Wraith (Yuri Watanabe)

Wraith (Yuriko "Yuri" Watanabe) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history
Yuri Watanabe first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #600, and was created by Dan Slott and John Romita Jr.

Her Wraith persona appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #663.

Fictional character biography
Yuri Watanabe was a captain in the New York Police Department (NYPD).

The Wraith targets Mister Negative's criminal syndicate. During one such attack, the Wraith unmasks to reveal Jean DeWolff's face which is later revealed to be the Chameleon's mask. It is later revealed that the Wraith is really Watanabe pretending to be DeWolff's ghost to scare her criminal targets.

Wraith accompanies Carlie Cooper into going to Grand Tauró where they chase Antoine Morant (a banker of notorious criminals), searching for information about the secret bank account of the Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius's mind in Spider-Man's body). Carlie and the Wraith catch up with Morant shredding some documents out of fear. Carlie catches the document, discovering that is actually all of the equipment and technology for the Arach-nauts and the order for Spiderlings are all coming from Otto's secret account, putting Carlie one step closer to the evidence needed to unveil the Superior Spider-Man's secret once and for all.

After Carlie is kidnapped by the original Goblin King, Yuri investigates Otto more hoping to find Carlie's whereabouts. She confronts Otto during the Goblin Nation attack for info on Carlie but is knocked out by the transformed Carlie. She then aids the Avengers and Cardiac against the Goblin Knight, and they are assisted by the true Spider-Man (Peter Parker).

In the "Spiral" storyline, Yuri's faith in the justice system is shattered when Tombstone is released from prison after the crime boss was responsible for killing her mentor during a shootout between his gang and the police. She receives photographic evidence from Mr. Negative that Judge Howell, the person behind Tombstone's release, was one of Tombstone's customers and arrests the judge without contacting the CSI after obtaining more evidence as the Wraith with Spider-Man. With a crime war looming in the local precincts, she continues to receive tips from Mr. Negative on where big crime overlords such as Hammerhead and the second Goblin King are meeting so she and Spider-Man can take them down.

Spider-Man notices she is being more brutal in her approach and believes Mr. Negative is using her. This is later proven right when Mr. Negative begins to take over the turf due to the two-crime fighters taking out competition and tries to frame her for murder. When Howell dies in prison from a stab wound, Yuri's chief ends her career for her quick arrest contributing to the judge's death. After a fight with the Circus of Crime, she realizes she has been playing into Mr. Negative's hands and kills one of the gangster's men, claiming that Yuriko is dead while the Wraith lives. When she attempts to kill Mr. Negative, Spider-Man tries to convince her to change her ways. She ultimately prefers no longer being bound to the law and fights her former ally to go after Martin Li, but Spider-Man knocks her out and goes on to defeat Mr. Negative himself. Spider-Man later finds Yuri has abandoned her costume and taken the Wraith mask with her.

Powers and abilities
The Wraith initially used technology such as the Chameleon's mask disguise, Mysterio's equipment, and Mister Fear's Fear Gas. Her primary weapons are yellow elastic straps attached to her costume that wrap up her enemies and allow her to swing around the city similar to Spider-Man.

Television
Yuri Watanabe appears in the 2017 Spider-Man animated series, voiced by Sumalee Montano. This version is the chief of police. She first appears in the episode "Bring on the Bad Guys" [Pt. 4]. After engaging in a televised discussion with J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man encounters Chief Watanabe later on, only to learn it was the Chameleon. The web-slinger chases Chameleon into the Daily Bugle, where the real Chief Watanabe arrives and helps Spider-Man expose Chameleon before apprehending the villain. Afterwards, Chief Watanabe makes minor reappearances, assisting Spider-Man in foiling crimes.

Video games

 * Wraith appears as a playable character in Spider-Man Unlimited.
 * Yuri Watanabe appears as a supporting character in Spider-Man, voiced by Tara Platt. This version is an NYPD Captain and long-time ally of Spider-Man's. In "The City that Never Sleeps" DLC, she is pushed to her breaking point when her department's attempts to capture Hammerhead results in the deaths of many of her officers and she goes on a violent quest for revenge. While trying to stop her, Spider-Man discovers Yuri is a third generation police officer whose father was arrested for taking bribes from Hammerhead; causing her to develop a vendetta against the gangster. Once she catches up to Hammerhead, she nearly shoots and kills the crime boss before Spider-Man redirects her shot. While the NYPD put her on administrative leave due to her actions, she refused to give up her vendetta. She kills one of Hammerhead's top enforcers and uses crime scenes connected to him to lead Spider-Man to the enforcer's body, where Yuri calls the web-slinger to affirm her decision to act as a violent vigilante and take matters into her own hands.