The accidcnt that killed his parents. lcftTakashi Matsuya (Taki to his friends) wheel chairbound and depressed. Taki focuscd his attentions on building highly sophisticated dcvices; when his ability to tcchnoform >bjects manifested, his engineering abilities became evcn morę prodigious. Captured by N’ASTlR!J.Taki agreed to crcatc a bridge between the Limbo dimension and Larth. Ho\vever. when hc realized the devastation being causcd.Taki helped to foil N’astirhs plan.Tiki has sińce returned to school. AD
Once an invcntor and cscapologist who lived up to Ins stage name the Wizard. Hentley Whitman was furious that his fanie was being cclipsed by the new Super Heroes, cspecially Johnny Storni, the Humań Torc.h.
Dctcrmined to regain mass acclaim, the Wizard turned to villainy. and tried to destroy the Toa h and his sister. Iiwisible Girl (see Invisidif Woman).
After several defeats. the Wizard organized a sinister counterpart to the Fantastk Four comprised of hiniself. the Tilapster. the Sandman and Mi.DUSA.This team. known as the Frichtfui Four. has challcnged the lieroic FF on numerous occasions, and eonie perhaps the closest to destroying theni. TB
bat k to human form. Geneticisc Dr.
Ralme, and madc Ralme her ward.
Rahne joincd the Ni w Muiań is, coUeague Protcssor X, reinaiiiing willi reorganized it into X-Foiu i:. Sinclair eventuallv secotid Yersion of X-Fac kor. After hved wirh MacTaggcrt at her Muir Island basi
After MacTaggcrt s death, Sinclair tauglit at She now works for Jamie Madrox’s X-Factor lnvc$tigations. PS
FACTFILE REAL NAME
Rahne Sinclair
Horn in Scotland, the orphancd Ralme Sinclair was raised by a fanatical minister, Rcverend Craig. At puberty, her mutant power to transform into a wolf emerged. Believing she was possessed by the devil. Reverend Craig led a mob in pursuit ot* Rahne. who
WOLFSBANE
FIRST APPEARANCE X-Torminators FI (October 1988)
REAL name Takashi 'Taki" Matsuya
OCCUPATION Student BASE New York Crty
HEIGHT 4 ft 7 in WEIGHT 87 Ibs EYES Brown HAIR Black
SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Mutant ability to technotorm
machirtery. abło to ntold objocts into any configuration that his imagination can concewe.
OCCUPATION
Adventurer
BASE
Mutant Town. New York City
tled in wolf form. Shot by one of the mob. Ralme transformed
HEIGHT (łupinę form) Up to
12 ft standlng on hind legs WEIGHT (łupinę form) Up to 1.050 Ibs
EYES Blue-green HAIR Reddish-brown
FIRST APPEARANCE
MarveJ Graphic Noveł 44: The New Mutants (1982)
FIRST APPEARANCE Strango Toles *102 (Noiromber 1962)
REAL NAME Bentley Whitman
OCCUPATION Criminal BASE New York City
HEIGHT 5 ft 8 in WEIGHT 150 Ibs EYES Hazel HAIR 8rown
SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Costume features an anti-grawty dtsk that cnabtes hłm lo fły. and “ wonder glove$.' wtwch give him heightoncd strength and a protective force field
pourrs uff suprrnjiurji
in origin.
In her trnnsrtiona] lorm. Sinclair łs part humon and part wolt. SI*o has enhaix»d Strength. eon stand on her hind logs. and csrn uso her front paws as hands
a wolf wIWe rel»ning rnost ot hor human mtolłoct. or into a transrionał form włkch comłwies hurnan and łupina aspoets. Has moro acuto senses in łupino form.