The Wit and Wisdom of Wild Dog

As I have written about before, Wild Dog -- that is, the René Ramirez version of him played on the TV show Arrow by actor and natural comedian Rick Gonzalez -- is one of my favorite comic book characters.

If I had a daughter, I would definitely name her "Hossette".

I'd wager that most people who even know who Wild Dog is know him only as The Ramirez Version, since the original (The "Jack Wheeler" Version) has appeared almost never in comics.  

I believe that his appearances in Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye may equal or exceed all the rest of his appearances combined. Sadly, even the joy that is Wild Dog doesn't make reading Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye worth the effort.

As linked above, we have discussed Wild Dog before.  But there is something we never pointed out.  Although The René Ramirez version was known for his dry wise-cracking the original Jack Wheeler was a man of few words.

Just like the Fleischer version of the Man of Steel, who, if a recall correctly, does not actually say a single word in costume.  He is a man of Action (Comics).

How few? Enough that I can give you all of them from his original four-point mini-series. Here in this post.

In the first issue, Wild Dog says:

nothing. At all.  There's an emergent hostage situation and we see Wild Dog leap into action, arming himself quickly and leaping into his vehicle to go to the rescue.

The Red Rover.

But there's no dialog from him, despite prompting.

He's a tad chattier in the next three issues. But not much.

This is perhaps his best quote.

Browning is well-known manufacturer of weaponry.  And fishing gear.  But there is no evidence that Wild Dog enjoys fishing.

His inner dialog is especially pithy.  This is his only visible thought in the entire series.

Not sure that's dialog exactly, but it is an utterance.

Sarcasm is his native language.  That's a characteristic the René Ramirez retained.

Here he is imitating the voice of a conspirator he has already captured, in order to lure the co-conspirators to their doom.

This is the first part of his big speech;

and that's the second part.

And that's it. Now, his secret identity, Jack Wheeler has plenty of dialog; conversations with friends and authorities, an extended flashback origin.  But AS WILD DOG he says only what you see here. If you want a hero of action, not of words, Wild Dog is your hero!