Fictional Character Biography
Having experienced a problematic childhood, Jean became a tough, unrelenting police captain for the NYPD. She notably preferred clothing and cars from the 1930s era. In the course of her work she became acquainted with and befriended Spider-Man, and became one of his staunchest admirers and allies in the NYPD force, who had previously been hostile to him, thanks to the antagonistic editorials of Daily Bugle's J. Jonah Jameson.
Jean was killed by her ex-lover Stan Carter, aka Sin-Eater, in the story arc named "The Death of Jean DeWolff". After she was killed, Spider-Man discovered that she had kept a collection of photographs of him and of the two of them together (one of them originally featuring the Black Cat, had been altered to remove the Cat from the image). This implied that her feelings towards him were warmer than she generally indicated, leaving Spider-Man even more dejected.
Jean's brother Brian is also known as the Wraith. Upon her death, Brian went insane, blaming the NYPD for her death. But before he could commence his attack, he was killed by the Scourge of the Underworld. Brian was later resurrected by the Hood, who told him that the Punisher killed him and that he would die again in thirty days if he didn't help the Hood kill the Punisher. Brian ultimately was killed by the Punisher after he began killing drug dealers, in order to draw the Punisher out of hiding and alert him to the Hood's scheme. He then thanked the Punisher for rekilling him, before he died.
In The Amazing Spider-Man #663, a new Wraith appears, targeting Mister Negative's criminal syndicate. During one such attack, the Wraith unmasks to reveal the face of Jean Dewolff. In the next issue, it is revealed that the new Wraith is in fact Police Captain Yuri Watanabe, who was a close friend of Jean. To make it look like she was Jean, Watanabe grabbed a mask fabricated by Mysterio to pose as her.
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