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Thomas Shepherd (Earth-616)

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Real Name
Current Alias

Aliases
Tommy

Identity

Alignment

Affiliation

Relatives
Frank Shepherd (adoptive father)

Mary Shepherd (adoptive mother)
Vernon van Dyne ("paternal great-great-grandfather", deceased)
Henry Pym ("paternal great-grandfather")
Janet van Dyne ("paternal great-grandmother")
Ultron ("paternal grandfather")
Jocasta ("paternal grandmother")
Erik Magnus Lehnsherr (maternal grandfather)
Magda Lehnsherr (maternal grandmother, deceased)
Vision (apparent father)
Wanda Maximoff (apparent mother)
Wiccan (twin brother)
Luna Maximoff (cousin)
Pietro Maximoff (maternal uncle)
Lorna Dane (maternal aunt)
Anya Lehnsherr (maternal aunt, deceased)
Simon Williams ("paternal uncle")
Eric Williams ("paternal uncle")
Alkhema ("paternal aunt")
Victor Mancha ("paternal half-uncle")

Crystalia Amaquelin (aunt)

Universe

Characteristics
Gender

Height


Eyes

Hair

Unusual Features
Thomas has a striking resemblance to Quicksilver as well as Wiccan.

Status
Citizenship

Marital Status

Education
Juvenille Hall

Origin
Origin
Mutant. Thomas is a reincarnation of the Scarlet Witch's son Thomas.


Contents

History

Early Years

Speed
Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd is presumably the only son of Frank and Mary Shepherd, who are divorced. He was born and raised in Springfield, New Jersey. Tommy and his brother Billy Kaplan were reincarnations of the Scarlet Witch and Vision's twin sons.

The Young Avengers found Tommy in a high-powered facility in Springfield equipped with advanced offensive and defensive technology such as robotic suits and power dampening containment cells. Tommy was being held at the facility, presumably under court order, because he "accidentally" vaporized his school. he had been locked up for months and that during his time there, he was tested and experimented on with the goal to make him into a living weapon.

Billy Kaplan and the other Young Avengers located him as another teenager with ties to the Avengers using the same program devised by the Vision that Iron Lad used to locate most of the current Young Avengers, their intent being to recruit more super-powered teens who could help them rescue their abducted teammate, Hulkling. When they released him from his cell, it was immediately noted that Tommy, a white-haired speedster, bore a striking resemblance to Billy ("twin-like") and Quicksilver, sharing the latter's hair color and similar abilities. The team then ran into the armed officers of the facility. Tommy cynically and cruelly began attacking the officers and fleeing doctors. Hawkeye (Katherine Bishop) and Patriot (Elijah Bradley) manage to stop him and convince him to join them in rescuing their teammate Hulking. Tommy later joined the team and adopted the codename "Speed".[1]

Young Avengers

Tommy joined Billy as they searched for the Scarlet Witch through Genosha and Wundagore before finally encountering Master Pandemonium at a former residence of the Scarlet Witch and the Vision. Master Pandemonium decided not to fight the boys after recognizing Wiccan's magic as being the same as the Scarlet Witch's and realizing that the two boys were the same as Wanda's previous children, William and Thomas. Instead, he elaborated on their history concerning Mephisto and the Scarlet Witch and advised them that the history they searched for was filled with "darkness and chaos" and that they should embrace who they were in the present.

Later on, he went on a date with Kate to help relieve her tensions about losing her name and bow to Clint Barton. He then helped her break into the Secret Avengers home base and reclaim her bow. During the course of the evening, the two shared a kiss, addressing the heretofore unspoken love triangle between himself, Kate, and Patriot. However, Kate decided to attempt a relationship with Patriot instead.[2]

Dark Reign

When the Young Avengers confroned the group of teenagers ho have been using their name, Tommy immediately recognized the member, Coat of Arms whom he may have had a relationship with in "juvie"[3]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Supersonic Speed: Speed is superhumanly fast and his top speed is unknown, but he can exceed the speed of sound.

  • Molecular Destabilization: He can also generate hyper-kinetic vibrations that accelerate the molecules in matter, causing any solid object he directs his vibrations at to explode.
  • Superhuman Reflexes: He probably has reflexes beyond the abilities of the finest athlete, because of his super-speed.
  • Superhuman Agility: He probably has agility beyond the abilities of the finest athlete, because of his super-speed.
  • Superhuman Durability: He can probably withstand intense friction and intense impacts considering how running at super-speed doesn't seem to cause him discomfort.
  • Superhuman Strength: He probably possesses superhuman lower body strength allowing him to press 800 pounds to 1 ton with his lower body.

    Strength level

He can press between 800 pounds to 1 ton with his lower body and lift about 800 to 1000 pounds in his upper body.

Weaknesses

Despite possessing some level of superhuman durability, things such as bullets and energy blasts can injure him the same way they injure a regular person.

Links

Discover and Discuss

  1. ↑ Young Avengers #12
  2. ↑ Young Avengers Presents #6
  3. ↑ Dark Reign: Young Avengers #2
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