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History
Joseph W. "Joey" Wilson is the youngest son of Slade Wilson (Deathstroke), from whom he inherited the metahuman gene, and Adeline Kane. He has been mute since childhood, when one of his father's enemies cut his throat.[3] As an adult, his former lover, the catholic David Isherwood (Dr. Ikon), gave him the alias Jericho based on the Bible, about justice breaking down strongholds.[4] In the business world Joey also became Executive Vice President of Core Policy Group.[1]
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.[5][6]
- Astral Projection: Jericho can separate his "soul-self" from his physical body.[5]
- 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.[5]
- Telekinesis: On the physical side, Jericho could often yet uncontrollably employ his abilities as an invisible blast wave that destroys everything around him.[5]
- 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.[7]
- 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.[6]
- 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.[8]
- 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.[8]
- Illusion Casting: Jericho has been shown to create convincing illusions that can fool other more apt psionics with ease.[9]
- Mind Control: Jericho is capable of controlling the minds of others assuming they are within his physical presence.[9]
- Mind Reading: Jericho is able to read, detect and scan the thoughts patters of other living beings.[9]
- Psychic Vision: Jericho frequently has visions of events occurring in the past, present, and future.[9]
- Telekinesis: On the physical side, Jericho could often yet uncontrollably employ his abilities as an invisible blast wave that destroys everything around him.[5]
Abilities
- Aviation[10]
- Business Management: Joseph is the Executive Vice President of Core Policy Group.
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)[11]
- Seduction[12]
- Sign Language[13]
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.[5]
- 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.[14]
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Mutism: According to his mother, Joseph had his throat slashed by Deathstroke as a child,[15] but it was later revealed that was by one of his father's enemies[3] (in fact Adeline blames her ex-husband).[16]
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Ikon Suit (mark 7 master unit)[2]
- 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
- In Deathstroke (Volume 4) #17 he was 21 years old.[17]
- Joseph was originally given the name Jericho by his former lover, David Isherwood, based on the Bible. It was about justice breaking down strongholds.[18]
Related
- 62 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 1.2 Deathstroke (Volume 4) #16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Deathstroke (Volume 4) #45
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Deathstroke (Volume 4) #24
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #26
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Deathstroke (Volume 3) #3
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Deathstroke (Volume 3) #20
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 3) #5
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Deathstroke (Volume 3) #19
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 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
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Deathstroke (Volume 4) #18
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #25
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #17
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #26
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