Rain Boy - Ripjak

Ripjak

Further reading

- Ripjak at the Marvel Universe wiki
- Ripjak on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki
- Ripjak at the Comic Book DB
- Ripjak at the Grand Comics Database

Ripjak is a Martian from an alternate future of the Marvel Comics universe.

The character, created by Michael Gallagher and Kevin West, first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy #54 (November 1994) as a resident of the alternate timeline/reality Marvel Comics designated as Earth-691.

Within the context of the stories, Ripjak is a Martian (from the novel The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells) encased in and artificial exoskeleton and embued with a transfusion of Spider-Man's blood. The media dubs him the "Interplanetary Serial Killer" and he first encounters the Guardians of the Galaxy as an adversary. It is later revealed that Ripjak is not the killer the media presented but rather an agent of mercy. The planets he destroyed had been infected by the being known as Bubonicus, his actions were to prevent the contagions from spreading and end the suffering of those living there.

Riptide
Deborah Risman
Matthew Risman
Risque
Ritter, Deborah
Ritter, Donald