Alias
Jericho
Nick Name
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Civilian ID
Joseph William Wilson
Occupation
Adventurer
Legal Status
Officially deceased citizen of the United States.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Unknown
Group Affiliation
Teen Titans
Base of Operations
Titans Tower
Height
6'
Weight
195 lbs.
Eye Color
Green
Hair Color
Blonde
Skin Tone
Caucasian
Known Powers
Meta-human ability to transmute his physical body into a spirit form and possess others when making direct eye contact.
Accessories
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Common Enemies

Deathstroke

Teen Titans
Regularly Appearing

Tales of the Teen Titans

Teen Titans
First Appearance
Tales of the Teen Titans #42 (May, 1984)
Creator
Marv Wolfman & George Pérez
Origin
The son of the mercenary Slade "Deathstroke" Wilson, as a child Joseph Wilson was abducted by the terrorist known as the Jackal.  Deathstroke refused the Jackal's demand and rescued his son, but not before his throat was cut rendering him mute.

Joseph's mother Adeline was enraged by her son's injury and attempted to murder Slade, but only blinded his right eye.  Taking Joseph and his older brother Grant, Adeline took her two sons into hiding.

When he reached his teen years powers, as a result of biological experiments done to his father years before his was born, emerged in Joseph enabling him to possess the bodies and minds of others.

Discovering that Deathstroke had accepted a contract to kill the Teen Titans, Joseph and his mother Adeline warn the team's leader Robin.  To battle against his father Joseph assumes the identity of Jericho.