WILD CARD
Earth-79733

Real Name: Remy Cash

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-79733) human mutate (fringe character)

Occupation: Avenger

Group Membership: Formerly Thieves Guild

Affiliations: Thieves Guild

Enemies: The government

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

First Appearance: Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 (July, 1997)

Powers/Abilities: Due to his exposure to Gen X-Factor, Wild Card has the ability to explosively unleash the latent kinetic energy of inanimate objects, a power he tends to focus through playing cards.

    He also has enhanced senses.

    In battle, Wild Card carries a staff, rope and playing cards that he charges and throws as explosive projectiles.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'2")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 179 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (see comments)
Hair: Strawberry blonde

History:
(Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 - "Amalgamania: The Top 10 Amalgams 'Wizard' Wants to See" (fb) - BTS) - A member of New Orleans' Thieves Guild, Remy Cash was hired alongside the rest of the Thieves Guild by the government to steal a vial of Gen X-Factor serum from a rogue scientific base. During the mission, all seven of the Thieves Guild members including Remy were exposed to the Gen X-Factor and gained superhuman powers, in Remy's case, enhanced senses and the ability to unleash the latent kinetic energy of any inanimate objects. Wishing to cover their tracks, the government soon tracked down the various Thieves Guild members and killed them all except Remy Cash.

(Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 - "Amalgamania: The Top 10 Amalgams 'Wizard' Wants to See") - Remy managed to avoid the government's plots to kill him, staying alive in an attempt to avenge his former teammates as Wild Card.

Comments: Created by the Wizard staff, Brett Booth and Jimmy Palmiotti.

Key:
Marvel characters are listed in regular, bold black type.
DC characters are listed in bold blue type.
Amalgam characters are listed in bold purple type.

    To clarify, Amalgam Comics didn't really exist beyond those seen in the few DC/Marvel cross-overs. The titles you don't recognize are amalgams of similar Marvel and DC comics--Snood.

    In case it's not obvious, Wild Card is an amalgamation of Marvel's Gambit (Remy LeBeau) and DC's (then Image's) Grifter (Cole Cash).

    Wild Card is the product of an article in Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 in which the staff of the magazine came up with their own ideas for amalgamated characters.

    Wild Card's eye color was impossible to determine, as he was only ever seen with his mask on.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-79733's Wild Card should be distinguished from:

• Gambit (Remy LeBeau) - mutant, can charge objects with kinetic energy, X-Men member--Uncanny X-Men I#266
• Grifter (Cole Cash) - masked hero, WildC.A.T.s member--WildC.A.T.s I#1
• Wildcard - alias used by the mercenary Deadpool while serving as armored security agent in Las Vegas--New Mutants I#98
• Wildcard (John Crenella) of Earth-1287 - Strikeforce: Morituri--Strikeforce: Morituri I#13
  
• or any other "Wild" or "Card" characters
  

Appearances:
Wizard: The Guide to Comics I#71 (July, 1997) - "Amalgamania: The Top 10 Amalgams 'Wizard' Wants to See" story - The Wizard staff (writer), Brett Booth, Jimmy Palmiotti (art), Brian Cunningham (editor)

First posted: 11/12/2024
Last updated: 11/12/2024

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