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)
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
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Appearances
- Spider-Man Unlimited v1: (1993)
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