Whizzer (comics)
Whizzer | |
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USA Comics #1 (Aug. 1941); Sanders (II): The Avengers #69 (Oct. 1969); Stewart (III): The Avengers #85 (Mar. 1971) | |
Created by | (I): Al Avison (penciller; writer unknown); II & III: Roy Thomas and John Buscema |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | (I) Robert Frank; (II) James Sanders; (III) Stanley Stewart |
Species | Human mutate |
Team affiliations | Squadron Supreme |
Abilities | Superhuman speed |
Marvel Comics alternate universes | ||||||
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Marvel stories take place primarily in a mainstream continuity called the Marvel Universe. Some stories are set in various parallel, or alternate, realities, called the Marvel Multiverse. | ||||||
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe : Alternate Universes 2005 designates the mainstream continuity as "Earth-616", and assigns other Earth numbers to each specific alternate reality. | ||||||
In this article the following characters, or teams, and realities are referred to: | ||||||
Character/team | Universe | |||||
Robert Frank |
James Sanders | Earth-616 | ||||
Stanley Stewart |
Earth-712 | |||||
Stanley Stewart |
Earth-31916 |
Whizzer is the name of several fictional characters appearing in
The Whizzer appeared in the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Jessica Jones, portrayed by Jay Klaitz.
Publication history
The first character named the Whizzer first appeared during the Golden Age of comics, and later appeared briefly during the Silver Age.[2]
The second, villainous version appears in the final panel of
Fictional character biographies
Golden Age
Silver Age
The Squadron Sinister are created by the cosmic entity the
Afterward the Whizzer and his two remaining teammates are teleported off world by Nebulon, returning with an energy-draining weapon. The Squadron Sinister plan to threaten the Earth again but are defeated once more by the Defenders and the Avenger
Bronze Age
Roy Thomas and penciller
As a result of exposure to the
The heroic Whizzer and the Squadron Supreme have another series of skirmishes with the Avengers engineered by the group the Serpent Cartel, but eventually team together and prevent the use of the artifact the Serpent Crown.[10] The character and his teammates briefly feature in the title Thor, when the evil version of Hyperion attacks the Earth-712 version and then Thunder God Thor.[11] The Squadron are mind-controlled by the entities the Over-Mind and Null the Living Darkness, but are freed by the Defenders and aid the heroes in defeating the villains.[12]
The character features with the Squadron Supreme in a self-titled 12-issue
The entire Squadron Supreme appear in a two-part story with the Avengers that finally returns them to their home universe, where they disband for a time.[20] The Whizzer rejoins his teammates to aid the interdimensional team the Exiles.[21]
Modern Age
The mature-audience
Squadron Supreme of America
A variation of the Stanley Stewart version of Blur appears as a member of the Squadron Supreme of America.
In the team's first mission, Whizzer and the Squadron Supreme of America fought Namor and the Defenders of the Deep, when they targeted a Roxxon oil platform off the coast of Alaska.[27]
Soon after, the Squadron Supreme visited another oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The Squadron Supreme then made short work of Namor and the Defenders of the Deep.[28]
During the
Blur was with the Squadron Supreme when they attempted to apprehend Black Panther, after he infiltrated the Pentagon to confront Phil Coulson.[29]
Powers and abilities
Each of the Whizzers possess superhuman speed.
In other media
- The Robert Frank incarnation of the Whizzer appears in the Spider-Man five-part episode "Six Forgotten Warriors", voiced by Walker Edmiston.
- The Robert Frank incarnation of the Whizzer appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man episode "S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy", voiced by Robert Patrick.
- The James Sanders incarnation of ]
- An original incarnation of the Whizzer named Robert Coleman appears in the Trish Walker.[32]
References
- ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ Markstein, Don. "The Whizzer". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-0756692360.
- ^ Interview with Roy Thomas and Jerry Bails in The Justice League Companion (2003) pp. 72 – 73
- ^ Avengers #69 – 71 (Oct. – Dec. 1969)
- ^ Defenders #13 – 14 (May – July 1974)
- ^ Giant-Size Defenders #4 (1974)
- ^ Avengers Annual #8 (1978)
- ^ Avengers #86 (Mar. 1971)
- ^ Avengers #141 – 144 (Nov. 1975 – Feb. 1976) & #147 – 149 (May – July 1976)
- ^ Thor #280 (Feb. 1979)
- ^ Defenders #112 – 114 (Oct. – Dec. 1982)
- ^ Squadron Supreme #1 – 12 (Sep. 1985 – Aug. 1986)
- ^ Squadron Supreme #8 (May 1986)
- ^ Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe (1989)
- ^ Quasar #13 – 16 (Aug. – Nov. 1990)
- ^ Quasar #17 (Dec. 1990)
- ^ Quasar #19 (Feb. 1991)
- ^ Quasar #25 (Aug. 1991)
- ^ Avengers/Squadron Supreme Annual '98 and the one-shot Squadron Supreme: New World Order (both Sept. 1998)
- ^ Exiles vol. 2, #77 – 78 (Apr. – May 2006)
- ^ a b Supreme Power #12 (Oct. 2004)
- ^ Supreme Power #3 (Dec. 2003)
- ^ Supreme Power #4 (Jan. 2004)
- ^ Avengers #700. Marvel Comics.
- ^ a b Avengers Vol. 8 #18. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Avengers Vol. 8 #10. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Free Comic Book Day 2019 #Avengers. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Avengers Vol. 8 #21. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Kevin Melrose (March 8, 2018). "Jessica Jones Introduces a Classic Marvel Hero (Well, Sort of)". CBR. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
- ^ Foerster, Anna (director); Melissa Rosenberg (writer) (March 8, 2018). "AKA Start at the Beginning". Marvel's Jessica Jones. Season 2. Episode 1. Netflix.
- ^ Spiro, Minkie (director); Aida Mashaka Croal (writer) (March 8, 2018). "AKA Freak Accident". Marvel's Jessica Jones. Season 2. Episode 2. Netflix.
External links
- Whizzer (Stanley Stewart) at Marvel.cim
- Grand Comics Database
- World of Black Heroes: Blur Biography
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Squadron Supreme
- IGN.com (Oct. 10, 2003): "Comics in Context" (column) #14: "Continuity/Discontinuity: Straczynski's Supreme Power, Mark Gruenwald, and JLA / Avengers", by Peter Sanderson