Wraith (DC)
Wraith is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Wraith
Unknown to him, his people were a race of conquerors who sent members of their kind along with technological secrets to a primitive world. This was with the intention of the target world to use this knowledge to power their technological advancement. Once they had reached a certain point, the race would trigger the Earthstone to shut down all technology and then arrive to harvest the planet of resources. (Superman Unchained v1 #8)
In 1938, the world was at the brink of the Great War with the military in America looking to seek aid and sending a message into space. Scientists had sent the message that was an incomplete but simple mathematical equation with the idea that an intelligent race could understand that the reason it was not completed was to indicate that more could be done by working together than apart. The alien race responded sending a pod containing him along with a more complex equation coated on the craft that contained various codes and formulae's on it. The alien was taken in by the American military with General Rudolph convincing President Roosevelt that the pod's occupant could be invaluable to their cause. He convinced them to set up a facility for him with this becoming known as the Machine and the pod's occupant being referred to as William Rudolph's Ace In The Hole (Wraith). As a result, General Rudolph was the first 'father' that Wraith had ever known and he became dedicated to serving the United States of America. Initially, the Machine served as a research facility to studying and implementing the knowledge that was on Wraith's pod. However, in time, it was used for more aggressive operations with Wraith being deployed on American initiatives when necessary where he operated for the next 8 decades. (Superman Unchained v1 #3)
In recent years, he began to work under General Sam Lane after he was briefed about the Machine and took over its operations. (Superman Unchained v1 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He did not know much about his biological homeworld or his people beyond the fact that it resided in the Triangulum galaxy. All he knew of them was that they were a world older than Krypton and he believed that they had priorities similar to the Kryptonians. Despite that, he came to identify more with Earth and that he believed it to be his home. (Superman Unchained v1 #5) In reality, they were a race of conquerors who harvested worlds of a certain level of advancement and used people like Wraith as a kind of Trojan Horse. (Superman Unchained v1 #8)
Powers and abilities
His physiology was similar to a Kryptonian with his cells similar to those of a yellow sun-empowered inhabitant of Krypton though one that had decades of exposure. (Superman Unchained v1 #3) He had noted that the decades of training had led to him attaining a great level of control over his energy signature. It was said that he was stronger and faster than the likes of Superman. (Superman Unchained v1 #8)
Wraith was capable of unleashing a powerful sonic attack by tightening the muscles in his throat to create an echo chamber. (Superman Unchained v1 #4)
His solar-charged physiology allowed him to use that charge to control the electromagnetic energy around him. It took his years to learn and master whereby he could use this ability offensively. He could also manipulate his energy signature to replicate the effects of certain substances such as Kryptonite. (Superman Unchained v1 #8)
He had shielding that helped prevent him from being detected by others. (Superman Unchained v1 #4)
Notes
- Wraith was created by Scott Snyder and Jim Lee where he made his first appearance in Superman Unchained v1 #1 (August, 2013).
Appearances
- Superman Unchained v1: (2013)
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