Walking Stiletto[edit]
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
New Mutants, vol. 2 #2 (August 2003)
Laurie Collins
Pheromone manipulation
First appearance
Two symbiotically linked sentient mechanoids
B'nee: electricity generation
C’cil: gigantic, superhuman strength and durability
B'nee and C'cil
Washout
X-Force #129 (August 2002)
John Lopez
Underground
Weapon X
New Mutants
X-Force
- Water manipulation
- Water transformation
Waspbunny[edit]
Waspbunny is an anthropomorphic rabbit and animal version of Wasp.
Mary Jane Waterbuffalo[edit]
Mary Jane Waterbuffalo is an anthropomorphic water buffalo version of Mary Jane Watson.
Kate Waynesboro[edit]
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 did not lose control of the Hulk again, which called her actions, including their romance, into question.[119]
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.[120]
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,[121] but ultimately leaves, unable to bear witnessing Banner's failing struggle to regain dominance.[122]
Waynseboro is later seen receiving information regarding the Warbound members from their former teammate "King Miek" to find their biggest weaknesses.[123] 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".[124][125]
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.[126]
Web-Man[edit]
Web-Man is the evil clone of a Spider-Man with inverted colors created by Doctor Doom.
Evangeline Whedon
X-Treme X-Men #21 (April, 2003)
Evangeline "Vange" Whedon
- X-Men
- Mutant Rights Coalition
- The 198
- X-Corporation
Ability to transform into red dragon
White Jennie[edit]
Jennifer "White Jennie" Royce is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Jennifer Royce is the former secretary for Heroes for Hire, the detective agency helmed by Luke Cage and Danny Rand.[141]
After the agency disbanded, she was convicted of the murder of her abusive boyfriend Eugene Mason. She tricked Cage and Rand to help her with her case, which was a front for her criminal activities with Black Mariah.[142][143]
White Tiger
Black Panther (vol. 3) #50 (December 2002)
Christopher Priest (writer)
Dan Fraga (artist)
Kevin "Kasper" Cole
Black Panther
Peak human physical strength, speed, reflexes and reactions, agility and durability,
Superhuman eyesight,
Night vision
White Bear[edit]
White Bear is a polar bear who was experimented by Dr. Nathaniel Essex that was released into the Canadian wilderness. The bear found it difficult to survive and eventually stumbled across Wolverine's wolf pack and killed them all. Wolverine returned and faced off against the bear, and after a vicious battle the white bear was slain.
Wild Thing[edit]
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 (February 1999).[156] 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. When Loki kidnaps several of Earth's heroes (including her father), Wild Thing's enhanced senses are pivotal in finding them.
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, 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.
Willow[edit]
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 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 the Tunnel 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 underground labyrinth and subjected to many tests and acts of torture.
Winter is discovered to be a mutant and is imprisoned. Among the other inmates 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 to public execution. When she is taken to be executed, she sees the missing queen, who is revealed to be Willow using her shapeshifter abilities. Willow orchestrates her and Winter's escape from the facility.
The pair arrive at Halo City, the home of X-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 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.
Some time later, 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 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 the Phalanx melting the polar ice caps. 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 his Acolytes. 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 are teleported away by Mademoiselle Strange.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
Windshear[edit]
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).[169] 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.[170] The trio and Forge discovered James MacDonald Hudson at the machine's core.[171] 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.[172][173] He was later appointed the Chief Administrator of Alpha Flight.[174] 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.[175] He appears in Infinity Crusade as one of the Goddess' mind-controlled lackeys.[176]
Eventually, the Canadian government disbands Department H and the Flight programs, and Hume returns to England. 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.
He is among those depowered by M-Day,[177] but continues to fight crime in Toronto under the alias Chinook.[178]
Norah Winters[edit]
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.[179][180] She's romantically involved with Randy Robertson for a time,[181] 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 dating Phil Urich,[182] who was secretly the Hobgoblin and had plotted her and Randy's breakup.[182] When Phil's villain identity is revealed in a television broadcast, she gets fired from her position.[183]
Romany Wisdom
Pryde and Wisdom #2
(October 1996)
Warren Ellis (writer)
Terry Dodson (artist)
Witchfire[edit]
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
New Mutants (vol. 2) #3 (September 2003)
Kevin Ford
Disintegration
Wolf Cub[edit]
Wolf Cub (Nicholas Gleason) is a fictional character and mutant created by Brian K. Vaughan and Lee Ferguson, 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 is targeted by anti-mutant assassins. He is rescued by X-Men members Chamber and Cyclops, and subsequently enrolled at the Xavier Institute.[206] 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.[207]
He is placed on the Paragons training squad, along with fellow students Match, Trance, Preview, DJ, and Pixie. After the squad loses their original advisor, Wolfsbane, they are assigned a new mentor, Magma. In the wake of House of M, the student population of the school is 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.[208]
Wolf Cub, along with Anole, Loa, Pixie, Rockslide, and Match, are told a frightening "ghost story" by their fellow student Blindfold. This is later revealed to not be a story, 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.[209]
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.[210] 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.[211]
When the X-Men made Krakoa a mutant paradise, Wolf Cub was among the revived mutants living there.[212]
Wolverine-Bug[edit]
Wolverine-Bug is an anthropomorphic insect and member of the X-Bugs from Earth-8311.
Woodgod[edit]
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 in New Mexico where he sported a Satyr-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.[221]
Later, the Hulk and Spider-Man turned up in Liberty, and Col. Tremens and the army tried to kill both them and Woodgod.[222][223]
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 the Colorado Rocky Mountains where he established a community for the Changelings, and became the Lawgiver of the Changelings.[224]
Some time later, Woodgod was revealed to have become an experimental subject of the Stranger on his laboratory world.[225]
Woodgod then returned to Earth in Jack of Hearts's caravan.[226]
Woodgod later thwarted attempts by Leoninus and Roxxon to take control of the Changelings' breeding patterns.[227]
Woodgod later returns to Earth and fights Red Hulk. Red Hulk sends Woodgod running as a Hulk that is not the one he knows appears.[228]
Wrongslide[edit]
Wrongslide is the name of a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
When the High Summoner of Arrakoa betrayed and killed Rockslide in Otherworld, the Five tried to revive him only to end up creating an amalgamated clone of Rockslide's Multiverse variants as a side effect of him being killed in Otherworld.[232] This amalgamated clone of Rockslide was released into the custody of X-Force so that they can find a way to restore his mind.[233]
Despite the fact that he tends to fall apart, this amalgamated clone of Rockslide found peace on Krakoa where he often watches the Five at work while considering himself a memorial for the real Rockslide. Eventually, he took on the name of Wrongslide when he was given a name by Krakoa's children and wanting to keep himself independent from the Rockslide that they know.[234]