Wraith shows up in Web of Venom: Wraith #1 to warn Eddie Brock of an oncoming threat. Here is what you need to know about the cosmic antihero.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Web of Venom: Wraith #1 by Donny Cates, Guiu Villanova, Dean White and VC’s Clayton Cowles, on sale now.
Venom is about to face his next major threat in Venom Beyond, as a new force of evil is coming, and Eddie Brock just learned it might rival the power of Knull.
This warning came from Wraith, a character who played a large role in Annihilation: Conquest in 2007 and Guardians of the Galaxy in 2019. However, the warning also concluded with the apparent death of Wraith.
Wraith has more in common with Venom than most people might have known. The character made his first appearance in 2007’s Annihilation: Conquest: Wraith by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Kyle Hotz, Gina Going-Raney, and VC’s Cory Petit. Wraith is a Kree who defeated a hoard of Phalanx soldiers in this first appearance.
This appearance took place after The Annihilation War. Wraith returned to Hala, the Kree homeworld, with murder on his mind. What he found was a planet conquered by the Phalanx. Wraith ended up in the war against the Phalanx and learned that Ronan was now serving the techno-organic warriors. It was Ronan who first named him Wraith, saying he can’t be Kree because they know pain and feel, but he is “a ghost … a wraith.”
Wraith told Ronan his origin. His father was a brilliant Kree scientist named Sin-Del, who created a power source strong enough to light the entire galaxy. As a result, the Kree Empire banned his work. Sim-Del sought exile on a remote planet and mastered the power source, turning the planet into a paradise for him and his family to live. However, knowing Sim-Del could help the entire universe, the Kree Empire sent a Death Squad led by a man with a Signet Ring, who killed Wraith’s parents. Wraith returned to Hala to kill the man with the Signet Ring.
The space ship Wraith escaped on as a child drifted into a wormhole and ended up in the Exoteric Latitude, the home of the Nameless. Many previous explorers from the Kree Empire drifted into the Exoteric Latitude for eons, and an invasive species known as the Exolon entered their bodies. These parasitic beings invaded the body of the boy, giving him strength, healing, immortality, and the ability to summon the Exolon to swarm. Unlike the other members of the Nameless, Wraith kept his memories and escaped to seek vengeance. Instead, he joined the Kree Empire in the war against the Phalanx in Annihilation: Conquest.