Shriek is a fictional character, a supervillainess in the Marvel Comics universe. She is an enemy of Spider-Man. She was created by Tom DeFalco, Mike W. Barr, Terry Kavanaugh, Ron Lim, Jerry Bingham, and Mark Bagley in Spider-Man Unlimited volume 1 #1 (May 1993). Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men mythos, a human being who is born with genetic alterations that allow them to naturally develop abilities not possessed by regular humans is commonly called a mutant. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... A supervillainess is a female supervillain. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comics writer and editor. ... Mike W. Barr, also referred to as Mike Barr, is a notable writer of comic books, mystery novels, and science fiction. ... Cover to Spider-Man Unlimited #4. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... Title Sequence. ...

Character biography

Shriek is a dangerous and criminally insane villainess with the ability to manipulate sound. She once allied herself with Carnage and several other supervillains who went about New York on a killing spree. Carnage is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe, a supervillain and adversary of Spider-Man and Venom. ...

Shriek's origins and real name are uncertain. She was named Sandra Deel in her earliest appearances, but named Frances Louise Barrison in later appearances. According to the Spider-Man Encyclopedia she was born Frances Louise Barrison, but used Sandra Deel as an alias. In comic book terminology, the phrase origin story refers to a story or backstory revealing how a male character went through a sex change, or the circumstances under which they became superheroes or supervillains. ...

During her childhood, she was abused by her mother for being overweight, driving her to drugs and leading to her later fixation on becoming a mother herself. She became a drug dealer, which exposed her to situations that ultimately damaged her sanity; namely, being shot in the head by a police officer, and being put in Cloak's dark dimension. The origin of Shriek's powers are likewise unknown; she may be a mutant, or the powers may have emerged as a result of her time in Cloak's dimension. Abuser redirects here. ... Cloak and Dagger (Tyrone Ty Johnson & Tandy Bowen) are a fictional teenage mutant comic book superhero duo in the Marvel Comics universe. ... In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men mythos, a human being who is born with genetic alterations that allow them to naturally develop abilities not possessed by regular humans is commonly called a mutant. ...

Shriek debuted at the start of the "Maximum Carnage" crossover. During Carnage's violent escape from the Ravencroft mental institution, he came across Shriek, who was also incarcerated and wished to join him. He freed her, and the pair embarked on a killing spree. They attracted the company of several other homicidal supervillains (Demogoblin, Doppelganger, and Carrion), and formed a "family," with Carnage and Shriek as the "parents" and the others as their "sons". Shriek also used her mental powers to increase the chaos by causing a number of New Yorkers to violently turn on one another, although the heroes were able to calm the people down before they did anything too serious, such as killing their own children. The killers fought a number of heroes, led by Spider-Man, but succumbed to in-fighting. Carnage slew the Doppelganger and left the others to their defeat and capture, although he was subsequently contained by the Avengers after a clash with Spider-Man, Venom and Black Cat. Maximum Carnage is a fourteen-part crossover storyline printed in Marvels Spider-Man family of titles in 1993, featuring Spider-Man and Venom again teaming up to face Venoms murderous child. This arc was collected as a trade paperback in September 1994 (ISBN 0-7851-0038-5), and... It has been suggested that Gaming crossovers be merged into this article or section. ... Demogoblin is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Doppelganger, also called the Spider-Doppelganger, is a villain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Carrion is a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics universe, in which he is an enemy of Spider-Man. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) is a Marvel Comics anti-hero and one-time foe and ex-girlfriend of the Spider-Man. ...

Shriek was returned to Ravencroft, and attempted to escape twice. Once, alongside the vigilante Mayhem and a handful of other inmates, she was defeated by Spider-Man and John Jameson before they managed to escape. The second time, she and Carrion escaped and tried to become a family. In the end, she absorbed the Carrion virus into herself to release her "son" from his suffering. She was returned to Ravencroft, where the virus was taken from her by the Jackal. She has not been seen since then and no one knows what became of her, however it's mentioned in the Spider-Man Encyclopedia that she is slowly beginning to respond to psychotherapy. For other uses, see Vigilante (disambiguation). ... Mayhem is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. ... John Jameson (also known by the alises Man-Wolf and Star-God) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. ... Carrion is a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics universe, in which he is an enemy of Spider-Man. ... The Jackal (Dr. Miles Warren) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an enemy of Spider-Man. ... Psychotherapy is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living. ...

Powers and abilities

Shriek has the ability to manipulate sound in a number of elaborate ways. She can harness it for destructive concussive force or use it to disorient and agitate her enemies. She can apparently hypersonically induce intense emotion in those around her (generating fear, hate, or despair). She also has moderate powers of levitation that she can use to make herself fly and possibly some low level of psionic ability.

Presumably, she also has some type of psionic ability that allows her to sense the darkest side to a person's psyche so that she can use her powers to specifically manipulate that persons emotions. Her scarred left eye is also prone to glow whenever she uses her powers (the diamond-mark on her eye seems to serve no purpose, however, and why only that eye glows is uncertain. The eye mark, and her solid white skin, may be a parody of the Czarnian alien race from DC Comics, of which Lobo is a member). The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Lobo is a DC Comics antihero. ...

In other media

Video games

Shriek was among the boss characters that appeared in Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage, which was based on the story-arc that she was a part of.

Shriek makes an appearance in Spider-Man 3 as one of the minor villains, for the Wii, PS2, and PSP versions. In the game she is married to Morbius. Her powers were given to her by a symbiote similar to that which gave Spider-Man his black suit. She is first mentioned by Morbius as the one who caused him to need to feed on blood, but mentions that when she did it to him she was "not herself" and that she had been "changed." She uses her psychic powers to influence the citizens of New York to do mutiple things (like being her "children" or alternitivly making them walk into toxic gas and stay in the gas). She puts a large pillar structure on top of a building and attaches multiple metorites to it, out of which she could draw power. Spider-Man succeds in pulling all the metorites off of the pillar and Shriek in turn flees. Later Spider-Man brings Morbius to Shriek's hideout, and Morbius demands to know what Shriek did to him; Shriek says she released a special blood in his lab that infected Morbius (although she had not meant to hurt him). She uses her pysicic powers to force Morbius to fight Spider-Man, and to shut the windows so the sunlight could not hurt Morbius. Spider-Man defeats Morbius and Shriek flees deeper into her hideout. Shriek employs psychological warfare on Spider-Man, urging him to just use his powers to have fun and bring himself enjoyment. She also creates duplicates of Mary Jane, J. Jonah Jameson, Curt Conners, and Harry Osborn to combat Spider-Man. Spider-Man realizes that both Shriek's powers and his black suit come from the same source, uses his Black Suit to make Shriek appear, and in turn defeats her. Spider-Man brings Shriek to Dr. Conners and Morbius to discover if she can be cured of her condition. She was voiced by Courtenay Taylor. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Morbius the Living Vampire (Michael Morbius) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, intended as a tragic anti-hero with vampire-like powers that actually had a biochemical origin. ... Mary Jane Watson or Mary Jane Watson-Parker, depending on the adaptation, is (in the fictional world of Spider-Man) the wife of Peter Parker (Spider Man) and a supporting character in the Marvel Comics Spider-Man series. ... J. Jonah Jameson (also known as J.J., Jolly Jonah Jameson , or J.J.J.) is a fictional supporting character featured in Marvel Comics’s Spider-Man series. ... The Lizard is a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and an enemy of Spider-Man. ... Harry Osborn is a Marvel Comics character, both one-time friend and foe to Spider-Man. ... Courtenay Taylor (aka Courtenay Kellen Taylor) is an actress who has performed voice-over roles for several games including Star Trek: Fleet Commander III, Van Helsing, and Everquest 2. ...

Link

• Shriek profile at Spiderfan.org
• The Women of Marvel Comic's Shriek page
• Shriek on the Marvel Universe Character Bio Wiki