Thomas Shepherd (Earth-616)

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Real Name

Thomas Shepherd

Current Alias

Speed

Aliases

Tommy

Identity

Secret

Affiliation

Young Avengers

Relatives

Frank Shepherd (adoptive father)

Mary Shepherd (adoptive mother)
Vernon van Dyne ("paternal great-great-grandfather", deceased)
Henry Pym ("paternal great-grandfather")
Wasp ("paternal great-grandmother")
Ultron ("paternal grandfather")
Jocasta ("paternal grandmother")
Magneto (maternal grandfather)
Magda Lehnsherr (maternal grandmother, deceased)
Alkhema ("paternal aunt")
Victor Mancha ("paternal half-uncle") Simon Williams ("paternal uncle")
Eric Williams ("paternal uncle")
Anya Lehnsherr (maternal aunt, deceased)
Quicksilver (maternal uncle)
Crystal (aunt)
Vision ("magical biological father")
Scarlet Witch ("magical biological mother")
Wiccan ("magical biological brother")
Nocturne (maternal half-sister)

Luna Maximoff (maternal cousin)

Universe

Earth-616

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Hair

Silver

Unusual Features

Thomas has a striking resemblance to Quicksilver as well as Wiccan.

Status

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Origin

Origin

Mutant. Thomas is a reincarnation of the Scarlet Witch's son Thomas.

Creators

Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung

First appearance

Young Avengers #10
(February, 2006)

History

Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) and the other Young Avengers recently located another teenager with ties to the Avengers using the same program devised by the Vision that Iron Lad used to locate most of the current Young Avengers. The group found Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd, a white-haired boy with hyperkinetic powers. Right away, it was noted that Tommy bore a striking resemblance to Billy and Quicksilver, sharing the latter's hair color and similar abilities.

In Young Avengers #12, Tommy adopts the codename "Speed".

In Young Avengers #11, Tommy's possible relationship to the Scarlet Witch, Vision, and Billy was revealed by the Super-Skrull and Vision. In the past, Scarlet Witch was so desperate to have children that she used her reality-warping powers to create twin sons out of fragments of the soul of the demon Mephisto. When the boys' souls were reabsorbed into Mephisto, they destroyed him and their souls were reincarnated as Tommy and Billy.

Heinberg stated on the situation in a transcript with fans, "According to Billy's theory, the souls of Wanda's twins inhabited his and Tommy's bodies when they were dispersed from Mephisto. But it's only a theory." He also stated in another interview that his plans for the new 'season' involved the two searching for Wanda, stating "If everything goes according to plan, Wanda will indeed return to Young Avengers early in Season Two, when Billy and Tommy embark on a search for the true source of their powers.

Much conjecture has been made as to their appearance and powers, and while interviews have stated that they are, indeed, her children, in the comics the only indication there of is K'lrt's statements and Vision's files. Billy believes himself to be Wanda's son, however Tommy has been more skeptical about the situation. At this time, while it is exceptionally likely that the two are indeed the reborn souls of Scarlet Witch's children, it does not confirm that Scarlet Witch is their 'mother,' only that she may once have been so in a previous life.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Supersonic Speed: Speed is superhumanly fast and his top speed is unknown, but he can exceed the speed of sound.

• Molecular Destabilization: can also generate hyperkinetic vibrations that accelerate the molecules in matter, causing any solid object he directs his vibrations at to explode
  

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Appearances of Thomas Shepherd (Earth-616)
• Character Gallery: Thomas Shepherd (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Thomas Shepherd (Earth-616)
• Quotations by Thomas Shepherd (Earth-616)

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