Daisy Johnson

Quake
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Secret War #2 (July 2004)
Created by	Brian Michael Bendis Gabriele Dell'Otto
In-story information
Alter ego	Daisy Louise Johnson
Team affiliations	Secret Warriors S.H.I.E.L.D. Avengers
Notable aliases	Quake, Cory Sutter
Abilities	Earthquake generation

Daisy Johnson is a fictional, superpowered secret agent in the Marvel Comics universe. A member of the international espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., she was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Gabriele Dell'Otto, and first appeared in Secret War #2 (July 2004). During Secret Invasion, she joins Nick Fury's Secret Warriors under the codename Quake.

Her look was modelled after actress Angelina Jolie in the film Hackers.^[1]

Fictional character biography

She is a superhuman with seismic (earthquake-producing) ability, she is also the illegitimate daughter of Calvin Zabo, the supervillain known as Mister Hyde. Taken in by S.H.I.E.L.D. she is under the direct supervision of its longtime executive director, Nick Fury, even after the latter's defection from the agency during the events of the "Secret War" series. She possesses a "Level 10" security clearance, the only known agent aside from Fury and the Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) to do so.

In her most visible action, Johnson has helped to defeat the powerful mutant rebel leader Magneto by inducing a vibration in his brain that made him lose consciousness. She states in this appearance that if the superhero team the Avengers let her join, she would adopt the moniker "Quake"^[2].

However the Avengers had splintered due to the events of Civil War, and she is later seen reunited with Nick Fury, in disguise, who gives her new orders to recruit the descendants of various villains and heroes in order to assist him with the threat against the Skrulls in their Secret Invasion^[3]. Having taken the name Quake she attacks the Skrulls during their invasion of Manhattan, along with her teammates.^[4] The team becomes a part of Fury's Secret Warriors, with Daisy acting as field leader of the Caterpillars.

While investiagting Norman Osborn's escape from the Raft, Johnson is drafted by Captain America into the Avengers under her superhero name Quake.^[5]

Powers and abilities

Daisy generates powerful waves of vibrations which can produce effects resembling those of earthquakes. She is immune to any harmful effects of the vibrations. She also has or was given a form of psychic shielding.

A superb hand-to-hand combatant, skilled all-around athlete, and excellent marksman. She was a leading espionage agent, adept at undercover assignments.

Her training under Fury enables her to target her seismic waves with pinpoint accuracy, causing targeted objects to vibrate themselves apart, from the inside out. This is shown in her being able to prevent the detonation of an antimatter bomb implanted in the body of Lucia von Bardas by destroying its power supply, and exploding the heart of Wolverine while in his chest, to halt an enraged attack on S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury.

See also

• List of S.H.I.E.L.D. members

Footnotes

1. ^ Secret War collected hardcover edition, Notes section
2. ^ New Avengers vol. 1 #19
3. ^ Mighty Avengers #13
4. ^ Secret Invasion #4
5. ^ Avengers vol. 4 #19

External links

Daisy Johnson on the Marvel Universe Character Bio Wiki