First Appearance: Thor
#148Origin Issue: Thor #148
WRECKER
First Appearance: Thor
#148
Origin Issue: Thor #148
Real Name: Dirk Garthwaite
Aliases: None
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 320 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Distinguishing Features: None
Occupation: Professional
criminal, (former) manual laborer
Citizenship: United States of America
Place of Creation/Birth: New York City
Known Relatives: Mother (name
unrevealed, deceased)
Known Allies: The Wrecking Crew (Thunderball,
Piledriver, Bulldozer); Masters of Evil IV (Baron Zemo 2, Tiger Shark, Mister Hyde,
Goliath, the Fixer, Moonstone, Blackout, Yellowjacket, Absorbing Man, Titania); Ulik
Known Enemies: Thor, the Avengers, Hercules
Intelligence: Normal (4/10)
Strength: Superhuman Class 50 (8/12)
Speed: Normal (2/10)
Stamina: Superhuman (6/10)
Durability: Metahuman (9/14)
Agility: Normal (2/7)
Reflexes: Normal (2/7)
Fighting Skills: High proficiency at streetfighting
techniques
Special Skills/Abilities: None
Superhuman physical powers: Superhuman strength and
durability
Superhuman Mental Powers: The Wrecker has established a
mental link with his enchanted crowbar, enabling him to utilize it for a variety of
effects, including storage of the mystic enchantment from which he gains his powers,
mental domination of anyone who holds it, projection of an aura which can repel bullets
Special Limitations: None
Source of Superhuman Powers: Mystical enchantment by
the Asgardian Norn Queen Karnilla
Personal Weaponry: A four-foot lone cast iron crowbar which has become virtually indestructible due
to mystic enchantment
Origin: Dirk Garthwaite was a manual laborer employed by a demolitions company who was fired for his antisocial behavior and fits of violence. Deciding to turn his talent for mayhem and destruction into criminal activity. Garthwaite fashioned himself a simple costume to hide his identity. He then committed a series of crimes under the name of the Wrecker, his trademark being the crowbar with which he devastated the scene of the crime. While fleeing from the authorities, the Wrecker happened upon a hotel room occupied by Loki, the Asgardian god of evil, whose magical powers had at that time been temporarily removed by Odin. The Wrecker smashed his way in while Loki was in the midst of mystically summoning Karnilla, Queen of the Norns. The Wrecker overpowered Loki and while trying on Loki's horned helmet was mistaken for the god when Karnilla hastily materialized to grand Loki magical power so that he could battle Thor. now possessed of magical power which gave him superhuman strength, the Wrecker embarked upon a brazen wrecking spree, no longer fearing the authorities. This spree attracted the attention of Loki's half-brother Thor, the thunder god, whose power had also been diminished at the time by his father Odin's spell. The Wrecker battled Thor for hours straight, finally besting the partially-depowered god, (it took the invincible Destroyer automaton, animated by the spirit of the goddess Sif, to defeat the Wrecker.) The Wrecker was imprisoned under heavy sedation in an upstate New York hospital for several months, but developed an immunity to the tranquilizers and broke free. In a return bout with Thor, who now possessed his full godly might, the Wrecker was overpowered. Thrown upon the electrified third rail of the New York subway system, the Wrecker had his superhuman strength drained form him by a discharge of energy from Thor's hammer. Imprisoned for a few years, the Wrecker eventually escaped along with three fellow inmates, and managed to locate the crowbar in which he believed his enchanted power had fled after being driven from his body. The four convicts gripped the iron crowbar in the midst of an electrical storm, and were struck by lightning. The lightning magically distributed the enchanted strength bestowed by the Norn Queen upon the four of them. Acquiring costumes and taking individual aliases, the four called themselves the Wrecking Crew. Since the formation of this group, the Wrecker has seldom acted independently.
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