Quicksand (comics)

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comic_color=background:#ff8080
caption=Quicksand, from Thunderbolts #103
Art by Tom Gummett
character_name=Quicksand
real_name= unrevealed
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut=Thor #392 (June 1988)
creators=Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
alliances= Thunderbolts
Masters of Evil
Femizons
aliases=
powers=Reshape body into sand
Superhuman strength|

Quicksand is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. Her first appearance was in "Thor" #392.

Fictional character biography

A woman of Vietnamese descent, Quicksand was once a scientist working at a nuclear facility. An accident transforms her body into a sand-like substance (like Sandman). Pretty and selfish, she has a hard time adjusting to her transformation. She calls herself Quicksand and attacks the nuclear reactor in rage and in hopes of revenge, hoping to force it to shut down. She was confronted by Thor but nonetheless succeeds in causing the reactor to meltdown. Thor prevents disaster by using his hammer to transport the entire facility to another dimension, and Quicksand escapes.

She was later contacted by Mongoose, on behalf of Count Tagar, who desires a cell sample from Thor in order to create a race of gods. She wants nothing to do with Thor but was persuaded to battle him once Mongoose showed her a device that supposedly would transform her back to normal. Quicksand barely manages to hold her own against Thor, and once Mongoose collects the tissue sample, she escapes once more.

Since then, Quicksand has apparently resigned herself to her transformation, and even, in fact, to revel in the power and profit she has enjoyed as a super-criminal. She serves for a time with Superia's Femizons until the organization was shut down by Captain America and Paladin. Later, she somehow came to the attention of the rogue Egyptian god Seth, who dispatches her, Bison, and Mongoose to steal a sample of Inferno-42 from the intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D. In the course of this mission, they battle Thunderstrike, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Alex DePaul, and hero-for-hire Luke Cage. During the battle, a conscience-stricken Bison turns on his partners, defeating Quicksand and saving the life of DePaul, who lets Bison go free in gratitude.

Around this time, she fights Sandman and Spiderman at the same time.

At some point, she is invited to join the Crimson Cowl's Masters of Evil, and she accepts, hoping to get rich through the Masters' blackmail scheme using global weather control. The team was defeated and apprehended by the Thunderbolts, and Quicksand was among those remanded to custody.

= Civil War =

Quicksand was once again seen fighting the Thunderbolts, this time in Denver, Colorado. and ended up once again defeated. When their leader, Baron Zemo, is contacted by Iron Man to hunt down villains so Stark could recruit them into his own team, Quicksand was one of those villains. ["Thunderbolts" #103 ("August, 2006")] After a period of dream manipulation, she is now part of Thunderbolts Team B and helps arrest the U-Foes in Portland. Assisting her are Thunderbolts veterans, Joystick, Blizzard and Fixer. ["Thunderbolts" #104 ("September, 2006")]

Powers and abilities

Quicksand’s strength, endurance, agility and durability have all been enhanced. She is altered body provides her with protection from physical and energy attacks. His body is composed entirely of sand, and she can manipulate it for various effects. She has used this ability to form hammers, elongate parts of her body and fire Sandblasts.

References

External Links

* [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Quicksand Quicksand] at Marvel.com