Susan King

SUSAN KING

Real Name: Susan King

Class: Human

Occupation: TV reporter

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Quad Cities

First Appearance: Wild Dog #1 (September, 1987)

Powers: King was a talented investigative reporter.

History: (Wild Dog #1) - Reporter Susan King was covering the opening of the River City Center, meant to revitalize the Quad Cities, but complained in between takes about getting fluff pieces. She was determined to wrest the anchor spot from her rival Coleen, but before she could continue her coverage she was taken hostage by the Committee for Social Change. They bombed the center, and dragged her into the nearby Addler Theatre, demanding to give their manifesto. Wild Dog made his debut, ramming a car through the theatre, and gunning down members of the Committee. Committee leader Raymond E. Newell put a gun to Susan's head, but Wild Dog kicked him in the neck, snapping it and killing him. He took Susan outside, but S.W.A.T. were waiting to arrest the vigilante, so he took her hostage and drove her to the countryside before dropping her off and fleeing. Susan determined that she could make her career with the Wild Dog story.

(Wild Dog #2) - Susan got a guest anchor spot to discuss her interaction with Wild Dog, infuriating Colleen. Susan interviewed police lieutenant Andy Flint, and said he might be Wild Dog because his views on taking a tougher stance on crime were well known. He told her she was being ridiculous, and kicked her out of his office. Internal security agent Graham Gault came to see Andy, and Andy said he suspected him because it would be just like a government spook to hide their involvement in shady business. Graham asked his old friend Jack Wheeler what he thought of Wild Dog, and he replied that the vigilante was doing work that desperately needed doing. Susan King was determined to learn Wild Dog's identity, and suspected Jack, as well as Graham and police lieutenant Andy Flint, all of whom played football together in college.

(Wild Dog #3) - Graham invited Jack, Lou and Andy on a riverboat cruise, again reminiscing about their college football days. Graham gave them presents containing components of Wild Dog's outfit, and he said he knew one of them was Wild Dog. He said he didn't expect any of them to out themselves, but the I.S.A. would welcome Wild Dog's continued help in tackling terrorist organizations. Susan King was shadowing them, and Graham easily spotted her. He told her to stop trying to uncover Wild Dog's identity, because the longer he was in the limelight the longer she could share it with him. The ship brought them to Arsenal Island, an AMCOMM facility filled with government weaponry. They watched a rocket launcher test, and Graham revealed that he thought the Committee for Social Change would be targeting the island. The Committee arrived in speedboats, and the friends got separated. Jack slipped away to change into his Wild dog gear, and using weaponry from the Arsenal Island museum he killed most of the terrorists. Two remained who tried to blow up an ammunition storage, but Wild dog took them down as well.

(Wild Dog #4) - Susan King covered the Arsenal Island story, and told Andy Flint she knew who Wild Dog was, but wouldn't tell him. Flint and Lou talked, and they both suspected Jack because of his tragic history and the death of his beloved Claire at the hands of the Vespucci mob family. Andy confront Jack, and he admitted that he was Wild dog, but said what he did was necessary, and asked Andy if he'd be his inside man on the force.

(Wild Dog Special #1) - Wild Dog's mafia massacre made Don Lupo the new capo, but he couldn't allow the attack to go unpunished, so he hired procurement specialist the Catcher to get Wild Dog. The Catcher seduced Susan King, pretending to be a NY newsman interested in ehr work, and using her notes, figured out Jack's identity. He kidnapped Andy, drawing out Wild Dog, and knocked him out with gas before delivering them both to Lupo's men in a cage. Wild Dog escaped and killed the gangsters. He told Andy Wild Dog was there to stay, and Andy reluctantly agreed there was a need for him.

Comments: Created by Max Allan Collins & Terry Beatty.