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image=[[image:guardian_ultimateuniverse.jpg]]
|character_name=Vindicator
|real_name=John Wraith
|debut= Ultimate X-Men #2, Ultimate X-Men #94 (as Vindicator)
|affiliations=[[Alpha Flight (Ultimate Universe)|Alpha Flight]], [[Department H(Ultimate Universe)|Department H]]
|past_affiliations=[[S.H.I.E.L.D. (Ultimate Universe)|S.H.I.E.L.D.]], [[Weapon X (Ultimate Universe)|Weapon X]]
|status=Active
|aliases=5SFG (5 Sierra Foxtrot Gold)
|relatives=2 unnamed daughters
|height=Unknown
|weight=Unknown
|eyes=Brown
|hair=Bald
|}}
==History==
In reality #1610, Colonel John Wraith was a mutant-hating commando, who under [[S.H.I.E.L.D. (Ultimate Universe)|S.H.I.E.L.D.]], was to head the [[Weapon X (Ultimate Universe)|Weapon X program]]. The program was assigned with capturing mutants and forcing them to carry out covert missions for the US government. He first recruited [[Wolverine I (Ultimate Universe)|Wolverine]] and gave him his fake name, Logan. Wolverine eventually escaped the program so John then recruits other mutants including [[Nightcrawler (Ultimate Universe)|Nightcrawler]], [[Rogue (Ultimate Universe)|Rogue]], and [[Juggernaut (Ultimate Universe)|Juggernaut]] to take Wolverine's place. Rogue and Johnbe came very close as trained her to be his star pupil, and she looked to him as a father figure. Upon hearing Wolverine joined the [[X-Men (Ultimate Universe)|X-Men]] John would come into conflict with the mutant team many times. He would eventually receive the scars on his face from Wolverine and many of his recruits would defect to the X-Men. John continued his brutal ways constantly seeking revenge, but was eventually gunned down by [[Nick Fury (Ultimate Universe)|NickFury]], where he was to have been killed.

John was saved by the Canadian Government, as they injected him with the Mutant Growth Hormone, code named Banshee. The drug restarted his system, and gave him “God-like” powers and by being spared it made him realize all the mistakes he made giving him a new perspective on life. Indebted, he eventually joined and became the leader of [[Alpha Flight (Ultimate Universe)|Alpha Flight]], the first internationally sanctioned mutant team. He believed the [[Ultimates (Ultimate Universe)|Ultimates]] were egotistical and selfish as they answered only to America. His goal was to make the team his own personal version ofWeapon X that answered to the world, not an individual country.

Now under the codename Vindicator, and hiding his real identity he took part in the mission to recover [[Northstar (Ultimate Universe)|Northstar]], in hopes to force him to rejoin the team. Arriving at the Xavier Institute, Alpha Flight quickly over-powered the [[X-Men (Ultimate Universe)|X-Men]] and complete dtheir mission by capturing Jean-Paul. Northstar was then brought back to [[Department H HQ (Ultimate Universe)|Department H’s Headquarters]] and was involuntarily administrated Banshee causing him to overdose, paralyzing him from the waist down. Knowing they couldn’t overpower Alpha Flight, the X-Men were forced to take Banshee themselves in a last ditch effort to recover Northstar. The two teams clash, and Rogue discovers his true identity but keeps it hidden from the rest of her team as she later admits she still loves him like a father.

Later, after the Ultimatum Wave hit New York killing millions; Rogue, traveled north in hopes to recruit Wraith in a mission to kill [[Magneto (Ultimate Universe)|Magneto]]. He accepts, then dons his new [[Guardian armor (Ultimate Universe)|Guardian armor]], as they depart to Montreal to capture Juggernaut and Sabretooth. Their hopes were to torture and question them to gain valuable information on Magneto. During Vindicator’s interrogation on Juggernaut, [[Psylocke (Ultimate Universe)| Psylocke]] sends a wide spread telepathic distress call to any mutants that can help. As the Xavier School was being massacred under the command of [[William Stryker Jr. (Ultimate Universe)|William Stryker jr]] and they needed immediate assistance. Rogue and Vindicator recruit Sabretooth and Juggernaut, and helped save the school from complete massacre. The current whereabouts or status of Vindicator is unknown.

==Powers/Abilities==
Under the Mutant Growth Hormone called [[Banshee (Ultimate Universe)|Banshee]], John demonstrated the ability of flight, superhuman speed and strength, energy blasts that were strong enough to send Wolverine from Westchester County to Maine, high level energy absorption and a form of gravity manipulation he can use to crush someone with.

In the [[Guardian armor (Ultimate Universe)|Guardian armor]], it granted John enhanced durability, superior energy blasts that can render [[Juggernau t(Ultimate Universe)|Juggernaut]] unconscious with a single bolt and superhuma nstrength which was strong enough to cause significant bodily harm to Juggernaut as well.

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