Who Is Jim Wilder? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Jim Wilder is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 12 comic issue appearances. Chosen as the captain of a long-crashed starship....

Who is Jim Wilder?

Little is known of Jim Wilder's early life, other than he was an orphan until he met Anna Hark , president of the Hark Corporation. She took him in, and when he grew to be an adult, she employed him as her personal investigator. It was during one such investigation - the bombing of one of Hark's buildings - that he stepped on an alien monolith and was teleported into the heart of an ancient, living Bleed-ship. This ship had been built on an alternate earth and was designed to sail the Bleed, the interdimensional buffer zone between universes. The ship and its crew crashed, however, 65 million years ago, triggering the K-T extinction event that killed the dinosaurs. Wilder was able to talk to the ship, which revealed that it needed a crew - living beings to act not only as pilot and navigator, but also as engines, fuel and scanners. When it went down, the ship ejected travelstones to allow rescuers to enter it, but none came. Until Jim Wilder.

Key facts

Jim Wilder is of human origin and first appeared in "Strange Harbours". The character is published by DC Comics. With 12 recorded issue appearances, Jim Wilder ranks among the most featured characters in comics.