William Stryker (Marvel)

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Evil-doer

Full Name

William Stryker

Alias

Col. William Stryker M.D.

Reverend William Stryker
Bill

Origin

X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills

Occupation

U.S. Army colonel

Military scientist
Christian fundamentalist televangelist
Member of the Human Council
Leader of the Stryker Crusade
Leader of the Purifiers

Powers / Skills

Genius-level intellect

Scientific knowledge
Military training
Psychological manipulation
Charisma
Robotic arm from Nimrod and has an implant capable of blocking low level telepathy

Goals

Eliminate all mutants and "save" the human race.

Crimes

Genocide

Hate crimes
Mass murder
Kidnapping
Conspiracy
Attempted filicide
Attempted infanticide
Abuse of power
Uxoricide
Terrorism
Blackmail
Sabotage

Type of Villain

Genocidal Fanatic

“	Whatever a man’s color or beliefs, he is still human. You X-Men are not!	„
	~ Stryker, in response to Cyclops asking if he would do the same things to his fellow man that he does to mutants.

William Stryker is a major antagonist in the Marvel Universe, specifically serving as a major antagonist in the X-Men franchise.

He is an insane, sadistic, and heartless fundamentalist televangelist who views mutants as a sin against nature and seeks to destroy them, forming a similar minded group in the form of the Purifiers. He is one of the X-Men ‘s archenemies.

Biography[]

God Loves, Man Kills[]

Stryker is introduced as a religious fanatic with a military history which may have involved the Weapon X project, he is characterized by his intense hatred of mutants - which is so great he murders his wife and son when he finds out he is born a mutant - his sanity shattered he makes an unsuccessful attempt at suicide. As time passes he becomes unhinged further - convinced that Satan is behind the creation of mutants as a means to destroy humanity - Stryker also starts to see the birth of his son as a sign from God to eradicate all mutants.

Driven with newfound fanaticism Stryker becomes a popular but controversial preacher whose followers commit hate crimes against mutants - Stryker then arranged to have Professor Xavier kidnapped, brainwashed and attached to a machine that would kill all living mutants using Xavier's telepathic powers.

The X-Men join forces with Magneto to avert this disaster and Stryker's madness is revealed to the world when he tries to publicly execute Kitty Pryde in front of a television audience - prompting one of his own security guards to shoot and arrest him.

God Loves, Man Kills II[]

Stryker served a prison sentence as a result of his actions but was rescued by Lady Deathstrike, an enemy of Wolverine, and it was revealed the two were lovers - he immediately began a crusade against the X-Men, focusing particularly on Wolverine, Cannonball and Shadowcat - who he hated the most.

However when his followers brought Kitty Pryde to him she seemed to be able to get through to the madman and convince him that mutants were not the monsters he thought them to be - her words seemed to have an effect on Stryker and he seemed to repent.

Decimation[]

However after the Decimation event following the House Of M story arc Stryker's fanaticism rose again - viewing the massive loss of mutants as a sign from God to end them as a species - he pretty much called for genocide on TV and appeared in New X-Men as the main villain - with the help of Icarus (one of Xavier's students) he caused a bus to explode - killing about 1/4 of the depowered students from the academy.

He then planned the assassination of Wallflower and tried to kill Sooraya Quadir - the deaths of Wallflower and Dust were Stryker's main objectives since Nimrod had told him that both girls would destroy his army - finally he launched a full-on attack on the Xavier Institute with the Purifiers, killing Quill and leaving both Onyxx and Cannonball critically wounded - after the defeat of the Purifiers Stryker was murdered by Elixir - the enraged boyfriend of Wallflower.

Rebirth[]

Recently, Bastion has resurrected Stryker with a techno-organic virus to join Bastion's new Purifiers - He was ultimately sliced in half and killed by Archangel when he and his team of Purifiers attacked Hope Summers.

Turned Satanist[]

After his last defeat, Stryker blamed god for not killing mutants and decided to become a demon like entity and agains the x force. He even recruited a mutant Memsermo to his cause. Sabretooth finally ends him for good.

Legacy[]

After his death, his group the Purifers led by his mutant son Jason Stryker contuines his father's legacy of destryoing mutants.

Other Media[]

X-Men Films[]

Main article: William Stryker (X-Men Movies)

Gallery[]

External Links[]

William Stryker on the Pure Evil Wiki

Navigation[]

Villains

Movies
X-Men: Brotherhood of Mutants (Magneto, Mystique, Sabretooth, Toad) | Pyro
X2: William Stryker Jr. | Lady Deathstrike | Jason Stryker | Brotherhood of Mutants (Magneto, Mystique, Pyro)
X-Men: The Last Stand: Brotherhood of Mutants (Magneto, Dark Phoenix, Pyro, Juggernaut, Multiple Man, Mystique) | Omega Gang (Callisto, Psylocke, Quill, Arclight, Avalanche, Spike, Glob Herman, Phat) | Archangel
X-Men: First Class: Hellfire Club (Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, Azazel, Angel Salvadore, Riptide) | William Stryker Sr. | Magneto | Mystique
X-Men: Days of Future Past: Trask Industries (Bolivar Trask, William Stryker Jr., Sentinels) | Magneto | Mystique | Toad | Horsemen of Apocalypse (Apocalypse)
X-Men: Apocalypse: Ashir En Sabah Nur/Horsemen of Apocalypse (Apocalypse, Magneto, Psylocke, Archangel) | Dark Phoenix | Mystique | William Stryker Jr. | Blob
X-Men: Dark Phoenix: Dark Phoenix | D'Bari (Vuk, Jones) | Brotherhood of Mutants (Magneto, Selene Gallio) | Mystique
The New Mutants: Essex Corp (Cecilia Reyes) | Demon Bear | Reverend Craig | Smiley Men

Marvel Anime: X-Men
Hellfire Club (Mastermind, Emma Frost) | U-Men (Sublime)

Legion
Legion | Shadow King | Oliver Bird | Time Eaters

The Gifted
Sentinel Services (Jace Turner, Ed Weeks) | Trask Industries (Roderick Champell) | Ted Wilson | Hellfire Club (Fenris, Reeva Paype, Frost Sisters, Rebecca Hoover) | Benedict Ryan

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