PhoenixRising

Okay. You can tell me later on the OT thread if you have time.

sum1

"Quicksilver" is an old term for mercury, so I guess he goes in a thermometer.

PhoenixRising

And Mercury was the Roman version of Hermes, the messenger of the Greek gods of Olympus, known for superhuman speed. That was also the inspiration for The Flash.

sum1

Yeah, I know about Mercury and Hermes.

PhoenixRising

I figured that, I was just speaking rhetorically.

sum1

The Flash is inferior. Quicksilver is much better. At least he has a personality.

PhoenixRising

I think The Flash is faster, but Evan's Quicksilver is much better than the comic Quicksilver. I never cared for the comic book Quicksilver because he was kind of an ass.

sum1

Better an ass than no personality. The Flash is faster because DC heroes are overpowered.

PhoenixRising

Yes, I know, sum1. I just wish comic book Quicksilver were more like Evan's Quicksilver. It's rare that I ever concede that a movie version was better than the comics version.

sum1

Evan's Quicksilver is certainly good but I think a lot of that is down to how the actor does it. I don't think it could necessarily be duplicated in the comics. I'm ok with the comic book version of Quicksilver. Peter David made him funny in X-Factor in the early '90s.

PhoenixRising

Oh, Quicksilver was in X-Factor in the early 90's? I remember Havok being in it, but I didn't know who else. And wasn't Havok involved with Lorna Dane/Polaris? And they have her involved with this Eclipse dude in The Gifted? Oh well...

I never saw any version of Quicksilver in the comics that wasn't annoying. He's second only to Namor in that respect.

sum1

Yes Havok was involved with Polaris as far back as the '60s and as late as (I think) this century. It was like Jean and Scott.

X-Factor in the early '90s included Havok, Polaris, Quicksilver, Strong Guy (Guido Carosella), Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) and Madrox the Multiple Man. There was a great run by Peter David on the title, but when he wasn't on the title it was rather mediocre.

PhoenixRising

Yep, I remember. Havok got involved with Madelyne Pryor/The Goblin Queen during that whole Inferno storyline, when Havok, Dazzler, and Longshot were all brainwashed by her. That kinda put a hitch in his relationship with Polaris, one of many mistakes that Marvel made with them. I think Marvel did more damage to Alex and Lorna than they did to Scott and Jean.

So Quicksilver was in X-Factor? He never really did mesh with the Avengers as well as Wanda did. The Avengers were her home and family more than the X-Men ever were. But I'm not surprised that X-Factor got canceled later on in the 90's. The only reason that comic existed was to reunite the original five. Once they were integrated back into the X-Men, X-Factor lost all relevance. It's a shame, because I liked that comic back in the 80's when the original five were in it.

sum1

The X-Factor comic went for longer with the second team than it did with the first. The second team lasted quite a while, about 7 years.

PhoenixRising

Yeah, but were there sales as good as the original five? They're the only reason I read that comic. I stopped reading after Jim Lee came out with X-Men #1 and the five went back to the X-Men.

Evan's in a new movie:

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