Spirale

Rita Wayword is a stuntwoman transformed into the six-armed sorceress Spiral through dark magic and time manipulation in the dimension of Mojoworld, emerging as a deadly dancer wielding sorcery and teleportation in service to the tyrant Mojo.

Spirale made her mark on the Copper Age when Chris Claremont, John Romita Jr., and Dan Green brought her to life in 1987's Spécial Strange #52, published by Editions Lug — and the fact that she's still turning up in catalog entries as recently as 2024 speaks to a staying power that clearly outlasted her debut moment. Her appearances place her in genuinely electrifying company: Logan, Kurt Wagner, Colossus, and Rita Wayword are among the characters who share her pages, signaling that she moves in some of Marvel's most charged corners of storytelling. From Spécial Strange to Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood and Nous sommes les Nouveaux Mutants, her presence spans a fascinatingly eclectic range of series. With a Claremont pedigree and nearly four decades of intermittent appearances, Spirale is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that reminds you why digging through a comics catalog is always worth the effort.