List of Marvel Comics characters: Q

Quagmire

Quake

Quantum

Quantum is an alien supervillain in the Marvel Universe. Created by Steve Englehart and Al Milgrom, the character first appeared in West Coast Avengers vol. 2, #12 (September 1986).

Within the context of the stories, Quantum is an alien soldier from the planet Dakkam, one of the platoon of superpowered Dakkamite troops known as The Elect. The scientists of his race noted that exposure to Earth's sun had given one Dakkamite renegade superpowers - they sought to exploit this by placing a platoon of soldiers inside specially designed 'incubator capsules', which were then located close to the sun. Quantum wakes at the end of this treatment to discover that his powers have manifested - but that the rest of The Elect has already gone. Searching for his comrades, he becomes part of a supervillain team assembled by Graviton to resemble the Unified Field Theory. Halflife represents the weak force, Quantum represents the strong force, while Zzzax represents electromagnetism. Graviton himself represents gravity, and promises Quantum that he would help to locate the missing soldiers. Graviton and his allies are defeated by the West Coast Avengers. Quantum, no longer believing Graviton's promises, abandons the team and goes his own way.^[1]

Quantum finds another superpowered Dakkamite on Earth — the Aquarian, the now-pacifist whose powers originally inspired the plan to enhance Dakkamite soldiers. Quantum considers the Aquarian, the son of a renegade, to be a traitor to the fatherworld, so Quantum attempts to kill him. However, Quasar intervenes, saving the Aquarian and, using his abilities to distort Quantum's powers, traps him as a trio of intangible duplicates.^[2] The whereabouts of his fellow members of The Elect, imprisoned on the Stranger's laboratory world, are later revealed.^[3] Quantum reappears as one of the beings who have been subtly drawn to the planet Godthab Omega by the manipulations of Glorian. This planet is later assaulted by the Annihilation Wave, killing many of the inhabitants.^[4]

Clay Quartermain

Quasar

Wendell Vaughn

Avril Kincaid

Quasimodo

Quasimodo is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe, a creation of the Mad Thinker.

Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #4 (November 1966).

Within the context of the stories, Quasimodo is a computer created and abandoned by the Mad Thinker.^[5] The computer is discovered by the Silver Surfer who, feeling pity for the computer's desire to be human, grants him a partly organic, semi-humanoid cyborg body. Quasimodo becomes enraged by his feeling of inferiority compared to the Silver Surfer's more perfect body, and battles the Silver Surfer. He is rendered immobile by the Surfer.^[6] Eventually regaining his mobility, Quasimodo comes into conflict with Captain Marvel,^[7] the Beast,^[8] Spider-Man and Hawkeye,^[9] the Fantastic Four,^[10] the Galadorian Spaceknight Rom,^[11] and finally the Vision, who expels Quasimodo's consciousness into space.^[12]

Quasimodo returns to Earth and sets up shop at a base in Cuba during the Dark Reign storyline. It is here that he was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. at the behest of Norman Osborn. Quasimodo enters Osborn's service as an analyst, compiling dossiers on numerous superhumans.^[13]

Other versions of Quasimodo

Quasimodo appears in the tie-in comic to the animated series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Qwerty

Qwerty is a fictional mutant in the Marvel Comics universe. She is a member of the Morlocks and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #490.

Qwerty was a Morlock with powerful precognitive powers that overwhelmed her and drove her insane from seeing so many potentialities. When she saw M-Day coming, she began moving for the first time in years, writing many prophecies on the walls of the Morlock tunnels, and died while writing. Her friend Delphi found her corpse and the prophecies, copying them into a book. Many of the Morlocks became cultish pacifists led by Delphi, but others, like Bliss, Litterbug, Erg, Skids and Masque took a more violent interpretation from Qwerty's writings.^[14]

Qwerty was a powerful precognitive mutant, able to see various futures and all their potentialities, an ability that drove her mad.

Quicksand

Quicksilver

Quiet Bill

Quiet Bill (William Krimpton) is a mutant in the Marvel Universe, an ally of the X-Man Gambit. First appearing in Gambit vol. 3, #3 (April 1999), the character was created by Fabian Nicieza and Steve Skroce.

Within the context of the comics, Quiet Bill is a mutant who can open portals between dimensions. Coming to the notice of the enigmatic New Son, the mutant known as Courier is employed to retrieve Quiet Bill and his friend Huey. The New Son sought to employ Bill's talent to find a dimension to which he could flee.

Bill is discovered living in an alley dubbed "Onslaught Alley" by Courier and Gambit. Bill and Huey are trapped between dimensions when the New Son's Crystal Cathedral is destroyed.

Quiet Bill loses his powers during the M-Day, and is murdered by Riptide of the Marauders.^[15]

Quill(s)

Warpie

Resistants

Arena

Max Jordan

Meredith Quill

Meredith Quill is the mother of Peter Quill who becomes Star-Lord. She was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven and she first appeared in Marvel Now! Point One #1 (December 2012). After getting over a bad breakup, an alien by the name of J'son crashes in front of her house. She nurses him back to health and over time the two fell in love. J'son fixes his ship so he can return to war against the Badoon and leaves behind his element gun as a keepsake. Upon him leaving Meredith realizes she is pregnant and later gives birth to Peter. The Badoon, hellbent on destroying anyone from J'son's bloodline, return and kill Meredith, but are killed along with her.^[16]

In other media

Meredith Quill appears in Guardians of the Galaxy portrayed by Laura Haddock. She appears in the beginning dying due to terminal cancer. She gives Peter a mix tape before passing all the while declaring that Peter's father was "an angel made of pure light." In the sequel it's revealed that Peter's father is Ego, rather than J'son.

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