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Wildman faceReal Name: Alex Wildman

Identity/Class: Presumably human mutate (see comments)

Occupation: Unrevealed

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Meg, Stacey

Enemies: Hulk (Bruce Banner), Janis Jones

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Aaron Goldfarb" (impersonated)

Base of Operations: Mobile

First Appearance:  (Mentioned) Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect I#2 (January, 1993);
    (off  panel) Incredible Hulk II#446 (October, 1996);
    (fully seen) Incredible Hulk II#447  (November, 1996)

   

Powers/Abilities: Wildman is mentally unbalanced, hears voices in his head, and is subject to apparent psychotic episodes. During these episodes, Wildman exhibits a wide array of superhuman powers, including superhuman agility, speed, and strength.

    Wildman can become intangible and pass through people or objects (and can presumably alter his density to become more dense as well). 

    Wildman can shoot powerful energy blasts from his hands.

    Wildman can stretch and contort his body into different shapes, and can also change his size.

    He is also incredibly durable, able to withstand blows from the Hulk.

   

Height: 5'8
Weight: 175 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown

   

Wildman straight jacketHistory:

(Incredible Hulk II#450 (fb) - BTS) - Alex Wildman began to have strange dreams and to hear voices in his head. The voices caused him great distress and told him that they would only stop when the Hulk was dead.

(Incredible Hulk II#446 (fb) - BTS) - Hoping to quiet the voices in his head, Wildman joined his friends Meg and Stacey and set out for New York's Central Park, to the site where the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and other heroes had apparently vanished in their battle with Onslaught. Wildman hoped that by traveling to this spot, he could find a way to quiet the voices.

(Incredible Hulk II#446) - Alex Wildman and his friends drove in their van towards New York City's Central Park. As they passed through Crystal City, Maryland, Wildman saw Janis Jones walking by the side of the road. Wildman and his friends invited Janis to ride along with them, and continued on their way to New York.

(Incredible Hulk II#447) - Wildman and his friends arrived at Central Park's Great Lawn, and joined the vigil being held for the fallen heroes. In the center of the vigil, the Hulk's form was incapacitated and frozen, encased in an unidentified material.

    Among the crowd, Wildman spotted Betty Ross Banner and approached her. Wildman told Betty that he had been having dreams about her and asked for her help, only to be quickly brushed away. Moments later, Wildman began to hear voices again and was seized by a mania. As Wildman thrashed about, several soldiers on the grounds attempted to subdue him, but Wildman easily threw them to the ground. Wildman continued to rant incoherently ("I am the one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind! I am the savior of all mankind! I am the walrus!") until he was struck by a bolt of lightning and collapsed to the ground. He was promptly taken into custody.
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(Incredible Hulk II#448) - Wildman was brought to an insane asylum and placed in a straight jacket. For several days, Wildman sat absolutely still, without speaking. As a doctor entered his cell to monitor him, Wildman broke out of his straight jacket and, displaying superhuman strength, speed, and agility, escaped from the facility.

(Incredible Hulk II#450/1) - Wildman followed the Hulk's trail to Los Angeles and arrived at LAX airport. Upon his arrival, Wildman entered a taxi intended for another traveler. Upon learning that the Hulk was nearby, Wildman was seized by another psychotic fit and killed the taxi driver. Wildman tracked the Hulk to Universal Studios Hollywood and confronted the Hulk and Janis Jones. Wildman promptly knocked Janis unconscious by turning his fingers intangible and then partly solidifying them inside her head.

    The Hulk and Wildman battled across Universal Studios, with Wildman firing energy blasts at the Hulk and withstanding his blows. As they fought, Wildman continued to rant and rave, telling the Hulk that the voices in his head would only stop when the Hulk was dead. The battle ended when Doctor Strange arrived and spirited the Hulk away to secure his aid on another quest. Upon the Hulk's departure, Wildman noted that the voices in his head had stopped.

Comments: Created by Peter David and Mike Deodato Jr.

    Wild Man was first mentioned in the 1992-1993 miniseries Future Imperfect. In the distant future on Earth-9200, the Hulk's evil counter-part, the Maestro, briefly described the Wild Man as being heroic. Wild Man finally appeared several years later, but his storyline was abruptly dropped and never resolved. Whether Peter David had further plans for him is unclear. Peter David's run on the Hulk ended in 1998, and he never revived the Wild Man character in any of his subsequent work, nor has the character otherwise appeared since.
    Yes, the Maestro referenced him as someone noteworthy in his and the Hulk's presumed shared past, which he was using to try to identify from what time the Hulk had come forward. I definitely felt like Peter David meant for him to be more significant, but we only have the questions left behind by this story.
    --Snood

    In another excellent Peter David story, Last Avengers Story, published in 1995 and set in the alternate future of Earth-9511, an unseen character called "Wildman" is described as a former member of the Avengers. It seems that Peter David played around with the idea for this character for a while.

    The nature and origin of Wildman's abilities has never been revealed, nor of  the nature of the "voices" which tormented him. That said, his abilities appear to be connected with the heroes who were banished to Counter-Earth following the battle with Onslaught. He displays the abilities of Hank Pym, the Vision, Mr. Fantastic, and others. During this stretch of Hulk stories, the Hulk's body was also a conduit to Counter-Earth, which could explain Wild Man being drawn to him. But, as I said, none of this was definitively explained.

    Will we ever see Wild Man again? As of this writing (summer 2026), it has been thirty years. Here's hoping!

   This profile was completed 08/13/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event, specifically celebrating the birthday of the late, great Peter David.

Profile by Stunner.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Wild Man should be distinguished from:


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Incredible Hulk II#450, page 14 (full page)
Incredible Hulk II#447, page 4, panel 3 (head shot, non-mutated form)
Incredible Hulk II#448, page 12, panel 4 (in straight jacket)
Incredible Hulk II#450, page 16, panel 3 (firing energy blasts)

Appearances:

Incredible Hulk II#447 (November 1996) - Peter David (writer), Mike Deodato Jr. (penciler), Tom Wegrzyn (inker), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Incredible Hulk II#448 (December 1996) - Peter David (writer), Mike Deodato Jr. (penciler), Tom Wegrzyn (inker), Bobbie Chase (editor)
Incredible Hulk II#450 (February 1997) - Peter David (writer),  Jeff Rebner (penciler), Tom Wegrzyn (inker), Bobbie Chase (editor)

First posted: 09/23/2026
Last updated: 08/13/2026

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