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Wraith
Wraith is one of several traditional terms for a ghost or spirit. Wraith, Wraiths, or The Wraith may also refer to: Fiction Characters * Wraith (G.I. Joe), a Cobra mercenary in ''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' * Wraith (Image Comics), a comic book superhero * The Wraith (''Slam Masters'') * The Wraith (''Transformers'') * Wraith (''Wild Cards'') * Wraith, a playable character in the game Apex Legends * Wraith, a playable killer in the game Dead by Daylight * Ringwraiths, or Nazgûl in Tolkien's legendarium Marvel Comics * Wraith (Hector Rendoza), a member of the X-Men *John Wraith, an X-Men supporting character who goes by the alias of Kestrel * Wraith (Brian DeWolff), an adversary of Spider-Man * Wraith (Zak-Del) * Wraith (Yuri Watanabe), a rival and former ally of Spider-Man. * Wraith (Amalgam Comics), an Amalgam Comics character from ''JLX'' Races * Wraith (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a type of undead in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * Wraith, an alien race in ''Stargate Atlantis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith (Stargate)
The characters from the Canadian military science fiction television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' were created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper. The series follows the adventures of a human expedition to the lost city of Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy. The Stargate has brought humanity into contact with other cultures, including new and powerful enemies: the Wraith, the Genii, and later the Asurans and a lost tribe of Asgard, all while trying to uncover the secrets the Ancients left behind. ''Stargate Atlantis'' has a small cast, amounting to ten main cast actors over its five-season run. Most characters are introduced in outgoing expeditions outside the city of Atlantis. Main characters ;Note John Sheppard John Sheppard played by Joe Flanigan is a USAF Lieutenant Colonel (ranked major in season 1). He is an experienced and a talented US Air Force Officer in Afghanistan, though his reputation is somewhat tarnished when he disobeyed a direct order in an unsuccessful a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith (Zak-Del)
Wraith (Zak-Del) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Although Wraith first appears in the prologue as a vision, his first physical appearance was in ''Annihilation Conquest: Wraith'' #1 in '' Annihilation: Conquest''. Publication history Wraith first appeared in '' Annihilation: Conquest: Wraith'' #1 (2007) and was created by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Kyle Hotz. Wraith returned in Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's 2019 relaunch of ''Guardians of the Galaxy''. Fictional character biography Wraith is the son of Kree scientist Sim-Del, who created a power source sufficient to "light an entire galaxy". Kree society banished him, but he continued his work, using the power source to turn the barren planetoid he inhabited into a paradise. The Kree then simply destroyed him, his wife, and all traces of his work. However, his son was sent off in an escape ship.''Wraith'' #2 The ship drifted into The Exoteric Latitude, the space of the Namel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith (G
Wraith is one of several traditional terms for a ghost or spirit. Wraith, Wraiths, or The Wraith may also refer to: Fiction Characters * Wraith (G.I. Joe), a Cobra mercenary in ''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' * Wraith (Image Comics), a comic book superhero * The Wraith (''Slam Masters'') * The Wraith (''Transformers'') * Wraith (''Wild Cards'') * Wraith, a playable character in the game Apex Legends * Wraith, a playable killer in the game Dead by Daylight * Ringwraiths, or Nazgûl in Tolkien's legendarium Marvel Comics * Wraith (Hector Rendoza), a member of the X-Men *John Wraith, an X-Men supporting character who goes by the alias of Kestrel * Wraith (Brian DeWolff), an adversary of Spider-Man * Wraith (Zak-Del) * Wraith (Yuri Watanabe), a rival and former ally of Spider-Man. * Wraith (Amalgam Comics), an Amalgam Comics character from ''JLX'' Races * Wraith (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a type of undead in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * Wraith, an alien race in ''Stargate Atlantis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kestrel (Marvel Comics)
Kestrel (John Wraith) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared in the 2009 film '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' portrayed by Will.i.am. Publication history Kestrel first appeared in ''Wolverine'' vol. 2 60 and was created by Larry Hama. Fictional character biography John Wraith was a member of Team X and later a test subject of the Weapon X Program. He was part of Team X along with Wolverine, Sabretooth, Maverick, Mastodon and Silver Fox. John was a powerful teleporter, capable of getting the team out of sticky situations after their job was finished. He had a penchant for explosives, arming himself with shaped charges, explosives that were built to direct the force of their blast in specific directions based on how they are deployed. Like the other members of Team X, he was given an artificial age suppressant so he was likely much older than he looked. His time as a secret agent and a member of the Weapon X p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wraith
''The Wraith'' is a 1986 independently made American action-fantasy film, produced by John Kemeny, written and directed by Mike Marvin, and starring Charlie Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn, Nick Cassavetes, and Randy Quaid."After All These Years ... Mike Marvin Talks The Wraith." ''Dread Central'', March 17, 2010. The film was theatrically released November 21, 1986 on just 88 screens in the United States by New Century Vista Film Company (later New Century Entertainment Corporation). Plot In the town of Brooks, Arizona, Packard Walsh, the leader of a gang of car thieves, coerces people with fast cars into racing with the winner of the race taking ownership of the loser's car. Packard controls everyone through intimidation including K ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith (Yuri Watanabe)
Wraith (Yuriko "Yuri" Watanabe) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Yuri Watanabe first appears in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #600, and was created by Dan Slott and John Romita Jr. Her Wraith persona appears in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #663. Fictional character biography Yuri Watanabe was a captain in the New York Police Department (NYPD) and an ally of Spider-Man's like her friend and mentor Jean DeWolff. However, she was shown to be frustrated with how the justice system and the police were unable to deal with powerful and wealthy criminals who could always find a way to escape justice for their crimes. Shortly thereafter, a new vigilante, the Wraith, starts targeting Mister Negative's criminal syndicate. During one such attack, the Wraith unmasks to reveal DeWolff's face, although this is later revealed to be one of the Chameleon's masks stolen from police evidence. It is later revealed that the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith (Wild Cards)
This is a list of characters from the '' Wild Cards'' book series. Astronomer The Astronomer is a character from the '' Wild Cards'' series of books. He first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in '' Wild Cards II: Aces High'', though his presence was earlier implied in "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" in the first volume of the series. Leader of a cult consisting mainly of superhuman aces and deformed jokers known as the Egyptian Freemasons. The Astronomer planned to conquer the world in the aftermath of an invasion by fungoid aliens called the Swarm. Unknown to him, the Shakti device of the Egyptian Freemasons lacked a power source and was designed to contact an alien organization, the Network. Once his plans were foiled, the Astronomer lived only for revenge. The Astronomer is an old man (born in 1925), who has thinning white hair, wears glasses and is best described as "mole-like"; he is also noted as having a disproportionately large head, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith (song)
"Wraith" is a song from indie rock quartet Peace. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2013 as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, ''In Love''. "Wraith" was written by the band's front-man Harrison Koisser and was produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Adele). Track listing ;Vinyl #Wraith – 3:11 #Scumbag – 3:29 ;Digital download #Wraith – 3:11 Critical reception Sian Rowe of ''NME'' reviewed the track positively, writing Charts For the chart week dated 26 January 2013, "Wraith" debuted at number seventy-five on the UK Singles Chart—marking the band's first chart appearance. Credits and personnel * Harrison Koisser – writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, pla ... *Jim Abiss – producer Release history Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith (Brian DeWolff)
Wraith is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Wraith first appeared in '' Marvel Team-Up'' #48 and was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema. Fictional character biography Brian DeWolff was a former patrolman for the New York Police Department who was shot by criminals and rescued by his father, ex-Commissioner Phillip DeWolff. Determined to see his son, who was rendered catatonic, survive, Phillip resorted to using experimental technologies to restore Brian's health. During the restoration process, both Brian and Phillip were accidentally exposed to the machinery's ray; this process gave Brian psionic abilities, including the ability to read minds, induce illusions in the minds of others, project psionic force bolts and control the mind of another person (but he can only control one mind at a time), but also mind-linked him with his father and left him susceptible to his mental domination. Under Phillip's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith Squadron
''Star Wars: X-wing'' is a ten-book series of ''Star Wars'' novels by Michael A. Stackpole (who also co-wrote the similarly named comic book series) and Aaron Allston. Stackpole's contributions cover the adventures of a new Rogue Squadron formed by Wedge Antilles, while Allston's focus on Antilles' Wraith Squadron. Background While preparing to write the series, Stackpole contacted ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe author Timothy Zahn, whose ''Thrawn'' trilogy also features a group called Rogue Squadron. After the first book came out, Stackpole asked Zahn for permission to use his character Talon Karrde; Zahn changed about three words of dialogue. Later, Zahn asked Stackpole if he could use Booster Terrik in the first book of his ''Hand of Thrawn'' duology; Stackpole returned the favor of changing three words. Plot synopses While the first eight books are largely continuous, the first four form a complete story arc (being continuous works by Stackpole), and the next three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wraith (Dungeons & Dragons)
This is the list of ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd edition monsters, an important element of that role-playing game. This list only includes monsters from official ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd Edition supplements published by TSR, Inc. or Wizards of the Coast, not licensed or unlicensed third-party products such as video games or unlicensed ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd Edition manuals. __TOC__ Monsters in the 2nd edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' The second edition of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' game featured both a higher number of books of monsters and more extensive monster descriptions than both earlier and later editions, with usually one page in length. Next to a description, monster entries in this edition contained standardized sections covering combat, their habit and society, and their role in the eco-system. While later editions gave the various creatures all the attributes which player characters had, 2nd edition only listed intellige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evolve (video Game)
''Evolve'' was a first-person shooter video game developed by Turtle Rock Studios and published by 2K Games. Announced in January 2014, the game was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in February 2015. ''Evolve'' uses an asymmetrical multiplayer structure, where five players—four playing as hunters and one as the monster—battle against each other on an industrialized alien planet called Shear. The hunters' gameplay is based on the first-person shooter design, while the monsters are controlled from a third-person perspective. The hunters' goal is to eliminate the monster, while the monster's goal is to consume wildlife and evolve to make themselves stronger before either eliminating the hunters, or successfully destroying the objective. ''Evolve'' was Turtle Rock Studios' first major project after the company split from Valve Corporation, Valve in 2010. The concept for ''Evolve'' existed prior to the development of their previous game, ''Left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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