WRECKAGE
Real Name: Jack Prosper
Identity/Class: Extradimensional
(Earth-93060/Ultraverse)
human mutate
Occupation: Unrevealed;
formerly UltraForce member;
formerly FBI special agent
Group Membership: None;
formerly UltraForce
(Black Knight (Dane Whitman (originally Earth-616)), Ghoul,
Lament, Prime
(Kevin Green), Prototype (Bob Campbell), Topaz);
formerly FBI (all Earth-93060)
Affiliations: Felicia Campbell, Cromwell
(all Earth-93060);
briefly Green
Goblin (Phil Urich), Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (all Earth-616)
Enemies: Bonehammer, the Commission (Rabies Badalamenti, others), Dog,
J.D. Hunt, Metabio, briefly New York police (Captain Barry Schuch,
others ), Progeny,
Rawborgs, Shifters (all
Earth-93060)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
formerly UltraForce
HQ, Headless Cross, Arkansas, USA (Earth-93060);
formerly New York, USA
First Appearance: UltraForce II#1
(October, 1995)
Powers/Abilities: Jack Prosper is an excellent
(former) FBI detective with special agent training. His body has been
enhanced with technological
wetware to give him enhanced agility and peak human strength, being
able to jump between tall buildings, and hardened/replaced leg bones.
Wreckage has
excellent hand-eye coordination for accurate multiple shots with
handguns, and has athlete-level endurance. He is an excellent
hand-to-hand fighter from FBI training, but relies heavily on two
pistols (presumably he carries multiple magazines in his coat to
quickly reload, given his rapid-fire technique in close quarters).
He has forearm implants are weaponized
with "shudderers," activated at will by palm contact, which stuns a
victim and causes sudden micro-spasms; the intensity and duration is
determined by Wreckage. The higher a jolt, the longer it takes for him
to recharge, but their use provides him with an intense rush that he
relishes and he has begun to show less time needed between shuddering
recharges. Wreckage can
also phase through solid objects (he calls "spinning"), but it takes
one to two days before he can do it again; he can also carry phased objects that he is touching (like
clothes and handguns). The
implanted subdermal wetware has left him with a pale skin complexion
and many distinctive scars.
His vision had to be repaired and he prefers to operate in the dark,
indicating he has excellent low-light vision to aid his stealth attacks.
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 210 lbs.
Eyes: White (formerly brown)
Hair: Brown
History:
(UltraForce II#3 (fb) - BTS) - FBI Special Agent Jack
Prosper ran various cases, including investigating backstreet bodywork
operations for illegal superhuman ("ultra") upgrades. Prosper later ran
a stakeout on the Commission (New York mafia) when ultra assassin
Bonehammer brutally smashed the FBI agents. Prosper was the only one to
survive, but only barely with extremely severe injuries. A year later,
he could barely move with crutches, having partial vision, one
lung, a weakened heart, temporal lobe epilepsy, loss of motor control
and an obsession with revenge against Bonehammer. Invalided out of the
FBI, he received his pension in one lump sum. He sold his house and
disappeared to get physical enhancements, knowing that very few "normal
types" go up against ultras and win (Alec
Swan was the only one he knew of).
(UltraForce II#3 (fb)) - Prosper took all his money
to backstreet bodywork operations and underwent the painful process of
getting considerable surgery to receive physical enhancements and
powers.
(UltraForce II#3 (fb) - BTS) - Prosper didn't
understand the physics of what powers he had, only what they did. He planned his
attack on the Commission to get at Bonehammer.
(UltraForce II#1) - Wreckage
began his destructive rampage across Manhattan, setting off fiery
explosions in Commission sites, causing the deaths of many involved
with the Commission. Fearful citizens glimpsed him and the next day,
photos of his ultra leaping ability made the news. UltraForce (Black
Knight, Ghoul, Prime, Prototype, Topaz) were sanctioned by the US
Government to hunt down Wreckage and set off at dusk. In Manhattan,
stealthy bounty hunter ultra Lament followed new destruction to find
Wreckage.
(UltraForce II#2) - Government liaison to UltraForce Cromwell noted
a pattern to Wreckage's bombings. Police tried to shoot the bomber, but were
instead hit (but never fatally). Lament followed Commission mobsters to
a safehouse that was suddenly attacked by Wreckage. More mobsters
arrived and a fierce gunfight ensued, but this attracted Prime.
Wreckage stunned him with his "shudderer" ability until the armored
Prototype smashed Wreckage away. Wreckage was turned over to the
police. But nearby, Black Knight considered Lament and Ghoul's
statements about Wreckage's targeting, and he ordered Cromwell to have
Wreckage released to UltraForce for further questioning.
(UltraForce II#3 (fb) - BTS) - Wreckage was remanded
into UltraForce's custody and put in a cell in their base, although the
mayor was keen for a swift trial and have an ultra publicly executed,
with politicians Guiliani and Pataki keen to boost their public
ratings.
(UltraForce II#3) - Wreckage willingly answered questions and
gave an account of his history. Later, the group considered his story;
Cromwell confirmed Bonehammer's existence and consensus was reached to
use rehabilitating Wreckage to get to Bonehammer. UltraForce returned
to New York and soon found Bonehammer's safehouse. Wreckage engaged the
near indestructible Bonehammer alone in an intense fight, following a
strategy he had long planned, but chose not to kill the villain,
instead bashing the body so that the villain's brain remained intact
but could no longer move. Afterward, Wreckage and Lament joined
UltraForce.
(UltraForce/Spider-Man#1A & 1B) - At their base
UltraForce were shocked by the sudden transdimensional arrival of a
seemingly pained and aged Prime (actually an alien shapeshifting
"Shifter" seeking to cause war between Earth-93060 (Ultraverse) and
Earth-616). The others' defenses failed until Wreckage used his
shudderers to drop the intruder. The Prime/Shifter faked a time travel
story and sowed discord with a tale of a future UltraForce traitor plus
new foe Green Goblin (Phil Urich-616). Feigning discorporation,
Prime/Shifter reopened a portal back to Earth-616 and UltraForce
followed to investigate. Finding Spider-Man and Green Goblin, and despite a
brief fracas, they realized that both worlds had been set against each
other. They separated into two teams to follow leads.
(UltraForce/Spider-Man#1A) - Prototype, Wreckage,
Lament, Black Knight and Green Goblin rocketed to the S.H.I.E.L.D.
satellite, where they were attacked by Shifters. A hull breach caused
all the aliens to be sucked out into space and die; Green Goblin and
Prototype saved the team.
(UltraForce/Spider-Man#1A & 1B
(fb) - BTS) - With
both teams successful at stopping the threats but confused, they
traveled back to the Ultraverse to explore further.
(UltraForce/Spider-Man#1A & 1B) - They rushed to
Aladdin HQ to investigate a possible alien incursion there and found it
swarming with Shifters. Intense fighting saw Wreckage's
shuddering power particularly effective against them. With the Shifters
near defeat, the aliens' hidden masters portaled them away. Topaz saved
Wreckage from being pulled away as well, gruffly acknowledging he might
be a friend as well as a teammate. Spider-Man and Green Goblin returned
home, and both teams advised their respective organizations of the
alien menace and fake interdimensional war threat.
(UltraForce II#4) - Black Knight
took leave and left
Prototype to lead the team on their next mission.
(All-New Exiles#4) - UltraForce were called in to
investigate the bloody dissection of comatose ultra Catapult,
whose organs had been harvested by an alien Progeny
scout
hunting the Theta Virus. They tracked it to its hideout, coincidentally
just as rival team the Exiles (Siena Blaze, Amber Hunt, Juggernaut,
Reaper,Shuriken, 'Strike) arrived and the belligerent Exiles
attacked, with Wreckage countering the expert combatant 'Strike. But
soon the real enemy, the Progeny scout, was revealed and only the
two teams' combined effort destroyed it. The Exiles quickly teleported away and
left UltraForce amongst the rubble.
(UltraForce II#5) - UltraForce were assigned by
Aladdin's Jake Alexander to examine the assassination of Senator Robert
Shine because it was likely by an ultra. The team split their
investigations into two ultras: Helen Volcano and Whistler.
(UltraForce II#6) - Black Knight,
Wreckage, Topaz and
Lament visited Volcano's apartment. Initially resisting (with Wreckage
then wanting to use his guns against her), she confessed her involvement.
Further investigation led them into a fight with the cheap but savage
and fast-healing killer ultra Dog. Wreckage and Lament were keen to use
lethal force, despite Black Knight's protestations.
(UltraForce II#7) - Wreckage used his shudderer power
on Dog's brain but the killer's second combat brain then reigned. It
took combined and coordinated efforts, including Wreckage firing
multiple rounds point blank at Dog's head, to stop the killer. Ghoul's
interrogation of the corpse confirmed corporate Metabio involvement.
UltraForce crashed their way into Metabio headquarters, with Wreckage,
Lament and Topaz uncontrollable in their bloody rage. Wreckage
confronted the corporate head, J.D. Hunt, who confessed before
UltraForce. Hunt was arrested and stated Shine's assassin would now be
after them. Later, back at UltraForce HQ, Black Knight dismissed
Wreckage, Lament, Topaz and Ghoul from the UltraForce because of their
murderous ways.
Comments:
Created by Warren Ellis, Steven Butler, Ken Branch, Dennis Janke.
Where could Wreckage go after his expulsion? He was too
brutal for police and FBI work (and had alienated the police anyway).
He was probably too brutal for government or Aladdin wetwork once he
was fully "in the zone." So maybe a slightly slower pace as a private
eye and detective, similar to Alec "Firearm"
Swan, whom he already
referenced early on. Or perhaps Shine's assassin got to him... (The
assassin's identity was never revealed, but was likely Veil).
Profile
by Grendel
Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Wreckage has no known connections to:
- any other "Wreckage" characters
Rabies Badalamenti
Rabies (presumably a nickname) Badalamenti was a
long-time enforcer for the Commission (mafia) in New York, very proud
of his high murder count. In 1973, a man called McCann stabbed him and
Rabies laughed it off. Many years later, the superhuman ("ultra")
Wreckage went on a destructive rampage through parts of New
York, seeking bloody vengeance against the killer ultra Bonehammer and
his Commission protectors. Badalamenti was one of those killed in
Wreckage's bombs planted at Commission sites. Soon after, the ultra
Ghoul found Badalamenti's corpse and used his power to speak to the
dead man's spirit, and found out that Wreckage was targeting Commission
people and sites.
--UltraForce II#2
images:
(without ads)
UltraForce II#3, cover (main image)
UltraForce II#3, p1, pan3 (headshot before wetware)
UltraForce II#2, p13, pan1 (phasing through ceiling)
UltraForce/Spider-Man#1A, p5, pan3 (using shudderers)
UltraForce II#7, p24, pan1 (headshot, dismissed)
UltraForce II#2, p14, pan2 (Badalamenti)
UltraForce II#3, p12, pan2 (called back to action)
Appearances:
UltraForce II#1 (October, 1995) - Warren Ellis (writer), Steven Butler
(pencils), Ken Branch & Dennis Janke (inks), Hank Kanalz (editor)
UltraForce II#2 (November, 1995) - Warren Ellis (writer), Steven Butler
(pencils), Dennis Janke (Story 1) & Ken Branch (inks), Hank
Kanalz (editor)
UltraForce II#3 (December, 1995) - Warren Ellis (writer), Steven Butler
(pencils), Bob Almond & Ken Branch (inks), Hank Kanalz (editor)
UltraForce/Spider-Man#1A-B (January, 1996) - Marv Wolfman (writer),
Gabe Alberola, Steven Butler, Gabriel Gecko, Chris Marrinan &
Shawn
McManus (pencils), Jim Amash, Scott Reed & Lawrence Welch (inks),
Hank Kanalz (editor)
UltraForce II#4 (January, 1996) - Doug Warner (writer), Pino Rinaldi
(pencils), Tom Wegrzyn (inks), Hank Kanalz (editor)
All New Exiles II#4 (January, 1996) - Ian Edginton (writer), Chris
Alexander (pencils), Jeff Whiting (inks), Roland Mann (editor)
UltraForce II#5 (February, 1996) - Ian Edginton &
Warren
Ellis (writers), Darick Robertson (pencils), Jerome Moore (inks), Hank
Kanalz (editor)
UltraForce II#6 (March, 1996) - Ian Edginton & Warren Ellis
(writers), Darick Robertson (pencils), Jerome Moore & Terry Pallot
(inks), Hank Kanalz (editor)
UltraForce II#7 (April, 1996) - Ian Edginton & Warren Ellis
(writers), Jeff Johnson, Scott Kolins, Brandon McKinney, Darick
Robertson & Chris Schenk (pencils), Terry Pallot (inks), Hank
Kanalz (editor)
First posted:
06/19/2023 - celebrating
30 years of
the Ultraverse!
Last updated:
06/19/2023
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