Alabaster Wu

ALABASTER WU

Real Name: Wu (first name unrevealed)

Class: Human (?) mutant / mutate (?)

Occupation: Adventurer

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Brooklyn, NY, Earth-50, formerly mobile across the multiverse

First Appearance: WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams (Image) #10 (April, 1994)

Powers: Alabaster Wu possessed superhuman durability and had a ship that could travel through time and space.

History: (WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams (Image) #10, 11) - Alabaster Wu, Miranda Tai and her protector Huntsman fled the Raksha in a starship and evaded them while traveling to hundreds of words. The Raksha caught them and blew up their ship on Earth. WildC.A.T.S Zealot and Voodoo came to the rescue. Zealot beheaded a Raksha and entered the ship to save Miranda. Voodoo was infected by the Raksha’s corpse, which possessed her, and Wu fled, looking for more help. Zealot and Huntsman teamed up to kill a number of Raksha to keep Tai safe. Zealot initially distrusted him, but after he disarmed her and handed her her sword back she rethought her position. Wu desperately tried to contact Jacob Marlowe, with little luck, and the infected Voodoo killed innocent bystanders, needing their lifeforce to sustain the Raksha. She contacted the rest of the WildC.A.T.S and convinced them Alabaster Wu was trying to kill Marlowe. Marlowe met with Wu at a Halo construction site, and Wu said he was calling in an old favor. The WildC.A.T.S arrived, warped in by Void, but they were also met by the Triad, who’d been hired by the immortal sorceress Tapestry. The WildC.A.T.S realized Voodoo had betrayed them and engaged in battle with the Triad, who’d learned from their previous encounters, making them much more formidable opponents. Providence and Void fought, with Providence reminding her they were both incarnations of the Orbs of Power, the only difference between them being who they chose to serve. The Triad were victorious, and Tapestry and her lover Soma paid them off, saying their business was concluded. Attica said they couldn’t call their victory complete until Zealot and Grifter, who were missing from the battle, were defeated, so Tapestry agreed to give them a new assignment. Zealot, Huntsman and Miranda Tai rushed to the scene, with Zealot suffering from septic shock due to her injuries she’d suffered during the fight with the Raksha. At the sight of Tapestry Zealot decided they should make a tactical retreat. She contacted Savant, calling in a favor, and in turn Savant got in contact with Soldier and Majestic. Tapestry and Soma kept the WildC.A.T.S in captivity, but Providence refused to leave Void’s side, saying they both served a higher power. Tapestry told her she didn’t understand her own power or what she was a fragment of. She melded Void and Providence together, intending to fuse them into an Orb of Power for her own use. Tapestry probed Jacob Marlowe’s memories and the formation of his WildC.A.T.S. She then changed the past, so that Zealot killed Grifter and Tapestry killed Lord Emp to protect him. She promised him that if he gave himself to her body and soul they would be unstoppable together.

(WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams (Image) #12, 13) - The Triad pursued Zealot, Miranda and Huntsman, with H.A.R.M. launching missiles that scorched whole city blocks in Brooklyn. Attica was concerned about the attention they were attracting and suggested moving in for the kill in close quarters. Tapestry continued to reweave the histories and souls of the WildC.A.T.S making them into her loyal servants. Voodoo’s Raksha demanded to be fed, so Lord Emp called his assistants Jules and Stansfield to meet them and act as a sacrifice. Voodoo rebelled against hurting her friends, fighting the Raksha on the psychic plane. Huntsman was prepared to make a final stand against the Triad, asking Zealot to guard Miranda. Zealot’s wounds she’d suffered from the Raksha grew infected and she felt herself becoming possessed., but fought off the demonic control. Huntsman fought bravely, but was seemingly incinerated by Slag, who was always pleased to inflict pain. Miranda had a violent reaction to Huntsman’s seeming passing and Zealot went into battle against the Triad, but was surprised to find Huntsman unharmed. Zealot tapped into her magical abilities, casting a spell that turned slag back into a human being. Huntsman was impressed, but Zealot told him she’d just damned her soul. Savant, Majestic and Soldier arrived in time to take out the rest of the Triad, but Savant was distraught that they’d arrived after Zealot had been forced to cast a spell. Grifter arrived on the scene to offer his support as they prepared to confront Tapestry. Tapestry was watching them through a scrying spell and gloated that Zealot’s soul would forever belong to her. Jules and Stansfield, trusting Voodoo implicitly, lent their lifeforce to her to help her exorcise the Raksha. Zealot and company battled against the WildC.A.T.S and Alabaster Wu, who were now all loyal creations of Tapestry. Zealot and Tapestry engaged in a sorceress’ duel, but were quickly stalemated. Miranda Tai took a shard of an Orb of Power from Savants bag, swinging the battle in Zealot’s favor. The battle left Tapestry injured, and Soma fled with her, telling Zealot he’d kill her for harming his mistress. Savant told everyone that the magic Zealot used was learned from Tapestry herself, who’d always wanted to craft Zealot in her old image. She claimed the power was bound to corrupt Zealot, and she had to die. Majestic said that as a Kherubim lord hee agreed and had the authority to pass sentence on Zealot. Zealot agreed that she would eventually be unable to control her magical powers, and wished she could purge herself of them. Voodoo came to her aid, helping her purge Tapestry’s magic, and in the process returning the WildC.A.T.S to normal. Empt agreed to give Alabaster Wu the Brooklyn dockyards so that he could resettle his people and save lives.

Comments: Created by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee.

Alabaster Wu was originally published by Wildstorm Comics, an imprint of Image Comics, which DC acquired the rights to in January, 1999.

Alabaster Wu's appearance in WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams (Image) #10-13 was reprinted in Absolute WildC.A.T.S. WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams (Image) #10-12 was republished by DC Comics in a digital format.