Above right: Wolf, after his "upgrade." (Both pictures courtesy of
Flynt.)
Gender: Male
First Appearance: "Thrill Of The Hunt"
Other Appearances: "Leader Of The Pack," "Upgrade," "Grief," "Vendettas"
Descendant of Hakon, the Viking leader who initiated the massacre at Castle Wyvern, Wolf has been one of the Manhattan clan's most ferocious enemies.
Wolf was a member of the Pack, a team of mercenaries whom Xanatos set up as celebrities, stars of their own TV show. Wolf was the strongman of the group, and, like the others, began to itch for real action. When they gained the opportunity to hunt the gargoyles Lexington and Goliath, they eagerly jumped on it, luring the pair into a trap and pursuing them across the city. However, Wolf and Fox were captured by the police when their rampage culminated in holding a model hostage in an attempt to escape. They were sent to different cells on Riker's Island Penitentiary.
Wolf remained incarcerated for almost a year, until he was freed by Coyote. He challenged the android for leadership of the Pack, but Coyote defeated him with ease. The Pack confronted the Manhattan clan on an abandoned oil tanker, the Otoshiana Maru, but were defeated again. Coyote was destroyed, so Wolf took over the Pack and led them to escape using their former leader's hovercraft.
During the months of their freedom, the Pack was forced to sink to robbing banks under Wolf's leadership, and after a brutal defeat during such a robbery at the gargoyles' hands, they were approached by the disembodied head of Coyote. Acting as a proxy for David Xanatos, he offered them a chance to improve themselves using Xanatos Enterprises' vast technological resources. Wolf had himself mutated into a wolfman.
The Pack confronted the Manhattan clan three months later, and, while
their new forms made them formidable opponents, they were defeated once
more. Xanatos, however, arranged for their freedom, and they were sent
to assist the Emir in securing immortality for Xanatos through the Jackal
God, Anubis. This resulted in Jackal's
transformation into the fay's avatar, and Wolf's regression by him into
a small wolf cub. These effects were undone, but the Pack was left inside
as the chamber within
the Sphinx where the summoning occured was collapsed, to prevent Anubis's
power from ever being used again. The Pack managed to escape, but all went
their separate ways.
Wolf found himself drawn to Wyvern, Scotland, where he made an alliance with the ghost of his ancestor, Hakon. The two made their way to New York City, and attacked Hudson and Goliath. The resulting battle led across Manhattan, and culminated in the final end of Hakon and another defeat for Wolf.
His current status is unknown, but he would have joined the Ultra-Pack in Greg Weisman's Master Plan, receiving an additional set of unspecified upgrades in the process.
As a human, Wolf was very strong and tough, being more than a match for Lexington but not anywhere close to Goliath's power. After his transformation into a mutate werewolf, Wolf was Goliath's match in strength, and now had a real wolf's claws and enhanced reflexes. For a short time after his mutation, extreme anger would cause him to become more wolfen and bestial, but this instability seems to have disappeared in his subsequent appearances. Wolf's main weaknesses are his overconfidence and his tendency to let anger cloud his judgement.