Kestrel (Marvel Comics)

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Kestrel
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John Wraith
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance As Carlisle:
Wolverine (vol. 2) #48 (November 1991)
As John Wraith:
Wolverine #60 (September 1992)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoJohn Wraith
Species Mutant
Team affiliations Weapon X
Team X
Notable aliasesCarlisle, Halcon
Abilities Teleportation
Slowed aging

Kestrel (John Wraith) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Contents

will.i.am portrays Kestrel in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine .

Publication history

Kestrel first appeared in Wolverine #48 (November 1991) and was created by writer Larry Hama and artist Marc Silvestri.

Fictional character biography

John Wraith is a member of Team X and test subject of the Weapon X Program, along with Wolverine, Sabretooth, Maverick, Mastodon and Silver Fox. [1] [2]

Wraith later leaves Weapon X, but eventually rejoins the group and is instructed to recruit Maverick into it. He is mortally wounded by Sabretooth, but survives and becomes a preacher before being killed by Hellverine. [3] [4]

Powers and abilities

Kestrel possesses the mutant ability to teleport over long distances. Additionally, he was given a life-extending serum as part of his initiation into Weapon X.

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of John Wraith from Earth-1610 appears in Ultimate X-Men . This version is the leader of a mutant concentration camp and the head of the Weapon X program. [5] [6] [7] [8] He later becomes the Vindicator after gaining powers from the Banshee drug before being killed by William Stryker Jr. [9] [10] [11]

In other media

References

  1. Wolverine vol. 2 #60–66. Marvel Comics.
  2. Marvel Comics Presents #25. Marvel Comics.
  3. Weapon X #23. Marvel Comics.
  4. Wolverine vol. 4 #1. Marvel Comics.
  5. Ultimate X-Men #2. Marvel Comics.
  6. Ultimate X-Men #7–12. Marvel Comics.
  7. Ultimate X-Men #11. Marvel Comics.
  8. Ultimate X-Men #38. Marvel Comics.
  9. Ultimate X-Men #94. Marvel Comics.
  10. Ultimate X-Men #98–99. Marvel Comics.
  11. Ultimate X-Men #99. Marvel Comics.
  12. Graser, Marc (19 February 2008). "Reynolds, will.i.am join Wolverine". Variety . Archived from the original on 2008-02-25. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  13. John Wraith as portrayed by will.i.am in X-Men Origins: Wolverine