Ricochet (comics)

Ricochet is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It was an alternate identity used by the fictional superhero Spider-Man and later adopted by college student Jonathan "Johnny" Gallo.

Peter Parker

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When Spider-Man was accused of murder during the Identity Crisis storyline, Peter Parker donned four different costumes to disguise his identity so that he could continue saving lives. One of the personas that he adopted was Ricochet. Starting with a leather jacket with an R on it, his wife created a costume and weapons. Ricochet was similar to Spider-Man, but even more jocular. He relied primarily on his agility, and posed as a criminal for hire. Using this identity, Peter collaborated for a time with his old foe Delilah in searching for information about the new villain Black Tarantula, and they battled Roughouse and Bloodscream together. In the final fight, Parker used all four of his new identities, to confuse his foes, and to contradict speculation that the new heroes were all, in fact, the same person. Once Parker had cleared his name, he abandoned all of his new personas, and returned to his Spider-Man identity.

Although the hero Black Marvel later gave Johnny Gallo a duplicate Ricochet costume, Peter remained in possession of the original.

Powers and abilities

In addition to his regular abilities (although Peter Parker noted that he tried to move slightly slower than usual and ignore his spider-sense while acting as Ricochet to prevent anyone realizing the truth) the Ricochet costume had flying discs on the sleeves of its jacket which he used as weapons.

Johnny Gallo

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In other media

Television

The Ricochet persona is used in The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series by Fancy Dan (voiced by Phil LaMarr), a member of the Enforcers. In this version Ricochet uses a suit that gives him the power to bounce around at super high speeds.

Video games

• The Ricochet costume appears as an alternate costume for Spider-Man (Peter Parker) in Spider-Man: Edge of Time, available as downloadable content.
• The Ricochet costume appears as an alternate costume for Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game. In-game information states that "The Amazing Ricochet" is a comic book series that Peter was a fan of as a child, with Parker being inspired to create a duplicate of Ricochet's costume after finding an appropriately-styled leather jacket.

DC Comics

An unrelated Ricochet appears in Hawkman Annual #1. This Ricochet is an acrobatic criminal with the ability to leap across great distances, and was genetically engineered for the Sunderland Corporation by Dr. Moon. He fights Katar Hol and Shayera Thal in Chicago, and loses.

External links

• Ricochet (Johnny Gallo) at Marvel.com
• Johnny Gallo at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe