Sorcerer

SORCERER

Real Name: Sam Wilson

Class: Human / extraterrestrial technology-user

Occupation: Henchman

Group Affiliation: National Interest

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: former NORAD mountain, Colorado, formerly Roswell, New Mexico

First Appearance: Spectre III #46 (September, 1996)

Powers: Sorcerer could cast illusions, and his body armor gave him the powers of shapeshifting, superhuman strength and durability.

History: (Spectre III #47 (fb)) - <1948> An alien crashed his ship in Roswell, New Mexico. The military investigated, and took the creature to Area 52. The National Interest, a subversive group bent on remaking America in their own image, investigated the spaceship, and the alien's armor. The alien's race travelled through space by putting only their mind inside battlesuits, and Sam Wilson, a dying member, had his mind absorbed into the suit. The Interest planned to make him their pawn.

(Spectre III #46, 47) - The National Interest mind-wiped him, naming him Sorcerer and convincing him they had created him to do their bidding. He had flashes of his past, of his activities on other planets, but the Interest told him they were dreams, nothing more. They sent him into outer space to retrieve the Spear of Destiny, which they intended to use to destroy the Spectre, and he easily accomplished his mission.

(Spectre III #49) - The Sorcerer found the remains of his old body, and remembered where he came from. He took the body, which would die without life-support, and flew off, telling the Interest he was done with them controlling him.

Sorcerer (Spectre III #50) - The Spirit of America called forth the rest of his chosen ones, meaning to incorporate all the disenfranchised and dissident members of America to create a new avatar before the National Interest could manipulate him. Sam Wilson and his extraterrestrial armor served as a template for a new, powerful body, and Victorio and Tahzey served as a personality template. The reborn spirit of America was called the Patriot, and when the National Interest tried to create their avatar, something went wrong, and they brought forth the American Scream, the dark side of the American dream. Spectre emerged to fight him, and was backed up by the Patriot, the new avatar of America that the Spirit of America created itself. The heroes were victorious, and the Scream was banished after leaving its followers in the Interest mad.

Comments: Created by John Ostrander & Tom Mandrake.