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Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Enhanced Brain Capacity: Due to his father's metahuman gene, Jericho possesses a metahuman gene, which enables him to access his brain functions on a cellular level, granting him psychic-based abilities.[2][3]
- Astral Projection: Jericho can separate his "soul-self" from his physical body.[2]
- Possession: Jericho's soul-self can enter and control the bodies of others. If possessing a meta-human, Jericho has been able to use their powers and abilities, as well as his own powers.
- Psychic Energy Manipulation: Joseph possesses an as of yet unexplained ability to project a form of psionic force from his mind which can have devastating effects both on the mental and physical level when used.[2]
- Telekinesis: On the physical side, Jericho could often yet uncontrollably employ his abilities as an invisible blast wave that destroys everything around him.[2]
- Psionic Rupturing: Jericho could emit his mental energy as a devastating blast of raw energy which could blow apart living bodies or inorganic elements with ease.[4]
- Psionic Shield: Jericho learned to project his power into a protective barrier to shield him and a select group of people from a plane crash.[3]
- Psionic Healing: Jericho has been shown to rapidly heal himself and others by channeling psionic energies into their body to increase the speed of their healing process.[5]
- Telepathy: Joseph is an exceptional if incredibly raw mentalist, with very little control over his abilities aside. He's adept enough to reach into a persons mindscape in order to coax them back to cognizance.[5]
- Illusion Casting: Jericho has been shown to create convincing illusions that can fool other more apt psionics with ease.[6]
- Mind Control: Jericho is capable of controlling the minds of others assuming they are within his physical presence.[6]
- Mind Reading: Jericho is able to read, detect and scan the thoughts patters of other living beings.[6]
- Psychic Vision: Jericho frequently has visions of events occurring in the past, present, and future.[6]
- Telekinesis: On the physical side, Jericho could often yet uncontrollably employ his abilities as an invisible blast wave that destroys everything around him.[2]
Abilities
- Aviation[7]
- Business Management: Joseph is the Executive Vice President of Core Policy Group.
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)[8]
- Seduction[9]
- Sign Language[10]
Weaknesses
- Dormant Body: Whenever Jericho leaves his body, it is vulnerable to physical harm due to it being completely immobile.
- Power Instability: Joseph often had very little to no control over his psychic powers, often unleashing devastating mind pulses which devastated the surrounding area like a small atom bomb.[2]
- Mental Illness: Jericho suffered from migraines that stemmed from psychological causes.[1]
- Drug Addiction: Jericho relied upon medications (oxy) to cope with the symptoms of his migraines rather than deal with the causes.[11]
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Mutism: According to his mother, Joseph had his throat slashed by Deathstroke as a child,[12] but it was later revealed that was by one of his father's enemies[13] (in fact Adeline blames her ex-husband).[14]
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Ikon Suit (mark 7 uniform)(Formerly)
- Subvocal Mic: Jericho has an app that vocalizes his thoughts on his phone via bluetooth, granting him the ability to communicate without having to resort to sign language.
Notes
- Jericho was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, first appearing in Tales of the Teen Titans #42. However, in the Prime Earth continuity Jericho first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Deathstroke (Volume 2) #0 by Rob Liefeld.
Trivia
- It was his former lover, the catholic David Isherwood (Dr. Ikon), who gave him the alias Jericho based on the Bible. It was about justice breaking down strongholds.[15]
- In Deathstroke (Volume 4) #17 he was 21 years old.[16]
Related
- 52 Appearances of Joseph Wilson (Prime Earth)
- 13 Images featuring Joseph Wilson (Prime Earth)
- 5 Quotations by or about Joseph Wilson (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Joseph Wilson (Prime Earth)
Links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Deathstroke (Volume 4) #16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Deathstroke (Volume 3) #3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Deathstroke (Volume 3) #20
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 3) #5
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Deathstroke (Volume 3) #19
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Deathstroke (Volume 3) #18
- ↑ Deathstroke Annual (Volume 4) #1
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 2) #13
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #27
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #6
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #20
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Deathstroke (Volume 4) #18
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #24
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #25
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #26
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #17
