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Amanda Waller
[edit]Warhawk
[edit]Warhawk (Rex Stewart) is a fictional character created for the DC Animated Universe, voiced by Peter Onorati.[1]
In the Batman Beyond two-part episode "The Call", Warhawk is a member of Justice League Unlimited (the Justice League of the future) alongside Big Barda, Green Lantern (Kai-Ro) and Aquagirl (Mareena). He was initially at odds with Batman (Terry McGinnis) because Superman had recruited him into the team without the rest of the JLU's consent. But after Batman proved himself to be a competent and trustworthy member against Starro, Warhawk's attitude shifted from reluctant ally to devoted teammate. They would eventually become close comrades and colleagues.
In the animated series' related comics, Warhawk appeared in Batman Beyond issue #21 ("The Blackest Day - Part 1") when Batman teams up with the JLU in a high-voltage adventure as they battle new villain Blacklight.
Warhawk's next appearance was in Justice League Unlimited. In the season one finale "The Once and Future Thing, Part Two: Time Warped", Warhawk met the modern-day Green Lantern (John Stewart), the original Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Wonder Woman after Chronos sent them to the future. At that time, he is a member of the remaining future JLU members alongside Static (Virgil Hawkins) and Terry McGinnis. Warhawk later revealed that he is Rex Stewart, the son of John and Shayera Hol at the time his father was involved with Vixen after having broken up with his mother since the traumatic events of the episode "Starcrossed". Regardless, John bonds with his future son, even saving him from death during the battle with the Jokerz. After the cyclical causality erased memories of the team-up from the future JLUers and Wonder Woman, only John and Batman retained knowledge of Warhawk's existence. Learning Warhawk's future existence made John suffer indecision between the two women. John decided to keep this information a secret from Shayera to which Batman agreed.
Warhawk also appears in the second-season finale "Epilogue" as a member of the JLU.
In the third-season episode "Ancient History", John finally informs Shayera that she is to become the mother of his child. This information briefly gives Shayera an ecstatic feeling of hope. But despite still loving Shayera, John decides to stay with Vixen and "refuses to be destiny's puppet", preferring to let things work themselves out. After this, Shayera asks Batman to tell her what he knows about her son.
Other versions of Warhawk
[edit]An alternate universe incarnation of Hawk inspired by Warhawk appears in Justice League of America (vol. 2) #25.
A group called the Warhawks appear in "The New 52" as Thanagar's military force.[2][3][4]
Warlock's Daughter
[edit]Warlord
[edit]Warp
[edit]Waverider
[edit]Martha Wayne
[edit]Thomas Wayne
[edit]Van Wayne
[edit]First appearance | Batman #148 (June 1962) |
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Created by | Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff |
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Vanderveer "Van" Wayne is Bruce Wayne's rich and spoiled cousin. While visiting him, Van found the Robin costume in Alfred's laundry which Bruce claimed were his and Dick Grayson's masquerade costumes. He got himself into some trouble when he hired a con artist named Jumpy Regan to impersonate Batman, while he posed as Robin. He did all this with the intention of impressing Dick, but Van was not aware that they were the real Dynamic Duo. Van had to be rescued from Regan by Batman and Robin and even helped to apprehend Regan. In the aftermath of the situation, he learned a lesson in humility.[5]
Van Wayne in other media
[edit]Van Wayne appears in Powerless, portrayed by Alan Tudyk.[6] This version is the head of Wayne Security, a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises in Charm City, who hates his job and seeks to move to Gotham City for a better position at the company.
Winema Wazzo
[edit]Winema Wazzo is the mother of Legionnaire Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo). She was created by writers Tom and Mary Bierbaum, and first appeared in Secret Origins vol. 2 #42 (July 1989). In post-Zero Hour continuity, she becomes president of the United Planets after Ra's al Ghul kills President Leland McCauley.
Originally, Winema was married to Bgtzl native Byzjn Wazzo. However, post-Zero Hour, her husband is Murl Wazzo, a Carggite, with that continuity's version of Tinya being a hybrid.
In other media
[edit]Winema Wazzo appears in Legion of Super Heroes, voiced by April Winchell.[7] This version began public service as a teenager, with her first assignment being a failed attempt to re-establish diplomatic ties with the planet Zerox, and is a well-intentioned, though occasionally overbearing mother towards Tinya.[8][9]
Weapons Master
[edit]Weasel
[edit]Weasel is the name of two DC Comics supervillains. Weasel first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #35 (August 1985), and was created for DC Comics by Gerry Conway and Rafael Kayanan.[10]
John Monroe
[edit]Weasel | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | The Fury of Firestorm #36 (June 1985) |
Created by | Gerry Conway (writer) Rafael Kayanan (artist) |
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Alter ego | John Monroe |
Team affiliations | Suicide Squad |
Abilities | Great agility Hand-to-hand combat |
John Monroe was a lonely student at Stanford University in the late 1960s. His contemporaries rarely noticed him. If they did, they referred to him in derogatory terms, using words like "Weasel" to describe him. This made him bitter, driving him to become a murderer decades later. The grown John Monroe became a teacher at Vandemeer University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A number of his fellow students from Stanford University held prominent positions. To rationalize killing three of them, he considered them threats to getting tenure at Vandemeer. Taking on the costumed identity of Weasel, displaying great agility, expertise at hand-to-hand combat, and a costume with sharp claws, he stalked the campus grounds and brutally murdered Arnold Lintel, Linda Walters, and a night guard named Chuck Gherkin. When Martin Stein (one half of Firestorm) shows up for a job opening as a physics professor, Monroe made two attempts on Stein's life. After a fight, Firestorm unmasked Weasel and sent him to jail.[11]
Weasel was later recruited into the Suicide Squad for their ill-fated mission to rescue Hawk. During the mission, he tried to kill the Thinker before being killed by Rick Flag Jr..[12]
During the Blackest Night storyline, Weasel is temporarily resurrected as a Black Lantern.[13]
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Jack Monroe / Weasel is re-established in the Forever Evil storyline, depicted in a more animalistic state. He was lurking in Central Park when Steve Trevor and Killer Frost were looking for Cheetah (who was in possession of Wonder Woman's lasso). Weasel ambushed Steve Trevor and Killer Frost where he was frozen by a reluctant Killer Frost. Killer Frost told Steve Trevor that Weasel is considered a joke compared to villains Black Bison and Multiplex. Before Steve Trevor and Killer Frost press on, Killer Frost apologizes to Weasel.[14]
Future Weasel
[edit]In Batman #666 (July 2007), a special issue set 15 years in the future, a different Weasel is shown as an enemy of Damian Wayne, who has become Batman following Dick Grayson's death.[15]
Weasel in other media
[edit]- An unnamed, animalistic incarnation of Weasel appears in The Suicide Squad, portrayed by Sean Gunn.[16][17] This version is an inmate of Belle Reve. He is recruited into the titular team for a mission to Corto Maltese, but seemingly drowns while being airdropped onto the island's coast and brought ashore by squad-mate Savant. In a mid-credits scene, Weasel awakens and flees into the jungle.
- Weasel will reappear in Creature Commandos,[18] voiced by Gunn.[19] This version (see above) is an inmate of Belle Reve, returned from his previous mission[20], and member of the eponymous team.
Weather Witch
[edit]The Weather Witch is a character in DC Comics.
First appearing in "Gotham Underground", she was originally a former prostitute from Gotham City who the Penguin equipped with one of Weather Wizard's Weather Wands and recruited into the New Rogues.[21]
In the Final Crisis tie-in Rogues' Revenge, Libra tasks the New Rogues with forcing the original Rogues to rejoin the Secret Society of Super Villains. Due in part to Weather Witch's inexperience with her Weather Wand, the Rogues defeat and kill the New Rogues, with Weather Wizard killing Weather Witch.[22]
Weather Witch in other media
[edit]Joslyn "Joss" Jackam / Weather Witch appears in media set in the Arrowverse, portrayed by Reina Hardesty.[23]
- First appearing in the fifth season of The Flash, this version is the estranged daughter of Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard, a member of the Young Rogues, and a former meteorologist who was fired for conducting dangerous weather-based experiments. After obtaining a fragment of the Thinker's Enlightenment satellite, she converts it into a staff that enables her to control the weather like her father and teleport via lightning.
- The Weather Witch makes a cameo appearance in the crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths".[24]
Weather Wizard
[edit]Web
[edit]Wedna
[edit]Wedna (also known as Wedna Kil-Gor) was a native of the planet Krypton and the daughter of the inventor of Kil-Gor. She first appeared in Krypton Chronicles #3 (September 1981).
Wedna married her father's colleague and friend Bur-El and gave a birth to his children Val-El and Tro-El, both who later became a noted explorers. Wedna is an ancestor of Kal-El, also known as Superman, and died several centuries before the destruction of Krypton.[25]
Wedna in other media
[edit]Wedna, renamed Wedna-El, appears in a flashback in the Krypton episode "Zods and Monsters", portrayed by Toni O'Rourke. This version is a scientist who helped create Doomsday.
Weeper
[edit]The Weeper is the name of two comic book supervillains originally published by Fawcett Comics and today owned by DC Comics, both of whom are enemies of Bulletman and Bulletgirl. The original Weeper was Mortimer Gloom. The original Weeper first appeared in Master Comics #23 in February 1942. The arch-foe of Bulletman and Bulletgirl, the Weeper is capable of the most brutal of murders, but sheds tears for his victims; he hates to see people happy but feels bad after he hurts them. The Weeper wears a blue opera cape, a top hat, and carries a small walking stick and tear gas bombs. He also drives a hearse and is accompanied by his henchmen called the Bittermen. The second Weeper is his son.
Mortimer Gloom
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Formerly known as the "Crying Clown" or "Weeping Willie," Mortimer Gloom is fired for dishonesty from his work as a circus performer. Sometime afterward, he commits several acts of revenge. He then takes on the name "the Weeper". The Weeper sends letters and visits a number of families telling them tragic news. He tells one family their son has died in the war. In another family, the father is fired from his job after years of dutiful service. In yet another family, he tells the husband his business has burned to the ground. Later, the families discover that the Weeper has lied to them. The Weeper tells these lies so he could either case the families' homes for robbery or they would lead him to where they hid their valuable possessions. The Weeper puts an ad in the paper looking for men who feel life has given them a raw deal. A lot of men reply to the ad. He interviews them all and picks ten of the saddest men. He calls them the Bittermen. The Weeper, along with the Bittermen, sets out to make the lives of other people very unhappy. They start by riding through a parade in a hearse and tossing tear gas into the crowd. This causes a stampede which kills a great many people. The Weeper drives through the street littered with dead bodies, weeping at that horrible tragedy. The Weeper and the Bittermen commit a series of ghastly acts which attracts the attention of Bulletman and Bulletgirl. He succeeds in capturing Bulletgirl. However, Bulletman is able to save her and the Weeper is apparently drowned.[26]
Sometime after being defeated by Bulletman and Bulletgirl, the Weeper returns and looks to gather his Bittermen back together. One of them refuses, saying he makes enough money now to choke a horse and he is very happy. The Weeper replies saying he hates to hear that people are happy. The next day, the man is found dead after having choked on his wad of money. The Weeper then shows his other Bittermen the newspaper account of what has happened. Fearing for their lives, they join his group again. The Weeper is later betrayed by one of them where he told Bulletman and Bulletgirl what happened.
The Weeper is a founding member of the Revenge Syndicate, which was founded by the Murder Prophet and joined by the Weeper and the Black Rat. At first, they are at odds with each one wanting to be the chief of the group. The Weeper comes up with the idea that they roll dice to see who would be chief; the person with the highest roll would go first, the person with the second highest would go second, and the person with the third highest would go last. The Murder Prophet wins the first roll. His plan is to rob an art museum by pretending to be a visitor, with the aid of the Black Rat emerging from the sewer with a machine gun. Bulletman and Bulletgirl stop them, but they escape. The Weeper goes second. His plan is for the Murder Prophet to pretend to be a psychic at a carnival after kidnapping the real psychic. The Murder Prophet tells a rich woman to move her money so it will not be stolen. They are going to steal the money while it is being moved. Bulletman and Bulletgirl stop them after realizing their plot. They lift the car the villains are in and throw it into a lake. The Black Rat is thrown in also and saves the Murder Prophet and the Weeper. The three realize that Bulletman has always thwarted their plans and they need to eliminate him if they ever want to succeed. The Black Rat meets several criminals who agree to pay $100,000 if he gets rid of Bulletman. The Black Rat goes third. His plan is to send out a radio broadcast to lure Bulletman to an abandoned shack. They set up a dummy of the Black Rat. Bulletman and Bulletgirl go inside the shack. The Revenge Syndicate goes inside and beats up Bulletman. To their surprise, Bulletman has set up a dummy of his own. Bulletman and Bulletgirl beat them up and a fire is started when the radio is broken.[27]
The Weeper returns a few months later on Thanksgiving Day and is captured by Bulletman, Bulletgirl, and their new ally Bulletdog.[28] Weeper eventually died between 1942 and 1946.
Unknown Weeper
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At some point between 1942 and 1946, the Weeper dies and is replaced by his son, the second Weeper. In 1946, Bulletgirl and her friend Mary Marvel fight the second Weeper and Dr. Riddle. The second Weeper says, "My father, the true Weeper, is dead -- Sob! But I am carrying on with his name!" They first try to hang Bulletgirl in her civilian identity of Susan Kent after surprising her and pulling her up with a noose and the Weeper tries to stab her also, but Mary Marvel stops them, as she was with Susan when the villains attacked. The villains escape while Mary frees Susan from the noose and she changes to Bulletgirl; however, a riddle left behind allows the two to track the villains to an abandoned asylum on the outskirts of town. The Weeper saw Bulletgirl outside, but Riddle said that was part of his plan. First the Weeper went into another room with a straitjacket while Riddle waited for Bulletgirl. Bulletgirl knocked Riddle over, not noticing the Weeper moving towards her. The Weeper placed the straitjacket on her from behind just after she decided to look for him. Then with Riddle's help, she was tied to a chair and gagged. The two villains then tell Bulletgirl they know that Mary is here also. Mary was lured in when she decided to look for Bulletgirl and stopped from speaking with a hose. While binding and gagging her, the Weeper talked about how he wept for Mary. The two villains carried the two heroines into a cell which they made airtight and left. Bulletgirl was able to remove Mary's gag with her helmet, allowing her to transform into Mary Marvel, free Bulletgirl, and break open a cell wall. The two superheroines found a riddle in the asylum and deciphered it, showing the duo were planning to rob a plane carrying gold bullion, and one of them would wait on the ground as the gold would be dropped. Mary Marvel flies after the plane after Riddle has knocked out the two pilots. Dr. Riddle is able to escape from the plane by parachute as Mary saves the plane, and knock out Bulletgirl by landing on her just as she has met Weeper II, but Mary Marvel then captures him and Bulletgirl gets the Weeper. They are then jailed.[29]
The second Weeper teams up with Joker of Earth-Two, Doctor Light of Earth-One, and Shade of Earth-One during King Kull's plan to wipe out humanity on three Earths. Members of Earth-One's Justice League and Earth-Two's Justice Society of America travel to Earth-S and meet Shazam's Squadron of Justice—Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Mister Scarlet and Pinky the Whiz Kid, Ibis the Invincible, and the Spy Smasher. The Joker teaches the Weeper his style of committing crimes on Earth-S, stealing jewels and transforming people into different materials, with his trademark grin, although the Weeper cannot understand why the Joker laughs about crime. They are stopped by the Earth-Two Batman, the Earth-Two Robin, Mister Scarlet and Pinky, who follow a trail left by jewels on the pavement. Robin is unaffected by the Weeper's tear gas because he is wearing contact lenses and the villains are imprisoned.[30]
Weeper in other media
[edit]- The Mortimer Gloom incarnation of the Weeper appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Joker: The Vile and the Villainous!", voiced by Tim Conway.[31] This version wields a cane capable of producing miniature rain clouds that make people give in to misery as well as handkerchiefs that can grow and entrap his opponents. Additionally, he is the first supervillain to use a signature motif in his crimes and inspired the Joker to become a supervillain.[32]
- An original, unnamed incarnation of the Weeper appears in The Flash, portrayed by Matt Afonso.[33] This version is a metahuman who produces "love drug" tears and was created by the Thinker to control his wife Marlize DeVoe.
- The Mortimer Gloom incarnation of the Weeper appears in Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold.[citation needed]
Weird
[edit]Paul Westfield
[edit]Thomas Weston
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Thomas Weston is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Colonel Thomas Weston is the head of AmerTek Industries, who uses his company to sell dangerous weapons. John Henry Irons used to work for him.[34]
Thomas Weston in other media
[edit]Thomas Weston appears in the My Adventures with Superman episode "Fullmetal Scientist", voiced by Max Mittelman.[35] This version is initially the CEO of AmerTek Industries before he is arrested for his unethical business practices and replaced by Lex Luthor.
Whip
[edit]White Canary
[edit]During the Birds of Prey relaunch tie-in with the 2010 Brightest Day storyline, it is revealed that one of the female children born to Huang was spared after lightning appeared on the day of her birth and killed her midwife, making Huang believe that something powerful wanted her to live.[36] She was trained by her brothers in the same techniques, and after their defeat at the hands of the Black Canary, she hunted them down and killed them for dishonoring their father's name. Now calling herself the White Canary, she traveled to Gotham and set out to blackmail the Black Canary by revealing her secret identity and threatening to kill one teammate for each hour that passed, enlisting the help of Oswald Cobblepot, Savant and Creote.[37][38][39] Upon being defeated by the Black Canary, she denied being responsible for the death of a kidnapper in Iceland to frame the Black Canary, claiming that it was in fact Lady Shiva, and offers the Black Canary help in killing Shiva if she is set free.
Later, the White Canary takes the Black Canary to Bangkok and reveals that she is holding the Black Canary's adopted daughter Sin as a hostage, and will kill her if the Black Canary does not battle Lady Shiva in a duel to the death. The Black Canary agrees despite her broken wrist, but at the last minute Helena Bertinelli challenges Shiva in her place, buying the Black Canary enough time to find Sin and get her to safety, and Lady Shiva agrees to put their duel off until a later time. The White Canary reluctantly concedes, but promises that the Black Canary has not seen the last of her.[40]
Alternate versions of White Canary
[edit]- The White Canary appears in the Ame-Comi Girls comic book series. This version is a superheroine instead of a supervillain and possesses the sonic scream known as the "Canary Cry".
- The White Canary appears in The New 52's Black Canary title. This version is Izak Orato, who disguised herself as Black Canary's aunt to trick her.
White Canary in other media
[edit]- An original incarnation of White Canary, Sara Lance, appears in media set in the Arrowverse, portrayed by Caity Lotz.
- The Sara Lance incarnation of White Canary appears as a "premier skin" for Black Canary in the mobile version of Injustice 2.
White Dragon
[edit]White Dragon is the name of four different characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.[citation needed]
White Dragon I
[edit]The first White Dragon is a gang leader and enemy of Whip on Earth-Two.[41]
Wu Cheng
[edit]Wu Cheng is a combat pilot who works as a member of the Blackhawk Squadron under the alias of White Dragon.[42]
William Heller
[edit]William Heller is a Neo-Nazi and white supremacist who formed the Aryan Empire. While posing as a vigilante, William handed any Asian, Black, and/or Latino criminals to the police while sending the white criminals to the Aryan Empire headquarters. White Dragon's actions attracted the attention of the Suicide Squad. Deadshot infiltrated the Aryan Empire as a man named William Hell. Using Chronos' time machine, the Suicide Squad rigged the shooting contest between Heller and Deadshot so that Deadshot would win while also tarnishing Heller.[43]
Heller later wore a suit of armor and took on the alias of White Dragon where he joined the Fourth Reich in their goal to wipe out the original members of the Justice Society of America. He was defeated by Hawkman.[44]
White Dragon later sided with General in his plan to overthrow Amanda Waller and kill the rest of the Suicide Squad. He was killed by Plastique.[45]
Daniel Ducannon
[edit]Daniel Ducannon is a white supremacist who used the White Dragon name when posing as a vigilante after getting his pyrokinesis from the Meta-Bomb incident. While targeting people of color, White Dragon ran afoul of Hawkman and Hawkwoman. They defeated White Dragon with help from Carter Hall and Shiera Sanders Hall.[46]
During the "Underworld Unleashed" storyline, White Dragon was among the escaped Belle Reve inmates who hear the offer of Neron.[47]
During the "Joker: Last Laugh" storyline, White Dragon is among the inmates of Slabside Penitentiary who were Jokerized by Joker. He and Warjack were defeated by Militia.[48]
White Dragon later appeared as a member of the Fourth Reich, riding a white dragon.[44] White Dragon and his fellow Nazi villains attacked the Justice Society of America's headquarters and was defeated by them.[49]
White Dragon in other media
[edit]- The White Dragon appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[50]
- An original incarnation of the White Dragon with elements of William Heller and Daniel Ducannon appears in Peacemaker, portrayed by Robert Patrick.[51] This version is August "Auggie" Smith, a white supremacist, former vigilante, and the father of Christopher "Chris" Smith / Peacemaker, whom he views as a disappointment after Chris accidentally killed his older brother Keith, who Auggie favored. Despite this, Auggie maintains a secret armory for Chris in his home. While working with Project Butterfly, Chris's teammate John Economos frames Auggie for crimes the former committed. While in prison, Auggie is hailed as the "White Dragon" by most of the white prisoners before eventually being released after providing proof of his innocence. Gathering his followers, donning a suit of powered armor that allows him to fly and shoot energy projectiles, and having had enough of his son's antics, Auggie attempts to kill Chris, only for Chris' ally Vigilante to disable his weaponry while Economos kills his followers. Realizing his father is a lost cause, Chris executes Auggie, but is later haunted by hallucinations of him.
White Rabbit
[edit]White Rabbit is the name of three different characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Angora Lapin
[edit]Angora Lapin is a mysterious arms dealer that operates in Metropolis that operated as White Rabbit. She and her henchmen C&H, Dutch, and Mucus stole high-tech weaponry made by John Henry Irons called "Toastmasters" so that they can sell them to the gangs of Metropolis. When John Henry Irons first became "Man of Steel", his first job was to get the Toastmasters off the streets and defeat White Rabbit.[52]
White Rabbit II
[edit]The second White Rabbit is an unnamed swordsman and mercenary who is a member of the Pentacle and enemy of Shadowpact.[53]
In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. Jaina Hudson was the child of a Bollywood actress and a diplomat named Tom Hudson. After spending time in private schools, Jaina attended a fundraiser where she met Bruce Wayne. When first seen as White Rabbit, she was among the Arkham Asylum inmates that escaped where she teased Batman and the Gotham City Police Department. When Batman caught up to White Rabbit near the scene of dead clowns, Joker draped a cloth over her. Batman fought Joker until it was discovered that Joker was actually Clayface in disguise. When Clayface fell on Batman, White Rabbit tried to inject a steroid into Batman only to be thwarted by Flash.[54]
During the "Forever Evil" storyline, White Rabbit is among the villains that join the Crime Syndicate of America's incarnation of the Secret Society of Super Villains.[55] She was present at Arkham Asylum when Bane arrived.[56] When Bane caused a breakout at Arkham Asylum, White Rabbit went to Bar 8 and participated in many battles throughout Gotham City.[57]
In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". White Rabbit appeared as a member of the Wonderland Gang.[58]
White Rabbit in other media
[edit]White Rabbit appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[50]
White Witch
[edit]Perry White
[edit]Wild Dog
[edit]Wildebeest
[edit]Wildfire
[edit]Wildstar
[edit]Rose Wilson
[edit]Windfall
[edit]Windfall (Wendy Jones) was a young aerokinetic metahuman who gained her powers after her mother let her company perform prenatal DNA experiments on her and her sister Becky, causing Becky to eventually kill their mother in revenge later in life. Created by writer Mike W. Barr and artist Jim Aparo, she first appeared in Batman and the Outsiders #9 (April 1984).
Originally a member of the Masters of Disaster and an enemy of the Outsiders, Windfall eventually joined the latter group before leaving them to attend college. At one point during school, Wendy was invited to a fraternity party and date-raped by members of the fraternity after they spiked her drink with flunitrazepam. After taking turns with Wendy, the fraternity members took pictures and posted them on the Internet, while the local district attorney, the father of one of the fraternity members who ruined her, refused to make a case for Wendy due to her past as a supervillainess. As a result of the scandal, the college Wendy attended expelled her to avoid scrutiny, causing Wendy to return to the college and kill the fraternity members who ruined her by removing the air from their fraternity house and suffocating all the residents to death. Wendy was later incarcerated in Belle Reve for her murders before eventually being recruited by Amanda Waller for the Suicide Squad.
During a mission to the Middle East, the General betrayed the team and led a mutiny against them as well. After trying to make an air wall to protect the group from the attacks from Chemo, Windfall could not maintain the wall and was reduced to a skeleton.
Windfall in other media
[edit]- Windfall appears in the DC Nation Shorts: Thunder and Lightning episode "Lightning Under the Weather".
- A character loosely based on Windfall named Wendy Hernandez appears in Black Lightning, portrayed by Madison Bailey. Introduced in the episode "The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues", this version is a teenage metahuman who acquired her powers after being exposed to the drug "Green Light" 30 years prior before she was captured by the A.S.A. and put into a stasis pod. After being accidentally freed in the present, she escapes and wanders Freeland in a delirious state before Black Lightning subdues her, after which she elects to return to her pod voluntarily.
- Wendy Jones appears in Young Justice: Outsiders, voiced by Zehra Fazal.[59] This version is an Australian teenager who was previously captured by a metahuman trafficking ring before being rescued by the Team and coming to reside at the Meta-Human Youth Center in Taos, New Mexico. As of a flashback depicted in the episode "Volatile", she has joined the Outsiders.
Wing
[edit]Wing is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Wing began as a uniformed chauffeur of the Crimson Avenger's alter ego Lee Travis. A Chinese immigrant who moved to America to escape Japanese persecution in the days leading up to World War II, Wing helps to instill a social conscience in his employer. When the death of a fellow reporter motivates Travis to become the Crimson Avenger, Wing assists him in his fight against crime. Curiously, despite Wing's initial lack of a costume, no one ever makes a connection between Travis' chauffeur and the Crimson Avenger.
A few months after the Crimson Avenger abandons his cloak and fedora for a more traditional superhero costume, Wing dons a matching yellow costume and becomes his official sidekick.[60] He serves as a member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory (as the honorary "eighth Soldier") and the All-Star Squadron. However, the Crimson Avenger frequently attempts to dissuade Wing from this path, believing that the bright young man has a better future ahead of him than running about in a costume fighting madmen.
In Justice League of America #102, it is revealed that Wing sacrificed himself to defeat the Nebula Man, who had scattered the other Soldiers through time. While most of the JLA and JSA travelled through time to find the members, the Golden Age Green Lantern, Mister Terrific and the Golden Age Robin went on a quest to discover the identity of the Unknown Soldier of Victory, whose tomb lay in the mountains of Tibet, where the Seven Soldiers had fallen after defeating the Nebula Man.[61]
During "The New Golden Age", Wing helps Stargirl rescue the Lost Children, a group of Golden Age sidekicks, from the Time Masters and Childminder.[62][63][64][65][66][67]
Woozy Winks
[edit]Wintergreen
[edit]Wink
[edit]Wink is a young metahuman terrorist in the DC Universe, who was a member of the Suicide Squad and The Revolutionaries with the power of teleportation. She is dating The Aerie. Created by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo, she first appeared in Suicide Squad Volume 6 #1 (February 2020).
Wizard
[edit]Wolf Spider
[edit]Wolf Spider is the name of a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Evan Blake is a rich playboy and old friend of Kate Kane that operates as the art thief Wolf Spider. Wolf Spider ran afoul of Batwoman when he tried stole paintings by a Depression-era artist named Eisenstadt where one of his works was actually a map to the location of the money that Eisenstadt stole from a crooked businessman named Grantham. He was actually hired by Grantham's grandson Nathan Grantham.[68] When the map was obtained, Nathan was wounded when a statue fell on him causing Batwoman to allow Wolf Spider to get away with the money and not knowing of his identity. Despite his mission being a success, Wolf Spider disposed of the money in Slaughter Swamp as he considered it "blood money".[69]
Wolf Spider in other media
[edit]Wolf Spider appears in Batwoman, portrayed by Lincoln Clauss.
Gregory Wolfe
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Gregory Wolfe is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Gregory Wolfe is the prison warden of Iron Heights Penitentiary and an enemy of the Flash. He is able to cause muscle spasms, which aids him in keeping inmates in line.[70]
Gregory Wolfe in other media
[edit]Gregory Wolfe appears in The Flash, portrayed by Anthony Harrison in the first season and Richard Brooks in the fourth.[71] This version is corrupt, lacks metahuman abilities, and has connections with Amunet Black.
Wonder Boy
[edit]Wonder Girl
[edit]Donna Troy
[edit]Cassie Sandsmark
[edit]Wonder Twins
[edit]Wonder Woman
[edit]Wotan
[edit]Wrath
[edit]Wyynde
[edit]Wyynde was a lieutenant of the Atlantean royal guard in the distant past, and a friend of Arion. Created by Paul Kupperberg and Jan Duursema, he first appeared in Warlord #56 (April 1982).
Wyynde in other media
[edit]A contemporary incarnation of Wyynde appears in Young Justice, voiced by Robbie Daymond.[72] This version is a descendant of the original Wyynde, a former Atlantean purist, and Kaldur'ahm's boyfriend.[73][74][75]
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