Who Is Coyote? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Coyote is a Marvel comic book character, with over 33 comic issue appearances. A mystic with animalistic qualities. A boy abandoned but raised to be something amazing. HE IS COYOTE.

Who is Coyote?

Eclipse Comics Orphaned when his parents die in an above-ground nuclear test, a young American Indian is taken in by a hermit who also happens to be a were-coyote. They are joined by a witch, who becomes his foster mother. One night, after an occult ceremony, the boy becomes a coyote-man himself, slays his adoptive parents and decides to live alone in the desert. Able to look like anyone he chooses, Coyote has an even stranger power; by doing "a dance step to the music of the spheres," he can move about unseen. Killing others who stumble into his domain, he murders an agent of the Shadow Cabinet, a group devoted to pulling down world governments. Following another agent back to the Cabinet's lair, Coyote is smitten by the beautiful Phyllida Trant. Deciding to woo Phyllida and take on the Cabinet for entertainment, he is shot, but not killed by her, who views him as an obstacle to her own dream of taking over the Cabinet. Later, tearing out her throat, the disgusted Coyote returns to the desert.

Key facts

Coyote is of human origin and first appeared in "I Am Coyote". The character is published by Marvel. With 33 recorded issue appearances, Coyote ranks among the most featured characters in comics.