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41-600: Whizzer may refer to: Fictional characters [ edit ] Whizzer (comics) , several characters in Marvel Comics publications: Speed Demon (comics) , formerly known as the Whizzer Whizzer (Robert Frank) , a superhero Whizzer (Stanley Stewart), a member of the Squadron Supreme Wizzer, a Dalmatian puppy in 101 Dalmatians Whizzer Brown, from

82-577: A Free Comic Book Day preview. "And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes and heroines found themselves united against a common threat. On that day, the Avengers were born—to fight the foes no single super hero could withstand! Through the years, their roster has prospered, changing many times, their glory has never been denied! Heed the call, then—for now, the Avengers Assemble!" —Prologue from The Avengers used in

123-752: A Roxxon oil platform off the coast of Alaska. 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. During the War of the Realms storyline, Stanley was working at his desk until he and the other members of the Squadron Supreme of America were summoned to Washington D.C., where Phil Coulson brought them up to speed with Malekith

164-476: A giant-size quarterly sister series that ran briefly in the mid-1970s. Marvel filed for a trademark for "The Avengers" in 1967 and the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the registration in 1970. Between 1996 and 2004, Marvel relaunched the primary Avengers title three times. In 1996, the " Heroes Reborn " line, in which Marvel contracted outside companies to produce four titles, included

205-595: A new volume of The Avengers . It took place in an alternate universe , with a revamped history unrelated to mainstream Marvel continuity. The Avengers vol. 2 was written by Rob Liefeld and penciled by Jim Valentino , and ran for 13 issues (Nov. 1996–Nov. 1997). The final issue, which featured a crossover with the other Heroes Reborn titles, returned the characters to the main Marvel Universe . The Avengers vol. 3 relaunched and ran for 84 issues from February 1998 to August 2004. To coincide with what would have been

246-565: A part of Whizzer and Chips , a British comic Whizzer (motorcycles) , a line of bicycle engines produced in the United States from 1939 to 1965 and revived in 1997 Hamilton Whizzers , an ice hockey team Watson's "Whizzers" , a group of pilots, engineers and maintenance men assigned by the United States Army Air Forces to capture and evaluate German aeronautical technology during and after World War II An overhook ,

287-492: A result of exposure to the mutagenic effects of a fogbank of unknown nature, Stanley Stewart possesses superhuman speed, stamina, and reflexes. When moving at subsonic speed, the Stewart Whizzer can create cyclones (by running in circles); run up walls and across water. The character has limited immunity to the effects of friction (Stewart wears goggles to protect his eyes), although still generates normal fatigue poisons. As

328-516: A result, Stewart must consume large amounts of calories and rest after using his superhuman speed powers extensively. 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 . The character and his teammates briefly feature in

369-617: A time. The Whizzer rejoins his teammates to aid the interdimensional team the Exiles . The mature-audience Marvel MAX imprint showcases the adventures of the Earth-31916 version of the Whizzer, the Atlanta Blur . Also named Stanley Stewart, the character is a young African-American man who develops super-speed as a result of exposure to an alien retrovirus . He initially hides his ability, with

410-685: A trilogy of musicals that consists of In Trousers (1979), March of the Falsettos (1981) and Falsettoland (1990), the latter two of which were combined into the musical Falsettos (1992) "Whizzer" Deaver, from the American TV series ALF Nickname [ edit ] Byron White (1917-2002), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and football player Wilford White (1928-2013), American National Football League player Other uses [ edit ] Whizzer ,

451-423: A wrestling hold Whizzer (roller coaster) , two identical roller coasters at California's Great America (now defunct) and Six Flags Great America See also [ edit ] Wizzzer , a gyroscopic top from Mattel Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Whizzer . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

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492-697: Is interrupted by the Black Knight . The Avengers eventually defeat the Squadron, who are abandoned by the Grandmaster. The Squadron reappear in the title The Defenders , reunited by the alien Nebulon . The villains receive greater power in exchange for the planet Earth, and create a giant laser cannon in the Arctic to melt the polar ice caps , thereby covering the entirety of the Earth's surface in water. The Defenders prevent

533-648: The second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Jessica Jones , portrayed by Jay Klaitz. The first character named the Whizzer first appeared during the Golden Age of comics, and later appeared briefly during the Silver Age. The second, villainous version appears in the final panel of The Avengers #69 (Oct. 1969), the first chapter of a three-issue storyline by writer Roy Thomas and penciller Sal Buscema . The story arc introduced

574-663: The supervillain team the Squadron Sinister , whose four members were loosely based on heroes in DC Comics ' Justice League of America , with the Whizzer based on the Flash . The Squadron Sinister are created by the cosmic entity the Grandmaster to battle the Avengers , who are the champions of the time-traveling Kang . The Whizzer, James Sanders, battles Avenger Goliath , but the fight

615-524: The "Atlanta Blur" regarded as an urban legend , but when Hyperion is publicly revealed Stewart also goes public, becoming a celebrity with numerous endorsements. As the Blur, he reluctantly fights crime at the request of Nighthawk . A variation of the Stanley Stewart version of Blur appears as a member of the Squadron Supreme of America. This version is a simulacrum created by Mephisto and programmed by

656-761: The 1970s In the first issue, the Avengers team began with Ant-Man ( Hank Pym ), Hulk (Bruce Banner), Iron Man (Anthony Stark), Thor , and the Wasp (Janet van Dyne). The roster changed almost immediately after the first issue; in the second issue, Ant-Man became Giant-Man, and at the end of the issue, Hulk quit the team. Issue #4 brought the title's first major milestone: the revival and return of Captain America (Steve Rogers). The creative team of writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema introduced new characters such as Arkon in issue #75 (April 1970) and Red Wolf in #80 (Sept. 1970). The team's adventures increased in scope as

697-592: The 500th issue of the original series, Marvel changed the numbering, and The Avengers #500-503 (Sept.– Dec. 2004), the one-shot Avengers Finale (Jan. 2005) became the " Avengers Disassembled " storyline and final issues. Avengers vol. 4 debuted in July 2010 and ran until January 2013. Vol. 5 was launched in February 2013. After Secret Wars , a new Avengers team debuted, dubbed the All-New, All-Different Avengers , starting with

738-560: The Accursed 's invasion. Blur and the Squadron Supreme of America fight an army of Rock Trolls and Frost Giants . After the Squadron Supreme caused the Frost Giants to retreat, Phil Coulson sends them to Ohio, which has become a battleground. Blur was with the Squadron Supreme when they attempted to apprehend Black Panther, after he infiltrated the Pentagon to confront Phil Coulson. Each of

779-601: The Avengers, who seek a way to separate the Power Prism of Doctor Spectrum from fellow Avenger the Wasp . The Whizzer disassociates himself from the Squadron Sinister and adopts a new costume and alias, Speed Demon . Roy Thomas and penciller John Buscema created an alternate-universe team of heroes called the Squadron Supreme , who debut in Avengers #85 (Feb. 1971). After an initial skirmish with four Avengers,

820-584: The Gatherers. This culminated in " Operation: Galactic Storm ", a 19-part storyline that ran through all Avengers-related titles and showcased a conflict between the Kree and the Shi'ar Empire . Marvel contracted out The Avengers and three related titles — Captain America , Fantastic Four , and Iron Man to former Marvel artists Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld , two of the founding creators of Image Comics . While The Avengers

861-663: The Masters of Evil single-handedly. Pym proved his innocence. Stern developed several major storylines, such as "Ultimate Vision"; the formation of the West Coast Avengers ; and "Avengers Under Siege". Rogue , who would later become a member of the X-Men, was introduced in The Avengers Annual #10 (1981) by writer Chris Claremont and artist Michael Golden . Stern created the villain, Nebula , who falsely claimed to be

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902-713: The Overmind and a visit to the laboratory world of the Stranger ; the Whizzer participates in a "speedster" race organized by Elder of the Universe the Runner attempts (with the Squadron) to return to their universe and with fellow members Hyperion and Doctor Spectrum battle the entity Deathurge. 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

943-515: The Power Elite. Stanley was programmed to forcefully watch endless loops to keep up his brain speed while watching numerous S.H.I.E.L.D. files and unscrupulous videos. In his personal time, he works as a computer programmer at an office building in Washington DC. In the team's first mission, Whizzer and the Squadron Supreme of America fought Namor and the Defenders of the Deep, when they targeted

984-568: The Squadrons Sinister and Supreme are similar: the Grandmaster creates the Squadron Sinister modelled on the already-existing Squadron Supreme of the Earth-712 universe. Gruenwald, Ryan, and inker Al Williamson created a graphic-novel sequel which maroons the team in the mainstream Marvel universe. The Whizzer and teammates encounter the hero Quasar , and relocate to the government facility Project Pegasus . After another encounter with

1025-462: The Vision were actually illusions. The Avengers titles in late 1989 were involved in the major crossover event " Acts of Vengeance ". Bob Harras and Steve Epting took over the title in the summer of 1991 and introduced a stable lineup with ongoing story lines and character development. Their primary antagonists in this run were the mysterious Proctor and his team of other-dimensional Avengers known as

1066-575: The Whizzers possess superhuman speed. The Avengers (comic book) The Avengers is a comic book title featuring the team the Avengers and published by Marvel Comics . The original The Avengers comic book series debuted in 1963. In 1960, DC Comics launched a comic book series featuring a team of superheroes called the Justice League . Impressed by that book's strong sales, Martin Goodman ,

1107-476: The aftermath of Busiek's Kang arc, as the Avengers were granted international authority by the United Nations. Chuck Austen followed as writer. Writer Brian Michael Bendis then rebooted the series with the " Avengers Disassembled " storyline. All four Avengers series ( The Mighty Avengers , New Avengers , Dark Avengers , and Avengers: The Initiative ) were canceled, and a new ongoing series titled Avengers

1148-559: The character of Henry Peter Gyrich , the Avengers' liaison to the United States National Security Council . The true origins of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch were revealed in a three-part story that ran in issues #185-187 (July-Sept. 1979). The first major development was the breakdown of Henry Pym, which writer Roger Stern resolved this by having Pym outwit Egghead and defeated the latest incarnation of

1189-414: The granddaughter of Thanos . Following Stern's departure, Walt Simonson wrote the series briefly but left due to editorial conflicts. John Byrne took over writing both West Coast Avengers and The Avengers and merged the two separate Avengers teams into one team with two bases. Byrne's contributions included a revamping of the Vision, and the discovery that the children of the Scarlet Witch and

1230-406: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whizzer&oldid=1165203236 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Nicknames Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Whizzer (comics) The Whizzer appeared in

1271-447: The owner of Marvel Comics predecessor Timely Comics , asked Stan Lee to create a title featuring a similar team of superheroes for Marvel. Lee recounts in Origins of Marvel Comics : Martin mentioned that he had noticed one of the titles published by National Comics seemed to be selling better than most. It was a book called The [ sic ] Justice League of America and it

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1312-548: The scheme and defeat the villains (and Nebulon); Namor the Sub-Mariner humiliates the Whizzer. 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 Yellowjacket . The character has another brief encounter with several members of

1353-458: The start of a seven-part story featuring the Squadron Supreme and the Serpent Crown . In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Englehart's run on The Avengers eighth on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels". After Englehart departed and a seven-issue stint by Gerry Conway , Jim Shooter began as writer, generating several classic adventures, including " The Bride of Ultron ", the " Nefaria Trilogy", and "The Korvac Saga". Shooter introduced

1394-408: The team along with the reformed Swordsman. During the summer of 1973, Englehart and artists Bob Brown and Sal Buscema produced "The Avengers-Defenders Clash" storyline which crossed over between the two team titles. This eight-issue story was the first summertime cross-title event, and was very popular with readers. George Pérez became the title's artist with issue #141 (Nov. 1975) which saw

1435-558: The team crossed into an alternate dimension and battled the Squadron Supreme , and fought in the Kree-Skrull War , which guest-starred the Kree hero, Mar-Vell/Captain Marvel . Novelist Harlan Ellison plotted two stories for the series. The first ("The Summons of Psyklop") was published in issue #88 (May 1971) and the second ("Five Dooms to Save Tomorrow") in #101 (July 1972). Writer Steve Englehart introduced Mantis , who joined

1476-419: The teams unite to stop a common threat. The characters including the Whizzer, whose name is Stanley Stewart, were identical in name and appearance to the Squadron Sinister, which caused confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of The Avengers #85 and #141 (Nov. 1975) "cover-blurbed" appearances by the Squadron Sinister, when in fact it was the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues. As

1517-630: The title Thor , when the evil version of Hyperion attacks the Earth-712 version and then Thunder God Thor. 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. The character features with the Squadron Supreme in a self-titled 12-issue miniseries (Sept. 1985 – Aug. 1986) by writer Mark Gruenwald . The series also explains why there are

1558-655: Was composed of a team of superheroes. ... 'If the Justice League is selling,' spoke he, 'why don't we put out a comic book that features a team of superheroes?' Much like the Justice League, the Avengers were an assemblage of pre-existing superhero characters created by Lee and Jack Kirby . Kirby did the artwork for the first eight issues only, in addition to doing the layouts for issues #14–16. This initial series, published bi-monthly through issue #6 (July 1964) and monthly thereafter, ran through issue #402 (Sept. 1996), with spinoffs including several annuals , miniseries and

1599-621: Was launched in May 2010, written by Brian Michael Bendis and penciled by John Romita Jr. In 2012, a biweekly Avengers title was launched, written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by different artists for each story arc. After Secret Wars , a new Avengers title (vol. 6) dubbed the All-New, All-Different Avengers launched in 2015 written by Mark Waid , with alternating artwork by Mahmud Asrar and Adam Kubert , and covers by Alex Ross . Mark Waid and Alex Ross continued with Avengers vol. 7, which launched in 2017, with artwork by Mike del Mundo . It

1640-437: Was relaunched as a new series, the " Heroes Reborn " line ended after a year as planned and the license reverted to Marvel. Writer Kurt Busiek and penciler George Pérez launched a new volume of the series with The Avengers vol. 3, #1 (Feb. 1998). Busiek concurrently wrote the limited series Avengers Forever . Busiek's run included many of the Avengers' traditional villains. Successor writer Geoff Johns dealt with

1681-738: Was relaunched once again in 2018 as part of Marvel's " Fresh Start " relaunch featuring a creative by Jason Aaron (w) and Ed McGuinness (pen). 978-0785160151 (variant) 978-0785191773 (variant) 978-1302910211 (variant) 978-1302915353 (variant) 978-1302926502 (variant) 978-0785162049 (variant) (hardcover only after Volume 6) May 28, 2024 978-1302957988 August 22, 2023 978-1302950521 April 12, 2022 978-1302934026 May 26, 2021 978-1302929596 January 4, 2022 978-1302933661 September 20, 2022 May 10, 2022 978-1302946869 Avengers Finale and New Avengers #3. NB: The Avengers Assemble volumes comprise most of

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