Shriek (Marvel)
Shriek is a female comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Frances Louise Barrison
Years ago, came to manifest her sonic powers which were still new to her as she operated as a drug dealer in the Downtown area. During this time, she encountered Cloak where in their fight he came to encase her in the Darkforce dimension. Exposure to it resulted in her falling into complete madness where she began to operate as a spree killer. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #101) She had claimed to had been engaging in mass murder when she met someone who literally blew her mind which resulted in her being apprehended by the authorities. (Spider-Man Unlimited v1 #1)
At some point, she came to be confined to the Ravencroft Institute where she remained in a special cell. One day, the captive Cletus Kasady was being escorted to his cell after seemingly having lost the powers of his Symbiote. However, he came to manifest the Symbiote from his blood allowing him to become Carnage. Going on a rampage, he started killing the security guards at the scene with Shriek watching it. She then asked him to free her as she had become attracted at the mayhem he was capable of releasing and suggested the two work together. Carnage then freed her as the pair escaped and decided to engage in killing people all across the city. (Spider-Man Unlimited v1 #1)
Shriek was returned to Ravencroft Institute where she once attempted an escape alongside the vigilante Mayhem and a handful of other inmates. However, she was defeated by Spider-Man and John Jameson before they managed their escape. (Web of Spider-Man Annual v1 #10)
Through unknown means, she managed to escape imprisonment and turned up at the Bar with No Name. At the Bar, several super-villains were betting on what was in a chrysalis recently formed. This chrysalis happened to be a homeless man nicknamed Freak after he had visited Doctor Curtis Connors' laboratory and injected himself with one of Connors' experiments. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #552)
After recovering, she came to join the Sinister Sixteen that had been created by Boomerang. (Superior Foes of Spider-Man v1 #12) After being manipulated and abandoned by Boomerang, Shriek and three other members of the Sinister Sixteen sought revenge on him in the Bar With No Name, only to be defeated by him, Beetle, Overdrive, and Speed Demon. (Superior Foes of Spider-Man v1 #15) Shriek subsequently attacks a police station with Gibbon, Griffin, and Ruby Thursday. The quartet is subdued by Spider-Woman's apprentice Porcupine. (Spider-Woman v6 #1)
Shriek later appeared as a secret ally to Kraven the Hunter at the time he was leading the NYPD's SWAT Team into hunting the human-dinosaur hybrids living beneath New York City. She made herself known where she used her sonic attack on Venom and then collapsed the ceiling on him much to Kraven's annoyance. Shriek stated to Kraven that he can have the head of Eddie Brock after their mission. (Venom v1 #157) Venom catches up to Kraven the Hunter and fights him and Shriek. With help from Tana, Venom stated that the Dinosaur People weren't killing anybody and that they are only surviving underground. Kraven the Hunter and Shriek are arrested by the NYPD. (Venom v1 #158)
Shriek eventually reunites with Carnage and Doppelganger again and together formed a cult dedicated in worshiping Knull. They eventually return to Doverton and got the codexes – the symbiote remnants left on the bodies of previous hosts – from the citizens who were infected by Carnage. (Web of Venom Cult of Carnage v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
She claimed to be a good mother who came to love her 'children'. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #390)
At one point, she came to enjoy the chases Spider-Man made of her because she thought that it brought more darkness that was buried deep in his psyche. After Carnage disappeared, Shriek came to believe that Spider-Man could become her new husband and father to her 'children' if he fully embraced the darkness within him and became more like her. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #391)
Powers and abilities
During one of her stays at Ravencroft, she began to explore the nature of her sonic powers and its capabilities. This led to her learning to manipulate them in new ways and achieve new feats. Among them included altering the sonic buffer zone to reduce the impact of physical blows. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #391)
Notes
- Shriek was created by Tom DeFalco, Mike W. Barr, Terry Kavanagh, Ron Lim, Jerry Bingham, and Mark Bagley where she made her first appearance in Spider-Man Unlimited v1 #1 (May, 1993).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, Shriek appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the vs. the Sinister Six season where she was voiced by actress Ashley Eckstein.
Films
- In Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Shriek appeared in the setting of the 2021 live-action film set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe where she was portrayed by actress Naomie Harris.
Video games
Appearances
- Spider-Man Unlimited v1: (1993)
- Amazing Spider-Man v1:
- Fearless Defenders v1:
- Superior Foes of Spider-Man v1:
- Venom v1:
- Absolute Carnage v1:
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