Wild Dog (comics)
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| Wild Dog | |
 Wild Dog #1 by Terry Beatty |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Wild Dog #1, (September 1987) |
| Created by | Max Allan Collins (writer) Terry Beatty (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Jack Wheeler |
| Abilities | Expert marksman. |
Wild Dog is a fictional vigilante published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Wild Dog #1 (September 1987), and was created by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty.
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[edit] Publication History
Wild Dog first appeared in a four issue mini-series (issue #1, cover date September 1987). The series is credited to Max Allan Collins, Terry Beatty and Dick Giordano. Shortly thereafter, the character appeared in Action Comics Weekly. Normally a Superman title, at the time Action Comics was going through an incarnation as a high page count anthology title with short episodes of different characters' ongoing stories appearing in each issue. There were three major Wild Dog story arcs in Action Comics Weekly; in-between the second and third, the character appeared in his own one-shot Wild Dog Special. Wild Dog's final appearance in Action Comics Weekly was issue #641 (cover date March 7 1989). The last issue of Action Comics Weekly was #642, after which the book went back to Superman stories, a normal page count, and normal monthly schedule.
[edit] Fictional Character Biography
Wild Dog was an auto mechanic / garage owner named Jack Wheeler from the Quad Cities area who was dedicated to fighting terrorism and urban crime. (Wheeler had been a high school and college football star as well as a decorated Marine. His war on criminal activity originated in the cold-blooded murder of his girlfriend by the Mafia.) His actions in the beginning were mainly directed against domestic American terrorists led by the "Committee for Social Change". As seen in the short-lived series Wild Dog was quite willing to use deadly force against his equally violent opponents.
In an alternate timeline accidentally created by Booster Gold Wild Dog was part of a resistance cell against Maxwell Lord, being one of the only heroes still alive or uncaptured.
Armed with a Jatimatic GG-95 SMG PDW and a pair of electrified "shock gloves", his costume consisted of camouflage pants, combat boots, a local college football jersey emblazoned with a snarling red dog (hiding his protective body armor) and a hockey mask to conceal his identity.
[edit] Infinite Crisis
Wild Dog was recently seen, alongside the current Vigilante and the current Crimson Avenger on a Metropolis rooftop. This group, joining in on an effort to protect the city from the Secret Society of Supervillains, is seen raining bullets down on the Trigger Twins, Madmen and other villains in Infinite Crisis #7.
