Quagmire (Jerome Meyers) is a villain from theSquadron Supreme's universe and member of theInstitute of Evil. He first appeared inSquadron Supreme #4 (December 1985), and was created byMark Gruenwald.
Quagmire is amutant with the ability to manipulate theDarkforce in the form of a thick, tar-like substance, which he can use to adhere to walls and ceilings. Initially an enemy of the Squadron Supreme, Quagmire reforms after being put through a behavior modification process and joins the Squadron.[1]
Quagmire is injured and rendered comatose while saving civilians from an industrial accident.[2] While comatose, he interfaces with the Darkforce, drowningDoctor Decibel and flooding the hospital with Darkforce untilHyperion disconnects his life support. Quagmire is sucked into the Darkforce and presumed dead.[3] Quagmire is later revealed to have survived and travels toEarth-616 throughMan-Thing's body, which restores his criminal personality.[4]
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Quantum is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published byMarvel Comics.
Created bySteve Englehart andAl Milgrom, the character first appeared inWest Coast Avengers vol. 2, #12 (September 1986).
Lomen is an alien soldier from the planet Dakkam and a member of a platoon known as the Elect. A group of Dakkamite scientists discover that exposure to Earth's sunlight gave one Dakkamite renegade superpowers and seek to replicate the process by placing other Dakkamites in capsules close to the sun. Lomen awakens from the treatment after his comrades and discovers that they have left without him.[5] While searching for his comrades, Lomen assumes the alias of Quantum and joins a supervillain team assembled byGraviton alongsideHalflife andZzzax. Graviton and his allies are defeated by theWest Coast Avengers. Quantum, no longer believing in Graviton's promises, abandons the team.[6]
Quantum later encountersWundarr the Aquarian, the Dakkamite who originally inspired the plan to enhance Dakkamite soldiers. Quantum considers Wundarr to be a traitor to Dakkam and attempts to kill him. However,Quasar intervenes, saves Wundarr, and traps Quantum in an intangible state.[5] During the "Annihilation" event, Quantum reappears as a resident of the planet Godthab Omega, having been drawn there byGlorian.[7]
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An unidentified person working for Assessor came into contact with the SpaceInfinity Stone.[8]
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Quasimodo is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created byStan Lee andJack Kirby and first appeared inFantastic Four Annual #4 (November 1966).[9]
Quasimodo (short for Quasi-Motivational Destruct Organ") is acomputer created and abandoned byMad Thinker.[10] TheSilver Surfer finds Quasimodo and, feeling pity for his desire to be human, grants him a partially organiccyborg body. Quasimodo becomes enraged by his feelings of inferiority compared to the Silver Surfer, battles him, and is rendered immobile by the Surfer.[11]
Eventually regaining his mobility, Quasimodo comes into conflict withCaptain Marvel,[12] theBeast,[13]Spider-Man andHawkeye,[14] theFantastic Four,[15]Rom the Space Knight,[16] and finally theVision, who expels the villain's consciousness into space.[17]
During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Quasimodo returned to Earth and works forNorman Osborn as an analyst, compiling information on various entities and determining whether or not they are a threat or would be of good use to Osborn. He even recommended leading a team if Osborn was to go after Mad Thinker.[18]
During the "Iron Man 2020" event, Quasimodo appears as a member of theA.I. Army.[19] He is destroyed byIron Man and shuts down in the arms of Mark One (Tony Stark).[20]
During the "One World Under Doom" storyline, Quasimodo is rebuilt as Quasimodo Mark X by Mad Thinker and joins Mad Thinker'sMasters of Evil. He hacks into theImpossible City, enabling the Masters of Evil to invade it. The Impossible City manages to reset itself and expel Quasimodo from its systems.[21]
Quasimodo appears inThe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #2.[22]
Queen is the name of several characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
Queen is a robot who was built by Charles Rengel. He used Queen onHulk who destroyed it.[23]
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Indries Moomji operates as Queen inObadiah Stane's Chessmen and played a hand in Stane's takeover ofStark Industries.[24]
TheAll-Mother, created byPaul Tobin and Pepe Larraz, first appears inSpider-Island: The Amazing Spider-Girl #2 (November 2011). During the "Spider-Island" event, the All-Mother leads the Society of the Wasp against spider-powered individuals, planning to kill them all. The All-Mother reluctantly works withSpider-Girl to battle the Man-Spiders, only to be killed by theHobgoblin.[25]
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There is a Queen who is the ruler of the Poisons.[26]
TheQueen of Angels is the ruler of the Angels in the realm of Heven.
TheQueen of Nevers is the personification of possibility.
Quicksand is asupervillain, created byTom DeFalco andRon Frenz, who first appeared inThor 392.
A woman ofVietnamese descent, Quicksand was once a scientist working at a nuclear facility. An accident transforms her body into a sand-like substance (similar toSandman). Quicksand attacks the nuclear reactor in a rage, hoping to get revenge for the accident and shut it down.Thor confronts her and prevents disaster by using his hammer to transport the entire facility to another dimension, and Quicksand escapes.[27] She is later contacted byMongoose on behalf of Count Tagar, who wants a cell sample from Thor to create a race of gods. She initially refuses, but is persuaded when Mongoose demonstrates a device which can temporarily transform her back into human form. She barely holds her own in battle, and escapes again once the sample is collected.[28]
Since then, Quicksand has apparently resigned herself to her transformation, even reveling in the power and profit she has enjoyed as a professional super-criminal. She serves for a time withSuperia'sFemizons,[29] theCrimson Cowl'sMasters of Evil,[30] theThunderbolts,[31] and the Women Warriors,Delaware's sanctioned superhero team.[32]
Quicksand's strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability have all been enhanced as a result of exposure to atomic radiation. Her altered body provides her with protection from physical and energy attacks. She has the ability to transform into a malleable sand-like substance which can be hardened, dispersed, or shaped according to her will. She can increase her size and mass to an unknown extent when in sand-form, and can manipulate it for various effects. She has used this ability to form hammers, elongate parts of her body, and fire blasts of sand.
Quickshot is a vampire and a member of the Forgiven.
Quill is the name of several characters appearing inMarvel Comics.
Warpie Quill first appeared inCaptain Britain (vol. 2) #7 and was created byJamie Delano andAlan Davis. He is one of the Warpies, a group of humans who gained superpowers fromJaspers' Warp. The group is taken in by the British government organizationR.C.X. and trained for combat, forming theCherubim.[33] However, the Warpies begin losing their powers over time and are later depowered by Captain Britain.[34]
When powered, Quill's body is covered in barbs, and he has razor-sharp claws.
Maxwell Jordan, a student at theXavier Institute, first appeared inNew X-Men: Academy X #1 and was created byNunzio DeFilippis andChristina Weir. When the students were each assigned to squads, Quill was assigned toCyclops's. Quill is voted class clown by the students of the Institute.[35]
Quill is killed duringWilliam Stryker's attack on the Xavier Institute shortly afterM-Day.[36] Years later, Quill is resurrected bythe Five onKrakoa.[37]
Max is covered in porcupine-like quills that he can shoot from his body or use as a shield.
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Meredith Quill is the mother ofPeter Quill / Star-Lord and the wife ofJ'son. The Earth-791 version of the character was created bySteve Englehart,Steve Gan andBob McLeod, and first appeared inMarvel Preview #4 (January 1976). TheEarth-616 version of the character was created byBrian Michael Bendis andSteve McNiven, and first appeared inMarvel Now! Point One #1 (December 2012).
Meredith Quill encountered J'son after witnessing his spaceship crash near her. She nurses him back to health and they enter a relationship, but he eventually leaves Earth and erases her memories of him. A month later, Meredith rekindles her romance with an old acquaintance, Jake Quill, and marries him. When Meredith gives birth to Peter, his appearance is different from either parent, leading Jake to try and kill Meredith out of a belief that she had cheated on him. However, he suffers a fatal heart attack, leaving Meredith to raise Peter on her own. She is later killed by unidentified aliens, leaving Peter an orphan.[40]
The Earth-616 incarnation of Meredith Quill has a history similar to her original counterpart. However, she was instead killed by theBadoon, and J'son gifted her his element gun before leaving Earth.[41][42]
Q'Wake is one of the Avatars led by theMandarin.