Wes Gates


 * For his Earth-2 counterpart, see Wesley Gates (Earth-2).Wesley Adrian "Wes" Gates is a vigilante, grandson of Robert Gates, close friend of the late Bucky Raymond and Victor Cross, husband of Sue Morris, father of Will Gates, mentor of Jonathan Johnson, ex-cop, and the main protagonist of Stryker.

After one year as a cop, he saw the UCPD as corrupt and quit. Leaving Ultimate City, Wes trained for three years in Evershade Forest, and became an unwilling Dark Harvest agent for some time. Returning to Ultimate City, Wes reunited with his friends and became the vigilante Stryker.

He battled crime with his loyal friends from the police department, Bucky, Victor, and the new commissioner Charles Wayne, cleaning up the city from criminals such as Yuri Petrovsky, Anton Maroni, and Mickey Murphy, as well as helping the Arsenals. After the death of Bucky Raymond during Axel Jaxson's siege, Wes vowed not to kill until necessary and was pushed to his limit by deranged lunatic Heath Lenwood/Cursor.

Retiring and marrying Sue, Wes passed down vigilante duties to Victor Cross, Jay Wells, and Mary Alice. However Wes was forced out of retirement when Shadow unleashed his army of anarchists on the city. In 2024, he helped Zero during the Xeno Offensive.