24 Facts About Pete Wisdom

1.

Pete Wisdom is a fictional secret agent published by Marvel Comics.

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2.

Pete Wisdom was initially created by Ellis and drawn by Ben Dilworth, in a pitch for Electric Angel for publisher Trident Comics.

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3.

Pete Wisdom was an angry young Essex man, with the power to summon electricity.

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4.

Later, at Marvel, Pete Wisdom formally debuted, his first appearance was as an agent for the British covert organization Black Air in Excalibur vol.

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5.

Pete Wisdom next appeared in New Excalibur scripted by Chris Claremont.

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6.

In November 2006, Pete Wisdom starred in a six-issue limited series titled Wisdom under the MAX comics imprint.

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7.

From May 2008 to July 2009 Pete Wisdom appeared as one of the main characters in the series Captain Britain and MI: 13.

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8.

Pete Wisdom was born to Scotland Yard detective-sergeant Harold Wisdom.

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9.

Pete Wisdom has a sister, Romany, who is an occultist, a former employee of the police's Department of Unusual Deaths and ally of Union Jack.

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10.

Pete Wisdom's mother was killed by mass murderer Michael Robert Ryan while waiting for Pete to visit, a visit he had blown off after an argument with her.

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11.

Pete Wisdom went on to join MI6 and later transferred to its fellow intelligence agency Black Air, where he alluded to having been in a relationship with his superior, Michelle Scicluna.

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12.

Pete Wisdom borrows Excalibur transport to reach and help an old friend, being forced to take Kitty Pryde with him; the two of them end up investigating Black Air's "Dream Nails" facility and the horrors within, and Wisdom is almost tortured to death by one of his employer's agents.

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13.

Pete Wisdom manages to escape, but has Nightcrawler briefly captured by the cell; the guilt causes him to become far more anti-social, driving Kitty away.

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14.

Pete Wisdom's survival is supposedly not known to any members of X-Force.

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15.

Pete Wisdom begins a romance with teammate Maureen Raven, an Ulster-born psychic, but is eventually forced to kill her to end the Martian invasion of Britain.

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16.

Pete Wisdom is contacted by Merlin, who directs Wisdom into setting him free to resurrect a deceased Captain Britain; in doing so, Wisdom has to knowingly open a prison for evil magics.

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17.

Now owed a boon by the dark forces, Pete Wisdom is able to have a magical anti-Skrull shield erected around the British Isles, which leaves the nation under constant threat of the supernatural.

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18.

Pete Wisdom has to cope with the death of his friend, a John Lennon-impersonating Skrull who had worked with him and Spitfire to repel the invasion.

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19.

MI-13's first battle is against the Duke of Hell Dr Plokta, who gains power when people willingly sell their souls to live in their heart's desire; Pete Wisdom is tempted with the fantasy of Kitty, Maureen and everyone he had gotten killed still being alive.

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20.

Peter Wisdom has the power to absorb ambient heat and solar radiation, and release the absorbed energy from his fingertips as "hot knives" of pure thermal energy, said to be as "hot as the surface of the sun".

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21.

Pete Wisdom has years of experience in espionage from working for Black Air and British Intelligence.

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22.

Pete Wisdom appears as both the personal secretary and bodyguard to Brian Braddock, the King of Great Britain.

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23.

Pete Wisdom persuades the Head of Service to give him four weeks to prove his point before the European programme starts and arranges for Dr Stragg, the scientist responsible for the Enhancile Project, to use him as a test subject.

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24.

Pete Wisdom provided some support to Prophet and his X-Terminated when they came to Europe looking for von Doom and the Richards diaries.

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