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{{DC Database:Character Template
 
| Image = Deathstroke Vol 4 6 Textless.jpg
 
| Image = Deathstroke Vol 4 6 Textless.jpg
| RealName = [[Joseph Wilson|Joseph W. Wilson]]<ref name=DSV416>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 16}}</ref>
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| RealName = [[Joseph Wilson|Joseph W. "Joey" Wilson]]<ref name=DSV416>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 16}}</ref>
 
| CurrentAlias = Jericho
 
| CurrentAlias = Jericho
 
| Aliases =
 
| Aliases =
 
| Identity = Secret
 
| Identity = Secret
 
| Alignment = Good
 
| Alignment = Good
| Affiliation = formerly [[Project Defiance (Prime Earth)|Defiance]]
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| Affiliation = Core Policy Group; formerly [[Project Defiance (Prime Earth)|Defiance]]
| Relatives = unnamed grandmother (deceased)<br>[[Charles Wilson (Prime Earth)|Charles Wilson]] (grandfather, deceased)<br>[[Slade Wilson (Prime Earth)|Slade Wilson]] (father)<br>[[Adeline Kane (Prime Earth)|Adeline Kane]] (mother)<br>[[Grant Wilson (Prime Earth)|Grant Wilson]] (brother, deceased)<br>[[Rose Wilson (Prime Earth)|Rose Wilson]] (half-sister)<br>[[Étienne (Prime Earth)|Étienne]] (fiancée, deceased)<br>[[Hosun (Prime Earth)|Hosun]] (half brother-in-law)
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| Relatives = Unnamed grandmother (deceased)<br>[[Charles Wilson (Prime Earth)|Charles Wilson]] (grandfather, deceased)<br>[[Slade Wilson (Prime Earth)|Slade Wilson]] (father)<br>[[Adeline Kane (Prime Earth)|Adeline Kane]] (mother)<br>[[Grant Wilson (Prime Earth)|Grant Wilson]] (brother, deceased)<br>[[Rose Wilson (Prime Earth)|Rose Wilson]] (half-sister)<br>[[Étienne (Prime Earth)|Étienne]] (fiancée, deceased)<br>[[Hosun (Prime Earth)|Hosun]] (half brother-in-law)
 
| Universe = Prime Earth
 
| Universe = Prime Earth
| BaseOfOperations =
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| BaseOfOperations = [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]<ref name=DSV445>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 45}}</ref>; formerly [[Los Angeles]]
   
 
| Gender = Male
 
| Gender = Male
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| First = Deathstroke Vol 2 0
 
| First = Deathstroke Vol 2 0
   
| Quotation = The walls of [[Slade Wilson (Prime Earth)|his]] carefully constructed existence will come crumbling down around him. The horns will sound and the battle cry will be given. He will beg us for mercy when we are finished, [[Adeline Kane (Prime Earth)|mother]]. We will give none to him. He will know and tremble at the wrath of '''Jericho!'''
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| Quotation = The walls of [[Slade Wilson (Prime Earth)|his]] carefully constructed existence will come crumbling down around him. The horns will sound and the battle cry will be given. He will beg us for mercy when we are finished, [[Adeline Kane (Prime Earth)|mother]]. We will give none to him. He will know and tremble at the wrath of '''Jericho!'''
 
| Speaker = [[Joseph Wilson (Prime Earth)|Jericho]]
 
| Speaker = [[Joseph Wilson (Prime Earth)|Jericho]]
 
| QuoteSource = Deathstroke Vol 2 0
 
| QuoteSource = Deathstroke Vol 2 0
   
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| HistoryText = '''[[Jericho|Joseph W. "Joey" Wilson]]''' is the youngest son of [[Slade Wilson (Prime Earth)|Slade Wilson (Deathstroke)]], from whom he inherited the metahuman gene, and [[Adeline Kane (Prime Earth)|Adeline Kane]]. He has been mute since childhood, when one of his father's enemies cut his throat.<ref name=DS-4-24>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 24}}</ref> As an adult, his former lover, the catholic [[David Isherwood (Prime Earth)|David Isherwood (Dr. Ikon)]], gave him the alias '''Jericho''' based on the Bible, about justice breaking down strongholds.<ref name=DS-4-26>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 26}}</ref> In the business world Joey also became Executive Vice President of Core Policy Group.<ref name=DSV416/>
| HistoryText =
 
   
 
| Powers =
 
| Powers =
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* {{Enhanced Intellect|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.<ref name=DSV33>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 3}}</ref><ref name=DSV320>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 20}}</ref>
* {{Astral Projection}}: Jericho can separate his "soul-self" from his physical body.
 
:* {{Possession}}: Jericho's soul-self can enter and control the bodies of others
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* {{Astral Projection}}: Jericho can separate his "soul-self" from his physical body.<ref name=DSV33>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 3}}</ref>
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** {{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.
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* {{Psychokinesis|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.<ref name=DSV33>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 3}}</ref>
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** {{Telekinesis}}: On the physical side, Jericho could often yet uncontrollably employ his abilities as an invisible blast wave that destroys everything around him.<ref name=DSV33>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 3}}</ref>
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*** {{Energy Projection|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.<ref name=DSV35>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 5}}</ref>
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*** {{Energy Construct Creation|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.<ref name=DSV320>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 20}}</ref>
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*** {{Healing|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.<ref name=DSV319>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 19}}</ref>
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** {{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.<ref name=DSV319>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 19}}</ref>
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*** {{Illusion Casting}}: Jericho has been shown to create convincing illusions that can fool other more apt psionics with ease.<ref name=DSV318>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 18}}</ref>
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*** {{Mind Control}}: Jericho is capable of controlling the minds of others assuming they are within his physical presence.<ref name=DSV318>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 18}}</ref>
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*** {{Psychic Link|Mind Reading}}: Jericho is able to read, detect and scan the thoughts patters of other living beings.<ref name=DSV318>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 18}}</ref>
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*** {{Clairvoyance|Psychic Vision}}: Jericho frequently has visions of events occurring in the past, present, and future.<ref name=DSV318>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 18}}</ref>
 
| Abilities =
 
| Abilities =
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* {{Aviation}}<ref name=DSA-4-1>{{C|Deathstroke Annual Vol 4 1}}</ref>
 
* {{Business Management}}: Joseph is the Executive Vice President of Core Policy Group.
 
* {{Business Management}}: Joseph is the Executive Vice President of Core Policy Group.
 
* {{Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)}}<ref name=DSV213>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 2 13}}</ref>
 
* {{Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)}}<ref name=DSV213>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 2 13}}</ref>
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| Strength =
 
| Strength =
 
| Weaknesses =
 
| Weaknesses =
* '''Dormant Body''': Whenever Jericho leaves his body, it is vulnerable to physical harm due to it being completely immobile.
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* {{Restricted Mobility|Dormant Body}}: Whenever Jericho leaves his body, it is vulnerable to physical harm due to it being completely immobile.
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* {{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.<ref name=DSV33>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 3 3}}</ref>
 
* {{Mental Illness}}: Jericho suffered from migraines that stemmed from psychological causes.<ref name=DSV416/>
 
* {{Mental Illness}}: Jericho suffered from migraines that stemmed from psychological causes.<ref name=DSV416/>
:* {{Drug Addiction}}: Jericho relied upon medications to cope with the symptoms of his migraines rather than deal with the causes.<ref name=DSV420>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 20}}</ref>
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** {{Drug Addiction}}: Jericho relied upon medications (oxy) to cope with the symptoms of his migraines rather than deal with the causes.<ref name=DSV420>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 20}}</ref>
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** {{Mental Illness|Suicidal Thoughts}}
* {{Mute Characters|Mutism}}
 
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* {{Mute Characters|Mutism}}: According to his mother, Joseph had his throat slashed by Deathstroke as a child,<ref name=DS-4-18>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 18}}</ref> but it was later revealed that was by one of his father's enemies<ref name=DS-4-24/> (in fact Adeline blames her ex-husband).<ref name=DS-4-25>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 25}}</ref>
   
 
| Equipment =
 
| Equipment =
* '''[[Ikon Suit]]'''
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* '''[[Ikon Suit]]''' (mark 7 master unit)<ref name=DSV445/>
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** {{Gravity Manipulation|Gravity Sheath}}
:* {{Force Field}}
 
::* {{Superhuman Durability}}
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*** {{Flight}}
:* {{Flight}}
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*** {{Force Field}}
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**** {{Superhuman Durability}}
* '''Subvocal Mic''': Jericho has an app that vocalizes his thoughts on his phone, granting him the ability to communicate without having to resort to sign language.
 
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**** {{Superhuman Strength}}<ref name=DS-4-18/>
 
* '''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.
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* '''Gravity Droplet''': Jericho accepted from [[Alexander Luthor (Prime Earth)|Lex Luthor]] the power of a gravity droplet to replace his ruined Ikon Suit, a power that was intended for his father, then taken for dead, but which he eventually accepted after Luthor told him that if he did not accept, perhaps his sister Rose would.<ref name=DS-4-46>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 46}}</ref> The singularity's black-body radiation has turbocharged Jericho's metagenic abilities; in addition to granting him a bluish skin and enhancing his powers of telekinesis, telepathy and psionics, the gravity droplet awoke in him the following superpowers:
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** '''Biokinesis'''<ref name=DS-4-47>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 47}}</ref>
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** '''Energy Manipulation'''<ref name=DS-4-47/>
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** {{Flight}}<ref name=DS-4-46/>
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** {{Superhuman Strength}}<ref name=DS-4-46/>
 
| Transportation =
 
| Transportation =
 
| Weapons =
 
| Weapons =
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}}
 
| Trivia =
 
| Trivia =
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* In {{c|Deathstroke Vol 4 17}} he was 21 years old.<ref name=DS-4-17>{{C|Deathstroke Vol 4 17}}</ref>
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* Joseph was originally given the alias Jericho by his former lover, [[David Isherwood (Prime Earth)|David Isherwood]], based on the Bible. It was about justice breaking down strongholds.<ref>{{c|Deathstroke Vol 4 26}}</ref>
 
| Recommended =
 
| Recommended =
 
| Wikipedia = Jericho (comics)
 
| Wikipedia = Jericho (comics)

Revision as of 14:48, 2 October 2019

Quote1 The walls of his carefully constructed existence will come crumbling down around him. The horns will sound and the battle cry will be given. He will beg us for mercy when we are finished, mother. We will give none to him. He will know and tremble at the wrath of Jericho! Quote2
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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

  • 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]

Abilities

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 Disorder: Jericho suffered from migraines that stemmed from psychological causes.[1]
  • 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]

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.
  • Gravity Droplet: Jericho accepted from Lex Luthor the power of a gravity droplet to replace his ruined Ikon Suit, a power that was intended for his father, then taken for dead, but which he eventually accepted after Luthor told him that if he did not accept, perhaps his sister Rose would.[17] The singularity's black-body radiation has turbocharged Jericho's metagenic abilities; in addition to granting him a bluish skin and enhancing his powers of telekinesis, telepathy and psionics, the gravity droplet awoke in him the following superpowers:


Related

Footnotes