on Trish's life, though she approves of her daughter's relationship with ZCN reporter Griffin Sinclair.^[11] Later, it is revealed that she helped Griffin set up an elaborate proposal for Trish. When Trish turns him down, Dorothy berates her and Trish finally steps up to her mother and slaps her, telling her that she no longer wants the life that she was molded for.^[12] It is revealed that Dorothy was somewhat indirectly responsible for the death of Jessica's boyfriend Stirling. After escaping the IGH clinic, Alisa approaches Dorothy on the streets, claiming to be Jessica's math teacher. The two briefly connect over the difficulty of handling their daughters, and Alisa tells Dorothy where Jessica lives afterwards.^[13] When Trish ends up in the hospital due to Dr. Karl Malus's experiments, Dorothy meets with Jessica and admits that she does not blame her for Trish's decisions as they are the only family left. Later, Alisa tries to attack Trish at the hospital, killing Detective Sunday in the process, at which point Dorothy goes back to blaming Jessica, even though she inadvertently revealed Trish's location on the news.^[14] She continues watching over Trish, but is called out by Detective Costa, allowing Trish to escape the hospital.^[15] In the third season, Trish gets in a conflict with serial killer Gregory Salinger, which leads to Dorothy's torture and death.

Walking Stiletto[]

The Walking Stiletto is a robot supervillain created by Stan Lee, John Romita, Sr., and Sal Buscema, first appeared in Captain America #114 (June 1969). Within the context of the stories, the Walking Stiletto is a creation and agent of AIM. When Sharon Carter attacks a group of AIM leaders, they let loose the Stiletto to attack her, but she is saved by Captain America and Rick Jones, who destroy the robot.^[16] Many years later, the Walking Stiletto is among the robotic collection of the Reanimator, who unleashes it on Wolverine and Nova. Wolverine eviscerates the Walking Stiletto, rendering it inoperative.^[17]

During the "Iron Man 2020" event, Walking Stiletto was seen as a member of the A.I. Army.^[18]

Wallflower[]

Walrus[]

War[]

Abraham Kieros[]

Unnamed man[]

Gazer[]

War Dog[]

War Dog is a name used by several different dogs in Marvel Comics that have bonded with symbiotes.

Samson[]

Samson is a German Shepherd. The character, created by Dan Slott, and , first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #654 (April 2011). As General Brad Dodge's pet dog at the Project Rebirth headquarters in Washington, D.C., Samson temporarily bonded with the Venom symbiote to help Flash Thompson against the Spider King.^[19]

Second version[]

Another German Shepherd, created by Zeb Wells and Clayton Crain, first appeared in Carnage, U.S.A. #2 (March 2012). Mercury Team's dog trained with extensively as a symbiotically enhanced duo with Chief petty officer Marcus Simms in Doverton, Colorado.^[20] Mercury Team's symbiote soldiers were killed by Carnage, but the group's mascot survived and help Deadpool defeat Carnage,^[21] to which the dog bonded with four different symbiotes (similar to Hybrid^[22]) to return to the government.^[23]

War Dog in other media[]

The character appears as an easter egg in the 2018 film Venom as a Papillion puppy named Gemini. The Venom symbiote bonds with it to locate Anne Weying.

Grant Ward[]

Stewart Ward[]

Further reading Stewart Ward at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original) Stewart Ward at the Grand Comics Database

Senator Stewart Ward is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Howard Mackie and John Romita Jr., first appears in Peter Parker: Spider-Man vol. 2 #4.

Ward is a C.I.A. agent named Sentry who, with Seeker (Arthur Stacy) and , infiltrates HYDRA to destroy their alien experiments. Sentry is actually a double agent and Stacy and Ranger are forced to try and kill him. During the scuffle, Sentry is contaminated with an alien virus, the "", and becomes develops amnesia.^[24] Sentry reestablishes himself as Stewart Ward and becomes a successful senator for New York,^[25] secretly working to spread the alien virus.^[26] Eventually, Spider-Man and Stacy hit him with a pathogen that causes him to explode into an antidote, curing the infected.^[27]

Stewart Ward in other media[]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. features a character loosely based on Stewart named Christian Ward, depicted as Grant Ward and Thomas Ward's sadistic older brother and a candidate for the U.S. Senate. The character first appears in the episode "The Well" and was played by Tim DeKay as an adult and Alex Neustaedter as a child. As a child, he tortured his younger brothers, at one point forcing Grant to throw Thomas in a well to drown, and made Grant torture Thomas and later convinced Grant that everything was his fault.^[28][29] Years later, Christian entered politics, where he sought to locate and shut down S.H.I.E.L.D.,^[30] Becoming more determined when a Hydra agent claims to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in an attempt to villainize them. Phil Coulson finally confronts Christian and offers to give up Grant in exchange for Christian supporting them. Christian publicly reveals the truth about his connection to Grant and tells the public that Hydra is real.^[31] Grant later escapes and ambushes Christian at the Ward family's summer house, forcing him to confess to the wrongs he did as a child. Grant then takes him to meet with their parents, only to kill all 3 of them offscreen and plant audio of the confession to make it look like a murder-suicide.^[32]

War Machine[]

Warbird[]

Warlock[]

Adam Warlock[]

Warpath[]

Miles Warren[]

Raymond Warren[]

Raymond Warren is a fictional character appearing American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962). A science teacher of Midtown High School in Queens, New York,^[33] Warren had a multi-faceted attitude towards Peter Parker / Spider-Man, and was in fact the cause of his top student's early adventures against the Tinkerer,^[34] and the Living Brain.^[35] He is also the brother of Professor Miles Warren / Jackal.^[36]

Raymond Warren in other media[]

• The character, renamed Aaron Warren, appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man animated television series, voiced by Brian George. This version is depicted as East Indian, though he maintains his role as a science teacher at Midtown High School.
• A variation of Raymond Warren appears as the Jackal in the 2010s Spider-Man animated television series, voiced by John DiMaggio.^[37] The maternal uncle and father figure of Gwen Stacy / Ghost-Spider, this version is a scientist who specializes in genetics and experiments with mixing animal and human DNA, and has mastered cloning technology and created numerous clones of himself in case his identity was ever exposed. He first appears in the episode "Osborn Academy", wherein he steals technology even in spite of Spider-Man's interference. He later intervenes in a feud between Herman Schultz and Clayton Cole and steals the pair's Shocker and Clash technology, only to be defeated by Spider-Man and forced to flee. In "A Day in the Life", Warren applies for work at Horizon High and is turned down by Max Modell due to his old experiments at Empire State University, but he pricks Aleksei Sytsevich with a hidden rhinoceros DNA serum before leaving. In "Party Animals", Warren applies for Osborn Academy and uses the Rhino as a bargaining chip. However, Spider-Man defeats the Rhino before confronting Warren who Gwen reverts to his human form before he is arrested. In "Ultimate Spider-Man", Warren hires Spencer Smythe to steal Oscorp's genetically modified spiders while a clone takes his place in prison. In "The Rise of Doc Ock" Pt. 3, Warren uses the Rhino to transform Osborn Academy's students and staff into additional Rhino monsters while another clone tries to assassinate Norman Osborn by self-destructing. In "The Rise of Doc Ock" Pt. 4, the imprisoned clone self-destructs in front of Spider-Man and the Ultimate Spider-Man while the real Warren conspires with Doctor Octopus. It is later revealed that Warren's secret lab underneath Midtown High School hid his army of Jackal clones powered by his genetically modified spiders before the lab is destroyed by the Sinister Six. In the five-part episode "Spider-Island", his genetically modified spiders' destruction releases a number of chemicals that mutate New York's population into the Man-Spiders; Warren attempts to take advantage of this, but is foiled by the Spider-Men, Harry Osborn and Anya Corazon. In the two-part episode "Generations", Warren uses his cloning technology with goblin sharks and helps the Dark Goblin fight the Spider Team, but is eventually defeated and taken into custody.

Warrior Woman[]

Warstar[]

First appearance	X-Men #137 (Sept. 1980)
Created by	Chris Claremont and John 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 warrior serving in the Royal Elite of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. The character, created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, first appeared in X-Men #137 (Sept. 1980).

Warstar is actually two symbiotically linked sentient mechanoids, 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.

Warstar joined in the Imperial Guard's trial by combat with the X-Men to decide the fate of the Phoenix.^[38] Warstar was then a traitor who served , Deathbird, and the Brood in their conspiracy to overthrow Shi'ar Princess-Majestrix Lilandra, and battled the X-Men.^[39] After defeating the Brood and the renegades, Lilandra resumed her position as the head of the Shi'ar Empire. Despite most of the Imperial Guard having joined with Deathbird against Lilandra, the team members were pardoned for their actions.^[40]

Deathbird later assumed control of the Shi'ar empire, On her behalf, Warstar battled Ch'od of the Starjammers;^[41] he was defeated along with the other Imperial Guardsmen by the X-Men and Starjammers.^[42]

During Operation Galactic Storm, Warstar fought Captain America in Arizona in an attempt to abduct Rick Jones.^[43] Warstar battled Captain America, Iron Man, and Wonder Man during the Kree-Shi'ar War.^[44] Warstar was defeated by Gilgamesh and She-Hulk.^[45] Incarcerated at Project Pegasus, Warstar comes into contact with fellow Guardsman Hobgoblin. Their teammates Nightside and Scintilla break into Pegasus and free Warstar and Hobogoblin.^[45] Hobgoblin impersonates the Kree geneticist Doctor Minerva, and induces the Kree Captain Atlas to accompany him aboard a Shi’ar ship, where the Kree are outnumbered by the Imperial Guard, who then claim Captain Marvel's Nega-Bands for themselves.^[46]

Years later, in the Maximum Security crossover, Warstar and fellow Guardsmen Hussar, Neutron, and Webwing were charged for their complicity in Deathbird's coup and sent to Earth, which had been turned into an intergalactic prison planet.^[47] The quartet joined with a rogue D'Bari in an attack on several X-Men, but were ultimately defeated. When the Maximum Security storyline resolved, all alien prisoners were removed from Earth,^[48] and Warstar, Hussar, and Neutron were later seen among the Imperial Guard again.^[49]

Warstar was ripped in half when the Guard fought for their new emperor Vulcan against the X-Men and Starjammers, but Warstar survived and were carried away by their fellow Guardsmen.^[50]

During the war between Vulcan's regime and the Inhuman-ruled Kree Empire, Warstar was seen menacing Nova Corps Centurions on the Kree planet Kaiphas, but was stopped by Nova Prime Richard Rider. Both B'nee and C'cil were apparently decapitated by the Nova Prime, with B'nee's head completely missing and C'cil's reduced to a smoking mass.^[51]

As a mechanoid symbiote, Warstar is difficult to actually kill, and he appears in a number of later Imperial Guard missions, including "Infinity,"^[52] the "Trial of Jean Grey,"^[53] "Time Runs Out,"^[54] and the return of Thanos.^[55]

Warstar in other media[]

In the X-Men TV series, Warstar appears in The Phoenix Saga and The Dark Phoenix Saga alongside the rest of the Imperial Guard.^{[citation needed]}

Warstar appears as a mini-boss in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced by John Cygan.^{[citation needed]} He appears on the Shi'ar warship and fights the heroes alongside Starbolt. A simulation disk has Wolverine trying to prevent Warstar from blowing up the S.H.I.E.L.D. Omega base. He does not speak much when he and Starbolt fight the heroes, but speaks a lot during Wolverine's simulation disk.

Warcat[]

Vince Marcus[]

Martin Reyna[]

Washout[]

Wasp[]

Janet van Dyne[]

Hank Pym[]

Hope van Dyne[]

Nadia van Dyne[]

Mayor Waters[]

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Anna Watson[]

Further reading Anna Watson at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

Anna May Watson is a fictional character, a supporting character of Spider-Man. The character, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #15.^[56][57] She is depicted as Mary Jane Watson's aunt, an old friend of May Parker, and a recurring character in various Spider-Man titles. She is depicted as filling the same role of surrogate mother in Mary Jane's life as May does for Peter Parker. For a period of time when May was believed to be dead, she moved in with Peter and Mary Jane. While initially very supportive of her niece's husband, she becomes suspicious with Peter's long absences and unreliability.^[58]

Anna Watson in other media[]

• Anna Watson appeared in the 1994 Spider-Man animated series, voiced by Majel Barrett. She continuously voices her disapproval of Peter due to the latter's absences and attraction for danger.
• Anna Watson appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series, voiced by Kath Soucie. Much like the comics, she colludes with May to have Peter and Mary Jane meet.
• Anna Watson is mentioned in the Marvel's Spider-Man episode "Horizon High".

Mary Jane Watson[]

Wave[]

Wave (Pearl Pangan) is a Cebuano superhero appearing in the Marvel Universe. The character was created by writer Greg Pak and artist Leinil Francis Yu as a water-based superhero protecting the Philippines.^[59]

Wave made her debut in the limited series War of the Realms, New Agents of Atlas in May 2019 and reprised her role as a member in the follow-on limited series Agents of Atlas vol. 3. She also appeared in the series Aero teaming up with the title character.^[60][61]

Pearl Pangan is a native of Cebu City and has had a natural affinity for the water since she was a child. She was recruited for her swimming strength to conduct experiments with a company called Alontek. When Triumph Division raided the site and shut down the experiments she discovered she was capable of hydrokinesis (ability to control water).^[60] Triumph Division recruits her to protect the Philippines, but later fires her for abandoning her post in the War of the Realms.^[62] During the War of the Realms, Wave and the Agents of Atlas battle Sindr, the daughter of Surtur, to prevent her from melting the polar ice caps and turning Asia into New Muspelheim.^[63]

Wave in other media[]

• Wave is an unlockable character in Marvel Future Fight.^[64]
• Wave is an unlockable hero in Marvel Super War.^[65]

Kate Waynesboro[]

Dr. Katherine "Kate" Waynesboro was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema, and has been primarily a supporting character of the Hulk. She first appeared in The 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 the Abomination, Banner discovers that Waynesboro is also an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., sent as a "minder" to ensure that Banner didn't lose control of the Hulk again, which called her actions, including their romance, into question.^[66]

The Abomination then kidnaps Waynesboro and offers her as a hostage to a faction of A.I.M. that had recently taken over MODOK'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.^[67]

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,^[68] but ultimately leaves, unable to bear witnessing Banner's failing struggle to regain dominance^[69]

Waynseboro is later seen receiving information regarding the Warbound members from their former teammate "King Miek" to find their biggest weaknesses.^[70] 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 the Leader to irradiate the world with gamma rays, working with the Warbound to stop the threat. She gains Warbound member Hiroim's Oldstrong powers when he perishes in battle. She meets with Norman Osborn to get the Warbound pardoned for their crimes during World War Hulk, only to find out that he already has, being "a big believer in the concept of redemption".^[71][72]

H.A.M.M.E.R. captures Waynesboro to extract the Oldpower for their own use, but Banner and Skaar assault the facility and rescue her.^[73]

Weapon H[]

Wendigo[]

Werewolf by Night[]

James Wesley[]

James Wesley is a minor character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, first appeared in Daredevil #227 (Feb. 1986). He is a faithful assistant of the Kingpin (Wilson Fisk).

He is ordered by the Kingpin to locate Nuke for the sole purpose of causing Hell's Kitchen's destruction.^[74] After Daredevil saves Hell's Kitchen, Wesley feared that said events would connect the Kingpin to the authorities.^[75] He 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.^[76]

James Wesley in other media[]

Film[]

A character named Wesley Owen Welch appears in the film adaptation Daredevil, portrayed by Leland Orser. Portrayed as squeamish and very cowardly, he's the Kingpin's right-hand man and personal assistant. He reports Bullseye's failure to the Kingpin, and attempts to encourage an increase of security to deal with Daredevil's imminent arrival. When the Kingpin resists, he leaves the building and goes to a bar where Wesley is confronted by Detective Nick Manolis (in the extended cut) offering a plea bargain.

Television[]

In the first season of Daredevil, James Wesley is portrayed by Toby Leonard Moore. More confident and snarky than his film counterpart, this version acts as an intermediary with Fisk's various associates: Leland Owlsley, Nobu Yoshioka, Madame Gao, and the Ranskahov brothers (Anatoly and Vladimir). He has a very close relationship with Fisk, being very loyal and respectful as well as even offering helpful and emotional advice similar to Vanessa Mariana^[77] to an extent that Fisk describes him in season 3 as being "like a son" to him.^[78]

Late in the season, Wesley finds out that Karen Page and Ben Urich have spoken to Fisk's mother, Marlene Vistain. As she knows too much about Fisk's past activities, Wesley personally kidnaps her and attempts to intimidate her into silence by threatening to have her friends and family killed. When he is distracted by the sound of his phone picking up an incoming call from Fisk, Karen takes advantage of the distraction to grab his gun and shoot him to death.^[79] Fisk is devastated by Wesley's death, while Karen is traumatized from taking Wesley's life.^[80]

In the third season, Karen reveals details of Wesley's death to Fisk in an attempt to provoke him into attacking her on tape, so the FBI will send him back to prison for violating his parole. The gambit fails, and Fisk subsequently has Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter carry out a retaliatory hit on Karen.^[81][78]

Nicodemus West[]

Western Kid[]

Evangeline Whedon[]

Whiplash[]

Mark Scarlotti[]

Leeann Foreman[]

Unnamed Woman and Man[]

Construct[]

Anton Vanko[]

Female Blacklash[]

Whirlwind[]

Abraham Whistler[]

White Fox[]

White Fox (Ami Han) is a fictional Korean superhero appearing in the Marvel Universe. The character was created in 2014 by Korean writer/artist Young hoon Ko for the Korean webtoon Avengers: Electric Rain as Marvel explored the potential of the vertically scrolling format with Daum. The character proved popular, and she was brought to the American comics market.^[82]

White Fox came to the American comic market when she was featured throughout the 2015 Contest of Champions story.^[83] She made some short appearances from 2016 to 2017 in other books.^[84][85][86] In 2019, she began having regular appearances in Domino: Hotshots and Agents of Atlas titles.^[87][88]

Ami Han is the last of the Kumiho, a race of shapeshifting nine-tail foxes, and a member of the South Korean National Intelligence Service. Her Kumiho powers allow her to transform into White Fox, giving her enhanced senses, the ability to communicate with animals, and retractable claws on her fingers. She is also skilled in hand-to-hand combat.^[88]

White Fox in other media[]

• White Fox is a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.^[89]

White Dragon[]

White Dragon I[]

White Dragon II[]

White Dragon III[]

White Jennie[]

Jennifer "White Jennie" Royce is the former secretary for Heroes for Hire, the detective agency helmed by Luke Cage and Danny Rand. After the agency disbanded, she was convicted of the murder of her abusive boyfriend, Eugene "Crime-Buster" Mason. She tricked Cage and Rand to help her with her case, which was a front for her criminal activities with Black Mariah.^[90]

White Rabbit[]

White Tiger[]

Hector Ayala[]

Heroes for Hire[]

Kasper Cole[]

Angela del Toro[]

Ava Ayala[]

White Wolf[]

Further reading White Wolf at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original) White Wolf at the Grand Comics Database

Hunter the White Wolf is the name of a fictional character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Christopher Priest and Mark Texeira, first appeared in Black Panther vol. 3 #4 (February 1999).^[91]

After his parents' death in a plane crash in Wakanda, Hunter was adopted by the king T'Chaka. Being a white foreigner, Hunter was viewed with suspicion and even contempt by the cautious Wakandans. Despite this, he developed a true love for Wakanda as one of his adopted homeland's staunchest patriots. Hunter knew he would never ascend to the throne with T'Challa as the true heir. Hunter felt cheated, and developed a deep jealousy for T'Challa. Hunter drove himself to be the best Wakandan possible in an attempt to upstage his adopted brother; It was this fervor that led to the previous Black Panther appointing Hunter as leader of the Hatut Zeraze (secret police of Wakanada) where he's known as the White Wolf. When the current Black Panther disbanded the Hatut Zeraze due to their brutality, White Wolf and his loyal subordinates left Wakanda to work as mercenaries. Though resentful of this situation, White Wolf still harbored a love for his adopted home country, and thus tempered his resentment of Black Panther to aid their country when needed and served as an ally of sorts to Kasper Cole, a temporary Black Panther.

White Wolf in other media[]

• White Wolf appears in the Avengers: Black Panther's Quest animated television series, voiced by Scott Porter.^[92] This version is the adopted brother of T'Challa and Shuri, and a former student of N'Jadaka. Introduced in "The Panther and the Wolf", he is approached by N'Jadaka to defect from Wakanda. However, White Wolf obtains a list of the Shadow Council's operatives and joins with his foster siblings to fight M'Baku. In "The Good Son", White Wolf tries to steal a powerful Wakandan artifact and hide it due to Black Panther working with Captain America and Helmut Zemo, but is stopped and imprisoned. In the two-part "King Breaker", White Wolf is released to help Black Panther stop the Shadow Council from starting a war with Atlantis, despite confusion with Iron Man and Hawkeye. In "Atlantis Attacks", White Wolf rescues Black Panther from Bask's execution by using Ulysses Klaue as a hostage. In retaliation for Madame Masque's technology attacking Atlantis for Bask, Lady Elanna and Tiger Shark go after the two brothers. Though Shuri manages to convince them of Bask's self-sacrifice and Black Panther manages to make peace with Lady Elanna, Tiger Shark kills White Wolf, causing Black Panther to viciously attack his foster brother's killer and nearly repay this in kind before relenting to honor White Wolf's memory.
• White Wolf appears as a playable character in the video game Lego Marvel's Avengers.
• A variation of White Wolf has been used as an alternative alias by Bucky Barnes (portrayed by Sebastian Stan) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first in the films Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War (both 2018) as well as the streaming television series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021).

Whiteout[]

Debra Whitman[]

Whizzer[]

Robert Frank[]

James Sanders[]

Stanley Stewart[]

Wiccan[]

Wild Child[]

Wild Thing[]

Wild Thing (Rina Logan) is a mutant character in the alternate future MC2, daughter of Elektra and Wolverine. Created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Lim, the character first appeared in J2 #5 (Feb. 1999).^[93] She had her own series for a time, but due to low sales it was cancelled after issue #5.

For a short period of time, Wild Thing was a member of a superhero team composed of herself, Magneta, and , but quit when Magneta became villainous.^{[volume & issue needed]} When Loki kidnapped several of Earth's heroes (including her father), Wild Thing's enhanced senses were 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 from psychokinetic energy, which, although they appear similar to her father's adamantium claws, usually inflict damage on a mental rather than a physical level. However, it has been shown that 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 engage J2 in hand-to-hand combat and hold her own, despite the advantages his much greater strength provides him.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Alex Wilder[]

Geoffrey and Catherine Wilder[]

Wildside[]

Wildstreak[]

Jason Wilkes[]

Will o' the Wisp[]

Riri Williams[]

Willow[]

Willow is a fictional mutant character created by Marvel Comics for their Marvel 2099 run X-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 named Winter Frost, like many teenagers, got a job at a local amusement park. But Million Palms Amusement Park was not like others, it actually had a king and a queen who presided over it. One day Queen Perigrine disappeared, and they found her body at the bottom of the Tunnel of Love. After that day, King Avian began to be suspicious of everyone and required genetic scans of all incoming tourist before they could enter. Anyone with genetic anomalies was imprisoned in an underground labyrinth and subjected to many tests and acts of torture.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Winter was discovered to be a mutant and was imprisoned like many others. Among the inmates was a tormented girl named Willow who seemed about to die. The two girls became friends, but then Willow was taken away again by Avian. Winter tried to escape to save her friend, but didn't get far before she was discovered. For her actions she was sentenced to public execution. When she was taken to be executed, she saw that the king and queen were presiding over it. However, the queen looked different, having the same marks on her face that Willow had. In fact it was Willow—a mutant shapeshifter—and the young girl orchestrated their escape from the facility.^{[volume & issue needed]}

The pair arrived at Halo City, the home of X-Nation and joins the group. They moved into a home for indigent children which is maintained by the 'Sisterhood of the Howling Commandos'. Cerebra, one of the members of the current X-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]}

It was some time later that Avian decides to mount a mission to recapture Willow in a bid to be the first to find the fabled Mutant Messiah. He attacks the children and captured Willow again. Wanting to rescue their friend, X-Nation decides to infiltrate the Million Palms facility and save her. However, their fledgling efforts ended in their capture and subsequent torture. Willow was able to escape and, impersonating Avian, she was able to help liberate her friends. They couldn't celebrate for long because upon their return home they found that Halo City was devastated.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Their own home had been blown up by the Atlantean army and the city was being flooded due to the Phalanx melting the polar ice caps. The entire Sisterhood had been killed in a battle that took many Atlantean lives. Exodus had awoken from another century-long slumber and tried to make X-Nation his Acolytes. They refused and were subsequently beaten, and even still some of them believed that Exodus wasn't that bad. The entire group realize Exodus is not to be trusted when he refuses to help save the human population of Halo City. Those who survived were teleported away by Mademoiselle Strange and began to face their future.^{[volume & issue needed]}

They travel to the Savage 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 , 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 an alien 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 strange cocoon at the bottom. Nostromo "hatches" in full Phalanx form and some of President 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/mutant coalition shown trying to rebuild the Savage Land settlement. She is the one who realizes that Uproar, who had become lost when kidnapped along with Wulff, has been missing for some time.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Jim Wilson[]

Wind Dancer[]

Windshear[]

Windshear (Colin Ashworth Hume) is a mutant superhero and member of Alpha Flight. Created by Fabian Nicieza and Michael Bair, the character first appeared in Alpha Flight #87 (April 1991).^[94] 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 by Roxxon 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 in Box and Diamond Lil.^[95] The trio and Forge discovered James MacDonald Hudson at the machine's core.^[96] Hume, upset about Roxxon's practices, quit the company and returned to Canada with the members of Alpha Flight, and was soon accepted onto the team, first on a probationary basis and later as a full member.^[97][98] He was later appointed the Chief Administrator of Alpha Flight.^[99] He was one of the superheroes who vanished during the Infinity Gauntlet saga when Thanos used the Infinity Gauntlet's power to sacrifice half of the population of the universe to Death.^[100] He appears in Infinity Crusade as one of the Goddess' mind-controlled lackeys.^[101]

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 the Thunderbolts 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 by M-Day,^[102] but continues to fight crime in Toronto under the alias Chinook.^[103]

Wing[]

Colleen Wing[]

Wyatt Wingfoot[]

Winter Soldier[]

Norah Winters[]

Norah Winters is a fictional supporting character of Spider-Man. Created by Joe Kelly and Chris Bachalo, the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #575. She is a reporter for the Daily Bugle. She has worked with Peter Parker on numerous occasions.^[104][105] She is romantically involved with Randy Robertson for a time,^[106] but he breaks up with her when she puts her career above his wellbeing, staying on the sidelines to film him fighting the Hobgoblin when she has ready access to a bag of the Goblin's pumpkin bombs. She soon starts dating Phil Urich,^[107] who was secretly the Hobgoblin and had plotted her and Randy's breakup.^[107] When Phil's villain identity is revealed in a television broadcast, she is fired from her position at the Daily Bugle.^[108]

Wipeout[]

Pete Wisdom[]

Romany Wisdom[]

Witchfire[]

Witchfire (Ananym) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a former superhero, now supervillain, and magician. She was a former member of Gamma Flight and was eventually recruited into Beta Flight. She is the daughter of X-Men villain Belasco.

Wither[]

Witness[]

Wizard[]

Wiz Kid[]

W'Kabi[]

W'Kabi is a fictional Wakandan, created by Roy Thomas, who first appeared in Avengers #62. The character is King T'Challa's loyal second-in-command.^[109]

He and Zuri are killed by Morlun trying to protect the wounded T'Challa, and are later buried next to each other.^[110]

W'Kabi in other media[]

• W'Kabi appears in the Black Panther TV series, voiced by Phil Morris.^{[citation needed]}
• W'Kabi appears in the film Black Panther, portrayed by Daniel Kaluuya.^[111] He is depicted as T'Challa's best friend, Okoye's husband,^[112] and the chief of the Border Tribe. Ulysses Klaue had killed his parents decades earlier while stealing vibranium. As he is responsible for the borders of Wakanda, W'Kabi and his guards have trained armored white rhinoceroses as shock cavalry. W'Kabi loses faith in T'Challa when he fails to capture Klaue, and supports Erik Killmonger when he subsequently usurps the throne. During the final battle, Okoye confronts W'Kabi when he tries to trample M'Baku with an armored white rhinoceros, saying she values Wakanda more than their love. Not wanting to die by Okoye's hands or take her life, W'Kabi surrenders and the rest of the Border Tribe does the same.

Wolf Cub[]

Wolf Cub (Nicholas Gleason) is a fictional character, mutant. The character was created by Brian K. Vaughan and , and first appeared in Chamber #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 was targeted by anti-mutant assassins. He was rescued by X-Men members Chamber and Cyclops, and was subsequently enrolled at the Xavier Institute.^{[volume & issue needed]} After accidentally injuring Havok, he runs away from the Institute and is invited to join a group called Dominant Species by Maximus Lobo. He declines, and later rejoins the school.

He is placed on the Paragons training squad, along with fellow students Match, Trance, Preview, DJ, and Pixie. After the squad lost their original advisor, Wolfsbane, they were assigned a new mentor, Magma.^{[volume & issue needed]} In the wake of House of M, the student population of the school was dramatically reduced, causing the squad system to be dissolved and the remaining students to be merged into one group. Gleason is one of a handful of students to retain their mutant abilities.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Wolf Cub, along with Anole, Loa, Pixie, Rockslide, and Match, are told a frightening "ghost story" by their fellow student Blindfold. It soon turned out that this tale wasn't a story at all, but rather a vision of things past and of things to come. The students are transported to the dimension Limbo and attacked by a mob of demons.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Wolf Cub is recruited to the Young X-Men after Cyclops intervenes in his attempts to kill Maximus Lobo, former leader of the Dominant Species and an M-Day casualty, as revenge for his manipulation of Nicholas. The team is given orders to take down the original New Mutants, who have gone rogue, and ordered to kill them if necessary. When Cyclops is revealed to actually be Donald Pierce in disguise, Nicholas is shaken by his own indiscretion when following orders and his willingness to kill Magma during their confrontation. The Young X-Men and the New Mutants engage Donald Pierce, and Wolf Cub is fatally wounded; his final words are a request that the team not kill Pierce in revenge.^[113]

When the X-Men made Krakoa a mutant paradise, Wolf Cub was among the revived mutants living there.^[114]

Wolf Spider[]

Wolf Spider is a minor character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Butch Guice and Ed Brubaker, first appeared in Captain America #617 (June 2011).

Niko Constantin was the only male trainee of the Red Room's male equivalent of the Black Widow Ops program dubbed "Wolf Spider". He proved to be an effective killer, but impossible to handle or control, leading to the program to be declared a failure. Years later, he was found to be imprisoned in a Russian gulag, leading a gang of convicts dubbed the Wolf Spiders, and holding a grudge against Bucky Barnes, one of the trainers for the Wolf Spider program.^[115]

Wolf Spider in other media[]

A variation of Wolf Spider appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man vs. the Sinister Six animated television series four-part episode "Return to the Spider-Verse", voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes. This version is an alternate universe doppelganger of Peter Parker who became a supervillain and developed four organic, spider leg-like appendages. He seeks to obtain the Siege Perilous' fragments from across the multiverse and absorb the powers of his heroic counterparts for himself. He initially succeeds, but gets overloaded by his doppelgangers' energies and shattered across the multiverse.^{[116][117][118][119]}

Wolfsbane[]

Wolverine[]

Wonder Man[]

Wong[]

Wong-Chu[]

Jimmy Woo[]

Woodgod[]

Woodgod is a genetically-engineered sentient life-form who physically resembles a satyr.^[120] He was created using cloning techniques by combining human and animal DNA.

Wraith[]

Brian DeWolff[]

Hector Rendoza[]

Zak-Del[]

Yuri Watanabe[]

Wrecker[]

Leiko Wu[]

Further reading Leiko Wu at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original) Leiko Wu at the Grand Comics Database

Leiko Wu is a fictional secret agent in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy, first appeared in Master of Kung Fu #33 (Oct. 1975).

Leiko Wu is a Chinese-British MI-6 agent. Upon joining, she entered a romantic relationship with Clive Reston, but she left him for Simon Bretnor, who later became the villain Mordillo.^[121] She soon joined back up with Reston along with his new allies Black Jack Tarr and Shang-Chi, the latter of whom she developed feelings for. Together, they defeated Mordillo.^[122] She continued to go on several missions with Shang-Chi and Reston which would usually cause awkward tension among them.^[123] Wu would also help Shang-Chi defeat his father, Fu Manchu, on a couple of occasions.^{[124][125][126]}

Sometime after her relationship with Shang-Chi ended, Leiko is murdered by Razor Fist while working undercover in the triads 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 be White 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 brother Midnight 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.^[127]

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 in San 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 and Sister Dagger, who reveal that Shang-Chi has been chosen by Zheng Zu's spirit as the new Supreme Commander of the Five 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.^[128] 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.^[129] Leiko provides Shang-Chi with information via phone call regarding a map leading to his uncle Zheng Yi's grave and attempts to prevent an MI5-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.^[130] When Shi-Hua and her jiangshi 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.^[131]

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 the British Museum before it could be auctioned off due to the danger the sword poses . Leiko guides Shang-Chi via earpice through the museum's security systems, but he encounters Lady Deathstrike, 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 to gelato.^[132]

Powers and abilities[]

She possesses supernatural powers since her resurrection and knows martial arts, espionage, and firearms.

Alternate versions of Leiko Wu[]

Leiko Wu exists in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. She is hired by Shang-Chi's father to hire other people to bring him back to China alive, and develops an interest in Shang-Chi after he stops some men who stole her bags.^[133]

Wundarr the Aquarian[]

Wysper[]

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