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Blue Streak is the name of three Marvel Comics supervillains.
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Don Thomas
Blue Streak 
Blue Streak battles Captain America. From Captain America #318Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Captain America #217 (December, 1978) Created by Roy Thomas
John BuscemaIn-story information Alter ego Don Thomas Team affiliations S.H.I.E.L.D.
CorporationAbilities Jet-skating suit grants:
Ability to skate at 125 miles per hour,
Various built in weapons, Rapid healing,[1]Blue Streak (Don Thomas) is a fictional character from the Marvel Universe.
Publication history
Blue Streak first appeared in Captain America #217-218 (January–February 1978), created by Roy Thomas, Don Glut, and John Buscema.
The character subsequently appeared in Captain America #228-229 (December 1978-January 1979). He was killed by the Scourge of the Underworld in Captain America #318 (June 1986).
Blue Streak received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #16.
Fictional character biography
When he first began his criminal career, it was revealed that Blue Streak was a foreign spy who served as an operative of the Corporation, which wanted him to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. later decided to put together their own group of Super-Agents, and Blue Streak became a member of that group. Once the group was founded, Nick Fury introduced Captain America and the Falcon to these agents. Blue Streak proudly demonstrated his prowess, and after testing Blue Streak Captain America was impressed. However, Captain America refused Fury's offer to train these against but the Falcon did want to do it. During a mission for S.H.I.E.L.D., Blue Streak cried out after a near-miss blast from Marvel Man.[volume & issue needed]
When the Falcon ended up being captured by the Corporation, Blue Streak didn't care much figuring the Falcon could take care of himself. The other Super-Agents also didn't take much effort to go find the Falcon and went on with their training alone.When S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Manhattan base was slated for demolition, the Super-Agents were reassigned to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Los Angeles base.[volume & issue needed]
Captain America later interrupted a training session of the Super-Agents by video communication, asking about the Falcon, and the Blue Streak told Captain America that the Falcon had last said to him that an "old contact told him Jim <Wilson>'s in trouble." The Blue Streak then told Captain America to get off his back, as he didn't owe the Falcon anything. Captain America was subsequently ambushed by Corporation agent the Constrictor. As only Jasper Sitwell and the Super-Agents knew that he had been in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Manhattan base, he correctly figured one of them must be a double agent for the Corporation.[volume & issue needed]
Captain America confronted the Super-Agents in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Los Angeles base's training room, telling them that one of them was a spy and he could prove it. In an effort to prevent Captain America from questioning him further, the Blue Streak told the others that Captain America was just provoking them as another test, and led the other Super-Agents to attack him. The Blue Streak slammed into Captain America first, but his second charge was halted with a boot to the gut. After Captain America defeated the rest of the Super-Agents, the Blue Streak panicked and attempted to flee, admitting his guilt in the process, but Captain America dropped him with his shield. The Blue Streak possibly broke his arm in the fall, but the Vamp — also a Corporation double agent — decided to kill the Blue Streak to prevent him from giving her away, too. Pretending to be trying to force the Blue Streak to talk, the Vamp began savagely beating him. Captain America tore off her belt (which allowed her to duplicate the abilities of others), and the sudden change in her energy level weakened her. Captain America then confronted the battered Blue Streak, who — feeling he had nothing else to lose — told Captain America that the Falcon was being held on Alcatraz.[volume & issue needed]
Justin Hammer later designed Blue Streak's equipment and funded his operations in exchange for a percentage of his profits.[2] After leaving prison, the Blue Streak led a successful career as a professional criminal in the American Midwest. His rocket skates and laser weaponry enabled him to pursue moving vehicles on highways and rob them.[3] Blue Streak also visited the Medina County, Ohio branch of the Bar with No Name every other night for six months. At the bar, Blue Streak was contacted by Gary Gilbert (formerly Firebrand), who told Blue Streak about the serial killings of super-villains by the hand of an unknown assassin, and invited Blue Streak to join his underground network to locate and eliminate the killer, but Blue Streak refused.[volume & issue needed]
That same night, Blue Streak raced down a highway in the mountains, whipping past Captain America, who was traveling cross-country by van. Later on, Captain America happened across the uncostumed Blue Streak at a nearby rest stop. Recognizing Blue Streak's face, the similarly uncostumed Steve Rogers confronted him, and fearing his opponent was the villain-killer, Blue Streak managed to disctract the Captain long enough to change into costume (which Captain America did as well). During their subsequent fight, Captain America hurled his shield at the Blue Streak, damaging one of his boot-jets. Deciding to cut his losses, Blue Streak fled, but Captain America pursued him to a cliffside highway. After a few futile attempts to stop the Captain's pursuit, Blue Streak resorted to faking his death by damaging the guard rail and leaving pieces of his equipment on the cliff below. Captain America climbed down the cliff to see if Streak was still alive, and the Blue Streak decided to escape. Hitching a ride in a passing semi-truck, Blue Streak unwittingly got into the cab with the disguised Scourge of the Underworld, who immediately executed him.[4]
Blue Streak was later among the eighteen criminals, all murdered by the Scourge, to be resurrected by Hood using the power of Dormammu as part of a squad assembled to eliminate the Punisher.[5] Blue Streak wound up fighting the Punisher's partner Henry instead, who broke Blue Streak's neck and apparently killed him.[6]
Powers and abilities
Blue Streak's equipment included rocket-powered roller skates which allowed forward and backward movement and leaping, lasers mounted on the arms of his suit, and caltrops that he used to puncture the tires of pursuing cars.
Jonathan Swift
Blue Streak 
Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Heroes For Hire vol. 2 #3 (December, 2006) Created by Justin Gray
William Tucci
Jimmy Palmiotti
Francis PortellaIn-story information Alter ego Jonathan Swift Partnerships Ricadonna Abilities Jet-skating suit grants:
Ability to skate at 125 miles per hour,
Various built in weaponsBlue Streak (Jonathan Swift) is a fictional comic character in the Marvel Comics universe who first appeared during the height of the Civil War in Heroes for Hire vol. 2 #3 (December 2006) and was created by Justin Gray, William Tucci, Jimmy Palmiotti and Francis Portella. He is the successor of the original Blue Streak.
Fictional character biography
Little is known of the origin of Jonathan, who was not seen until the Civil War. Blue Streak was among the villains who survived the Skrull tissue-grafting operation orchestrated by the crime mistress Ricadonna who offered Blue Streak this after freeing the villains from prison.[volume & issue needed]
Bluestreak (psychic)
A new character named Bluestreak has appeared as a Superhuman Registration Act violator. When Mindwave was imprisoned by the Thunderbolts, he began a telepathic conversation with fellow prisoners Caprice, Bluestreak, and Mirage. Bluestreak only remarked that he wanted all of the Thunderbolts to die.[7]
Venom killed and ate a number of Thunderbolts Mountain guards,[8] and it was revealed that Bluestreak was telepathically controlling Venom. He also mentally prevented the Thunderbolts from remembering that they could stop the rampaging Venom, as well as the rebelling Swordsman, with the nanochains.[9] Bulleseye killed Bluestreak and his allies in their cells by throwing scalpels into their heads.[10]
It is unknown at this time what connection, if any, the new Hellrazor has to these other prisoners of the Thunderbolts.
Other versions
MC2 Blue Streak
- These versions of Blue Streak have no connection whatsoever with the Blue Streak from the MC2 Universe, aka Blue Kelso, a female member of a futuristic version of the Avengers.
References
- ^ Gruenwald, Mark (1994). Captain America #427. New York: Marvel Comics. pp. 13.
- ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition #5
- ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition #20
- ^ Captain America #318 (June 1986)
- ^ Punisher Vol. 7 #5
- ^ Punisher Vol. 7 #9
- ^ Thunderbolts #117
- ^ Thunderbolts #118
- ^ Thunderbolts #119
- ^ Thunderbolts #121
External links
- Blue Streak (Don Thomas) at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift) at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- http://www.marveldatabase.com/Don_Thomas_%28Earth-616%29
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- Marvel Comics supervillains
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