WILD CHILD'S PACK

Membership: Numerous unnamed wolves (all deceased)

Purpose:Originally, survival, under Wild Child's leadership, to protect Wild Child

Affiliations: Wild Child (Kyle Gibney)

Enemies: Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett)

Base of Operations: The forests of the Yukon Territory, Canada

First Appearance: Marvel Comics Presents I#53 (1990)

History: (Marvel Comics Presents I#51-52 - BTS) - Wild Child escaped from prison, and, being completely insane, he was unable to control his violent urges.  He proceeded to kill 9 people in Ottawa. (As he said, "Because...I...have...to".). When he attacked Heather Hudson (Guardian of Alpha Flight), he got on Wolverine's bad side and fled.

(Marvel Comics Presents I#53) - Kyle fled all the way to the Yukon, with Logan hot on his heels. Somehow he gained control of a pack of wolves (See comments), and used them to attack Wolverine, who quickly slaughtered them. As Logan attacked Kyle, his last wolf attacked from behind, and was killed. Logan cornered Wild Child, but couldn't bring himself to kill Kyle, as he saw so much of himself in the kid. The battle ended when both feral mutants fell into a raging river, when Wolverine emerged, Kyle was nowhere to be found.

Comments: Created by Rob Lifeld, Fabian Nicienza, Chris Ivy and Joe Rubinstein.

I list them as all deceased, but only a few were shown, maybe some of the wolves weren't there at the time of the battle.

Kyle survived, and was placed back in prison. (Geez, the kid obviously needs mental help and they throw him in jail? Wouldn't a Psychiatric ward make more sense? The mentally ill are often neglected by a society who'd rather lock them away and forget them (See comments under Marked Man for Marvel's treatment of mental illness). Had he gotten mental help, Kyle might be far less dangerous today.) He was later released, joined Alpha Flight, later X-Factor, and is currently in the new Weapon X.

How Kyle gained control of the wolves is unknown, he has never shown any special mental powers. My theory is that he simply came in, and fought his way up through the pack to become the Alpha Male. Wolverine referred to the last attacking wolf as "protecting the father"...what role did Kyle play in their wolven minds? They were willing to die without hesitation to protect him.

Kyle has never been shown controlling animals prior to or after this story.

by Darc_Light

CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:

• Alyosha Kravinoff - Son of Kraven The Hunter, possesses the ability to communicate with animals, including wolves @  Spectacular Spider-Man II#243
• Braineaters- Vicious Werewolves, child killers, opposed by Ghost Rider, Werewolf (Jack Russell) @ Marvel Comics Presents I#107/3
• Brood Pets - Vicious packs of creatures present on the Brood Empress' starcraft @ Contest Of Champions II#2
• Cassandra Romulus, Lupine mutate, Hydra Agent, possesses knowledge of  centuries of military strategy. @ Nick Fury, Agents of SHIELD II#22
• Dominant Species- A group of mutants with lupine attributes, led by Maximus Lobo @  Uncanny X-Men#417
• Dracula, (Vlad Tepes Dracula)- Vampire Lord, able to control wolves, bats, etc...@ Bram Stoker's Dracula, or any other Vampires
• El Gato -A priest of the Santeria religion, able to use cats as agents @ Omega The Unknown#4
• Gibbon (Martin Blank)- Ally/enemy of Spider-Man, ape-like, bestial features, affinity with animals @ Amazing Spider-Man I#110
• Hyenas -A clan of Hyenas used by the Golden Age Nazi villain Hyena (Henry Mortonson) against his enemies @ Human Torch Comics#30 (Hyenas never get any respect! They're actually pretty cool animals.)
• Iguana-Mutated Iguana, possessed powers of the Lizard, including control over reptiles. @ Spectacular Spider-Man II#32
• Lionfang's cats, used by Alejandro Cortez (Lionfang) who taught them to speak, used them as weapons against his enemies. @ Luke Cage, Power Man #13
• Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors)- Ally/Enemy of Spider-Man, can control reptiles. @ Amazing Spider-Man I#66
• Lobo- Wolf companion of Red Wolf  (Wakely) in Old West @ Marvel Spotlight I#1
• Lobo- Wolf companion of Red Wolf (Talltrees), killed by Bengal @ Avengers I#80
• Lobo- Wolf companion of Red Wolf (Talltrees) @ Marvel Comics Presents I#72/4
• Lobo Brothers (Carlos Lobo and Eduardo Lobo)- Mutant Werewolves, battled Kingpin, Eduardo accidentally killed by his lover, Glory Grant @ Spectacular Spider-Man II#143
• Lupa- Basically a female version of Savage Land Mutate Lupo @ X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land#1
• Lupe- Wolf, ally of Vortigan, aided in battle against Necromon @ Hulk Comic#6
• Lupo- Savage Land Mutate, Beast Brood, humanoid wolf, able to command wolves @ X-Men I#62
• Lycas- Werewolf, transformed into a true wolf by Council of Werewolves as punishment for drawing attention to their race @ Wolverine Annual 1999
• Lycras- One of the New Men, evolved from a wolf by High Evolutionary,  battled Spider-Woman @ Marvel Spotlight I#32
• Mother Inferior - Morlock, able to control rats and other vermin @ Web Of Spider-Man I#77
• Mutates of Greedy Killerwatt- Mutated animals used by a light-bulb man in an attempt to destroy Christmas, and the world too! @ Howard The Duck II#3
• Nickel - Alyosha Kravinoff's pet wolf @ Spider-Man: Get Kraven#1
• The Pack-Of Earth Mutant X, Trio of feral mutants, of which Kyle and Wolverine were members @ Mutant X#3
• Princess Python (Zelda Dubois)-A member of the Circus of Crime, used a python as a weapon @ Amazing Spider-Man I#22
• Rodent- A homeless person mutated by chemicals into a humanoid rat, commanded an army of rats @ Strange Tales II#5
• The Savage Wolf Gang - A group of gang-bangers who attacked the Morlock Tunnelers @ X-Factor I#11
• Six Pack - Group composed of G.W. Bridge, Cable, Domino, Grizzly, Hammer, Garrison Kane @ X-Force I#8
• Six Pack -Group organized against Cable, aided him instead @ Cable and Deadpool#7
• Stegron (Dr.Vincent Stegron)- Mutated into dinosaur-like form, briefly controlled dinosaurs @ Marvel Team-Up I#19
• Vermin (Edward Whelan)- Mutated into a rat man by Arnim Zola, mentally controls armies of rats @ Captain America I#272
• Werewolf (Jack Russell)- Werewolf By Night, inherited Werewolf curse, pseudo-hero @ Marvel Spotlight I#2
• White Rabbit  - Briefly used a pit full of killer rabbits @ Spectacular Spider Man II#253 (Killer Rabbits)
• The Wild Pack -Silver Sable's group of Nazi hunters @ Amazing Spider-Man I#265
• Wolf -(Nikolai Apocaloff)- A Werewolf of the Ultraverse @ Night Man I#7 or any other Werewolves (There are MANY!)
• Wolf- A member of the 'Vores gang @ Marvel Comics Presents I#52/3
• Wolf Cub (Nicholas Gleason)- Mutant child with lupine features, student at Xavier Academy @ Exiles#28
• Wolf Demon- Demon, manipulates Werewolves @ Marvel Spotlight I#2
• Wolf Demon Tribe- Tribe of human-like Wolf Demons (No relation to above) and true wolves in Feudal Japan, from the Anime Inuyasha, led by Koga. Copyright of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and Sunrise Inc.
• Wolf's Rain - Anime/Manga following a pack of shapeshifting, (Wolf to Human & back), young wolves searching for paradise. Copyright of BONES and Keiko Nobumoto
• Wulff 2099 -A feral mutant, former member of the Wild Boys 2099 and X-Nation 2099 @ X-Men 2099#30
• Zabu- Ka-Zar's loyal Sabretooth Tiger @ X-Men I#10
  • Or any other Packs, Wolves, or anyone who controls animals, or animals controlled by others

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