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Jason Wyngarde
for all who love the whizzer come in here and talk about all things whizzer.

Jason Wyngarde
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ScarletSpider
I'm a fan of the oldschool Whizzer. I'm not a big Stanley Stewart fan. It's all about Bob Frank.

http://www.toonopedia.com/whizzer.htm

Look at him overtake that speeding police car. That takes a poise and grace you just can't find in the Mongoose Blood-less Flash.

Jason Wyngarde
got one

Jason Wyngarde
avatar contender

Jason Wyngarde
another

ScarletSpider
I don't understand the cape. As a speedster, you'd want as little wind resistance as possible. Oh well, he's still badass.

Jason Wyngarde
Real Name: Robert L. Frank
Occupation: Adventurer
Identity: Known to the United States government
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record
Other Aliases: None
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri
Place of Death: New York City
Marital Status: Widower
Known Relatives: Dr. Emil Frank (father, deceased), Adeline Joyce Frank (wife, deceased), Robert Frank, Jr. (alias Nuklo, son)
Group Affiliation: Member of the Liberty Legion, the invaders, and the Ali-Winners Squad
Base of Operations: New York City
First Appearance: GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #1
Final Appearance: VISION AND THE SCARLET WITCH Vol. 1, #2

History: The Whizzer was born Robert L. Frank, son of the noted scientist Dr. Emil Frank. While on expedition with his father in the African bush, Robert, then in late adolescence, was bitten by a cobra. A mongoose subsequently appeared and killed the cobra, but itself was severely wounded in the fray. Dr. Frank, fearing for his son's life, recalled an old wives' tale and injected the mongoose's blood into his son's veins. Dr. Frank died of a heart attack brought upon by the shock and exertion, but Robert recovered, and found that due to a strange reaction of his apparently mutant physiology to the mongoose blood, he had developed the ability to move at superhuman speed. Originally intending to continue his father's work, Robert Frank eventually became inspired by the proliferation of superhumanly powered crime fighters in the United States, and returned home to develop the identity of the Whizzer. In the years prior to World War Two, the Whizzer achieved limited fame as a costumed crime fighter.

It was during World War Two that the Whizzer became nationally famous. Shortly after the United States entered the war, the team of Allied champions known as the Invaders were captured and brainwashed by the Nazi agent the Red Skull. Under the Red Skull's influence, the Invaders attacked a domestic defense plant. Bucky Barnes, who had escaped capture, commandeered a New York City radio station, and began a marathon broadcast to round up available superhumanly powered crime fighters to counter the threat. Barnes had located existing F.B.I. files on several such crime fighters, including the Whizzer, and broadcast specifically to contact them. The Whizzer heard the message through a nearby automobile radio while battling a Nazi spy ring in upstate New York, a mission in which the Whizzer first met and fought alongside the superhuman crime fighter Miss America. The Whizzer and Miss America were attracted to each other, and traveled together to New York City to join Bucky Barnes. Bucky's effort was successful, and after the Invaders were rescued from the Skull, the group Bucky assembled stayed together to combat Nazi espionage in the United States under the name the Liberty Legion. While active with the Liberty Legion, the Whizzer and Miss America were engaged to be married. Once during this period, the Whizzer and Miss America left the Liberty Legion to fight in Europe alongside the Invaders.

After the war ended, the Whizzer and Miss America became members of the short-lived All-Winners Squad. The All-Winners Squad disbanded after a few years, and the Whizzer and Miss America resumed their civilian identities of Robert Frank and Madeline Royce and were married. In 1949, they began work for the United States government as non-costumed superhuman security agents at a secret nuclear project located in New York City. Unknown to Frank, Isbisa, a former enemy of the All-Winners Squad, sabotaged the facility and staged a nuclear accident which exposed the Franks to massive amounts of radiation. Although Isbisa's act of revenge did not kill the Franks, Madeline was pregnant at the time, and several months later gave birth to a radioactive mutant son, Robert, Jr., later called "Nuklo." Because the baby emitted dangerous levels of radiation, the United States government took custody of him and placed him in an experimental chrono-module. There he would be kept in suspended animation until he ceased to emit dangerous levels of radiation.

Leaving the research facility with a generous government pension, the Franks decided to travel the world. Madeline Frank became pregnant again, and was in the tiny Balkan country of Transia when the pregnancy came to term. The Franks had found refuge in the scientific citadel atop Wundagore Mountain at the recommendation of nearby villagers who believed it to have modern medical facilities. With the evolved cow called Bova as midwife, Madeline gave birth to a stillborn child, even more radioactive and mutated than her first child. Madeline died of radiation poisoning hours later. Bova attempted to pass off twins who had been born days before at Wundagore as Robert Frank's children, in order to give the children a good home and to assuage Frank's grief over his wife's death, but the distraught Robert Frank fled Wundagore alone.

For the next two decades, Robert Frank was a semi-amnesiac vagabond, wandering all over the world primarily on foot, never staying in one place for more than a week. Eventually, he read of the exploits of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch in the Avengers, and grew to believe they were his children, the twins Bova claimed were his offspring on Wundagore Mountain. Feeling guilty that he had abandoned them, he still made no effort to contact them.

The chrono-module containing Frank's, son "Nuklo" was accidentally unearthed from its secret location decades after it was buried. Captain America and Iron Man of the Avengers discovered it while rescuing victims of a collapsed building. The Avengers took the chrono-module into custody for study. Frank read a newspaper account of the incident, and recognized the chrono-module from photographs to be the device containing his son. Using his superhuman speed for the first time in many years, Frank resumed the identity of the Whizzer in an attempt to steal the chrono-module back. During the battle that ensued at Avengers Mansion, the module smashed open and the child emerged, having grown to large proportions and radiating dangerously. The child named itself "Nuklo" in infantile imitation of the Vision's pronouncement of a "nuclear nemesis," and began a campaign of destruction. Nuklo was ultimately subdued and placed in the care of the United States Army. The Whizzer, meanwhile, suffered a massive heart attack during these events, a result of doing superhuman battle after many years of inactivity.

For many months, the Whizzer remained hospitalized. During this time, the Scarlet Witch had believed Frank was her father, but Quicksilver was dubious. Robert Frank emerged from the hospital in an acute state of depression. He began to drink heavily, and spent several months as a derelict on New York City's Bowery. Eventually, the Salvation Army took him in and had him placed in a hospital charity ward. He eventually recovered from his depression, and undertook long and difficult legal action to locate and obtain custody of Nuklo. Obtaining access to high-level government records, the Whizzer discovered that the U.S. Army was holding Nuklo in California. He traveled to California, where the attempt to recover his son brought him into physical battle with the Living Laser. Once again, superhuman exertion placed tremendous stress on him, and he suffered another heart attack. Nuklo, meanwhile, was relocated to a specially-equipped scientific hospital in the New York area.

After being discharged from the hospital, the Whizzer was ordered to restrict his activities, and was placed under the financial care of Tony Stark. He would, however, go against his doctors' orders, and fight alongside the Avengers. Although the Avengers repeatedly protested his involvement in their battles, the Whizzer proved himself an asset in combating a number of threats to society. He was finally persuaded to retire from superhuman activity entirely, again under financial provisions provided by Stark.

After several years of retirement, the Whizzer again attempted to obtain custody of Nuklo. Officials at General Hospital in Manhattan informed him that the conditions under which they were keeping Nuklo were the only ones which would keep Nuklo's radiation at safe levels. During the controversy, Isbisa revealed himself after years of hiding, and battled with the Whizzer, his supposed daughter the Scarlet Witch, and her husband the Vision. In the course of the battle, the Whizzer learned what the Scarlet Witch had discovered some months before, that they were not related. The Whizzer and Isbisa died in combat, but as a consequence of the battle, Robert Frank's son Nuklo was cured of his excessive radiation level.

Height: 5 ft. 10 in.
Weight: 180 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown, later grey

Jason Wyngarde
Strength Level: The Whizzer possessed superhuman strength primarily in his lower body as part of his body's adaptations for running. With his upper body he could lift slightly more than a normal human being of his age, height, and build who engaged in intensive regular exercise could. In his prime, the Whizzer could leg press approximately 1500 pounds under optimal conditions.

Known Superhuman Powers: The Whizzer possessed the ability to move at superhuman rates of speed. In his prime the Whizzer could run at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour for up to an hour before fatigue impaired his performance. With middle age, however, the Whizzer's ability to move at superhuman speed was diminished considerably.

The Whizzer's entire body mutated in ways that adapted it for the rigors of high speed running. His cardiovascular and respiratory systems were many times more efficient than those of a normal human being's. He metabolized an estimated 75% of the caloric energy content of foodstuffs (normal human use is about 25%). The chemical processes of the Whizzer's metabolism were so highly enhanced that his body generated unusually low amounts of fatigue poisons, the normal by-products of locomotion which force the body to rest. His joints were smoother and were lubricated more efficiently than those of an ordinary human being's. His tendons had the tensile strength of spring steel. His bones contained unknown materials significantly more durable than calcium to withstand the dynamic shocks of his feet touching the ground at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.

The Whizzer's practical reaction time was about four times faster than an ordinary human being's when the Whizzer was in his prime, and the speed at which his brain processed information was heightened to a level commensurate with his bodily speed, enabling him to perceive his surroundings while traveling at high velocities. The Whizzer's lachrymose was more viscous than a normal human being's, thus preventing rapid evaporation and replenishment of surface fluids on his eyeballs under the influence of high wind velocity to occlude his vision.

Other Abilities: The Whizzer had mastered a style of hand to hand combat which exploited his ability to move at superhuman speeds.

ScarletSpider
Lachrymose rocks.

Jason Wyngarde
His bones contained unknown materials significantly more durable than calcium . the got milk ads are govt propaganda

Jason Wyngarde
With middle age, however, the Whizzer's ability to move at superhuman speed was diminished considerably.

age is the only thing that can stop the whizzer

ScarletSpider
His son Nuklo is pretty cool, he's part/was part of the V Battalion. Really powerful, but has the mind of an 8 year old.

SnakeEyes
so how fast is he?
faster than Quicksilver? the flash?

ScarFace Clone
he can run at 100 MPH!

Jason Wyngarde
have we forgetten about the whizzer?

ScarletSpider
I hope not.

Jason Wyngarde
the whizzer is needed now more than ever

Ironman 66
wizzer is friggin gay

ScarletSpider
Shut your ****ing blasphemous dope fiend mouth. You cannot hope to comprehend the powers that you are ****ing with. Just stop now.

Into the Void
Holy shit man, overreacting just a little? laughing

ScarletSpider
Maybe just a little lol.

bardock
i am with you scarlet

Mane
man, the Whizzer rules...ive always been a fan...

Ironman 66
whizzer cant do anything but friggin run

bardock
he is awesome. and dont even get me started on that fruit in the suit.censored

ScarletSpider
LOL. Fruit in the suit. That's priceless.

Whizzer rocks. Don't forget it, boy.

§nakehead
The wizzer is an abomination to the comic world. Haw!! mongoose blood! He can never be equal to daredevil,wolverine, Punisher, and ghost rider

bardock
whizzer would kick all thier asses easy. he has more years in the game than any of those bafoons.

ScarletSpider
Being equal to Wolverine would mean being inferior. Oh no! I'm a stupid little canuck who has metal bones! Watch me cry about not knowing my real name! Woop dee frickin shit!

And The Whizzer is all like. Oh yeah! I run fast, and have Mongoose blood! And my wife can fly, and she's a hottie. My son is kind of retarded, but with today's education systems, he'll be mainstreamed, diagnosed as dyslexic and nobody will ever notice! WOOP! WOOP!

bardock
true scarlet

§nakehead
1# ghost rider would blast him with hellfire and tramitize his little soul

2# punisher would use his millitary training and shoot wizzer 1000 times

2# wolvi would tear him to shreads with his claw and hes is a lot older over 120 years

3# daredevil could spank him like a four year old a k-mart

bardock
if they could even hit him. did you know that the average human fist travels at 30 mph and whizzer can move at 100 mph do the math

§nakehead
ghost rider would tramitize his pathetic little soul, make him relive ten fold his sins and then blast him with hellfire


pun has a death wish and has spent the rest of his life killing criminals

and wolvi dosent cry.......he slices you up with his claws

ScarletSpider
#1 You're no fun!

#2 Tie your shoe!

#3 Climb a tree!

#4 Whizzer owns, so shut up! smile

§nakehead
puns bullets could hit wiz and ghost rider would chase him down whith his demonic motorcyle and then tramitize his pathic soul

§nakehead
ohh you were only joking about him winning okey. I thought you weally ment he could take ghost rider and punisher

bardock
he would move before he could move his gun. he couldnt beat the bullet but he could beat the movements before the shot

§nakehead
ghost rider would still destory him. Because ghost rider can tramitize souls and blast hellfire

ScarletSpider
Only if the Whizzer has commited sins would Ghost Riders hellfire traumatize.

However, he was born in the 1920's, so he's a quaint old man who smokes a pipe, hands out Werthers Original candies and tells stories to all the little kids.

bardock
whizzer is a fella that i would let my daughter(if i had one) date

§nakehead
Im sure he has commited at least one thats all GR needs

bardock
nope not whizzer his bio is on the first page

Darth Jello
the whizzer's greatest appearance ever was in Deadpool #0. he got wasted for being named "whizzer" and wearing a yellow costume.

Into the Void
I have that comic. My favorite Deadpool comic yet. Remember the Uncle Ben and Aunt may clones? laughing

bardock
he didnt die that way

Ironman 66

bardock

Ironman 66

ScarletSpider

bardock

ScarletSpider

Tex
Any further member bashing will result in banishment.
Please get back on topic.

bardock
ok

Ironman 66
i still think the wizzer is not a good hero

ScarletSpider
I am sorry, oh powerful board master.

Darth Jello
it was a whizzer clone-arnim zola attacked deadpool with clones of marvel's lamest dead heroes. the best line in the comic was the uncle ben one..."DIE UNHOLY LIVER SPOTS!!!!" the only issue that topped it was the infamous #56 road runner and coyote issue.

ironman67

bardock
listen buddy you have been here like not even day. so could you please show a little more respect. i am not going to sink down to your level

Mane
check and mate my friend!

the Whizzer eventually changed his identity to Speed Demon

tkitna
The Whizzers alright, but I prefer the Blue Diamond or the Patriot.

Ironman
who or what the blue hell is a whizzer please tell What the f**k?

ScarletSpider
The Whizzer is a golden-age speedster archetype hero from Marvel (or what would become Marvel).

He got his powers when he was bit by a poisonous snake, and his father injected him with Mongoose blood (because mongoose eat snakes, so why not, eh?)


There was a second one who was a badguy and later changed his name to Speed Demon

And a third one from an alternate reality who is a good guy version of the second one who became Speed Demon.

bardock
good times

bardock
whizzer bitches

ScarletSpider
Yes. Glad to see you're back, Bardock.

bardock
its good to be back

ScarletSpider
GIANT-SIZE INVADERS #2

Written by Roy Thomas, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, penciled by Jay Anacleto, Frank Robbins, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, cover by Anacleto.

Captain America, the Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch - together again, in a brand-new story written by the legendary Roy Thomas! Plus: The greatest super heroes of World War II unite to battle the Axis powers in Invaders #1-2 (August-October 1975); the Sub-Mariner takes on the Torpedo Boat Terror, from All-Winners Comics #1 (Summer 1941); the Human Torch gets caught in the Carnival of Death, from ALL-Winners Comics #2 (Fall 1941); and Captain America cracks the Strange Case of the Malay Idol, also from All-Winners #2.

96 pages, $4.99, in stores on Nov. 30.

Help support the Whizzer's friends so we get more Whizzer himself!
Whizzer was a member of the All-Winners, but I'm unsure if they're repringint the entire issues, or just certain segments. Either way, get it!

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