Quasar (comics)

Quasar is the name of severalfictional superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe.

Quasar

Contents
1 Fictional character biography
1.1 Neutron
1.2 Wendell Vaughn
1.3 Phyla-Vell
1.4 Richard Rider
Wendell Vaughn and Phyla-Vell, both
1.5 Avril Kincaid
versions of Quasar
2 Powers and abilities
2.1 Quantum Bands Publisher Marvel Comics
2.2 Star Brand First Captain America
2.3 Cosmic awareness appearance #217 (January
3 Other versions 1978)
3.1 Captain Universe Quasar
Created by Don Glut, Roy
3.2 Guardians of the Galaxy
3.3 "House of M" Thomas (writers)
3.4 The Last Avengers Story John Buscema
3.5 Marvel Zombies Return (art)
3.6 Ultimate Marvel Characters Sh'iar imperial
4 In other media guardsman
4.1 Television Wendell Elvis
4.2 Video games
Vaughn
5 Footnotes Phyla-Vell
6 References Richard Rider
7 External links Avril Kincaid
Quasar
Quasar #1 (Oct,
Fictional character biography 1989).
Featuring the
Wendell Vaughn
Neutron
version of the
character.
Wendell Vaughn Art by Paul Ryan.

Series publication information

Phyla-Vell Publisher Marvel Comics
Schedule Monthly

Richard Rider Format Ongoing series

Genre Superhero

Avril Kincaid Publication October 1989

date July 1994
Avril Kincaid is a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent who debuted during the Avengers: Standoff! Number of 60
storyline. While working at Pleasant Hill, a gated community holding super villains issues
brainwashed by Kobik, Avril ran a daycare center as her cover. When Baron Helmut
Main Wendell Vaughn
Zemo and Fixer started a riot after regaining their memories, Kincaid was attacked
character(s)
by the Blood Brothers, but was saved by Captain America and Winter Soldier. After
Captain America shuts down the security system at the Pleasant Hill Museum, Kincaid enters it in order to obtain a specific item, and
encounters the curator, a retired Wendell Vaughn.[1] As part of a contingency plan if S.H.I.E.L.D. ever lost control of Kobik, Vaughn
gives the Quantum Bands to Kincaid. In the aftermath of the events that transpired at Pleasant Hill, Kincaid becomes the new Quasar
with Vaughn acting as her mentor. [2] She is shown to be gay in another scene when she discovers Kobik for Steve Rogers.

She's later seen trying to prevent an attack made by the Chitauri, but is apparently killed in action. Her apparent death allows Captain
America to take over as the United States Government gives him control of the military and law enforcement as Steve Rogers also
assumes control of Hydra.[3] It's later revealed that Quasar is in a comatose state.[4] When she awakens, she destroys the planetary
shield that the Hydra Steve Rogers was using to keep some of Earth's most powerful heroes off-planet, showing Kincaid's power
[5]
level being far beyond the likes of Blue Marvel, Captain Marvel, and Spectrum.

Powers and abilities

Quantum Bands
Quasar's powers are derived from the pair of Quantum Bands fused to his wrists (or
more specifically, from the seven gems on each of the bands). Quasar's Quantum
Bands are permanently affixed to his wrists; while he can make light bend around
them so they appear to be invisible, they are still tangible. They are linked to their
wearer's nervous system and grant tremendous powers of energy manipulation. The
wrist-bands were originally created byEon to be worn by his designated Protector of
the Universe. These alien artifacts are composed of unknown materials. The
Quantum Bands were discovered by the Uranian Eternals in a weapons depot left by
the alien Kree and brought to Earth by the deluded Crusader that believed himself to
be the 1950s Marvel Boy.

Foremost amongst these powers is the ability to tap into a limitless energy source
called the Quantum Zone. Quasar can project quantum energy in the form of
devastating beams of force or heat, but Vaughn more commonly employed them to
fashion incredibly durable constructs of solid energy, such as containment spheres or
pincers. He protected himself with a personal force field of quantum ener
gy.

Quantum Bands used in the Vaughn learned that the Quantum Bands can also exert control over many other
promotional art for Annihilation: Nova
types of energy that are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. For example, he once
#3 (Aug. 2006), by Gabriele Dell'Otto
tapped into a sun and caused it to emit an enormous solar flare. He could also absorb
and redirect the cosmic energy wielded by such powerful beings as the Silver Surfer,
Jack of Hearts, Adam Warlock, Thanos, Jean Grey and the Watchers, siphoning their power and using it to augment his quantum
energy. Forms of energy the Quantum Bands cannot control include magic and theDarkforce.

Although he could not overtly affect psionic energy, Vaughn had programmed his bands to render him impervious to psionic mental
control. Even such powerful psionicists as Moondragon and the Overmind proved unable to overcome this defense. He does not
appear to be protected from magical forms of compulsion.

Vaughn could create apertures into and out of the Quantum Zone, thus allowing passage through its infinite, featureless expanse. He
mainly used this ability to traverse interstellar distances in a manner similar to hyperspace travel. The effect is essentially a form of
teleportation, which Quasar referred to as a Quantum Jump. A Quantum Jump has a destructive side effect on the local
environment, violently upheaving gravity and tearing holes in the atmosphere (on Earth, it would damage the ozone layer), so Quasar
initially refrained from using it except when in space or in dire circumstances. However, he eventually discovered that he could
prevent this effect by surrounding himself with a barrier of solid energy before jumping. Quasar could also shunt other matter into the
Quantum Zone provided that he's in physical contact with it.

The Quantum Bands enable their wearer to fly by manipulating gravitons. The maximum flight speed Vaughn could attain is
unknown, but he made a trip from Earth to Uranus in approximately four years flying non-stop (this was before he learned how to
quantum jump). That would require a constant speed of roughly 50,000 miles per hour (80,000 km/h). This doesn't take into account
the velocity he can achieve in a short burst of acceleration.

The Quantum Bands' gems possess some capability for analyzing and processing information as if they were extremely advanced
computers. This allowed Vaughn to navigate the Quantum Zone and the depths of space. The gems are able to detect, analyze, and
track energy emissions across vast distances. They can also "program" his quantum energy to register and react to certain preset
conditions. For instance, at one time Quasar had the Earth surrounded with an invisible lattice-work of energy that was designed to
act as a global alert system against potential extraterrestrial threats. The energy field could detect any surges of exotic energy
emanating from the planet's surface as well as if any object larger than a micrometeorite passed through it; in either case, the field
would react by transmitting an alert signal to the Quantum Bands.

Vaughn had a direct link toEon and later Epoch through his bands, which gave him ready access to their omniscience.

Annihilus killed Vaughn and gained the Quantum Bands, adding to his already considerable power,[6] though the bands subsequently
came into the possession of Phyla-Vell following Annihilus' apparent death. She has since discovered that the Bands contain a finite
amount of energy which will drain away if they are isolated from their power source (as yet unexplained) and that they also remain
linked in some way to their former users. Vaughn has since been sighted as a "spirit," and it has been indicated that his link to the
bands enabled him to "pull himself together again" following his physical death.

Quasar later appears resurrected while government scientists help an Earthbound Nova reboot his Worldmind AI. After successfully
helping Richard Rider defeat the Worldmind/Ego the Living Planet by letting Richard use the Bands, Richard returns the bands to
Wendell.

Star Brand
While he possessed the power of the Star Brand, Quasar gained the abilities of flight, superhuman strength, and resilience. He also
was able to regenerate his entire body from minute remains and did not need to eat, drink or breathe. However, virtually all of the
energy derived from the Star Brand was depleted not long after he gave it away. The Living Tribunal later stated that Quasar's body
retains only an insignificant trace amount of ener
gy.

Cosmic awareness
Quasar also briefly possessed the same powers of cosmic awareness that Eon granted to Kree soldier Mar-Vell (later known as the
original Captain Marvel). By simply concentrating for a moment, he could gain complete knowledge about virtually anything in the
universe. It is unclear why Eon did not bestow cosmic awareness on Quasar permanently, but being nigh-omniscient himself, he
likely determined that it would have been detrimental to Quasar's psyche (as it was to that of Genis-Vell). The fact that he received
the awareness while his mind was inhabiting an energy construct, and he did not demonstrate it upon returning to his body, may also
have something to do with it.

Other versions

Captain Universe Quasar

After a failed war with the Elder God Set and the death of every hero on Earth except The Silver Surfer, Quasar was merged with
Captain Universe to form a super-being that was capable of capturing and defeating Set. Using the Eye of Agamotto, Quasar trapped
himself and Set within its pocket dimension.[7]

Once, during a trip through alternate realities, the Earth-616 version of Quasar viewed his Captain Universe-enhanced counterpart
and Set battling each other.[8]

Guardians of the Galaxy

Tricked by Eon's evil "child" Era, Quasar jumps to a sentient nexus of energy and is killed. He ends up in the 'White Room', where all
Quantum-Band wielders go after death. Eon is entrapped with him, in the form of a centerpiece on the Room's table.

Her, now called Kismet, teams up with the long-lost son she had with Quasar
, Starhawk. They visit Quasar's grave and learn what Era
has done. With the aid of the Hawk-God Starhawk worships, the two vow to stop Era.

"House of M"
Wendell Vaughn briefly appeared for one panel in the 2005 storyline "House of M" as a scientist during the alternate timeline caused
by Wanda Maximoff. There is no indication that he possesses the Quantum-Bands in this universe.[9]

The Last Avengers Story

Quasar is briefly mentioned inThe Last Avengers Story #1 as having been driven insane, but he does not appear
.

Marvel Zombies Return

In Marvel Zombies Return, Quasar is shown as a member of The Sentry's Robert Reynolds undead team of Avengers. They had taken
over and consumed much of their earth. According to Logan, he and Namor the Submariner killed Kitty Pryde; Quasar held her
underwater until she became tangible, and it was implied that Namor ate her, although Logan cannot bring himself to say it. He is
[10]
killed at the end of the series by the nanite-infused Sandman (Flint Marko).

Ultimate Marvel
Although Quasar has not appeared as a superhero in the Ultimate Marvel setting, S.H.I.E.L.D agent Wendell Vaughn is the head of
security for the top secretProject Pegasus in Devil's Point, Wyoming. He first appears in Ultimate Power #1, when Project Pegasus is
attacked by the Serpent Squad.

In other media

Television
Quasar appeared on Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Season 2 Episode 6 as a member of Guardians of the
Galaxy voiced by Moira Quirk.

Video games
A version of Quasar appears in the 2016 video gameLego Marvel's Avengers.[11]
Quasar (Avril Kincaid) is a playable characterin the game Marvel Future Fight.

Footnotes
 1. Captain America: Sam Wilson #7
2. Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega #1
3. Secret Empire #0
4. Secret Empire #3
5. Secret Empire #8
6. Annihilation: Nova #4 (Sept. 2006)
7. What If vol. 2 #25
8. Quasar #30
9. House of M, Marvel Comics.
10. "Marvel Zombies Return" #2 (2009)
11. McGloin, Matt (January 25, 2016)."Quasar Comes To Lego Marvel Avengers" (http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/con
tent/quasar-comes-lego-marvel-avengers#axzz41Xox8VHJ) . Cosmic Book News.

References
Grand Comics Database
Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
Comics Vine

External links
Quasar (disambiguation)at the Marvel Universe
Quasar at the Marvel Database Project

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