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Joseph Wilson (New Earth)

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Character Template
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Real Name
Joseph William Wilson
Current Alias

Identity

Affiliation
formerly Teen Titans

Relatives
Slade Wilson (Deathstroke, father), Adeline Kane Wilson (mother, deceased), Grant Wilson (brother, Ravager, deceased), Rose Wilson (Ravager, half-sister)


Base Of Operations

Characteristics
Gender

Eyes

Hair

Unusual Features
He was mute due to a stabbing as a child. When he was brought back by Raven, he did not have the scar, but still does not talk.

Status
Citizenship

Marital Status

Occupation
Adventurer

Origin
Origin
Metahuman



Contents

History

Jericho and Raven
Jericho and Raven

Jericho was the son of Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke the Terminator. When he was a child, he was held hostage by The Jackal, a terrorist who was after his father. Deathstroke refused to give Jackal the information he wanted because it went against his professional code of ethics. Deathstroke managed to rescue his son, but not before one of Jackal's men had started to cut his throat. As a result, he was rendered mute.

As a result of that incident, and the fact that Slade had lied to her, his mother divorced his father, and took her two sons (Joseph and his older brother Grant) with her.

His mutant power, a result of the biological experimentation done on his father years before, appeared in his late teens, while trying to save his mother, Adeline, from an assassin. He had the power to take possession of any humanoid being he can make eye contact with. Once inside, Jericho takes possession of his target's voluntary motor functions for his own use, attaining full physical control if the body is unconscious. In addition, if the host is unconscious while Jericho is in control, he can speak through the host's body, but only with that person's accent and vocabulary and easily control the body physically. Jericho's body changes into an astral form seconds before possession.

Sometime later (in a storyline called The Judas Contract), Adeline and Joseph discovered that Deathstroke had accepted a contract on the Teen Titans. They approached Nightwing to help him rescue the Titans. It was then than Joseph adopted the identity of Jericho. The rescue mission was a success but it took a while for the Titans to trust him (they had been already betrayed by Terra and Jericho was Deathstroke's son). Finally they offered him membership and Jericho was a loyal Titan for many years.

Unfortunately, some months later, Jericho was possessed by the souls of Azarath, now tainted by the essence of the demon Trigon, Raven's father. Unable to possess Raven herself, the souls entered Jericho. They were weak at first, but gained strength with time and eventually merged with him.

The souls now needed individual vessels to survive and Jericho sought to acquire superhuman ones for them, taking over the Wildebeest Society and using them to abduct current and former Titans to act as vessels. Jericho also got new powers: a powerful lion soul-self and a healing ability that repaired his throat and allowed him to speak again.

Nightwing and Troia, accompanied by some new allies, found and confronted him. During the battle, the real Jericho resurfaced and begged his father to kill him. There was no help for him and, to spare his son any more suffering, Deathstroke killed him (the controversial Titans Hunt storyline).

A statue of Jericho is in the Titans Tower memorial in San Fransisco.

Several years later, Deathstroke discovered that the spirit of his son has taken refuge deep inside him. He tried to exorcise him, but Jericho overpowered and possessed him. He went in search of the new Titans and embarked in a fight with them, hoping that he could convince them that children shouldn't be superheroes, as they could die like he did. Unfortunately, his logic was extremely warped and he was willing to injure or kill one of them to prove his point. During the combat, he jumped from body to body until Raven absorbed him. But she repelled him during the battle with Brother Blood and Jericho tried to enter Cyborg. But Cyborg, using his cybernetic eye, transferred Jericho's spirit to a computer file, now stored in the Titans Tower.

In Teen Titans (Volume 3) #41, Jericho was resurrected by Raven. He rejoined the Teen Titans, and acted as a hero again for awhile.

During the events of DC Universe: Decisions, Jericho has once again revealed himself to be a villain. He has been using his powers of possession to attempt political assassinations by having key individuals act as unknowing suicide bombers.


Powers and Abilities

Powers

Mind Possession: When eye contact is made, Jericho is able to enter another's body and control their motor functions (except their speech). If the person is unconscious when Jericho enters, he can also speak through them, but retains any speech patterns the person may have (such as an impediment, lisp or accent).

Abilities

Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic):Jericho prefers solving things through nonviolent means, but he is an above average fighter, having been trained by his mother, Adeline Kane.

Sign Language: Jericho communicates with sign language when not possessing someone or when his victim is conscious


Weaknesses

Apparently Mute


Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.


Notes

  • Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.

Animated Series

Jericho as seen on the animated series
Jericho as seen on the animated series

Jericho has made a cameo appearance in the "Homecoming" episode of the animated Teen Titans series. He later meets Beast Boy and becomes a honorary Titan and later has to fight off both Fang and Private H.I.V.E.. His eye shape is exactly like Terra's. Like his early comic persona, Jericho's persona in the animated series can possess any being he can make eye contact with. He is mute on the show as he is in the comic books. However, while in Cinderblock's body, he was able to speak. However, his power was useless when Gizmo put a paper bag over his head. He was saved when reinforcements arrived with Cyborg, Starfire and Raven. Appears in:

  • "Calling All Titans"
  • "Titans Together"

Trivia

  • Jericho has been romantically linked to Raven and Kole


See Also


Recommended Reading

  • None.


Links and References



Footnotes


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