Peter Quinn (Earth-616)

Peeper
Name	Peter Quinn
Current Alias	Peeper
Aliases	Occult, Peepers
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Formerly The 198, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Mutant Force, Resistants, Satan's Circus
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′3″ (1.6 m)
Weight	135 lbs (61.23 kg)
Eyes	Irises: White
Hair	Bald
Unusual Features	Large eyes, pointed ears, odd speech pattern since his electrocution
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Cedar City, Utah
Place of Death	By the side of a Road
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Mutant rights activist, former waiter, mercenary and terrorist
Base of Operations	Satan's Circus; Xavier Institute
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jack Kirby
First	Captain America Annual #4 (May, 1977)
First	Captain America Annual #4 (May, 1977)
Death	X-Factor (Vol. 3) #26 (December, 2007)
Death	X-Factor (Vol. 3) #26 (December, 2007)

History

Peter Quinn was recruited by Magneto to be part of his new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. He took the name Peeper and joined Slither, Shocker, Lifter and Burner. After failing their mission and being defeated by Captain America, Magneto abandoned them.

The group changed their name to Mutant Force and offered their services to the Mandrill and battled Defenders for him. Peeper became the field leader of the team, his powers allowing him to see his enemy's movements and plan for them. Despite being successful at first in defeating the Defenders and capturing the female Defenders so that the Mandrill could enslave them, the group was defeated by the Defenders during their third encounter. Mutant Force was arrested, but they bargained with the U.S. government and became their agents in exchange for their presidential pardon. Their tenure as government agents was short.

The Red Skull became the group's new sponsor. Now calling themselves the Resistants, they operated as a group advocating mutant rights. Slither left the group at this time. To avoid being associated with their old criminal group, many of the members changed their identities. Peeper now called himself Occult and wore a helmet to hide his features. The group fought Captain America (now John Walker) in opposition to the Mutant Registration Act. They were soon joined by various new members, including Mentallo who posed as Think Tank. This time, they came into conflict with Freedom Force, a group who ironically enough, had been another incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, but had now become government agents.

The new Captain America, John Walker, lost control during the battle and seemingly killed Occult along with several other members of the Resitants due to his recent violent streak as the result of the death of his parents at the hand of the Watchdogs, another group the Red Skull had formed to discredit the image of Captain America. During the fight, Quinn was seriously injured after hitting power lines and believed dead.

These injuries may have been the cause of his later mental problems: in his next appearance, Quinn would never speak. Another mission as the Resistants was a failure as well, so the team changed its name back to Mutant Force, but by now Peeper was becoming afraid during combat. Mutant Force was defeated and Quinn, now calling himself Peepers, was imprisoned at The Cage. Wolverine and the Beast met him and befriended Peepers, who by now was a stuttering, nervous mutant who had become mentally unbalanced. Peepers repeatedly stabbed a prisoner who tried to kill Beast at this time. Shortly afterwards he was released and became a bartender at Satan's Circus, a bar for supervillains.

During the battle with the House of M, the Scarlet Witch changed reality, genetically altering over ninety percent of the world's mutant population and only leaving a few hundred with their powers as a result. During the aftermath of M-Day Peepers is seen with Mammomax and Erg on the run from the Sapien League, he comments that the X-Men hate them but Mammomax replies that the X-Men are heroes and won't turn them away, all three are caught and almost burned alive at the Xavier Institute's doorstep if not for the timely arrival of Wolverine and Colossus. However he becomes lost in the confusion of the Sapien League's attack and the arrival of the Sentinels, but he meets up with Outlaw who is also on her way to the Xavier Institute for the promised sanctuary. The two become caught up in the fight between the Sapien League, the O*N*E soldiers, and the X-Men all before reaching the mansion. Peeper stays quiet and out of the way of most of the other members of the 198. He is one of the mutants that receives a "tracking" chip and then later has it removed by Mr. M and follows him when he leads his exodus from the institute.

Later Peepers was seen in the X-Factor series. He is driving a car and calls X-Factor Investigations. Siryn answers and he tells her that he thinks he is being followed. He then sees Predator X and he crashes his car. As he is recovering, Predator X attacks him and devours him as he screams. Later, Siryn goes to the accident site, sees Peepers' body and is horrified.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

• Various Optical Powers: Peeper had a good number of powers that involved his eyes.
  • Enlarged Eyes: A physical sign of his mutation were engorged eyeballs, hence his alias 'Peepers'.
  • Telescopic Vision: He had telescopic vision that allowed him to see things that are at far distances by miles.
  • Microscopic Vision: He could see things that are too small for ordinary vision.
  • X-Ray Vision: He could see through matter.
  • Optic Blasts: He could fire pale-yellow/red(depending on the artist) beams of concussive energy from his eyes.

He was stated to be a Low Threat by the O*N*E.

See Also

• 36 appearance(s) of Peter Quinn (Earth-616)
• 6 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Peter Quinn (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Peter Quinn (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) of Peter Quinn (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Peter Quinn (Earth-616)
• 17 image(s) of Peter Quinn (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Peter Quinn (Earth-616)