| Max Mercury | |
 Max Mercury Art by Greg LaRocque |
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| Publisher | Quality Comics DC Comics |
| First appearance | as Quicksilver: National Comics # 5 (Nov 1940) as Max Mercury: Flash (vol. Greg LaRocque is an American Comic book illustrator His career began in the mid-1980s with the Marvel Comics series Marvel Team-Up starring Quality Comics was an American comic book Publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. 2) # 76 (May 1993) |
| Created by | Jack Cole Chuck Mazoujian Revamped by: Mark Waid |
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| Alter ego | Max Crandall |
| Team affiliations | Freedom Fighters All-Star Squadron |
| Notable aliases | Ahwehota, Windrunner, Whip Whirlwind, Lightning, Bluestreak, Quicksilver, Buckshot, The Zen Master of Speed |
| Abilities | Super speed; molecular control; time and dimensional travel. Jack Ralph Cole ( December 14, 1914 - August 13, 1958) was an American Comic book Artist Mark Waid (born March 21 1962 in Hueytown Alabama) is an American Comic book Writer. Freedom Fighters is the name of a DC Comics Comic book Superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company Quality Comics. The All-Star Squadron is a DC Comics fictional Superhero team that debuted in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981 |
Max Mercury is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero based on Quality Comics' Quicksilver. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Quality Comics was an American comic book Publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call He first appeared in Quality Comics' National Comics #5. Quality Comics was an American comic book Publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call However, since almost nothing was revealed about that character, except that he possessed super-speed and his secret identity had the first name "Max", writer Mark Waid was free to reinvent the character in The Flash, without contradicting anything. A secret identity is an element of fiction wherein a character develops a separate Persona (usually adopting a Pseudonym) while keeping their true identity Mark Waid (born March 21 1962 in Hueytown Alabama) is an American Comic book Writer. When the character reappeared in early 1990s issues of The Flash, his name had to be changed from "Quicksilver" to "Mercury" to avoid confusion with Marvel Comics' Quicksilver. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Quicksilver ( Pietro Django Maximoff) is a Fictional character that appears in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Fictional character biography
In Waid's origin of the character, he was originally a scout with the US Cavalry in the 1860s. Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 A friend of the local Indian tribes, he was shocked and dismayed to find them massacred on the orders of his commanding officer. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Enchanted by a dying Indian shaman, he gained super-speed. In the years that followed, he became known to the Indians as Ahwehota ("He Who Runs Beyond The Wind"), and to everyone else as Windrunner.
Mercury has repeatedly traveled through time, seeking to enter the so-called Speed Force. The Speed Force is a fictional concept presented in various Comic books published by DC Comics. He usually bounces off and finds himself decades in the future. His first attempt left him in the 1890s, where he created a new identity for himself as Whip Whirlwind. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that Later, he travelled ahead again, and was active in the 1930s and 1940s as Quicksilver when he acted as a mentor to the fledgling Golden Age Flash and Johnny Quick. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books generally thought as lasting from the 1930s until late 1940s during which Comic books Jay Garrick is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the first to use the name Johnny Quick is the name of two DC Comics characters each with the power of Superhuman speed
In 1948, he had an affair with the wife of a doctor who had saved his life. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. When the doctor learned of this and his wife returned to her husband's side, Max fled into the future once more. He then reappeared in the early 1960s, where he battled Savitar and was bounced still further forward in time. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Savitar is a Fictional Supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Flash (v He spent some years in hiding, but was persuaded by Garrick to return to action against Professor Zoom in the guise of Barry Allen. Professor Zoom is a comic book super-villain in the DC Universe. Bartholomew "Barry" Allen is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the second Flash In recent years, he has been the mentor of first Wally West and later Bart Allen (alias Impulse). Wally West is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics Universe, the first Kid Flash and the Bartholomew "Bart" Allen is a superhero in the. Allen first appeared as the superhero Impulse. He taught West about the Speed Force, and helped him to access his full speed by encouraging him to break a mental block he'd placed on his powers- stopping Wally from being as fast as Barry because he would then have really replaced his uncle as the Flash-, and he attempted to teach Impulse patience. While living with Impulse, Max learned that his earlier affair had resulted in a child, a daughter named Helen Clairborne.
Max not only differs from other speedsters in his attempts to understand the Speed Force in a mystical way (referred to by other characters as "Zen") but also in his agility. He cannot run as quickly as the Flashes, but he has a greater ability to perform acrobatic stunts and finely coordinated actions than they do; he was even able to outmaneuver Professor Zoom during their initial fight, although Zoom still gained the advantage by threatening innocent people.
Max is missing in action, his body apparently possessed by the spirit of a Golden Age supervillain, the Rival, who manages to escape to some unknown place in time. A supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the Villain character type commonly found in Comic books, Action movies and Reverse-Flash is a title that has been taken by three Supervillains in DC Comics.
In Infinite Crisis #4, Max appears in the Speed Force, where his spirit was imprisoned after the Rival escaped from the very same peril by possessing Max's body. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George
References
- Profile from "The Flash: Those Who Ride The Lightning" website
- Crimson Lightning - An online index to the comic book adventures of the Flash.
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