Wild Dog (DC)
Wild Dog is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Jack Wheeler
Jack was a high-school football star in the Quad Cities, shy but immensely popular, and went on to State U to play ball until a knee injury ended his career. He enlisted in the Marines and witnessed his friends being wiped out in a terrorist attack in Beirut. Jack returned home and became a mechanic, but the traumas of his life left him a quiet, introverted man. He met Claire Smith and fell in love with her, but she was assassinated and died in his arms. Her real name was Claire Carmonti, and her father had ties to the mob that led to her death. She left him the sole beneficiary of her will, even though he did not want her blood money. His old college buddy Lou Goddard told him to use the money to stick it to the mob, and he took this to heart, opening a mechanic shop adopting the vigilante persona of Wild Dog. He tracked down the Vespucci family responsible for Claire's death and killed them in a bloody shootout. (Wild Dog v1 #4)
Reporter Susan King was covering the opening of the River City Center, meant to revitalize the Quad Cities when she was taken hostage by the Committee for Social Change. They bombed the center, and dragged her into the nearby Addler Theatre, demanding to give their manifesto. Wild Dog made his debut, ramming a car through the theatre, and gunning down members of the Committee. Committee leader Raymond E. Newell put a gun to Susan's head, but Wild Dog kicked him in the neck, snapping it and killing him. He took Susan outside, but S.W.A.T. were waiting to arrest the vigilante, so he took her hostage and drove her to the countryside before dropping her off and fleeing. Susan determined that she could make her career with the Wild Dog story. (Wild Dog v1 #1) Internal security agent Graham Gault asked his old friend Jack what he thought of Wild Dog, and he replied that the vigilante was doing work that desperately needed doing. Susan King was determined to learn Wild Dog's identity, and suspected Jack, as well as Graham and police lieutenant Andy Flint, all of whom played football together in college. Mark Twain Junior high honored the Honor students' Congress, but their guest speaker Dr. Mensa had been killed and impersonated by Committee member Sidney, who was strapped with a bomb. He promised to release the students after giving a speech about the evils of society and urging them to fight for his cause. Andy entered the gymnasium to negotiate, but Committee members knocked him out and locked him in a broom closet. As Sidney decided to only release half the students before blowing up the hall so they could serve as martyrs Wild Dog broke in through a skylight. He used a tranq-dart to knock out Sidney before killing the other Committee members present. With the students safe he drove Sidney to a farmhouse, tied him up, and used his cell to call his committee contacts. when they came to rescue him Wild Dog detonated the bomb, killing them. (Wild Dog v1 #2)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Wild Dog was created by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty where he made his first appearance in Wild Dog v1 #1 (September, 1987).
In other media
Television
Appearances
- Wild Dog v1: (1987)
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