WATANBE, EMMALINE BRIGITTE - sister of Brass, daughter of Yuji
    (app-brass)--Marvel Comics Presents I#65, 70 (69(fb), 65-67, [68,69], 70,71

WATANABE, FUJIKO - daughter and secretary of Goro, girlfriend of Toru Tarakoto
    (app-monstermanster)--Iron Man I#30

WATANABE, GORO - Research scientist, father of Fujiko, employer of Toru Tarakoto
    (app-monstermanster)--Iron Man I#30

WATANABE, JOHN - NYPD officer, father of Yuri, convicted of accepting bribes
    (app-wraith)--Amazing Spider-Man II#19.1

WATANABE, KENNETH - NYPD officer, father of John, grandfather of Yuri, awarded medal of honor
   
(app-wraith)--Amazing Spider-Man II#19.1

WATANABE, MICHIYO - Noah van Helsing's vampire hunters, generational samurai, natural daughter of a Shinto princess slain by the Yiki Onna, eventually sacrificed herself to destroy the lord of the Yiki Onna
    virtuoso with the silver scythe and nitrate-dipped dart
    *D* (app)--Tomb of Dracula IV#1 (1(fb), 1,2, 3d)

WATANABE, SEAN - see BRASS (app)--Marvel Comics Presents I#65

WATANABE, YUJI - karate sensei, father of Brass and Brigitte, assisted them and Wolverine and Ghost Rider (Ketch) against Deathwatch and his men
    (app-brass)--Marvel Comics Presents I#65 (69(fb), 65, 66-71

WATANABE, YURI - NYPD detective, friend of Jean DeWolff, took on Wraith identity to punish criminals
    (app)--Amazing Spider-Man II#600/1 (618-621, 664, 650, 651, 655, 656, 663, 664, Superior Spider-Man#8, 10, 14, 16, 19, 22-25

WATCHDOG (Normie) - pet of Sentry, Welsh Corgi
    super-powers
    (net)--Sentry#1 (1(fb), 5/Fantastic Four#1(fb1), Sent#1, 5, Sentry II#1-3, 6, 8, Civil War: Front Line#9, Mighty Avengers#2 (fb)

WATCHDOG PRIME - leader of the Watchdogs,
    "Head Dog" --Captain America I#386, 394

WATCHDOGS (Watchdog Prime, Captain America (William Burnside), Hiram Bukowski, Monty Dixon, Mike Farrell, Curtiss Goetske, Willie Gordon, Omar Graves, Darla Griffith, Virgil Kearney, Edgar May, Nathan Mitchell, Harold Simmons, Larry, Phil)
     - organization dedicated to stomping out indecency by any means necessary, unknowingly formerly funded by red skull (Shmidt), kidnapped and killed parents of captain america/Walker in attempt to capture/execute him for capturing and imprisoning other members of their organization
    (U#8,M)--Captain America I#335 (345, 350
, Captain America#602-605 (2010)

WATCH DRAGONS - Asgard, conjured by Casiolena
    (app-casiolena)--Defenders I#67

WATCHER - see UATU THE WATCHER--Fantastic Four I#13

watcher - unidentified, observed birth of a new celestial
    --Thor I#419 (423,424

watcher - see XECU - encountered by Bruce Banner + Amphibion on watcher's homeworld, observed birth of a new galaxy with his wife, who died from exposure to the energies released
    --Incredible Hulk II#473

WATCHER newborn - see Talmadge.
    sought by kree + skrulls, defended by thing, taken back by watchers
    --[Thing: Freakshow#1, 2(mentioned)], 3 ([1,2],3,4

WATCHER (   ) - ACE Corporation
    (app-ace)--Motormouth & Killpower#6

WATCHER, ASSISTANT of Reality-90984 - see ASSISTANT WATCHER
    --Amazing Spider-Man Family#8 (2009)

WATCHERS (Acba, Aron, Atul, Dark Counsel, Ecce, Edda, Egma, Emnu, Engo, He Who Summons, High Tribunal, Ikor, Ing, Otmu, Qyre, Talmadge, Uatu, Uatu's boss, Uilig, Ute(xd), Xecu, Zoma)
    (I#12,D#14,app)--Fantastic Four I#13 (
    Fantastic Force#7, Thing: Freakshow#4, She-Hulk I#7, FF549-550

WATCHERS HIGH TRIBUNAL - saved Earth-311 for the Watcher
    --1602#8

WATCHER's Homeworld -
    -WATCHERWORLD--Tales to Astonish I#73 ( Captain Marvel I#37, Incredible Hulk II#472-474

WATCHFIRE ( ) - Brute Force, fought Thunderbolts
    fiery form, fly, generate and project flames
    (app-Brute Force)--Thunderbolts#31 (32

WATCHLORD (Pieter Altmann) - German boy @ World War II, father killed by invading Russians, mutated by radiation, sought vengeance on all Russians, apparently killed while fighting the Black Widow
    Telekinesis, pyrokinesis, molecular rearrangement
    *D* (app)--Amazing Adventures II#8/2 (8/2(fb), 8/2

WATCHTOWER - former hq of sentry (Reynolds), contains Cloc
    (net)--Sentry#5 (Sentry/Fantastic Four#1(fb1), Sentry#5, Sentry vs Void

WATCHTOWER (Administrator) - had wolverine abducted to investigate his healing factor
    --Wolverine II#154

WATCHWRAITHs - synthezoid sentries, created by male dire wraith, mechanical humanoid-shaped.
    enhanced strength and durability
    (app)--Rom#16 (37

WATERBEAST - Used by "Brother Bloodseed" to attack Lysander upon his arrival, controlled by "Brother Bloodseed" via pain, healed by Lysander and used against "Brother Bloodseed"
    (app-bloodseed)--Bloodseed#1, 2

WATER BOYS (Delores, Janet, Ruth) - threatened to blow up New York City’s water supplies to get revenge for past misfortunes, defeated by Punisher
    (app)--Punisher II#41 ([41(fb)], 41

WATER-CHILDREN - followers of the Aquarian and his teachings
    --Quasar#4

WATER CREST COUNTRY CLUB - Georgia, former base of Blackburn's Dragon Circle
    --Jungle Action#

water monster - created by Leann Butler/Flood
    (app)--Flood Relief

WATER ELEMENTALs - Svartalfheim, agents of Dark Elves
    --Thor I#347

WATERFALL of WATOOMB - within Temple of Watoomb, empowered Tempest
    (app-temp)--Iron Man III#22

"WATER FESTIVAL of the INHUMANS"-
    (app)--Marvel Swimsuit Special#3 (1994)

WATERFIELD, Dr. CEDRICKE - @ 1930s, personal physician of Herbert Walpole
    (app-simonsdavid)--Savage Action#1/2 (2/2

WATERFIELD, EMILY - @ 1930s, wife of Cedricke, sister of Herbert Walpole, cut out of his will
    (app-simonsdavid)--Savage Action#1/2 (2/2

WATER GOD 2099 - sentient giant water creature, stopped by Hulk 2099
    (app)--2099 Unlimited#3

WATERMAN - hostess add, iron man foe
    <August, 1977>--Amazing Spider-Man I#171

WATERWAY IMPORTS - subsidiary of Fisk Enterprises, brought down when Foggy Nelson exposed continued use of lead paint
    --Daredevil/Spider-Man#3 (4

WATER WITCH ( ) - Outcasts, Superia’s Femizons.
    control water
    (app-out)--Marvel Treasury Edition#25( Rom28 [Captain America I#387,388],389-391,[392] Iron Man Annual#12

WATER WIZARD (Peter van Zante) - costumed criminal, former agent of enforcer + moondark + justin hammer, wounded serving usa in viet nam, placed under experimental radiation device to stimulate cellular regeneration, power surge mutated him to give him control over liquid molecules
    -AQUEDUCT* (D#12,M)--Ghost Rider II#23 (23(fb),23,24 Iron Man I#126,127, GR59,61,62, Captain America I#320, Fantastic Four I#336, Avengers Annual#19/5->aqueduct)

WATERS, DENISE A. - mother of Ellie, works as palm reader in New Orleans, daughter of a voodoo priestess and alleged Ogoun Shango
    --Silver Surfer IV#1 (2-14

WATERS, ELLIE - daughter of Denise, autistic, taken from Earth by Annunaki race, apparently saved Earth from the Marduk construct
    Vast reality-altering powers
    --Silver Surfer IV#1 (2-14

WATER, GEORGE - Hidden, brother of Marianne
    *D* (app-hid)--[Blaze: Legacy of Blood #1], 2 (3,4

WATERS, MARIANNE - sister of george, killed by him
    *D* (app-hid)--[Blaze: Legacy of Blood#1], 2 (2d)

WATERS, SETH - SHIELD II, administrator for Washington bureau, involved in Extechop plan to kidnap Cable and use his techno-virus, forced to testify before congress
    --Cable II#58 (60-62

WATERS, - mother of Denise, vodoun priestess, died @ 38 years old
    *D*--Silver Surfer IV#1 (1(fb)

WATERS of ETERNITY/INFINITY - Dakimh's castle, used to view past and/or distant events, served as portal for Bzzkj'oh to confront Dakimh and his allies
    --Howard the Duck I#22

WATERS of LUTHUK - within Tryk lair, magical properties
    --Blade#2 (3-5

WATKINS, DELROY - student under Luke Charles, bullied by Mack & others, considered using gun, counseled by Charles, shot Death Tiger as he prepared to slay Black Panther
    --Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II#2

WATKINS, Mr. - librarian who transformed into a werewolf
    --Menace#1

WATOOMB - sorcerer, created Wand & Scrolls of Watoomb, participated in Wager of the Octessence, empowered Tempest, invoked by numerous sorcerers
    "Winds of Watoomb" (app)--[Amazing Spider-Man Annual#2], Dr. Strange II#34 (Iron Man III#22 (fb) [22 (fb) - BTS], [Doc II#81 (fb)], [AmzSpAn2 (fb)], DocII#34 (fb), [AmzSpAn2, Dr. Strange I#179, Doctor Strange I#163/173/177/182/183/Sub-Mariner#22/Marvel Premiere#8/Doctor Strange II#6/20/22/29/39/44/Ghost Rider II#31, Incredible Hulk II#126, Doctor Strange II#40/45/48/57/61/65/73/Doctor Strange III#5/7/10/13, 23, 24, 28, 34, 48], 49, [IM22], [Mystic Arcana: Scarlet Witch#1/3]

WATSON, ANNA MAY - aunt of MJ, sister of Phillip, old friend and former neighbor of May Parker
    (MESp)--Amazing Spider-Man I#15 (Spectacular Spider-Man II#257(fb), Peter Parker: Spider-Man#1/2(fb), Amz I#259(fb), Marvel Graphic Novel: Spider-Man: Parallel Lives, Untold Tales of Spider-Man#16, AmzSp15, [Sensational Spider-Man Annual 1996], Sp:ParL, Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounters, US19, U20, A18, U22, 25, A28, [Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man#9], Sp:PL, A30, 34, [Web:ToSp1], A39, 41, S:PL, A42, 43, 45, 46, Fantastic Four I#61, A47-50, 53, 55-57, Spectacular Spider-Man I#1, 60, 64, 66-68, 72, 82, 86, A365/3(fb), A94-96, [102], 112, 123, 134(fb), Giant-Size Spider-Man#1, [A136], Deadly Hands of Kung Fu#9/2, A144,145, GS Sp5, A147, 156, 167, SpecII#7, AmzAn11, A177-179, 196, 200, Sp38, A208, [SpecAn2], A220/2, 238, 241, 247, An19, A274, Sp112,113, A An21, S:PL, A297, WebS38, [A314], SpAn9/3, [Spider-Man I#50], Web117, A394, W118,Sp218, 220, W122, A400, SS225/2, W126,A403, Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha, Sensational Spider-Man#0, A417,Sp240,Se11, A418,S75,Sp241,Se12,A419,A420,S76, X-Man#24, [Sp244], S77, [Spider-Man Unlimited#15], Se16,18, [S81], [Spider-Man Team-Up#7], A424,425, Se21,22, S83,Sp250, S85-87, Sp251-253, Heroes Reborn: The Return#1, Se24(fb), 24, Kingpin#1, Sp255,Se26,Sp256, Se27, 28, Sp257, S91, A437, Se29, [30], [Sp259], Se31, 32, Sp263, Amazing Spider-Man II#1/3,[Peter Parker: Spider-Man#1], A2, [PP:Sp13], 14, A18, P19, 29, 37, A510, Sensational Spider-Man III#39-->Mary Jane Parker
    Amazing Spider-Man#A545/2, 560-561

WATSON, GAYLE - see GAYLE WATSON BYRNES—Amazing Spider-Man I#246 (image), 258

WATSON, KRISTY - cousin of Mary Jane, bulimic, had heart attack as a result of eating disorder, stabilized with counseling
    -- Spectacular Spider-Man II#145,146, Web of Spider-Man#47,48, Amazing Spider-Man I#313,314, W50, A315, W51, Sp152, W53, Sp153, W54, Spectacular Spider-Man An9/3, Sp154, 156, [W56],57,58, 61, 62, 69, Sp169, 173, W73,74, Spider-Man I#23, W84,
    Peter Parker: Spider-Man#19

WATSON, LOU - uncle of MJ, father of Kristy, husband of Sybil
    --Web of Spider-Man#58

WATSON, MADELINE - mother of MJ + Gayle, ex-wife of Phillip, married just out of college, left him after he became abusive, died shortly before birth of gayle’s second child
    *D*--Amazing Spider-Man I#258 (258(fb1 2 3 4)/Marvel Graphic Novel: Spider-Man: Parallel Lives

WATSON, MARY JANE - see PARKER, MARY JANE
    (OH: Spdm2004, ME)--Amazing Spider-Man I#15, 25, 42 (A258(fb2 4), Marvel Graphic Novel: Spider-Man: Parallel Lives, #9; Untold Tales of Spider-Man#15, 16, [A15], [Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man#7-9],
    A39-48/Spider-Man: Blue#1-6, Dr. Octopus: Negative Exposure#2
    Spider-Man/Human Torch#2
    Sensational Spider-Man Annual#1 (fb)
    A87, Daredevil I#77, Spider-Man: Death & Destiny#2,3, A95,
    Amazing Spider-Man II#510(fb)/512(fb)
    A118?, Sensational Spider-Man III#33 (fb), Web:ToSp#1/2, A126, Sensational Spider-Man Annual#1 (fb), Marvel Team-Up I#15, A127, DD160,
    Sensational Spider-Man Annual#1 (fb)
    Spectacular Spider-Man II#7, MTU#58, Spec11, [MTU65], 68, Avengers I#168, Amazing Spider-Man An11, 11/2, Amz173
    --Mary Jane Watson-Parker/Mary Jane Parker;
    Amazing Spider-Man#545

WATSON, PHILIP - father of mj + gayle, brother of anna, ex-husband of madeline, former american literature professor and would-be writer, blamed wife and children for lack of success as writer, wife took children and left him after he became abusive, moved to oregon, tricked gayle into helping him steal a manuscript, allowed her to take the blame, exposed by mj and imprisoned
    --Amazing Spider-Man I#258 (258(fb1 2 3 4)/Marvel Graphic Novel: Spider-Man: Parallel Lives, A291,292, Spec219

WATSON-PARKER, MARY JANE - see PARKER, MARY JANE (U#8)--Amazing Spider-Man An21(

WATSON, RANDY LEE - Identity assumed by a Deviant working for the Damocles Foundation. "Watson" enlisted the aid of Lucas Guthrie in capturing a Celestial Gatherer, but died when a guard shot him.
    When he reverted to his true form, Guthrie realized his employers had been lying to him.
    --X-Force#96

WATSON, SYBIL - aunt of MJ, mother of Kristy
    --Web of Spider-Man#58

WATSON, WENDELL - mutant, murdered for being a mutant
    *D*--[Generation M#4] ([4 (fb)]

WATSON, DOC - @ World War II, Deadly Dozen, former prisoner of Nazis, killed by German soldiers on their final missions
    *D* (app)--Combat Kelly and the Deadly Dozen#1 (5(fb), [1(fb)], 1(fb), 1, [3], [Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos#104], CKatDD#5, 6(fb), 6, 8-9

WATSON of Earth-928 circa 2099 A.D. - Wildboys, worked with Crick (named for men who discovered DNA)
    -- X-Nation#5

WATTAGE WASTER ( ) - Energy Drainers
    --Captain America and the Campbell Kids

WATU -
    (net-preff)--(g) Jungle Tales#1

WAVER of Earth-93060 ( ) - Academy of the New Elite.
    eyes emit microwaves
    (app-academy)--Freex#10 (11, Prototype#13/Ultraverse Premiere#6, Freex#13-14, 16, Godwheel#0, Freex#18

WAVE SPIDERS  of Earth-928 circa 2099 A.D. - disrupt computer systems, float under cloud cover, used by John Herod
    --Doom 2099#33 (34,35, 2099 Apocalypse#1d

WAXAHACHIE MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON
    --Ghost Rider VI#24 (25

WAXMAN (mayor Dobbs) - American agent of Nazis, based in wax museum, suffocated victims with wax masks, used their heads in his museum
    --Captain America Comics#2/3

WAXMAN ( ) - scientist with skin disease, tested cellular regeneration process on himself, skin turned into countless unicellular organisms that smother those he touches
    -Eric B____ (app)--Spider-Woman I#17 (18

WAX PEOPLE (unnamed couple, night watchman, police officer, wax mannequins) - natives of planet Xaccus, society very similar to Earth
    bodies composed entirely of wax
    (app)--Strange Tales I #93/4

WAXWORKS ( ) – Technet.
    small pink creature with tentacles, disproportionately large head + eyes, cause others to assume stability similar to soft rubber, relationship to elmo?
    (U#7)--(UK) Captain Britain II#3; Captain Britain TP, Excalibur Special Edition#1 (Excalibur I#42-47, Marvel Comics Presents#175?, Excalibur I#125, Fantastic Four III#6-8

WAY of GREATNESS - Microverse, created Breachpoint, allowed race to die out when "monsters" started being born
    *D* (app-breachpoint)--Micronauts II#11 ([11(fb)], 11d)

WAYEB - Mayan mischief god, summoned during Uayep by Dr. Rabin who gained power as the god-king Kuhul Ajaw, battled Spider-Man, driven off when Rabin failed to sacrifice a victim before the celestial alignment passed
    --[Amazing Spider-Man#555], 556 ([556  (fb), 555], 556-557

WAYEP - see WAYEB--[Amazing Spider-Man#555], 556

WAYFINDER of Earth-Sword in the Star - extraterrestrial prince from Ithacon, led group of extraterrestrials to earth, later populated Microverse when fled earth from demons, became Time Traveler
    (app-earthsits)--Marvel Preview#4/2 (7/2, Micronauts I#35 (fb(31(fb)))

WAYFINDER – extraterrestrial demon, herald of ??, opens portals and finds realms for master, summoned by Bloodravens, portal closed when Red Raven plugged it with Sky Island.
    Immense creature
    (app)--Defenders II#7

WAYNE, FRANK - robot under MODOT's control, acted as TV personality
    --[Howard the Duck IV#1]

WAY-OPENER (Tyril Felder, Pyreus Kril, Gabriel Lan, Sharen Morell, Duranna Simek, Cortellia Sinnott)
    - Xandarian explorer ship, formerly captained by Lan before he became Air-Walker
    -- (Uncanny Origins#4)

WAYNE ?? - mother killed by Random Killers
    (app-mrcode)--X-Statix#15

WAYNE ?? of Earth-982 - former boyfriend of Betty Forest, assaulted by Bitterfrost
    --Amazing Spider-Girl#3 (3 (fb), 3

WAYNE, BRUCE of Earth-Amalgam - director of SHIELD
    --Bruce Wayne: Agent of SHIELD#1

WAYNE, JACK - splinter personality of Legion, desired destruction of all other personalities in order to gain control himself, apparently ceased to exist shortly after death of Legion,    
    controlled telekinetic powers
    *D*--[New Mutants I#26], 27 (28,
    Excalibur I#121d

WAYNE, JANET - film star, killed by Fatty, made to look like suicide
    --Mystic Comics#4/6d

WAYNE, TED - pre-modern era, stole the work of Ellis Brent, tormented and eventually slain by the Clutching Hands
    *D* (app-clutching)--Journey into Mystery I#1/3

WAYNESBORO, KATHERINE "KATE" - SHIELD I, specialized science degree in gamma radiation, assigned to monitor Bruce Banner/Hulk after he regained his intellect, fell in love with him, briefly mutated by MODOK, unable to stop Hulk from losing his intellect under the manipulations of Nightmare, later investigated the Warbound, joined them after being bound to Hiroim's Old Power
    manipulate energy from Earth's inertia force
    -Ms. MODOK* (WWH, app)—Incredible Hulk II#287 (288-290, 292-300, [Incredible Hulk III#100/2 (fb)], WWH Aftersmash: Warbound#1/2-4/2 (fb), 5 (fb), 1, [4]

WAYOPEX - Interdite, Mourners, discovered that Soul-Eater had consumed the souls of the Kree killed by the Nega-Bomb.
    telepath, communes with dead spirits
    (app-mourn)—Quasar#26, 35(named)

WAZAM of the Hyborian era - Vendhyan, loyal agent to the king
    --People of the Black Circle; Savage Sword of Conan#16

WAZILIAH race – extraterrestrial, semi-humanoid, pronounced jowls, stocky legs.
    the skrull Aptak impersonated one, was sent to their planet to spy on them, and was trapped in that form by hyper-wave bomb
    --[Silver Surfer III#6]

WAZOO, ALI - see ALI WAZOO (app-bagmom)--Howard the Duck Annual#1

WAZIR - Asgardian, land of Hindi, granted knowledge of the location of the Mystic Mountain to Thor and the Warriors Three
    - the PROPHET* (app)--Thor I#138/2

WAZIRA - Wakandan thief, fearful of T’Challa, responsible for brief war with Atlantis when caught smuggling Wakandan technology
    King of Thieves-(net-wak)--Defenders I#84


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