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Spiral (Rita Wayword) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with Longshot or the X-Men. Created by writer Ann Nocenti and artist Art Adams, the character first appeared in ''Longshot'' #1 (September, 1985), in which she was established as a lieutenant for that titular character's archenemy, Mojo. Prior to Longshot joining the X-Men, Spiral also became a recurring adversary of that team and each of the various X-Men subgroups, as well as serving as an archenemy of X-Men member, Psylocke. ==Publication history== Spiral first appeared in issue #1 of the 1985 ''Longshot'' miniseries by Ann Nocenti and Art Adams (though her alter ego Ricochet Rita did not debut until the second issue of the series), and subsequently appeared 2 months later as a member of Mystique's ''Freedom Force'' team in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #199.〔''Uncanny X-Men'' #199〕 Spiral began as one of 20 minor characters that Adams designed on a character sheet as the pursuers of the character Longshot.〔Kraft, David Anthony (1987). ''Comics Interview'' #46 (1987). Fictioneer Books. pp. 16 - 27.〕 Her six arms were inspired by deities in Hindu mythology.〔"Art Adams interview". "The Mutant Report". Volume 3. ''Marvel Age'' #71 (February 1989). Marvel Comics. pp. 12 - 15.〕 Although Adams gave little thought to Spiral, as he had developed ideas for the other characters he had drawn on the sheet, Nocenti decided to make her a major character, and gave her the name Spiral.〔 The character sheet is reproduced in the back of the X-Men: Longshot hardcover collection.〔Nocenti, Ann (w), Adams, Art (p), Portacio, Whilce; Anderson, Brent Eric (i). ''X-Men: Longshot''. 1989. Marvel Comics.〕 Spiral shows a growing interest in Longshot through the series. In the final issue of the limited series, Longshot asks Spiral if something went on between them. Spiral replies "No", but Longshot does not believe her.〔Nocenti, Ann (w), Adams, Arth (p), Portacio, Whilce (i). "A Snake Coils". ''Longshot'' #6 (February 1986). Marvel Comics.〕 Chris Claremont portrayed her as having a pathological hatred for Longshot, and implied that the two were former lovers during a hallucinatory dream sequence in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #248. As originally conceived, Spiral and Ricochet Rita were two separate entities. When the character was co-opted by Claremont for use in the pages of the Uncanny X-Men, this was continued with Rita appearing in the pages of ''Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem'' and ''Uncanny X-Men Annual'' #12 as a prisoner of Mojo. In ''X-Factor Annual'' #7, writer Fabian Nicieza established that Rita and Spiral were the same person, and that her hatred for Longshot was driven by her desire for revenge from being taken prisoner, driven insane, and physically modified by Mojo and his chief scientist Arize. It also stated that after turning her into Spiral (an event that will take place at some point in the future), Mojo sent her back to the past to serve his past self and set forth the chain of events that will lead to Rita becoming Spiral. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spiral (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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