Who Is Wildside? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Wildside is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Richard Gill, with over 276 comic issue appearances. Mainstay member and sometimes leader of the terrorist Mutant Liberation Front. Wildside prefers to fight hand to hand but will use his power to cause opponents to hallucinate as a last resort.

Who is Wildside?

Wildside was one of the founding members of the terrorist organization known as the Mutant Liberation Front . One of their first missions under the leadership of Stryfe was to liberate the incarcerated New Mutants members Rusty and Skids . They broke them out of prison and the pair joined the MLF out of confusion (and, as later evidence showed, neural implants kept them there). Wildside continued to be a mainstay in the team's ventures, including fighting Wolverine , Sunfire , X-Factor and other heroes. Under the leadership of Cable the New Mutants became the paramilitary organization known as X-Force , and began to be more aggressive in their campaigns. In one such mission X-Force discovers a hidden MLF base and, while fighting Wildside, Forearm, Reaper and other members of the team, nearly lose their lives when Stryfe orders the destruction of the base. Later, Garrison Kane stumbles upon Wildside, Forearm , and Sumo in the Canadian mountains and, after a brief scuffle, follows them through their teleportation portal , where he is tortured. After a series of supposedly unconnected art thefts (all of which are related to Apocalypse , the MLF approach Mister Sinister and propose a t.

Key facts

Wildside is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Bang! You’re Dead!". The character is published by Marvel. With 276 recorded issue appearances, Wildside ranks among the most featured characters in comics.