Введение
Вендиго (иногда: Wen Di Go) — вымышленный монстр, появляющийся в американских комиксах, издаваемых Marvel Comics. Персонаж Marvel основан на легенде о Вендиго, принадлежащей народам алгонкинов. Монстр впервые появился в "Невероятном Халке" (том 2) № 162 (апрель 1973), созданном писателем Стивом Энглехартом и художником Хербом Тримпе, в схватке с Невероятным Халком. Вендиго — это не конкретный человек, а проявление проклятия, которое может поразить любого, совершившего акт каннибализма в канадских Северных лесах. Изначально одновременно Вендиго мог стать только один человек, что приводило к исцелению одного Вендиго, если проклятие поражало другого. Впоследствии выяснилось, что в Беринговом проливе обитала стая Вендиго. В определенный момент проклятие Вендиго заразило Халка, превратив его в Вендихулка, хотя позже он был излечен. Хотя Вендиго обычно изображаются как неуправляемые дикие звери, они появлялись в составе различных злодейских группировок, проявляя сдержанность в периоды, когда не сражаются. Персонаж Вендиго также появлялся в нескольких мультсериалах Marvel.
The Wendigo (occasionally: Wen Di Go) is a fictional monster appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Marvel character is based on the Wendigo legend of the Algonquian peoples. The monster first appeared in The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #162 (April 1973), created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Herb Trimpe, fighting the Incredible Hulk. The Wendigo is not one specific person, but instead is the manifestation of a curse that can strike anyone who commits an act of cannibalism in the Canadian North Woods. Originally only one person can become the Wendigo at the time, which has led to one Wendigo being cured if another person was struck with the curse. In later years it has been revealed that a pack of Wendigos lived in the Bering Strait. At one point the Wendigo curse infected the Hulk, turning him into Wendihulk, although he was later cured. While normally depicted as a savage beast with no control, Wendigos have appeared as part of various villainous groups, showing some restraint when not fighting. The Wendigo character has also appeared in several Marvel cartoon series.
История публикаций
Вендиго впервые появился в "Невероятном Халке" (том 2) № 162 (апрель 1973 года) и был создан Стивом Энглехартом и Хербом Тримпе. Энглехарт вспоминал: "Я знал легенду о Вендиго и подумал, что, учитывая его силу и трагическую историю, он мог бы стать достойным противником для Халка".
Биография вымышленного персонажа
Несколько человек были поражены проклятием Вендиго, включая Пола Картье, Жоржа Батиста, Франсуа Лартига, Лоренцо, Мове и других. Проклятие распространено в лесах Северной Канады и проявляется при определенных условиях, когда человек в канадских лесах питается человеческой плотью. Это "проклятие Вендиго" было создано Северными богами (также известными как "Инуа") в попытке предотвратить человеческий каннибализм. Каннибал превращается в сверхчеловечески сильного, почти неразрушимого монстра, покрытого мехом: Вендиго. Затем он или она бродит по лесам, поедая людей. Вендиго часто сражается с Халком, Росомахой и Альфа-Флайтом. Пол Картье превратился в Вендиго, сражался с Халком и сбежал. Он снова сразился с Халком, встретил Росомаху, а затем сразился с Халком и Росомахой; Пол Картье был излечен, когда профессор колледжа Жорж Батист сам стал Вендиго. Баптист, будучи Вендиго, позже терроризировал группу, оказавшуюся в снежной ловушке. Он сражался с Росомахой, Ночным Змеем и членами Альфа-Флайта; Вендиго Баптиста был захвачен и излечен Шаманом, хотя Баптист был арестован Департаментом H.
Fur trapper Francois Lartigue later transforms into the Wendigo, battles the Hulk when Bruce Banner stumbled across a cabin belonging to him, and Sasquatch, and is taken to be cured by Shaman. A reporter named Anna Brooks goes on the search for Bigfoot at the time when some children are missing where she stumbles upon a Wendigo. This sighting causes J. Jonah Jameson to dispatch Peter Parker to British Columbia, though the Wendigo's actions also attract the attention of Wolverine. This led to Spider Man and Wolverine working together to stop the Wendigo. One Wendigo battles the Werewolf in an issue of Marvel Comics Presents. Its most frequent appearances were in the limited series Sabretooth: Open Season #1–4, where Sabretooth is hired to kill a Wendigo, ultimately succeeding. A few years later, a new Wendigo emerges, leading to a fight with Wolverine and She Hulk. A local Canadian super hero, Talisman, arrives and claims to have a magical cure for the Wendigo's condition. After a long battle, the Wendigo is defeated by a combined attack from his two opponents, and placed into S. H. I. E. L. D. custody. This Wendigo is apparently later taken in by the Canadian based Department K and is given an electric collar that keeps the usually mindless beast under control and is integrated as a member of Weapon: P. R. I. M. E., a team of operatives each with a personal grudge against Cable. Their first mission is to take down Cable, but X Force proves to be more than capable, as Cable teleports all their belongings out of the base and triggers the autodestruct device, though the device malfunctions and blows up early. Cut off from Cable, X Force helps Kane, Bridge and Rictor escape the exploding base, while Grizzly, Wendigo (now referred to as Yeti) and Tigerstryke are missing. Bridge and Kane still want to arrest X Force and calls in S. H. I. E. L. D. reinforcement, but Rictor sides with X Force, since his grudge is only against Cable, not his former teammates. Later the Wendigo's collar is exchanged with a neurological implant which gives more control to the man inside the beast, even allowing him to speak. During the Chaos War storyline, it is revealed that a pack of Wendigos exist in the Bering Strait after Red Hulk is attacked by a Wendigo, attracted by his camp fire while cooking a meal. A Wendigo bites the Red Hulk on the shoulder and he bleeds hot radioactive blood. The Red Hulk kills one Wendigo, while the others come to claim the body and eat it. It is also revealed that the Great Beasts are forced to manipulate the curse of the Wendigo to allow the transformation of several people instantly instead of only one, to create an army to fight with them against the Chaos King Amatsu Mikaboshi. These Wendigos are later somehow able to invade Las Vegas. where they are confronted by the Grey Hulk. The Grey Hulk gets help in the fight against them from the Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, and the Sentry. Knocked into some debris, later on the Green Hulk appears. However, the Wendigos infect Hulk, turning him into the "Wendihulk" who attacks the superheroes. The sorcerer Brother Voodoo appears and cures Hulk and the other Wendigos. When the Avengers Academy students have an encounter with former Norman Osborn subject Jeremy Biggs, it is mentioned that Biggs' company has bought a Wendigo that killed Steve, another former Osborn subject with ice based powers. During the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline, a Wendigo is among the Alpha Flight villains gathered by Vindicator and Department H to spread the Master of the World's "Unity" program and to take down Alpha Flight as a member of Alpha Strike. As part of Marvel Comics' 2012 initiative, Marvel NOW!, a Wendigo appears as a member of Department H's Omega Flight. Wendigo and the rest of Omega Flight are sent by Department H to investigate one of the Origin Bomb sites left by Ex Nihilo in Regina, Canada, a mission in which Wendigo is killed. A Wendigo is later recruited by Kade Kilgore to join the faculty of the Hellfire Club's Hellfire Academy. A Wendigo is summoned to Las Vegas through the wishing well of Tyrannus along with the Bi Beast, Fin Fang Foom, Umar, and Arm'Cheddon to fight the Hulk. This Wendigo is capable of minimalistic human speech and teams up with the Bi Beast to use the well's powers to allow them to grow to about 30 feet tall for fighting the Hulk. However, both creatures are easily defeated by the Hulk and are imprisoned along with Arm'Cheddon in the Dark Dimension by Umar until Tyrannus and Fin Fang Foom raid the dimension, allowing them to escape in the chaos. A later confrontation between two Canadian meat packing plant employees resulted in one accidentally killing the other, and the perpetrator trying to cover it up by running the body through the meat grinder. This resulted in a mass outbreak of the Wendigo curse, which was greatly exacerbated by the curse being transmitted via bite wounds inflicted by the Wendigos, in a process akin to lycantrophy. An infection of this phenomenon beyond Canada's borders is initially prevented by the mystical limitations of the Wendigo curse. With the uncontrollably of the outbreak, the Great Beast Tanaraq (the "father" of the Wendigo) gains enough power to overthrow his fellows and intends to spread the curse across the entire world. However, the combined efforts of the X Men, the other Beasts, and Guardian defeat his plan, resulting in the elimination of the curse. Spider Woman, with the help of Captain Marvel and Porcupine, later shuts down a Canadian restaurant that had been secretly serving its customers human flesh in an attempt to instigate another outbreak of Wendigos. When Jimmy Hudson appears on Earth 616 following the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline, the townspeople mistake him for a Wendigo and shoot him before an actual Wendigo attack occurs. Recovering from the gunshot wound, Hudson fights the Wendigo. Roxxon later goes on an archaeological expedition to find a Wendigo. When a Wendigo attacks a scientist named Ella Sterling, she is saved by Weapon H. It was revealed that Roxxon executive Mr. Banks had a miner named Philips Waggoner eat Wendigo meat at the site where the Avingnon Party resided during a blizzard. The result of this turned Waggoner into an Ur Wendigo which is more powerful than any normal Wendigo and can grow larger when it ate flesh. The Ur Wendigo caught up to Weapon H and tried to eat him whole only for Doctor Strange to appear. As the Ur Wendigo is immune to enchantments, Weapon H borrowed Doctor Strange's Ax of Angarruumus and allowed himself to be eaten by the Ur Wendigo to kill it from within.
Шерстяной траппер Франсуа Лартиг позже превратился в Вендиго, сражался с Халком, когда Брюс Баннер наткнулся на его хижину, и с Саскуэтчем, после чего был доставлен Шаманом на излечение. Репортер по имени Анна Брукс отправилась на поиски Снежного человека в то время, когда пропали несколько детей, и наткнулась на Вендиго. Это наблюдение заставило Дж. Джона Джеймсона отправить Питера Паркера в Британскую Колумбию, хотя действия Вендиго также привлекли внимание Росомахи. Это привело к сотрудничеству Человека-паука и Росомахи в попытке остановить Вендиго. Один Вендиго сражался с Оборотнем в выпуске Marvel Comics Presents. Наиболее частые появления были в ограниченной серии Sabretooth: Open Season #1–4, где Сейберзуб был нанят для убийства Вендиго, что ему в конечном итоге удалось. Через несколько лет появился новый Вендиго, что привело к битве с Росомахой и Халком. Местный канадский супергерой, Талисман, прибыл и заявил, что обладает магическим лекарством от состояния Вендиго. После долгой битвы Вендиго был побежден совместной атакой двух противников и помещен под стражу Щ.И.Т. Этот Вендиго позже был взят под опеку канадского Департамента K и получил электрический ошейник, который контролировал обычно безумного зверя, и был интегрирован в качестве члена Weapon: P.R.I.M.E., команды оперативников, каждый из которых питал личную неприязнь к Кейблу. Их первая миссия – уничтожить Кейбла, но "Икс-Форс" оказался более чем способен, телепортировав все их вещи из базы и активировав устройство самоуничтожения, хотя устройство дало сбой и взорвалось раньше времени. Отрезанные от Кейбла, "Икс-Форс" помог Кейну, Бриджу и Риктору сбежать из взрывающейся базы, в то время как Гризли, Вендиго (теперь называемый Йети) и Тайгерстрайк пропали без вести. Бридж и Кейн все еще хотели арестовать "Икс-Форс" и вызвали подкрепление Щ.И.Т.А., но Риктор встал на сторону "Икс-Форс", поскольку его неприязнь была направлена только против Кейбла, а не против его бывших товарищей по команде. Позже ошейник Вендиго был заменен неврологическим имплантатом, который давал больше контроля над человеком внутри зверя, даже позволяя ему говорить.
Fur trapper Francois Lartigue later transforms into the Wendigo, battles the Hulk when Bruce Banner stumbled across a cabin belonging to him, and Sasquatch, and is taken to be cured by Shaman. A reporter named Anna Brooks goes on the search for Bigfoot at the time when some children are missing where she stumbles upon a Wendigo. This sighting causes J. Jonah Jameson to dispatch Peter Parker to British Columbia, though the Wendigo's actions also attract the attention of Wolverine. This led to Spider Man and Wolverine working together to stop the Wendigo. One Wendigo battles the Werewolf in an issue of Marvel Comics Presents. Its most frequent appearances were in the limited series Sabretooth: Open Season #1–4, where Sabretooth is hired to kill a Wendigo, ultimately succeeding. A few years later, a new Wendigo emerges, leading to a fight with Wolverine and She Hulk. A local Canadian super hero, Talisman, arrives and claims to have a magical cure for the Wendigo's condition. After a long battle, the Wendigo is defeated by a combined attack from his two opponents, and placed into S. H. I. E. L. D. custody. This Wendigo is apparently later taken in by the Canadian based Department K and is given an electric collar that keeps the usually mindless beast under control and is integrated as a member of Weapon: P. R. I. M. E., a team of operatives each with a personal grudge against Cable. Their first mission is to take down Cable, but X Force proves to be more than capable, as Cable teleports all their belongings out of the base and triggers the autodestruct device, though the device malfunctions and blows up early. Cut off from Cable, X Force helps Kane, Bridge and Rictor escape the exploding base, while Grizzly, Wendigo (now referred to as Yeti) and Tigerstryke are missing. Bridge and Kane still want to arrest X Force and calls in S. H. I. E. L. D. reinforcement, but Rictor sides with X Force, since his grudge is only against Cable, not his former teammates. Later the Wendigo's collar is exchanged with a neurological implant which gives more control to the man inside the beast, even allowing him to speak. During the Chaos War storyline, it is revealed that a pack of Wendigos exist in the Bering Strait after Red Hulk is attacked by a Wendigo, attracted by his camp fire while cooking a meal. A Wendigo bites the Red Hulk on the shoulder and he bleeds hot radioactive blood. The Red Hulk kills one Wendigo, while the others come to claim the body and eat it. It is also revealed that the Great Beasts are forced to manipulate the curse of the Wendigo to allow the transformation of several people instantly instead of only one, to create an army to fight with them against the Chaos King Amatsu Mikaboshi. These Wendigos are later somehow able to invade Las Vegas. where they are confronted by the Grey Hulk. The Grey Hulk gets help in the fight against them from the Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, and the Sentry. Knocked into some debris, later on the Green Hulk appears. However, the Wendigos infect Hulk, turning him into the "Wendihulk" who attacks the superheroes. The sorcerer Brother Voodoo appears and cures Hulk and the other Wendigos. When the Avengers Academy students have an encounter with former Norman Osborn subject Jeremy Biggs, it is mentioned that Biggs' company has bought a Wendigo that killed Steve, another former Osborn subject with ice based powers. During the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline, a Wendigo is among the Alpha Flight villains gathered by Vindicator and Department H to spread the Master of the World's "Unity" program and to take down Alpha Flight as a member of Alpha Strike. As part of Marvel Comics' 2012 initiative, Marvel NOW!, a Wendigo appears as a member of Department H's Omega Flight. Wendigo and the rest of Omega Flight are sent by Department H to investigate one of the Origin Bomb sites left by Ex Nihilo in Regina, Canada, a mission in which Wendigo is killed. A Wendigo is later recruited by Kade Kilgore to join the faculty of the Hellfire Club's Hellfire Academy. A Wendigo is summoned to Las Vegas through the wishing well of Tyrannus along with the Bi Beast, Fin Fang Foom, Umar, and Arm'Cheddon to fight the Hulk. This Wendigo is capable of minimalistic human speech and teams up with the Bi Beast to use the well's powers to allow them to grow to about 30 feet tall for fighting the Hulk. However, both creatures are easily defeated by the Hulk and are imprisoned along with Arm'Cheddon in the Dark Dimension by Umar until Tyrannus and Fin Fang Foom raid the dimension, allowing them to escape in the chaos. A later confrontation between two Canadian meat packing plant employees resulted in one accidentally killing the other, and the perpetrator trying to cover it up by running the body through the meat grinder. This resulted in a mass outbreak of the Wendigo curse, which was greatly exacerbated by the curse being transmitted via bite wounds inflicted by the Wendigos, in a process akin to lycantrophy. An infection of this phenomenon beyond Canada's borders is initially prevented by the mystical limitations of the Wendigo curse. With the uncontrollably of the outbreak, the Great Beast Tanaraq (the "father" of the Wendigo) gains enough power to overthrow his fellows and intends to spread the curse across the entire world. However, the combined efforts of the X Men, the other Beasts, and Guardian defeat his plan, resulting in the elimination of the curse. Spider Woman, with the help of Captain Marvel and Porcupine, later shuts down a Canadian restaurant that had been secretly serving its customers human flesh in an attempt to instigate another outbreak of Wendigos. When Jimmy Hudson appears on Earth 616 following the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline, the townspeople mistake him for a Wendigo and shoot him before an actual Wendigo attack occurs. Recovering from the gunshot wound, Hudson fights the Wendigo. Roxxon later goes on an archaeological expedition to find a Wendigo. When a Wendigo attacks a scientist named Ella Sterling, she is saved by Weapon H. It was revealed that Roxxon executive Mr. Banks had a miner named Philips Waggoner eat Wendigo meat at the site where the Avingnon Party resided during a blizzard. The result of this turned Waggoner into an Ur Wendigo which is more powerful than any normal Wendigo and can grow larger when it ate flesh. The Ur Wendigo caught up to Weapon H and tried to eat him whole only for Doctor Strange to appear. As the Ur Wendigo is immune to enchantments, Weapon H borrowed Doctor Strange's Ax of Angarruumus and allowed himself to be eaten by the Ur Wendigo to kill it from within.
В ходе сюжетной линии "Война Хаоса" выяснилось, что в Беринговом проливе существует стая Вендиго после того, как на Красного Халка напал Вендиго, привлеченный его костром во время приготовления пищи. Вендиго укусил Красного Халка в плечо, и из раны потекла горячая радиоактивная кровь. Красный Халк убил одного Вендиго, в то время как остальные пришли забрать тело и съесть его. Также было раскрыто, что Великие Звери были вынуждены манипулировать проклятием Вендиго, чтобы позволить мгновенное превращение нескольких людей вместо одного, чтобы создать армию для борьбы с ними против царя Хаоса Амацу Микабоси. Эти Вендиго позже каким-то образом смогли вторгнуться в Лас-Вегас, где столкнулись с Серым Халком. Серый Халк получил помощь в борьбе с ними от Лунного Рыцаря, Мисс Марвел и Стража. Отброшенный обломками, позже появился Зеленый Халк. Однако Вендиго заразили Халка, превратив его в "Вендихулка", который напал на супергероев. Волшебник Брат Вуду появился и исцелил Халка и других Вендиго. Когда студенты Академии Мстителей столкнулись с бывшим подопытным Нормана Осборна Джереми Биггсом, было упомянуто, что компания Биггса купила Вендиго, убившего Стива, другого бывшего подопытного Осборна с ледяными способностями. Во время сюжетной линии "Страх Сам по Себе" 2011 года Вендиго был среди злодеев Альфа-Флайта, собранных Виндикатором и Департаментом H для распространения программы "Единство" Повелителя Мира и уничтожения Альфа-Флайта в качестве члена Alpha Strike. В рамках инициативы Marvel Comics 2012 года Marvel NOW! Вендиго появился в качестве члена Omega Flight Департамента H. Вендиго и остальные члены Omega Flight были отправлены Департаментом H для расследования одного из мест, оставленных Ex Nihilo, с Origin Bomb в Реджене, Канада, в ходе миссии, в которой Вендиго был убит.
Fur trapper Francois Lartigue later transforms into the Wendigo, battles the Hulk when Bruce Banner stumbled across a cabin belonging to him, and Sasquatch, and is taken to be cured by Shaman. A reporter named Anna Brooks goes on the search for Bigfoot at the time when some children are missing where she stumbles upon a Wendigo. This sighting causes J. Jonah Jameson to dispatch Peter Parker to British Columbia, though the Wendigo's actions also attract the attention of Wolverine. This led to Spider Man and Wolverine working together to stop the Wendigo. One Wendigo battles the Werewolf in an issue of Marvel Comics Presents. Its most frequent appearances were in the limited series Sabretooth: Open Season #1–4, where Sabretooth is hired to kill a Wendigo, ultimately succeeding. A few years later, a new Wendigo emerges, leading to a fight with Wolverine and She Hulk. A local Canadian super hero, Talisman, arrives and claims to have a magical cure for the Wendigo's condition. After a long battle, the Wendigo is defeated by a combined attack from his two opponents, and placed into S. H. I. E. L. D. custody. This Wendigo is apparently later taken in by the Canadian based Department K and is given an electric collar that keeps the usually mindless beast under control and is integrated as a member of Weapon: P. R. I. M. E., a team of operatives each with a personal grudge against Cable. Their first mission is to take down Cable, but X Force proves to be more than capable, as Cable teleports all their belongings out of the base and triggers the autodestruct device, though the device malfunctions and blows up early. Cut off from Cable, X Force helps Kane, Bridge and Rictor escape the exploding base, while Grizzly, Wendigo (now referred to as Yeti) and Tigerstryke are missing. Bridge and Kane still want to arrest X Force and calls in S. H. I. E. L. D. reinforcement, but Rictor sides with X Force, since his grudge is only against Cable, not his former teammates. Later the Wendigo's collar is exchanged with a neurological implant which gives more control to the man inside the beast, even allowing him to speak. During the Chaos War storyline, it is revealed that a pack of Wendigos exist in the Bering Strait after Red Hulk is attacked by a Wendigo, attracted by his camp fire while cooking a meal. A Wendigo bites the Red Hulk on the shoulder and he bleeds hot radioactive blood. The Red Hulk kills one Wendigo, while the others come to claim the body and eat it. It is also revealed that the Great Beasts are forced to manipulate the curse of the Wendigo to allow the transformation of several people instantly instead of only one, to create an army to fight with them against the Chaos King Amatsu Mikaboshi. These Wendigos are later somehow able to invade Las Vegas. where they are confronted by the Grey Hulk. The Grey Hulk gets help in the fight against them from the Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, and the Sentry. Knocked into some debris, later on the Green Hulk appears. However, the Wendigos infect Hulk, turning him into the "Wendihulk" who attacks the superheroes. The sorcerer Brother Voodoo appears and cures Hulk and the other Wendigos. When the Avengers Academy students have an encounter with former Norman Osborn subject Jeremy Biggs, it is mentioned that Biggs' company has bought a Wendigo that killed Steve, another former Osborn subject with ice based powers. During the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline, a Wendigo is among the Alpha Flight villains gathered by Vindicator and Department H to spread the Master of the World's "Unity" program and to take down Alpha Flight as a member of Alpha Strike. As part of Marvel Comics' 2012 initiative, Marvel NOW!, a Wendigo appears as a member of Department H's Omega Flight. Wendigo and the rest of Omega Flight are sent by Department H to investigate one of the Origin Bomb sites left by Ex Nihilo in Regina, Canada, a mission in which Wendigo is killed. A Wendigo is later recruited by Kade Kilgore to join the faculty of the Hellfire Club's Hellfire Academy. A Wendigo is summoned to Las Vegas through the wishing well of Tyrannus along with the Bi Beast, Fin Fang Foom, Umar, and Arm'Cheddon to fight the Hulk. This Wendigo is capable of minimalistic human speech and teams up with the Bi Beast to use the well's powers to allow them to grow to about 30 feet tall for fighting the Hulk. However, both creatures are easily defeated by the Hulk and are imprisoned along with Arm'Cheddon in the Dark Dimension by Umar until Tyrannus and Fin Fang Foom raid the dimension, allowing them to escape in the chaos. A later confrontation between two Canadian meat packing plant employees resulted in one accidentally killing the other, and the perpetrator trying to cover it up by running the body through the meat grinder. This resulted in a mass outbreak of the Wendigo curse, which was greatly exacerbated by the curse being transmitted via bite wounds inflicted by the Wendigos, in a process akin to lycantrophy. An infection of this phenomenon beyond Canada's borders is initially prevented by the mystical limitations of the Wendigo curse. With the uncontrollably of the outbreak, the Great Beast Tanaraq (the "father" of the Wendigo) gains enough power to overthrow his fellows and intends to spread the curse across the entire world. However, the combined efforts of the X Men, the other Beasts, and Guardian defeat his plan, resulting in the elimination of the curse. Spider Woman, with the help of Captain Marvel and Porcupine, later shuts down a Canadian restaurant that had been secretly serving its customers human flesh in an attempt to instigate another outbreak of Wendigos. When Jimmy Hudson appears on Earth 616 following the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline, the townspeople mistake him for a Wendigo and shoot him before an actual Wendigo attack occurs. Recovering from the gunshot wound, Hudson fights the Wendigo. Roxxon later goes on an archaeological expedition to find a Wendigo. When a Wendigo attacks a scientist named Ella Sterling, she is saved by Weapon H. It was revealed that Roxxon executive Mr. Banks had a miner named Philips Waggoner eat Wendigo meat at the site where the Avingnon Party resided during a blizzard. The result of this turned Waggoner into an Ur Wendigo which is more powerful than any normal Wendigo and can grow larger when it ate flesh. The Ur Wendigo caught up to Weapon H and tried to eat him whole only for Doctor Strange to appear. As the Ur Wendigo is immune to enchantments, Weapon H borrowed Doctor Strange's Ax of Angarruumus and allowed himself to be eaten by the Ur Wendigo to kill it from within.
Впоследствии Вендиго был завербован Кадом Килгором для присоединения к преподавательскому составу Академии Адского клуба. Вендиго был вызван в Лас-Вегас через желательный колодец Тираннуса вместе с Би-Зверем, Фин Фангом Фумом, Умаром и Арм'Чеддоном для борьбы с Халком. Этот Вендиго способен на минимальную человеческую речь и объединился с Би-Зверем, чтобы использовать силы колодца для увеличения своего роста примерно до 30 футов для борьбы с Халком. Однако оба существа были легко побеждены Халком и заключены в Темное Измерение вместе с Арм'Чеддоном Умаром, пока Тираннус и Фин Фангом Фум не совершили рейд в измерение, позволив им сбежать в хаосе. В ходе последующей конфронтации между двумя канадскими работниками мясокомбината один случайно убил другого, а преступник попытался скрыть это, пропустив тело через мясорубку. Это привело к массовой вспышке проклятия Вендиго, которая усугубилась тем, что проклятие передавалось через укусы Вендиго, в процессе, подобном ликантропии. Распространение этого явления за пределы Канады было первоначально предотвращено мистическими ограничениями проклятия Вендиго. Из-за неконтролируемости вспышки Великий Зверь Танарак ("отец" Вендиго) получил достаточно сил, чтобы свергнуть своих сородичей и намеревался распространить проклятие по всему миру. Однако совместными усилиями Людей Икс, других Зверей и Стража его план был сорван, что привело к устранению проклятия. Женщина-паук, при помощи Капитана Марвел и Поросенка, позже закрыла канадский ресторан, который тайно подавал своим клиентам человеческое мясо в попытке спровоцировать новую вспышку Вендиго. Когда Джимми Хадсон появился на Земле 616 после сюжетной линии "Секретные Войны" 2015 года, местные жители приняли его за Вендиго и застрелили, прежде чем произошло нападение настоящего Вендиго. Оправившись от огнестрельного ранения, Хадсон сразился с Вендиго. Roxxon позже отправилась в археологическую экспедицию, чтобы найти Вендиго. Когда Вендиго напал на ученого по имени Элла Стерлинг, ее спас Оружие H. Было раскрыто, что исполнительный директор Roxxon мистер Бэнкс заставил шахтера Филипа Ваггонера съесть мясо Вендиго на месте, где находилась партия Авиньон во время метели. В результате Ваггонер превратился в Ур-Вендиго, который сильнее любого обычного Вендиго и может расти, когда ест плоть. Ур-Вендиго догнал Оружие H и попытался съесть его целиком, но появился Доктор Стрэндж. Поскольку Ур-Вендиго невосприимчив к заклинаниям, Оружие H одолжило у Доктора Стрэнджа Топор Ангаррумуса и позволило Ур-Вендиго съесть себя, чтобы убить его изнутри.
Fur trapper Francois Lartigue later transforms into the Wendigo, battles the Hulk when Bruce Banner stumbled across a cabin belonging to him, and Sasquatch, and is taken to be cured by Shaman. A reporter named Anna Brooks goes on the search for Bigfoot at the time when some children are missing where she stumbles upon a Wendigo. This sighting causes J. Jonah Jameson to dispatch Peter Parker to British Columbia, though the Wendigo's actions also attract the attention of Wolverine. This led to Spider Man and Wolverine working together to stop the Wendigo. One Wendigo battles the Werewolf in an issue of Marvel Comics Presents. Its most frequent appearances were in the limited series Sabretooth: Open Season #1–4, where Sabretooth is hired to kill a Wendigo, ultimately succeeding. A few years later, a new Wendigo emerges, leading to a fight with Wolverine and She Hulk. A local Canadian super hero, Talisman, arrives and claims to have a magical cure for the Wendigo's condition. After a long battle, the Wendigo is defeated by a combined attack from his two opponents, and placed into S. H. I. E. L. D. custody. This Wendigo is apparently later taken in by the Canadian based Department K and is given an electric collar that keeps the usually mindless beast under control and is integrated as a member of Weapon: P. R. I. M. E., a team of operatives each with a personal grudge against Cable. Their first mission is to take down Cable, but X Force proves to be more than capable, as Cable teleports all their belongings out of the base and triggers the autodestruct device, though the device malfunctions and blows up early. Cut off from Cable, X Force helps Kane, Bridge and Rictor escape the exploding base, while Grizzly, Wendigo (now referred to as Yeti) and Tigerstryke are missing. Bridge and Kane still want to arrest X Force and calls in S. H. I. E. L. D. reinforcement, but Rictor sides with X Force, since his grudge is only against Cable, not his former teammates. Later the Wendigo's collar is exchanged with a neurological implant which gives more control to the man inside the beast, even allowing him to speak. During the Chaos War storyline, it is revealed that a pack of Wendigos exist in the Bering Strait after Red Hulk is attacked by a Wendigo, attracted by his camp fire while cooking a meal. A Wendigo bites the Red Hulk on the shoulder and he bleeds hot radioactive blood. The Red Hulk kills one Wendigo, while the others come to claim the body and eat it. It is also revealed that the Great Beasts are forced to manipulate the curse of the Wendigo to allow the transformation of several people instantly instead of only one, to create an army to fight with them against the Chaos King Amatsu Mikaboshi. These Wendigos are later somehow able to invade Las Vegas. where they are confronted by the Grey Hulk. The Grey Hulk gets help in the fight against them from the Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, and the Sentry. Knocked into some debris, later on the Green Hulk appears. However, the Wendigos infect Hulk, turning him into the "Wendihulk" who attacks the superheroes. The sorcerer Brother Voodoo appears and cures Hulk and the other Wendigos. When the Avengers Academy students have an encounter with former Norman Osborn subject Jeremy Biggs, it is mentioned that Biggs' company has bought a Wendigo that killed Steve, another former Osborn subject with ice based powers. During the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline, a Wendigo is among the Alpha Flight villains gathered by Vindicator and Department H to spread the Master of the World's "Unity" program and to take down Alpha Flight as a member of Alpha Strike. As part of Marvel Comics' 2012 initiative, Marvel NOW!, a Wendigo appears as a member of Department H's Omega Flight. Wendigo and the rest of Omega Flight are sent by Department H to investigate one of the Origin Bomb sites left by Ex Nihilo in Regina, Canada, a mission in which Wendigo is killed. A Wendigo is later recruited by Kade Kilgore to join the faculty of the Hellfire Club's Hellfire Academy. A Wendigo is summoned to Las Vegas through the wishing well of Tyrannus along with the Bi Beast, Fin Fang Foom, Umar, and Arm'Cheddon to fight the Hulk. This Wendigo is capable of minimalistic human speech and teams up with the Bi Beast to use the well's powers to allow them to grow to about 30 feet tall for fighting the Hulk. However, both creatures are easily defeated by the Hulk and are imprisoned along with Arm'Cheddon in the Dark Dimension by Umar until Tyrannus and Fin Fang Foom raid the dimension, allowing them to escape in the chaos. A later confrontation between two Canadian meat packing plant employees resulted in one accidentally killing the other, and the perpetrator trying to cover it up by running the body through the meat grinder. This resulted in a mass outbreak of the Wendigo curse, which was greatly exacerbated by the curse being transmitted via bite wounds inflicted by the Wendigos, in a process akin to lycantrophy. An infection of this phenomenon beyond Canada's borders is initially prevented by the mystical limitations of the Wendigo curse. With the uncontrollably of the outbreak, the Great Beast Tanaraq (the "father" of the Wendigo) gains enough power to overthrow his fellows and intends to spread the curse across the entire world. However, the combined efforts of the X Men, the other Beasts, and Guardian defeat his plan, resulting in the elimination of the curse. Spider Woman, with the help of Captain Marvel and Porcupine, later shuts down a Canadian restaurant that had been secretly serving its customers human flesh in an attempt to instigate another outbreak of Wendigos. When Jimmy Hudson appears on Earth 616 following the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline, the townspeople mistake him for a Wendigo and shoot him before an actual Wendigo attack occurs. Recovering from the gunshot wound, Hudson fights the Wendigo. Roxxon later goes on an archaeological expedition to find a Wendigo. When a Wendigo attacks a scientist named Ella Sterling, she is saved by Weapon H. It was revealed that Roxxon executive Mr. Banks had a miner named Philips Waggoner eat Wendigo meat at the site where the Avingnon Party resided during a blizzard. The result of this turned Waggoner into an Ur Wendigo which is more powerful than any normal Wendigo and can grow larger when it ate flesh. The Ur Wendigo caught up to Weapon H and tried to eat him whole only for Doctor Strange to appear. As the Ur Wendigo is immune to enchantments, Weapon H borrowed Doctor Strange's Ax of Angarruumus and allowed himself to be eaten by the Ur Wendigo to kill it from within.
Силы и способности
Вендиго обладает разнообразными сверхчеловеческими физическими способностями, являющимися результатом трансформации под воздействием древнего мистического проклятия. Проклятие превращает в Вендиго любого, кто съедает плоть другого человека, находясь в дикой местности Канады. Вендиго обладает сверхчеловеческой силой, предел которой неизвестен. Известно, что Вендиго способен сразиться с Халком на равных. Помимо огромной силы, ткани тела Вендиго значительно прочнее, чем у обычного человека, что обеспечивает ему сверхчеловеческую выносливость. Тело Вендиго может выдерживать обстрел из пулеметов крупного калибра, не получая повреждений. Если Вендиго ранен, он способен восстанавливаться после физических травм с невероятной скоростью и эффективностью, что породило выражение "свали его с ног, и он лишь восстанет". Густая шерсть, покрывающая тело Вендиго, дарует ему иммунитет к суровым условиям экстремального холода, характерного для тех регионов, где он появляется. Вендиго можно вывести из строя достаточной силой, например, серьезными физическими повреждениями, но он даже способен регенерировать после полного выпотрошивания. Он даже пережил вырывание сердца из груди. В комиксах о Человеке-пауке #8–12 (сюжетная арка "Восприятие") существо, похожее на Вендиго, обвиняется в смерти нескольких детей недалеко от Хоупа, Британская Колумбия, и терроризирует город. Питер Паркер, альтер эго Человека-паука, отправляется делать снимки во время последовавшей за этим шумихи в СМИ. Росомаха, имея опыт общения с Вендиго и заботясь о судьбе существа, приезжает в город и напрямую связывается с Питером Паркером, прося помощи Человека-паука. Вместе Человек-паук и Росомаха выясняют истинную причину смерти детей. Вендиго в "Восприятии" внешне очень похож на другие воплощения Вендиго, но, кажется, представляет собой иное проявление. Например, эта версия Вендиго более уязвима к ранениям, чем те, кто сражался с Халком, поскольку получает серьезное ранение от пули охотника и повреждения, когда его сбивает машина. Кроме того, он не проявляет особой агрессии, если его не провоцировать, и не заинтересован в поедании человеческой плоти, предпочитая оленей. Более того, когда Вендиго находит труп ребенка, существо пытается вернуть тело в город, а не съесть его.
Земля Х
В альтернативной вселенной Земли X армия Вендиго формируется из-за проклятия, постигшего Джейми Мэдрокса после того, как он, в ответ на жесткое ограничение продовольствия, вызванное сокращением популяции животных, решил съесть одно из своих собственных дубликатов.
МК2
Вендиго вновь появляется в линейке комиксов MC2 от Marvel Comics, представляющей собой альтернативное будущее, в котором, среди прочих, фигурируют дети известных супергероев Marvel. В выпуске "Дикая вещь" Халк, Доктор Стрэндж, Росомаха и дочь Росомахи Дикая вещь сталкиваются с большим количеством Вендиго, которые оказываются потерявшимся отрядом кубических скаутов, съевших своего вожатого. Доктор Стрэндж снимает проклятие с детей и стирает их память о произошедшем.
Бесконечные деформации
В Warp World, копии Вселенной Marvel, сложенной пополам во время сюжетной линии «Infinity Wars», Вендиго был объединен с Тигрой, в результате чего появилась Вентигра. Грир Баптиз была детективом, смертельно раненой выстрелом, и её подобрал культ, известный как "Люди-кошки". Чтобы спасти ей жизнь, они предложили ей есть человеческое мясо, что прокляло её и превратило в Вентигру. Позже она была невольно излечена Оружием Hex (слиянием X-23 и Алой Ведьмы).
Телевидение
Вендиго появляется в эпизоде "Невероятного Халка" "И ветер кричит Вендиго!", с вокальными эффектами, созданными Лизой Миллер МакГи. Эта версия – результат проклятия, наложенного на индейского воина, который в конечном итоге побеждён и восстановлен Халком. Стая Вендиго появляется в эпизоде "Волверин против Халка". Эта версия была создана в результате экспериментов над суперсолдатами, проведённых Ником Фьюри, и обладает способностью превращать других в Вендиго через укус. Вендиго делает немая эпизодическую роль в эпизоде "Прорыв, часть 1" мультсериала "Мстители: Самые могущественные герои Земли", спасаясь с "Плотa". Вендиго появляется в эпизоде "Мстители: Невозможно" мультсериала "Мстители". Вендиго появляется в эпизоде "Апокалипсис Вендиго" мультсериала "Халк и агенты S.M.A.S.H.". Эта версия обладает способностью превращать других в Вендиго. Король Вендиго появляется в первой части эпизода "Состязание чемпионов" мультсериала "Великий Человек-Паук".
Фильм
Стая Вендиго появляется в "Железном человеке и Халке: Объединенные герои". Версия Вендиго, созданная Полом Картье, планировалась к появлению в нереализованном фильме "Люди Икс: Страх зверя". В этой версии он был бы коллегой-ученым Хэнка МакКоя, обладающим схожей мутацией, который случайно превратился в безумного Вендиго.
Видеоигры
Вендиго появляется в роли босса в Людях Икс. Вендиго появляется в роли босса в X2: Месть Росомахи. Монстры, основанные на Вендиго, известные как прототип W.E.N.D.I.G.O. (Weaponized Experiment Neurodendritic Incident Gamma Zero), появляются в X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Это генетически сконструированные монстры, чьи трансформации вызываются выбросами адреналина и которые выступают в роли боссов на объектах Оружия Икс. Вендиго появляется в "Инициативе Мстителей". Вендиго появляется в Marvel Super Hero Squad Online. Вендиго появляется в качестве играбельного персонажа в Lego Marvel’s Avengers. Стая Вендиго появляется в "Стражах Галактики" Marvel в качестве инопланетных существ, обитающих на планете Маклу IV, вместе с Фин Фангом Фумом.