Who Is Shriek? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Shriek is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Frances Louise Barrison, with over 123 comic issue appearances. A drug dealer/rock groupie whose mutant abilities were activated after a confrontation with Cloak and Dagger. She later became Carnage's girlfriend during Maximum Carnage.

Who is Shriek?

Origin As a young girl, Shriek had a miserable childhood that eventually drove her to drugs. Her mother was ashamed of her for being overweight and she was abused by both her parents. She became a groupie for a rock band, and a drug dealer on the side until the vigilantes Cloak and Dagger happened by during one of her deals. Having already suffered enough traumas to make her dangerously unstable, a short stay in Cloak 's dark dimension pushed her over the edge into insanity. After that, she was captured and imprisoned in Ravencroft. According to her, she was also shot in the head by police and while gluing the pieces together again, the doctors apparently missed some. However, it is still unclear as to how her powers actually developed. It could be that she already had these powers but they didn’t manifest themselves until she was exposed to Cloak’s darkness, or they could have been a side effect of the drugs she was taking, or it could have been a combination of these events, among others, that caused her powers to develop.

Key facts

Shriek is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Maximum Carnage, Part 1: Begins Here". The character is published by Marvel. With 123 recorded issue appearances, Shriek ranks among the most featured characters in comics.