Speed (Shepherd)

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  • Real Name: Thomas “Tommy” Shepherd
  • AKA: –
  • Family: Frank Shepherd (father), Mary Shepherd (mother), William Kaplan (reincarnated twin brother), Quentin Keough (previous incarnation’s maternal ancestor), Lenore Keough (previous incarnation’s maternal ancestor), Henry Pym (previous incarnation’s “paternal great-grandfather”), Django Maximoff (previous incarnation’s “maternal adoptive grandfather/great uncle”, deceased), Marya Maximoff (previous incarnation’s “maternal adoptive grandmother/great aunt”, deceased), Ultron (previous incarnation’s “paternal grandfather”), Natalya Maximoff (“maternal grandmother”), Wanda Maximoff (“birth mother”), Vision (“birth father”), Virginia (“step-mother”, deceased), William Maximoff (previous incarnation’s “twin brother”, deceased), Pietro Maximoff (previous incarnation’s “maternal uncle”), Ana Maximoff (previous incarnation’s “maternal adoptive aunt/first cousin once removed”, deceased), Mateo Maximoff (previous incarnation’s “maternal adoptive uncle/first cousin once removed”, deceased), Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff (previous incarnation’s former “maternal aunt”), Alkhema (previous incarnation’s “paternal aunt”), Victor Mancha (previous incarnation’s “paternal uncle”), Simon Williams (previous incarnation’s “paternal uncle”), Jocasta (previous incarnation’s “paternal aunt/former grandmother”), Vivian (“half-sister”), Vivian 2.0 (“half-sister”), Vin (“half-brother,” deceased), Talia Wagner (alternate reality “half-sister”), Luna Maximoff (“maternal cousin”), Mephisto (previous incarnation’s soul source), Thomas Maximoff (previous incarnation, deceased), Theodore Altman (brother-in-law)
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Gender: Male
  • Height: 5′8″ (1.73 m)
  • Weight: 155 lbs (70.31 kg)
  • Eyes: Green
  • Hair: White
  • Unusual Feature: Thomas bears a striking resemblance to Quicksilver as well as Wiccan
  • Origin: Mutant reincarnated from a magical construct created by Scarlet Witch as a “son”
  • Universe: Marvel Prime Universe (Earth-616)
  • Identity: Secret
  • Citizenship: American
  • Occupation: Fugitive, student, adventurer
  • Education: Juvenile Hall
  • Base of Operation: Scarlet Witch and Vision’s Home, Leonia, New Jersey, Formerly Bishop Publishing, New York City, New York; high security detention center; Springfield, New Jersey

I’m still confused how he can be older then Franklin Richards when he is the reincarnate from a younger person but let zoom through this. Introduced in Young Avengers #10 (2006) by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, Tommy was in and out of juvenile halls for most of his life. It was in one of this sentences when he was rescued by the Young Avengers, who needed some to rescue Hulkling and were using Vision program to local the next generation of Avengers, which he was part of. Upon escaping and meeting the Young Avengers, he met Wiccan, who they said could be his twins. He would help the team and helped them rescue Hulkling, stopping the fight between the Kree and Skrull over Hulkling. He joined the team taking the name Speed.

After a run in with the Runaways where Speed develops a sibling like relationship with Molly Hayes, Speed and Wiccan went in search of Scarlet Witch to try and to find out about their origins. Their search for her kept getting interrupted by events like Dark Reign and the Siege of Asgard. They would eventually find her in Latvaria, where it was revealed that her breakdown that saw the attack on the Avengers was all because of Doom. After an adventure which saw the death of Stature and Young Vision as well as the return of Scott Lang, they were reunited with their mother who confirmed that they were indeed the reincarnaions of her sons.

After the team broke up, Tommy began working for a company using his speed to assemble parts. There he met David Alleyne, he was later attacked by something that resembled Patriot. After a confrontation, Tommy seemed to have been evaporated but after the Young Avengers defeated Mother, he returned and joined the celebration. After that David and Tommy began dating and Tommy attended Billy’s and Teddy’s wedding. He would eventually join David on Krakoa, where he witnessed the death and resurrection of Wanda. He would later take it upon himself to keep an eye on an amnesiac Master Pandamonium.

Possible Figures

  • Which has the best chance of being made? – Speed has only really had one suit that has been drawn differently by different artists.
  • How can it be made? – Another easy one to make. This could use either the new Miles Morales body or the Amazing Fantasty Body. As for where to put him, this one is also obvious as he can easily be slotted into any Avengers wave. If they really wanted to, they could make Young Avengers box set.
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