Whip Whirlwind (DC Legends)

Whip Whirlwind
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Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	Whip Whirlwind
Other Aliases	Max Mercury
Affiliation	Flash Family
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Origin
Universe	DC Legends
Creators	Jack Cole · Chuck Mazoujian
First Appearance	DC Legends (March 11, 2016)
Appearance of Death	DC Legends (March 11, 2016)

Whip Whirlwind was a speedster superhero that influenced The Flash.

History

Whip Whirlwind later took on a new alias, Max Mercury, and became a close ally of The Flash. He served as the mentor of Impulse. At the end of his life, Max was taken into the Speed Force by Black Flash.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Speed Force Conduit: Speed force conduits possess a connection to the Speed Force, a cosmic force that allows its users to push the boundaries that keep time and space. As a conduit of the Speed Force, all aspects of their physiology are accelerated and enhanced.
  • Accelerated Healing: By having a connection to the speed force, every speed force conduit has an incredibly fast healing ability and can heal from most injuries in seconds and devastating injuries in minutes.
  • Enhanced Senses: The Speed Force enhances the speedster's senses, allowing them to perceive and process thoughts faster than the normal person.
  • Phasing: Speed Force conduits can tap into the Speed Force to vibrate their molecules in a way to achieve intangibility for short bursts, allowing them to phase through objects.
  • Speed Force Aura: The Speed Force manifests an aura around the speedster and whatever they are carrying, protecting them from adverse effects of their speed, such as friction with the air.
    • Superhuman Durability: The Speed Force Aura also protects speedsters from kinetic impacts, which in turn, makes them much more durable and resistant to injury than any normal human.
  • Superhuman Stamina: The Speed Force grants its conduits with a great increase of stamina, allowing them to fight or run much longer than the average person. Although a great increase, it is not unlimited.
  • Superhuman Speed: The universal factor of being a Speed Force conduit grants its user with imperceptible amounts of speed. All powers that conduits possess derives from their speed.. This also confers:
    • Superhuman Agility: The speedster's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels. This allows them to easily maneuver while moving at superhuman speed.
    • Superhuman Reflexes: In conjunction with their enhanced senses, The speedster's reflexes are heightened immesurably, allowing them to dodge or react faster than normal.
  • Vortex Creations: Speed Force conduits are able to create vortices of air by running in circles or rotating their extremities at super-speed. These vortices can be used for a number of effects.

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the video game DC Legends and is an adaptation of Quicksilver. The original character was created by Jack Cole and Chuck Mazoujian and first appeared in National Comics #5.

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Footnotes

Flash Family member This character is or was an incarnation of or an ally of The Flash, and a member of the Flash Family of speedsters. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "Flash Family members" category.