DARRYL WILLIAMS

Real Name: Darryl Williams

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Prison warden

Group Membership: Ryker's Island Prison staff

Affiliations: Alicia Masters

Enemies: Power Man (Luke Cage) (while he was under the Puppet Master's control), the Puppet Master (Phillip Masters)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Ryker's Island Prison, New York, USA

First Appearance: Fantastic Four I#170 (May, 1976)

Powers/Abilities: Warden Darryl Williams has no superhuman powers but he is a skilled prison warden and very knowledgeable about prison security.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'8")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 150 lbs.)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde

History:
(Fantastic Four I#170 (fb) - BTS) - At some point when Alicia Masters gave art therapy to the inmates of Ryker's Island Prison, Warden Darryl Williams promised her a favor in return.

(Fantastic Four I#170) - A month later, Alicia Masters phoned Warden Williams to visit an inmate and he immediately sent over a helicopter to pick her up, assuming that the inmate she wanted to visit was her stepfather, the Puppet Master. Greeting the arriving Alicia, Warden Williams expressed happiness that he could already return her favor for the art therapy she'd earlier provided. Admitting he'd already taken the liberty of arranging the visit with the Puppet Master based on an assumption, Williams was confirmed in his assumption and assured Alicia that she could call him "Darryl" instead of the more formal "Warden Williams." Alicia then asked how the Puppet Master had been and if he'd caused any special problems of late, to which Williams replied that the Puppet Master used to rave quite a bit but had  lately become a model prisoner. Alicia then admitted her fears that the Puppet Master's model behavior was due to him being up to no good from within the prison walls but Williams assured that, with the prison's security, there was no way the Puppet Master could be up to something in his special cell. When Williams led Alicia into the Puppet Master's cell, she accused the Puppet Master of manipulating and controlling the Fantastic Four's newest member, Power Man. The Puppet Master was affronted at the accusation and Williams remarked on how his security had went over every inch of the Puppet Master's special cell and even used a Geiger counter to ensure he did not have access to his special radioactive clay. Explaining that Williams' men had not checked the Puppet Master's cell with the sensitive fingers of a blind sculptress, Alicia quickly found a loose stone in the cell and when a guard pried loose the stone to find a radioactive clay puppet of Power Man, Williams ordered the guard to sound the alarm.

Before any further action could be taken, however, the Puppet Master snatched the puppet from the guard and ordered Power Man to bust through the prison wall, prompting Williams to order his guard to shoot the mind-controlled Power Man. The bullets bounced off Power Man's bulletproof skin and the mind-controlled hero swatted both Williams and the guard aside, knocking them out.

Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, George Perez and Joe Sinnott.

    The prison in the story is unidentified (other than "a certain maximum security prison") but the Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four I#9 confirms it is Ryker's Island Prison. It also confirms that Warden Darryl Williams is a different character than the Warden Williams seen in Fantastic Four I#8 despite the similarities (prison warden, involved in Puppet Master plot, etc. etc.). To further distinguish the two, Warden Williams was the warden of State Prison while Warden Darryl Williams was the warden of Ryker's Island Prison and Warden Williams was older with gray hair while Darryl Williams appeared younger with blonde hair.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Darryl Williams should be distinguished from:

• Williams  - cameraman--Daredevil I#60
• Williams - kidnapper, sold children to Sanders, defeated by Daredevil--Daredevil I Annual#4B
• Williams - Osborn Chemical board member, exposed to Mr. Fear's Fear Gas--Daredevil I#365
• Williams, Dr. - doctor who treated an injured Daredevil, threatened by Hercules when he gave the Avengers the status of Daredevil's condition--Daredevil I#156
• Williams, Miss - applied for legal aid position at the Storefront, embarrassed when she offered the blind Matt Murdock her resume--Daredevil I#155
• Williams, Mr. - father of Peter Williams the Invisible Boy, worked at New Dawn Nuclear Power Station--Heroes! I#1
  
• Williams, Mr. - worked for unspecified developers, sought to level island temple, encountered blue gorilla--Marvel Comics Presents I#142
• Williams, Mr. - New Jersey resident, kept secret the existence of the Visitors, committed suicide when actions threatened to be exposed by the Invisible Woman--Marvel Knights 4 I#5
  
• Williams, Warden - State Prison warden, forced to release his inmates by the Puppet Master, saved from them by the Fantastic Four--Fantastic Four I#8
• Williams, Abigail - cousin of Betty Parris, attended Tituba's black magic lessons out of boredom--Marvel Team-Up I#42
  
• Williams, Ashley G. of Earth-2149 - S-Mart retail clerk, sought to defend humanity from zombie menace, head bitten off by zombie Howard the Duck--Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness#2
• Williams, Ashley J. of Earth-818793 - enemy of the Deadites--Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness#1
• Williams, Atha - Stark Enterprises, former secretary shortly after it was formed--Iron Man I#21
• Williams, Bill - race car driver, drove the Blue Bird car, grew angry when car faltered during race, only to have the car's engine design bought from him by C.G. Clark--Marvel Comics I#1
  
• Williams, Charles - alias used by rapist--Moon Knight VI Annual#1
• "Williams, Dan" - WWII soldier, served with U.S. tank corps in North African deserts, saved Lee Forrest's life, later became jungle guide & hunter & was saved from lion by Forrest--World of Mystery I#4
• Williams, Edward - better known as Rodent, Cloak & Dagger foe--Strange Tales II#5
  
• Williams, Everett - alias of "Foggy" Nelson while hiding under FBI protection, homage to Bill Everett--Daredevil II#88
• Williams, Helen - Fontane College faculty advisor, helped design exoskeleton for Adrian Castorp--Defenders I#142
• Williams, Jason - mercenary, father slain by Black Widow, hired by Rafael Perez to locate Bobby Campero, whom the Black Widow had kidnapped--Black Widow IV#1
• Williams, Joel - American scientist, brother of Joshua Williams & co-creator of Flexo the Rubber Man--Mystic Comics I#1
• Williams, John - lawyer for Williams, Williams & Williams--X-Statix I#17
• Williams, Jonas - S.H.I.E.L.D., commander of the task force to apprehend Sharon Carter, which led to freeing Nick Fury from pocket dimension--Fury/Agent 13
• Williams, Joshua - American scientist, brother of Joel Williams & co-creator of Flexo the Rubber Man--Mystic Comics I#1
• Williams, Keith - covered Dr. Octopus' crime spree for Daily Bugle--Web of Spider-Man I#5
  
• Williams, Mannie - ran elderly folks home scam, beaten by Moon Knight--Moon Knight IV#14
• Williams, Martha - mother of Wonder Man & Grim Reaper, widow of Sanford--West Coast Avengers II#2
• Williams, Mike - TV news reporter outside Avengers Mansion--Avengers I#113
• Williams, Mike - Post reporter, attended press conference held by S.H.E.--Civil War: Front Line#8
  
• Williams, Mindy - girlfriend of Nighthawk, later one of the psychics controlling Over-Mind--Defenders I#32
• Williams, Paul - Westfield Heights basketball player, boyfriend of vampire Linda, who drained his life force--Journey into Mystery II#2
• Williams, Peter - better known as the Invisible Boy--Heroes! I#1
  
• Williams, Simon - better known as the hero Wonder Man--Avengers I#9
• Williams, Simon - alias briefly used by the Vision while affected by a virus from the Anti-Vision & acting as a detective--Vision I#1
• Williams, Spence - Daily Bugle intern--Spider-Man's Tangled Web I#11
• Williams, Thomas - better known as the mutant Mant, X-Force tryout--X-Force I#129
• Williams, William - better known as Ill Billy the mutant yodeling beatbox, Fight-Man foe--Agent X I#11
• Williams, Zachary - better known as the mutant Acolyte Projector--Quicksilver I#9
  
• Williams Development Company - building construction company, let buildings burn down to get newer models, got injunction to prevent J. Jonah Jameson from running a story after he destroyed their models--Daily Bugle I#2
• Williams, Williams & Williams - law firm--X-Statix I#17
• Williams Innovation - company run by Simon Williams--Avengers I#10
• or any other "Darryl" or "Williams" characters
  

Appearances:
Fantastic Four I#170 (May, 1976) - Roy Thomas (writer, editor), George Perez (pencils), Joe Sinnott (inks)

First posted: 09/26/2022
Last updated: 09/26/2022

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