Who Is Ricochet Rita? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Ricochet Rita is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Rita Wayward, with over 46 comic issue appearances. Ricochet Rita was a former stuntwoman who left Earth to join Longshot's rebellion against Mojo. Through a twist of time and fate, she was held hostage and transformed into Spiral, the X-Men's foe.

Who is Ricochet Rita?

Origin A daring young woman from Texas, Ricochet Rita became a successful stunt woman in Hollywood. She was always willing to do the most dangerous stunts, for very little money. One day filming was interupted by the appearance of a young blond man known only as Longshot . Soon he was roped into joing the stunt team. Rita's passion for adrenalyne inducing stunts and Longshot's natural skill to have everything go his way made them a great collaborative team, and soon Rita fell in love with the mysterious young man. However, Longshot was seriously injured during an extremely dangerous and ill-planned stunt. The director was uninsured, and didn't want anyone to discover how he had been cutting corners, so he kidnapped Longshot and tried to dump his body. Rita had no idea what had happened, and left to search for his missing lover.

Key facts

Ricochet Rita is of human origin and first appeared in ""...I'll Wave To You From The Top!"". The character is published by Marvel. With 46 recorded issue appearances, Ricochet Rita ranks among the most featured characters in comics.