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{{Infobox comics character| <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
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|caption = ArtworkSpiral fromas depicted in ''[[Exiles (Marvel Comics)|Exiles]]'' Vol. 1 #18 (December 2002).<br>Art by [[Mike McKone]].
|character_name = Spiral
|real_name = Rita Wayword
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=== Accolades ===
 
* In 2019, ''[[CBR.comComic Book Resources]]'' (CBR) ranked Spiral 17th in their "21 Most Powerful Sorcerer Supreme Candidates" list.<ref>{{Cite web |authordate=C.January B.12, R. Staff |date=2019-01-12 |title=The 21 Most Powerful Sorcerer Supreme Candidates, Ranked |url=https://www.cbr.com/doctor-strange-sorcerer-supreme-candidates/ |access-date=February 3, 2023-02-03 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>
* In 2020, ''[[Scary Mommy]]'' included Spiral in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaye |first=Deirdre |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic |url=https://www.scarymommy.com/marvel-female-characters |access-date=February 3, 2023-02-03 |website=Scary Mommy |date=29 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Other versions==
===Ultimate Marvel===
[[Image:Ultspiral.jpg|upright|The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Spiral as depicted in ''Ultimate X-Men'' #55 (March 2005). Art by [[Stuart Immonen]].|thumb]]
 
An alternate universe variant of Spiral from Earth-1610 appears in the [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe. This version is a citizen of [[Genosha]] and lacks magical abilities.<ref name=Spiral>''Ultimate X-Men'' #57. Marvel Comics.</ref>
In the [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe, Spiral is a citizen of the [[apartheid]] state of [[Genosha]] and the on-and-off girlfriend of [[Longshot (Marvel Comics)|Longshot]]. She differs from the mainstream continuity because she is not a villain and has no magical abilities, being a [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutant]] instead. She does, however, possess incredible physical combat abilities, using a multitude of weapons utilizing her six arms. She was in love with Longshot, but betrayed him when having an affair with a human mutant-sponsor named Lord Scheele. When Longshot found out he killed the man in a fit of rage, and Spiral knocked him out. She confronted the [[Ultimate X-Men]] about it when they came to Genosha to investigate, and with the aid of [[Alternative versions of Jean Grey#Ultimate Jean Grey/Marvel Girl|Jean Grey]]'s telepathic powers, Longshot's guilt was proven.<ref name=Spiral>''Ultimate X-Men'' #57. Marvel Comics.</ref> The X-Men later enabled Spiral to emigrate to the [[United States|USA]] and join her sister, also a mutant.<ref name=Spiral/> In ''[[Ultimate Comics: X-Men]]'' #33, a six-armed mutant is seen falling from the floating city of Tian, but it is unknown if this is Spiral.
 
===Old Man Logan===
An alternate universe variant of Spiral from Earth-807128 appears in ''[[Old Man Logan]]'' #1.<ref>''Old Man Logan'' Vol. 2 #1</ref>
In the pages of ''[[Old Man Logan]]'', the elderly Logan had awoken on Earth-616 and had a flashback to where Spiral, [[Red Skull]], [[Baron Blood]], [[Count Nefaria]], and [[Whirlwind (comics)|Whirlwind]] were standing over the dead bodies of the superheroes the day when the villains rose and the heroes fell.<ref>''Old Man Logan'' Vol. 2 #1</ref>
 
==In other media==
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===Television===
* Spiral appears in ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'', voiced by [[Cynthia Belliveau]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Spiral Voices (X-Men) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/X-Men/Spiral/ |website=behindthevoiceactors.com |access-date=June 7, 2024 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref> In her most notable appearance in the episode "Mojovision", she temporarily betrays Mojo after falling in love with [[Longshot (Marvel Comics)|Longshot]].
** Spiral appears in the ''[[X-Men '97]]'' episode "Motendo", voiced by [[Abby Trott]].<ref name="btva"/>
* Spiral appears in the ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)|Wolverine and the X-Men]]'' episode "X-Calibre", voiced by [[Grey DeLisle]].{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} This version is the leader of Mojo's [[Reavers (comics)|Reavers]].
 
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* Spiral appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes|Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]'', voiced again by Catherine Disher.
* Spiral appears in ''[[X-Men: Mojo World]]''.
* Spiral appears in [[Viewtiful Joe (character)|Viewtiful Joe]]'s ending in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]]''. This version works as a producer for a police procedural that Joehe is starring in.{{r|MTV MVC Cameos}}
* Spiral appears as an unlockable character in ''[[Marvel: Avengers Alliance]]''.
 
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<ref name="MTV MVC Cameos">{{cite web | url = https://www.mtv.com/news/2462656/marvel-vs-capcom-3-cameos/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211211014838/https://www.mtv.com/news/2462656/marvel-vs-capcom-3-cameos/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 11, 2021 | title = Every 'Marvel VS. Capcom 3' Cameos - Worlds Truly Colliding | author = Cipriano, Jason | publisher = [[MTV]] | date = 16 February 2011 | work = [[MTV News]] | accessdate = 6 November 2021}}</ref>
 
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