List of Wild Cards characters
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Characters from the Wild Cards
book series.
Wild Cards
Wild Cards is a science fiction and superhero anthology series set in a shared universe. The series was created by a group of New Mexico science fiction authors, but it is mostly pulled together and edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin with assistance by Melinda Snodgrass, also a...
book series.
- AquariusCaptain Trips (Wild Cards)Captain Trips, also known as Dr. Mark Meadows, is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Meadows is a renowned biochemist and a burned-out hippie, with the ability to use various drugs to transform into several other forms, each with their own powers and individual personalities...
- alter-ego of Cap'n Trips, a powerful Ace able to temporarily transform into a dolphin. - The AstronomerThe Astronomer (Wild Cards)The Astronomer is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. He first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in Wild Cards II: Aces High, though his presence was earlier implied in "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" in the first volume of the series...
– uses human sacrifice to energize his vast powers - Bagabond – controls all the animals in Manhattan
- Black Dog – militant Joker terrorist
- Black EagleBlack Eagle (Wild Cards)Black Eagle is a fictional character from the Wild Cards anthology series and a member of The Four Aces. He was created by Walter Jon Williams, and first appeared in the story "Witness" in the first book of the series, Wild Cards....
– the first flying Ace—and the first to fall - Blackhole - gravity manipulating ace who can make objects light or heavy and even bend light to make himself invisible.
- Black Shadow – vigilante identity of the Ace Shad, multi-powered ace
- Blaise Jeannot AndrieuxBlaise Jeannot AndrieuxBlaise Andrieux is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Blaise is Dr. Tachyon's grandson. Blaise's mother was Gisele Bacourt, who was Tachyon's illegitimate daughter. He was raised by a terrorist group who taught him to use his mind powers to kill...
– Tachyon's psychotic mind-controlling grandson - BloatBloat (Wild Cards)Bloat is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books. He was created for the books by Stephen Leigh. An adolescent boy transformed by the Wild Card virus into a monstrous Joker, he resembles a tiny human torso atop a massively bloated sluglike body...
– adolescent stuck in a monstrous body, with untapped mental powers - The Bludgeon – A low rent ace thug with superhuman strength who will do just about anything for the right price
- Bradley Finn – Joker centaurCentaurIn Greek mythology, a centaur or hippocentaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse...
, doctor at the JokertownJokertownJokertown is a fictional neighborhood in the Wild Cards anthology series.In the Wild Cards universe, it is an area of Manhattan. After the Wild Card virus was released over New York in 1946, many Jokers, those deformed by the virus, began to filter into this largely abandoned area, which was nearly...
clinic - Brain TrustBrain Trust (Wild Cards)Brain Trust was a fictional character from the first book in the Wild Cards anthology series and a member of The Four Aces, appearing in the stories "Witness" by Walter Jon Williams and "Degradation Rites" by Melinda M. Snodgrass .-Biography:Blythe was the wife of domineering New York Congressman...
– female ace, Tachyon's tragic lover, could absorb minds - Broadcast - can transport himself between two electrically connected machines. "Extrudes" from machine smaller than he is before reforming.
- Bubbles - a former model who can absorb kinetic impact and store it as fat; she can later release this energy as destructive "bubbles."
- Burrowing Owl - ace who could tunnel and fly. Apparently able to sense location underground, demonstrated by his appearance from underneath combat scenes at opportune moments. Murdered by the Radical.
- Cameo – object reading ace with the power to channel the dead and their Wild Card abilities. Murdered by the Radical.
- Candle - generates various forms of "fire" - a cold version, a hot version and a version that can form solid "constructs."
- Captain Flint - flame-eyed giant made of stone who runs the Silver Helix, Britain's collection of federal aces.
- Captain TripsCaptain Trips (Wild Cards)Captain Trips, also known as Dr. Mark Meadows, is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Meadows is a renowned biochemist and a burned-out hippie, with the ability to use various drugs to transform into several other forms, each with their own powers and individual personalities...
– hippie ace who turns into superheroes with each drug he takes - CarnifexCarnifex (Wild Cards)Carnifex is a fictional character in the Wild Cards anthology series. Carnifex is Billy Ray's nickname given to him for his love of violence. Infection with the Wild Card Virus has given him superhuman levels of strength, speed and stamina, along with a rapid regenerative healing factor and a...
– fast-healing fighter who loves violence, and hates getting jerked around - Chalktalk – mute, feral joker girl with the power to teleport through her chalk sketches
- ChrysalisChrysalis (Wild Cards)Chrysalis is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Chrysalis is the current owner/operator of the Crystal Palace, one of Jokertown's most well known nightclubs. She has blue eyes, almost totally transparent skin and muscle tissue, and no hair. She usually wears minimal amounts of...
– information broker, owner of the Crystal palace. Her Joker turned her skin and flesh crystal-clear - Sharon Cream - strongest known female ace, murdered by The Righteous Djinn
- Cody Havero - former female battle medic, doctor at the Jokertown Clinic. Either very lucky or an ace
- Cosmic TravelerCaptain Trips (Wild Cards)Captain Trips, also known as Dr. Mark Meadows, is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Meadows is a renowned biochemist and a burned-out hippie, with the ability to use various drugs to transform into several other forms, each with their own powers and individual personalities...
- alter-ego of Cap'n Trips, a flying Ace who can also shift his shape, desolidify and turn invisible. - Crypt Kicker – an ace who is essentially a zombie; with superhuman strength, acid for blood that he can exude through his pores, and near limitless durability
- Curveball - a young woman who can control the flight of any object she throws, and detonate it on impact.
- The Darkness - child ace created by the Nshombo project. Could project a field of darkness only she could see through. Could confer on others the ability to see in this darkness by touching their eyes.
- DeadheadDeadhead (Wild Cards)Deadhead is a fictional character from the Wild Cards book series. He is an Ace, someone granted super-powers by exposure to the Wild Card virus, but the disturbing nature of his power has driven him nearly insane....
– mentally unstable ace with a taste for "brain food" - DemiseDemise (Wild Cards)Demise is a fictional character from the Wild Cards book series. He was created by Walton Simons, and first appeared in the story "If Looks Could Kill" in Wild Cards II: Aces High....
– undead assassin, Black Queen turned to ace, who kills with a glance - Detroit Steel – Ace protected by a suit of armor built from old cars and scrap metal
- Digger DownsDigger DownsThomas "Digger" Downs, created by Steve Perrin, is a minor character from the Wild Cards series of anthology books.Digger is an investgative reporter for Aces magazine, a periodical on the lives of the Wild Cards universe's more publicly known Aces...
– nosy reporter who can "smell" Aces by his own ace - Dr. TachyonDr. TachyonDr. Tachyon is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. He was created for the books by Melinda M. Snodgrass. Tachyon is a geneticist from the planet Takis, whose people naturally developed various telepathic powers...
– eccentric alien telepath who helped create the Wild Card - Dr. Maxim Travnicek - hyperinventive misanthropic ace, creator of Modular Man
- Drummer Boy - six armed, superstrong Joker whose elongated torso contains tympanic membranes; later revealed to be an Ace who can create powerful sonic attacks by drumming on himself and focusing the generated sound through his various throats.
- Durg at'Morakh bo'Zabb Vayawand'sa – genetically engineered Takisian warrior
- Earth Witch - possess a form of telekinesis limited to mud, earth and rock.
- Elephant Girl – she can turn into the ace equivalent of DumboDumboDumbo is a 1941 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released on October 23, 1941, by RKO Radio Pictures.The fourth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, Dumbo is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Pearl for the prototype of a...
- Elmo – super strong dwarf framed for murder
- EnvoyEnvoy (Wild Cards)The Envoy is a fictional character from the Wild Cards anthology series and a member of The Four Aces, first appearing in the story "Witness" by Walter Jon Williams in the first book of the series, Wild Cards.-Character background:...
– his pheromones can turn foe into friend—as long as he stays near - Fadeout – an ace gangster with the ability to turn invisible
- Father SquidFather SquidFather Squid is a fictional priest from the Wild Cards anthology series. He was created by John J. Miller.Father Squid is a Joker, the common term for a person deformed by the alien Wild Card Virus. He has a mass of small tentacles hanging where his nose would be, slick hairless grey skin,...
– Joker with a past, started his own church for Jokers - FortunatoFortunato (Wild Cards)Fortunato is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. He is a pimp, but prefers to downplay, even to himself, the negative aspects of his "escort" business . Fortunato is also an ace. His wild card grants him immense telepathic and telekinetic powers...
– intellectual pimp who uses sex magicSex magicSex magic is a term for various types of sexual activity used in magical, ritualistic or otherwise religious and spiritual pursuits. One practice of sex magic is using the energy of sexual arousal or orgasm with visualization of a desired result... - G. C. Jayewardene – sees the future, whether he wants to or not.
- Gardener (Jerusha Carter) - ace with the ability to vastly increase the growth rate of any plant, and direct the plant's form. Weakened by The Hunger and murdered by Wrecker.
- GenetrixGENETRIXProject Genetrix was a United States Air Force program which, beginning in January 1956, sent 516 surveillance balloons over Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in order to take photographs and collect intelligence. Authorized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on December 27, 1955, Genetrix was the...
- joker/ace with a strange tail-like ovipositor. Following sex, she lays clutches of 2-4 eggs that immediately hatch into miniature, short-lived homonculi/children who are aces, deuces or jokers. - Gimli – angry, militant Jokers-rights protester. a Joker dwarf
- Golden BoyGolden Boy (Wild Cards)Golden Boy is a character from the Wild Cards series of books and a member of The Four Aces.-Powers:He is regarded, in the series, as possibly the strongest man in the world. His force field, which has a golden glow when active, grants him immunity from virtually anything. He is especially...
– strongest man in the world, the Judas Ace - The Great and Powerful TurtleThe Great and Powerful TurtleThe Great and Powerful Turtle is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books. Created by series editor George R. R. Martin, Turtle has appeared in several stories penned by his creator as well as a supporting character of varying levels of importance in stories by other Wild Card...
– world's most powerful telekinetic—as long as he's safe in his shell - Hannah Davis – New York arson investigator with no special abilities, who uncovers the Card SharksCard Sharks (book)Card Sharks is the thirteenth volume in the Wild Cards shared universe fiction series edited by George R. R. Martin...
conspiracy - Hardhat - construction worker; could create "I beam" constructs from energy. Missing and presumed dead following the second battle of Aswan DamAswan DamThe Aswan Dam is an embankment dam situated across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Since the 1950s, the name commonly refers to the High Dam, which is larger and newer than the Aswan Low Dam, which was first completed in 1902...
. - Harlem HammerHarlem Hammer (Wild Cards)The Harlem Hammer is a fictional character from the Wild Cards anthology series. He was created by Victor Milan and appeared in the fourth book in the series, Aces Abroad.-Character background:...
– super strong African American ace with bones of steel and a fear of hospitals - Hiram WorchesterHiram WorchesterHiram Worchester is a fictional character from the Wild Cards book series, who was created by George R. R. Martin. His first appearance was a brief cameo in "Wild Card Chic," a short in-story document in the first book of the series, Wild Cards. Hiram is an ace, one of the forunate few gifted with...
– formerly the gravity-controlling "Fatman", now runs a gourmet restaurant - Holy Roller - a fundamentalist reverend of enormous size (around 600 pounds) who can roll himself into a ball and travel in that form.
- Hoodoo Mama - New Orleans based ace who can animate the dead, people and animals. She can control and perceive through any zombie and can communicate through human zombies.
- Howler – a high profile ace with the power to project a banshee's scream.
- The Hunger - child ace created by the Nshombo project. By biting, injected a toxin that boosted victims' metabolism while preventing absorption of nutrients, effectively starving them to death.
- JetboyJetboyJetboy is a fictional character from the Wild Cards book series. He appeared in the short story "Thirty Minutes Over Broadway!" by Howard Waldrop, but is referenced throughout the Wild Cards series. Jetboy is based on pulp magazine and Golden Age "air ace" characters, particularly Airboy...
– a failed hero - Imp - a minor ace, associated with The AstronomerThe Astronomer (Wild Cards)The Astronomer is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. He first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in Wild Cards II: Aces High, though his presence was earlier implied in "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" in the first volume of the series...
. His ace allows him to produce an EMP around him. - Insulin - female ace, associated with The AstronomerThe Astronomer (Wild Cards)The Astronomer is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. He first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in Wild Cards II: Aces High, though his presence was earlier implied in "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" in the first volume of the series...
. Possesses the ability to reduce a person's blood sugar level in an instant. - Jetman - claims to be "the man Jetboy would have grown up to be." A tinkerer who creates wonderful devices through some means even he doesn't fully understand, possibly an ace or deuce power.
- Jonathan Hive - can split himself in millions of wasps, forming a gestalt mind; can manage partial splits (shedding a finger, for example, as a collection of wasps through which he can see).
- Jube the Walrus – alien spy and xenologist, hiding in plain sight
- Judas - minor ace, associated with The AstronomerThe Astronomer (Wild Cards)The Astronomer is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. He first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in Wild Cards II: Aces High, though his presence was earlier implied in "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" in the first volume of the series...
, capable of finding aces and deducing their powers - The JumpersJumpers (Wild Cards)The Jumpers are a fictional criminal gang in the Wild Cards anthology series, first appearing in One-Eyed Jacks, the eighth book of the series. Various jumpers continue to play a major role in the next three volumes of the series, Jokertown Shuffle, Double Solitaire, and Dealer's Choice...
– vicious teen gang-bangers who can steal your body - Jumpin' Jack FlashCaptain Trips (Wild Cards)Captain Trips, also known as Dr. Mark Meadows, is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Meadows is a renowned biochemist and a burned-out hippie, with the ability to use various drugs to transform into several other forms, each with their own powers and individual personalities...
- alter-ego of Cap'n Trips, a flying Ace able to create, manipulate and extinguish fire. - Kafka – cockroachCockroachCockroaches are insects of the order Blattaria or Blattodea, of which about 30 species out of 4,500 total are associated with human habitations...
-like germ-phobic Joker genius - Kelly JenkinsKelly Jenkins (Wild Cards)Kelly Jenkins is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Briefly appearing in One-Eyed Jacks, Kelly became a more prominent character in Jokertown Shuffle and Double Solitaire. A small town girl, she came to New York with dreams of becoming famous...
– Nat girl who gets caught up in Blaise's madness - Kid DinosaurKid DinosaurKid Dinosaur was a fictional character from the Wild Cards anthology series, and was created by Lewis Shiner.Arnie Fentner was a normal kid, obsessed with Dinosaurs and comic books, just on the cusp of puberty, when the dormant Wild Card virus he'd inherited from his mother turned active, altering...
– his dreams have come true, he's an ace and a dinosaur! - Kien PhucKien Phuc (Wild Cards)for the historical figure see Kien PhucKien Phuc is a fictional criminal from the Wild Cards anthology book series. He was created by John J. Miller in the short story Comes a Hunter, in the first book of the series, Wild Cards....
– traitorous VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese general turned AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
gangster - Lazy DragonLazy DragonLazy Dragon is a fictional character from the Wild Cards anthology series. He was created by William F. Wu.Lazy Dragon is an Ace with the power to project his mind into inanimate objects, with the limitation that they must be shaped like animals, and he must make them by hand...
– sends his mind into origami or soap carving animal bodies he creates - Legion – one woman in six sexy bodies
- Leo Barnett – charismatic faith healer turned politician, who just knows in his heart the Wild Card is the mark of Satan
- Little Fat Boy - pudgy kid whose deadly ace causes him to explode like a small nuclear bomb when stressed.
- Lohengrin - German ace who can materialize a protective energy that manifests as armor, and weapons (made of the same energy) that can cut nearly anything. Disfigured and nearly killed by The Radical.
- LoopholeLoophole (Wild Cards)Loophole is a character from the Wild Cards series of books, first appearing in volume III, "Jokers Wild." Senior partner in one of New York's most successful law firms, St. John Latham represented a family of companies with their headquarters in the Bahamas and subsidiaries including CariBank and...
– either the Wild Card removed all his empathy, or he's just a lawyer. - Lucien (last name unknown) - pen pal of Rustbelt whose plight induced the American ace to visit Africa in an attempt to rescue him. Inducted into the Nshombo project where he drew the black queen before Rusty could save him. This motivated Rusty towards destroying the project.
- Mackie Messer – psycho killer who walks through walls and has buzzsaw hands. Casual killer.
- Maharajah - wheelchair-using ace (missing both legs and one arm) who can create "servants" that appear to be invisible telekinetic constructs wearing clothing
- The Midnight Angel - A soldier of the Lord, armed with Ace strength and a flaming sword
- Modular Man – android created by an Ace's power, but he longs for freedom
- MonsterCaptain Trips (Wild Cards)Captain Trips, also known as Dr. Mark Meadows, is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Meadows is a renowned biochemist and a burned-out hippie, with the ability to use various drugs to transform into several other forms, each with their own powers and individual personalities...
- alter-ego of Cap'n Trips, a raging giant horned joker with fangs, scaled skin, inhuman strength, and a destructive energy blast. - MoonchildCaptain Trips (Wild Cards)Captain Trips, also known as Dr. Mark Meadows, is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Meadows is a renowned biochemist and a burned-out hippie, with the ability to use various drugs to transform into several other forms, each with their own powers and individual personalities...
- alter-ego of Cap'n Trips. A master martial artist, stronger than a normal human and much faster, can become nearly invisible and teleport in the dark and accelerate her body's healing in moonlight. - Mother – joker/ace hybrid – a doughy mass that can create fully functional homunculi, sheltered by Chrysalis
- Mr. NobodyMr. Nobody (Wild Cards)Mr. Nobody is a character from the Wild Cards anthology series. His first appearance was as "the Projectionist", a throwaway cameo in the story "Shell Games" by George R. R...
– neurotic shapeshifter who uses movies as a refuge - Mummy - child ace created by the Nshombo project. Could draw the water from any living being into herself, a usually fatal experience. Killed by Bubbles in self-defense.
- Mushroom Daddy - A hippieHippieThe hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
with the Ace ability to grow the most delicious, nutritious vegetables - Nshombo, Alicia - a were-jaguar who can confer this power on others through a sadistic/sexual ritual. With her death at the hands of Hoodoo Mama, her "jaguar men" lost their ability to transform. Half of the ruling authority of the "People's Paradise of Africa."
- Oddity – a menage a troisMénage à troisMénage à trois is a French term which originally described a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household – the phrase literally translates as "household of three"...
that never ended—now it/they would do anything to separate - Patchwork – young woman with the power to disassemble her body into remote-controlled parts
- Peanut – hapless but well-meaning crusty-skinned joker who never quite catches a break
- PeregrinePeregrine (Wild Cards)Peregrine is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books.-Character background:Peregrine might technically be considered a Joker, since the wild card virus left her with a visible "deformity" a pair of giant wings. However, the majestic nature of her wings, combined with her physical...
– sexy winged ace celebrity who thinks herself a Joker - Peter Pann – Dutch private dick with a youthful face and a swarm of glowing "tinks" to do his spying for him
- PopinjayPopinjay (Wild Cards)Jay "Popinjay" Ackroyd is a character from the Wild Cards series of books.-Powers:As an Ace , Jay can teleport people and things anywhere he can clearly visualize Jay "Popinjay" Ackroyd is a character from the Wild Cards series of books.-Powers:As an Ace (a Wild Card victim with powers, but...
– private detective who can teleport others - Pulse – middle-class ace with the power to become a living laser
- PuppetmanPuppetmanPuppetman, the alias of Gregg Hartmann, a U.S. Senator and Candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books. He first appeared in the story "Strings" by Stephen Leigh in the first book in the series, and plays an important role in...
– crusading politician is secretly a monster who feeds on fear - QuasimanQuasimanQuasiman is a fictional character from the Wild Cards anthology series. He was created by author Arthur Byron Cover.Quasiman is a Joker, a person mutated by the Wild Card virus. He does not remember his past or his real name, or indeed any information prior to his transformation. He is large and...
– hunchbacked caretaker for Father Squid, sometimes he's not all there (literally) - Quinn the Eskimo – dreams up new addictive drugs and injects them through the hypodermic needles in his fingers
- The Racist - thoroughly unpleasant racist who has ace-powered speed.
- The RadicalCaptain Trips (Wild Cards)Captain Trips, also known as Dr. Mark Meadows, is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Meadows is a renowned biochemist and a burned-out hippie, with the ability to use various drugs to transform into several other forms, each with their own powers and individual personalities...
- alter-ego of Cap'n Trips possessed of all the powers of his other alter-egos Aquarius, Cosmic Traveler, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Moonchild and Starshine. Immensely strong, hard to hurt, can fly and project powerful energy beams. Dangerously insane mass-murderer. - Reflector - formerly Snotman, became an ace following a second exposure to the virus. Can absorb energy.
- The Righteous DjinnThe Righteous DjinnThe Righteous Djinn is a character in the Wild Cards series of fictional books edited by George R. R. Martin. The Righteous Djinn is an Ace, a person infected with the Wild Card virus who retain the look of a human but have gained super human powers. The Righteous Djinn appears as a character in...
- "inhales" the powers of other Aces, killing them and conferring their powers on himself. - Rosemary Muldoon, AKA Rosa Maria Gambione – MafiaMafiaThe Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
princess who leads a double life - RouletteRoulette (Wild Cards)Roulette is a fictional character from the Wild Cards "mosaic novel" Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild. She was created by Melinda M. Snodgrass....
– she kills with intimacy. former associate of The AstronomerThe Astronomer (Wild Cards)The Astronomer is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. He first appeared in the short story "Pennies from Hell" by Lewis Shiner in Wild Cards II: Aces High, though his presence was earlier implied in "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" in the first volume of the series... - Rustbelt, AKA Wally "Rusty" Gunderson-Iron-skinned joker who can rust through metal with a touch
- "Sewer" Jack Robicheaux – subway worker and part-time alligator.
- Sharky - serial killer and cannibal, his joker is the form and personality of a shark.
- The Signal on Port 850 - joker/ace, looks like a man painted entirely grey, can take control of any computer as long as port 850 is listening.
- The SleeperThe Sleeper (Wild Cards)The Sleeper is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books.In September 1946, ninth-grader Croyd Crenson, native of an unspecified borough of the New York City metropolitan area, was one of the first victims of the alien virus dubbed "the Wild Card", which generates random mutations...
– wakes with a new face and power every time he sleeps. - Slim JimSlim JimSlim Jim is a brand of meat snacks or dried sausage manufactured by ConAgra Foods, Inc. They are popular in the United States. More than 500 million are produced annually in at least 20 varieties. The Slim Jim itself has been transformed in the years since Adolph Levis invented it in 1928...
- excessively tall police officer at Fort Freak, the most three-dimensional of two-dimensional characters. - SnotmanSnotmanSnotman is a character from the Wild Cards book series. He was originally a Joker derelict who oozed a snot-like mucus from every pore of his body. However in Wild Cards volume V: Down and Dirty, he had an encounter with Croyd Crenson, better known as The Sleeper, during a time when Crenson's...
– Jokertown's most pitiful resident, until he comes into power. - Straight Arrow - bodyguard ace with the power to release fire from his hands.
- StarshineCaptain Trips (Wild Cards)Captain Trips, also known as Dr. Mark Meadows, is a character from the Wild Cards series of books. Meadows is a renowned biochemist and a burned-out hippie, with the ability to use various drugs to transform into several other forms, each with their own powers and individual personalities...
- alter-ego of Cap'n Trips, a flying Ace able to become a beam of light or manipulate light by generating bolts of energy or creating protective fields; able to survive in space. - Stuntman - "bounces back" from almost any physical injury (a form of fast healingHealing factorA healing factor is a term used to describe the ability of some characters in fiction to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate...
) - Succubus - joker-ace. ace power to turn into the perfect lover for anybody, while aging 2.5 times faster than normal
- Tesseract - ace criminal-in-training who can open "fourth dimensional gateways" connecting points in space.
- Ti MaliceTi Malice (Wild Cards)This character is named after the Vodou Loa, Ti Malice.Ti Malice is a character from the Wild Cards anthology series. He first appeared in the fourth book of the series, Aces Abroad, in the short story "Beasts of Burden" by John J. Miller....
– twisted vampiric parasite who gets pleasure from others' pain. Exiled from the universe by Popinjay. - Tiffani - can transform herself into a diamond hard substance
- Tricolor - French ace who projected a powerful three-colored beam of destructive energy (red, blue, white) and could generate a protective energy field in the same colors, powerful enough to withstand The Radical's solar ray.
- Joe Twitch - hyperkinetic motion similar to The Flash
- Maxim Travnicek – Hyperinventive mad scientistMad scientistA mad scientist is a stock character of popular fiction, specifically science fiction. The mad scientist may be villainous or antagonistic, benign or neutral, and whether insane, eccentric, or simply bumbling, mad scientists often work with fictional technology in order to forward their schemes, if...
ace who created Modular Man - Troll – armor-plated Joker security guard at the Jokertown Clinic
- Water Lily – innocent girl with the power to control water
- WraithWraith (Wild Cards)Wraith is a fictional character in the Wild Cards shared universe series. She was created by John J. Miller, and first appeared in the third book, Jokers Wild.-Character background:...
– walks through walls and steals for thrills - Wrecker - child ace created by the Nshombo project. Could detonate 1-2 kg quantity of anything inorganic by exercise of will.
- Wyungare – Australian aborigine who visits the DreamtimeDreamtimeIn the animist framework of Australian Aboriginal mythology, The Dreaming is a sacred era in which ancestral Totemic Spirit Beings formed The Creation.-The Dreaming of the Aboriginal times:...
- Xavier DesmondXavier DesmondXavier Desmond is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books. He was created by George R. R. Martin.-Character biography:Xavier Desmond was a 29-year old investment banker with a wife and young daughter when the Wild Card virus first struck the world in 1946...
– unofficial Joker "mayor of Jokertown" - YeomanYeoman (Wild Cards)Yeoman is a fictional character in the Wild Cards series of books. He was created by John J. Miller and first appeared in the short story Comes a Hunter in the first book of the series...
– claims no superhuman abilities, but is a deadly fighter - Zoe Harris – her breath makes molecules dance at her whim