Who Is Whizzer (Frank)? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Whizzer (Frank) is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Robert L. Frank, with over 240 comic issue appearances. The Whizzer is a war-time superhero possessing superhuman speed. Acting as a member of the Invaders and Liberty Legion during World War II, the Whizzer continued his crime-fighting career decades after the war and even joined the Avengers.

Who is Whizzer (Frank)?

Origin As a child, Robert Frank was attacked and bitten by a cobra. Believed poisoned, his father injected him with mongoose blood believing it would serve as an antidote. The transfusion seemingly gave him superhuman speed (in actual fact it kick-started his latent mutant power) and as Robert grew into an adult he became the superhero known as Whizzer. Creation Whizzer was created by an unknown writer and the artist Al Avison and first appeared in USA Comics #1 in August 1941. Character Evolution Whizzer was one of Timely 's Golden Age characters who appeared in USA Comics and later in All-Winners Comics . Rather minor next to fellow Golden Age creations Captain America , Human Torch and Sub-Mariner , Whizzer was never-the-less brought back into the spotlight in 1974 by Roy Thomas first in Giant-Size Avengers #1 and subsequently in Thomas' Invaders series (set during the war). It was in Invaders and subsequent appearances in The Avengers (both teams of which he became a member) that his origin was retconned to make him a mutant, much of his backstory was fleshed out and his connection to the Avengers ' Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch was revealed. Major Story Arcs Liberty Legion Dur.

Key facts

Whizzer (Frank) is of mutant origin. The character is published by Marvel. With 240 recorded issue appearances, Whizzer (Frank) ranks among the most featured characters in comics.