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THE GOLDEN AGE CYCLONES The first Cyclone was a character published by Quality in ''National Comics'' #1. Founded by printer Everett M.Arnold in 1939 , Quality Comics published a large number of titles during the 1940s . Arnold launched the company with Feature Funnies , which he had bought from another company, but this was soon joined by several additional titles, becoming one of the more prominent wartime comics groups. A second character with the same name was published by Nita Publications , in Whirlwind #1, June 1940 . MARVEL'S CYCLONE Cyclone I The first time Marvel used a character with the name Cyclone was in '''Amazing Spider-Man'' #143 published April 1975. Background Formerly an Engineer for NATO , Cyclone had a falling out with his former employees, supposedly related to political decisions over implementing his research, based on the development of a wind-generating weapon. Cyclone took his invention and used it for his own criminal ends, developing his Cyclone costume and other weapons. Like many criminal masterminds in Spider-Man comics, he decided to form a gang and capture J. Jonah Jameson , the owner of the Daily Bugle and like so many criminal masterminds who follow this plan, he was defeated by Spider-Man. He was subsequently employed by the Maggia , and was doing relatively well for himself (in spite of a subsequent defeat at the hands of Spider-Man), when he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and met his death at the hands of Scourge . Powers & Paraphernalia Strength Level: Normal; Powers: Power to generate winds up to cyclone force; Abilities: Technically brilliant; Equipment: Wind-generating equipment; Weapons: Wind; Limitations: Chooses inappropriate drinking establishments Cyclone II First Appearance: '' Thunderbolts '' #3 This Cyclone was only small-time Thief in France named Pierre Fresson, until the technology from the first Cyclone's suit was recreated by a crime family. The suit generates a Tornado around half the wearer's body from the mid-section down. Cyclone II is a member of both the 7th and 8th incarnation of the Masters Of Evil . Cyclone III A third Cyclone appeared in ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #97 (April 1992), this time as a Silver Sable villain who had no connection with the previous or current Cyclone known in the Spider-Man and Thunderbolts comics. |
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