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Real Name

Stanley Stewart

Current Alias

Whizzer

Aliases

Boomer

Relatives

Madeline 'Maddy' Stewart (wife), Tina Stewart (daughter)

Affiliation

Squadron Supreme

Status

Alignment

Good

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

Earth-712

Marital Status

Married

Occupation

Crimefighter, mail carrier

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 11"

Weight

180 lbs (82 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

White

Origin

Origin

After passing through a strange fog, Stanley Stewart learned he could run at superhuman speeds.

Universe

Earth-712

Created by

Roy Thomas, John Buscema

First appearance

Avengers #85
(February, 1971)

HistoryEdit

Stanley Stewart was an avid runner, a mail carrier and a devoted family man. One night while running, Stanley passed through a strange glowing fog bank. Afterwards, he noticed that he was faster and could perceive events as if they were in slow motion. As he continued to train, he noticed he was getting faster every day. He became a founding member of the Squadron Supreme. He considers Dr. Spectrum and Arcanna to be his closest friends among his teammates.

For a time, Stanley went along with Squadron's plans in implementing the Utopia Program. The results of the Utopia Program led to the death of Stanley's former teammate Nighthawk and temporarily breaking up the Squadron.^[1] However, Stanley was reunited with the Squadron and became stranded in Earth-616 after their battle against the Nth Man and offered salutary at Project Pegasus by Quasar.

After numerous adventures on Earth-616, Stanley and the Squadron were able to return to their Earth, only to discover it to be taken over by the Global Directorate. Stanley took the initiative in checking the welfare of his family only to find them under arrest by the Directorate's Blue Eagles. Fortunately, Stanley's family was saved by the resistance group called the Nighthawks, named after the deceased Nighthawk. However, the Nighthawks kept his family under their protection and were highly distrustful of him and the Squadron until they were released to him by Nighthawk's successor Neal Richmond.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Stanley possesses super-speed, including heightened speed and reflexes. He is able to run at great speed. While he normally prefers to travel at a few hundred miles per hour, he can increase to supersonic and above if needed.

Stanley can also run up walls (approximately 500 feet with a 1000-foot approach) and across water (approximately 1000 feet with a 500-foot approach)

He can strike multiple times in a second. He can easily catch bullets out of midair.

By fanning his arms and legs rapidly, Stanley can simulate flight by 'air-walking'.

Stanley can make his body blur, rendering him invisible to the naked eye.

By further vibrating, Stanley can phase through objects.

Stanley can create small vortexes and tornadoes by running in circles.

Stanley's body is very resistant to friction.

Weaknesses

Stanley must rest in a 'hyper metabolic' trance for each minute he uses his speed powers. If he does not fully rest, he will be weaker. Stanley is also unsure of himself at times.

NotesEdit

• Stanley Stewart was loosely based on DC Comics' the Flash.

• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #10 has an Entry for the Squadron Supreme naming the Whizzer "Hiram Arnold" and his first appearance was in Avengers #85. This Hiram appeared in Avengers #85 racing through Quicksilver, while wearing his civilian clothes, as he was at that point only an honorary member of the Squadron Supreme while his protege the modern-day Whizzer was a full-fledged member. This would mirror what occurred on Earth-616, as that world's original Whizzer Robert Frank was also an honorary member concurrent to his step-son Quicksilver of the Avengers. By the time Stanley assumed the mantle of the Whizzer, Hiram's powers had already mostly worn off leaving Stewart as the only superspeedster on his world in modern time.

• It would seem logical, as Earth-712 also mirror DC Comics's multiverse, that the chemist Hiram Arnold aka Whizzer would have been a member of the World War II team known as the Golden Agency as Robert Frank was of the Invaders.

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