FREAK QUINCY
Real Name: Possibly first or surname Quincy; full name unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human, possibly mutant or mutate
Occupation: Unrevealed
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: None
Enemies: Crimson
Dynamo (Valentin Shatalov), Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: California
First Appearance:
Iron Man I#255 (April, 1990)
Powers: Freak Quincy receives and broadcasts on "every conceivable frequency," apparently constantly. He hears all radio, television, and other transmissions directly in his head at all times, which leaves him mentally unstable. He possesses the ability to affect transmissions, as when he overrode Tony Stark's spinal bio-chip, or when he used the satellite uplink of the second Devastator and Stark Enterprises Microwave Transmissions facility to switch the minds of Tony Stark and Valentin Shatalov.
His makeshift costume included a hair-dryer
wielded like a gun; though it possessed no actual powers, he used it to
aim where he was directing energy, causing it to sometimes appear to
fire said energies.
Quincy constantly quoted songs and commercials between his brief moments of clarity.
Quincy lost both arms to an attack by Shatalov, and possibly suffered brain damage from overloading his powers.
Height: 6'3" (by estimation)
Weight: (with arms) 165 lbs.; (without arms) 144 lbs. (both by
estimation)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Reddish brown
History:
(Iron Man#255 (fb) - BTS) - Able
to constantly hear multiple broadcasts simultaneously playing in his
head, an unidentified man (whose name might include Quincy) was
apparently driven somewhat insane by the constant noise only he could
hear, resulting in others calling him a freak. Then an experimental
Microwave Transmissions facility belonging to Stark Enterprises added to
the problem, prompting him to try and stop it, so he could experience
"less noise in my head."
(Iron Man#255) - Quincy broke into the research facility,
where he was confronted by Iron Man (Tony Stark). Stark had been
paralyzed by a bullet wound to his spine, and had regained mobility
through the use of an experimental biochip implant. Quincy overloaded
the chip, temporarily paralyzing Stark until he could activate his
armor's servo-motors to move his legs.
At the same time, across the globe in the
Soviet Union, two agents, Crimson Dynamo and Devastator (Gregori
Larionov) were engaging in combat training. The Devastator utilized a
microwave uplink to a satellite as his power source. During the
training, Devastator maximized his satellite transmission, which
interacted with Stark's research facility, and through it with Freak
Quincy. The transmission surge triggered intense pain in Quincy, and he
redirected the energies at Iron Man, somehow transferring Stark and
Shatalov's minds into each others' body. Shatalov, uncertain what had
happened, recognized Quincy as at least partially responsible, and
activated Iron Man's pulse bolts, which blew both of Quincy's arms off.
He survived due to immediate cauterization, and was taken to a hospital.
After Stark and Shatalov determined what happened, he attempted to take
advantage of the situation and use Stark's access to learn the USA's
military secrets. Back in Russia in Shatalov's body, Stark contacted
Quincy by broadcasting on all frequencies, and had him deactivate the
biochip again, in order to slow down Shatalov (in Stark's body).
Shatalov put on the Iron Man armor to regain mobility and set out to
take vengeance on Quincy. Per Stark's instructions, Quincy activated his
transmission power while Stark simultaneously had Devastator attack him
(in Crimson Dynamo armor) with his full power. This resulted in the
return of the right minds to the right bodies, but Quincy collapsed with
a severe nosebleed from the effort.
Comments: Created by Glenn Herdling, Fabian Nicieza, and Herbe Trimpe.
Freak Quincy=Frequency, in case anyone failed
to spot the pun.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Freak Quincy has no known connections to:
images: (without ads)
Iron Man I#255, p2, pan6 (main image)
Iron Man I#255, p19, pan5 (face close-up, showing eye color)
Iron Man I#255, p18, pan5 (headshot)
Iron Man I#255, p3, pan4 (hairdryer "gun")
Iron Man I#255, p8, pan6 (disarmed)
Iron Man I#255, p20, pan4 (disarmed but not harmless)
Appearances:
Iron Man I#255 (April 1990) - Glenn Herdling & Fabian Nicieza
(writers), Herb Trimpe (art), Howard Mackie (editor)
First Posted: 08/16/2002
Last updated: 11/05/2026
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