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David Cannon (Earth-616)

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Love made me a criminal.

—Whirlwind[source]

Dave Cannon[1] is a mutant with the ability of spinning his body at high speeds and generate air vortices, granting him the alias of Whirlwind.[2] He has consistently used his powers to perform robbery, integrating himself into the criminal underworld of lower super-villains.[21] His activities, which started under the identity of the Human Top, made him a target of the size-altering Hank Pym and his partner, the wonderful Wasp.[1] Across the years, Whirlwind gradually developed a deep rancor for them, in addition to a sick obsession with the Wasp, which motivated most of his attacks on Pym and the Avengers.[22] For years, he disguised himself as a chauffer to gain access to the lives of the Wasp and the Avengers, until his ruse was exposed.[23] He has also acted as a henchman or lackey for a plethora of evil masterminds, most prominently Ultron,[13] Count Nefaria,[16][24] and Baron Zemo.[20]

History

On the Trail of the Human Top[]

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Causing trouble as a child

Dave Cannon was born with the fantastic talent to spin his body at great speeds,[1] a manifestation of his mutant capacities.[2] As a child in Kansas City, Missouri,[2] he learned that he never became dizzy, and could make himself nearly untouchable by swirling in a tight circle like a top. Using his natural abilities during his teens, he bullied his peers and committed small robberies. As he came of age, Cannon profited from his unusual powers in legitimate employment, as a circus performer, a professional wrestler, and finally an ice-skating competitor. His talents were noticed by small-time criminals that operated a betting syndicate, and soon he was fixing races for them. When the criminals warned him of possible police investigation, Cannon scoffed and decided to use his talent for crime flamboyantly, complementary to his ice-skating practice. Designing himself a costume, Cannon dubbed himself the Human Top and embarked upon a series of heists of jewelry and department stores, building a reputation.[1]

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Human Top Costume

Dr. Hank Pym, the gargantuan super-hero known as Giant-Man, read of the Human Top's exploits in the news and decided to bring him to justice. By communicating with ants, Pym learned that the Human Top intended to rob Danly's Department Store. During the attempted heist, Giant-Man went into action to try and stop him alongside his partner, the winsome Wasp, but could not match the thief's superspeed. His larger size proved to be more of a detriment, and the Human Top managed to escape. Since Cannon expected Pym to hunt him down, he prepared to make the first strike.[1] The Human Top detonated an abandoned ship to lure Pym, who had undergone physical training and chemically increased his speed. However, the Human Top dodged any attempts of getting caught. Ultimately, Pym realized that outsmarting the Human Top was the only way to defeat him. FBI intercepted some spies willing to acquire plans Top had stolen. When the Human Top attempted to make the delivery, Pym waited for him in disguise. The Human Top attempted to escape, but found that the authorities had fenced off the entire neighborhood, which led him to exhaustion. Pym captured him and turned him over to the authorities.[25]

David Cannon (Earth-616) from Tales to Astonish Vol 1 50 002

After months of incarceration, Cannon was left unwatched by guards due to his model behavior. Taking advantage of this, he used his speed to render himself invisible to the naked eye. The confused guards unlocked his cell to investigate the place, unwillingly making way for his escape. He immediately performed a bank robbery to fund his operations. This put Pym and the Wasp on his trail again. Able to recognize his enemies, the Human Top followed them to their laboratory, where he secured Pym's size-changing pills and took the Wasp hostage after becoming a giant. Due to his experience with altering his size, Pym was able to best the Human Top in physical combat. Being a clumsy goliath, Cannon was defeated and, once again, arrested.[26] This caused Cannon to develop an obsession with Pym and the Wasp, regarding them as archnemeses. He relentlessly stalked them in secrecy, to the point of travelling with them to New Mexico in a mission to approach the incredible Hulk. The Human Top convinced the Hulk to direct his rage against Pym, but in the end the monster's heroic tendencies prevailed. As such, the Human Top escaped unnoticed.[27]

The Human Top still schemed for revenge. At some point, he crashed an airplane onto Giant-Man to knock him out, but found himself unable to end his gigantic foe. In order to become a more efficient assailant, the Human Top designed a new aerodynamic costume that enable him to fly with his powers. Masquerading as a reporter, Cannon gained access to Pym's laboratory. Using his unforeseen flight capacities, he defeated Pym and kidnapped the Wasp.[28] Obsessed with destroying Pym, Cannon wished to make the Wasp love and serve him. The Human Top's lair was a complex trap with different mechanisms set to incapacitate Pym. Ironically, the Human Top fell victim to one of his traps, getting frozen in the process. When being arrested, his efforts proved only to solidify the relationship between Pym and the Wasp.[29] After serving a prison term, Cannon settled in lower Manhattan, practicing new fighting techniques using his spinning ability and planning to reinvent himself as a super-criminal. When stealing a piece of technology, he was opposed by Spider-Man, who was able to knock him out by hitting his exposed head. Spider-Man gained momentum by taking advantage of a wind vortex Cannon had generating, dubbed a whirlwind. Inspired by Spider-Man's comment about his tactics, Cannon adopted the name Whirlwind.[30]

Earth's Mightiest Chauffer[]

Still seeking revenge upon Pym and the Wasp for the humiliating defeats he had suffered at their hands, Whirlwind decided to proceed patiently. Creating the false identity of Charles Matthews, he acquired a portfolio of false credentials and was hired by Janet Van Dyne, the Wasp, as her chauffeur. Thus gaining access to the Avengers Mansion garage, he broke into the mansion donning his new armored and helmeted costume to ambush Pym and the Wasp. After trapping them inside an ant colony Pym was studying, Whirlwind psychologically tortured them by setting a time bomb nearby. Pym managed to escape and warn the Avengers about the bomb. Whirlwind fled the mansion, eluding the grasp of Quicksilver, also a mutant speedster.[2] Despite meeting defeat, Whirlwind's false identity of Charles Matthews remained uncompromised and he still led a dubious life close to his hated enemies.[31]

In order to make another strike at his enemies in the Avengers, Whirlwind accepted the invitation of the Crimson Cowl to join the Masters of Evil, being extremely cautious not to reveal his secret identity to anyone, either ally or foe. The Masters ambushed and took the Avengers hostage, with Whirlwind using his deep knowledge about the Avengers Mansion to his advantage.[13] However, due to the intervention of the new Black Knight, the Avengers escaped. The Crimson Cowl revealed himself to be the living automaton Ultron-5 and retreated. While the other Masters of Evil were apprehended, Whirlwind was an exception, casting a tornado to vanish freely.[32] Parallel to his plan of infiltrating the lives of Pym and the Wasp, Whirlwind maintained his criminal activities. He acted on a mission for the "Hood" to attack Captain America as part of Batroc's Brigade[17] and rejoined some of the Masters of Evil for a minor skirmish with the Avengers in Rutland, Vermont.[33]

Undercover as Janet Van Dyne's chauffeur, "Charles Matthews" comforted her as she grieved the apparent death of her now husband, Hank Pym. He attempted to take the opportunity to seduce the wealthy Van Dyne and gain access to her fortune. In fact, Pym had been reduced in size and found himself unable to restore his proper dimensions. As the Wasp, Van Dyne managed to reunite herself with her husband. As an alternative plan, Whirlwind tried to kidnap the Wasp, but could not overpower the tiny heroes. He then burned their house to the ground, leaving the world to believe Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne were dead.[22] As Charles Matthews, Whirlwind was able to put his hands on the fortune. He was opposed by Dr. Bill Foster, Pym's partner researcher, who refused to believe in his friends' demise.[34] The Pyms were saved from their condition with the help from the Avengers, and the Wasp's fortune was protected.[35]

The ordeal led Van Dyne to fire Matthews, ending his influence over her daily life. Unable to deal with the rejection, Whirlwind attacked a hospitalized Wasp, who was being watched by the Avengers. Having failed as the costumed criminal, he tried another ineffective shot as an ex-chauffer, pretending to be worried about her health. Directing his ire towards Pym, Whirlwind was able to protect himself from a cellular disruptor aimed at him. His unusual choice for defense made Pym realize he had privileged knowledge about the Avengers. As such, the years-long charade was ultimately dropped. Exposed, Whirlwind stood no change against Pym and the Avengers and went under arrest.[23] Able to craft an improvised bomb to escape imprisonment, Whirlwind was immediately intercepted by the ethereal Avenger known as the Vision. Immune to Whirlwind's attacks, the Vision swiftly defeated him.[36]

Criminal Underworld[]

Ultimately broken free from prison by Power Man under the orders of the resourceful Count Nefaria, Whirlwind became a henchman for the Lethal Legion. This placed him, once again, at odds with the Avengers. Nefaria promised to augment his lackeys' powers to give them ways to destroy the Avengers. Instead, during battle, Whirlwind and the others found themselves considerably weakened. In fact, Count Nefaria had stolen their special powers for himself.[16] Later on, after recovery, his associations in the supercriminal community thrived. He was recruited into a criminal version of the Defenders as part of a mediatic scheme.[37] The plot failed, and Whirlwind was sent to jail one more time.[38]

In prison, Cannon interacted with Hank Pym, who had been trialed for treason after an instance of domestic assault against Van Dyne. Cannon taunted Pym about his disastrous divorce, arguing he would look for the Wasp as soon as he left jail. The provocation put Pym in a bad situation with his wardens. Soon after, he was freed from jail by Pym's greatest enemy Egghead and was offered a position in a new version of the Masters of Evil. Unreasonably obsessed with the Wasp, Whirlwind disobeyed Egghead and prematurely went to the Avengers Mansion, assuming the position of her new chauffer to ambush her. His recklessness brought the Masters to an early defeat.[39]

Cannon was not only obsessed with Janet Van Dyne. He stalked Bonnie Kaye as well, a classmate he had in high school during a period he made impertinent advances towards her. For years, he incessantly attended his high school reunions to torment Kaye. In one of the meetings, she was escorted by the Hero for Hire and bodyguard Iron Fist. Intimidated by the super-hero, Cannon used his gear as Whirlwind to fight back. Iron Fist obliterated his protective helmet, but before meeting defeat, Whirlwind was surprisingly assisted by Kaye and made his escape.[40]

The Masters of Evil were reformed by Baron Zemo in an elaborate plan to end Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Whirlwind was tasked with detaining Captain America, parallel to a siege over Avengers Mansion.[14] Cautious about his mission, he contacted the Tinkerer, one of the underworld's major armorers, and had him create some weaponry; whirling wrist-mounted steel sawblades and miniature buzzsaw projectiles. Whirlwind became more lethal than ever. Joining forces with the Trapster, he set a road trap for Captain America, who ultimately outsmarted them and took them into custody.[20] Whirlwind took the operation led by the Masters of Evil to go under the radar in an attempt to secure a valuable piece of technology called the psycho-circuit in San Francisco. However, his associate Tiger Shark was intercepted by the West Coast Avengers, revealing his plan. Pym directed an ambush to get Whirlwind apprehended. Despite being defeated, Whirlwind expressed his disgust at having such a mediocre person such as Pym as a nemesis.[19]

Whirlwind was involved in several criminal activities partnered up with others. He attempted to steal a priceless vase from the sensational She-Hulk with other criminals[41] and he was hired to defend Diablo's interests, clashing with the speedster Northstar from Alpha Flight in the process.[42] During this period, he was a regular costumer of the Bar with No Name[43] and attended the annual A.I.M. Weapons Expo.[44]

After going back to his old habits of robbing banks by himself, Whirlwind was targetted by an enormous roster of Avengers. The crowded team acted clumsily and could not apprehend him. However, the teenage heroes Justice and Firestar were able to ambush and capture him, being joined by Hawkeye to put Whirlwind behind bars again.[45] In prison, Whirlwind was contacted by Justin Hammer to act as one of his secret henchmen. However, another recruit was Abe Jenkins, the former villain Beetle who defected to heroism as one of the Thunderbolts. Betrayed by Jenkins, Whirlwind and his comrades were brutalized by the behemoth monster Rhino, who refused to be ordered around.[46] Some time later, when Kang the Conqueror established rule over the planet, Whirlwind got away from prison and approached the time-travelling overlord to arrogantly propose to become of his generals. Offended, Kang teleported him away from his sight.[47]

Stinging Obsessions[]

Out of prison, Whirlwind became sickly obsessed with the Wasp. He hired sex works to dress as her so he could assault them. Through Maggia, he learned the Wasp was in Las Vegas in an attempt to rekindle her romance with her ex-husband Pym. Enraged, Whirlwind ambushed the couple of size-altering heroes, believing they would be easy targets for being distant from other Avengers. He was knocked out by the Wasp in his attempt.[48] He was incarcerated in a miniature prison developed by Pym, the Big House.[49]

Due to his obsession with the Wasp, Whirlwind earned a reputation as an unreliable element in the criminal underworld. He could only associate himself with low-level thieves. After skipping bail, he joined 8-Ball, Humbug, and Freezer Burn to rob the penthouse apartment of the wealthy Ricadonna.[21] After the assignment, they were alerted they got more than they had bargained for.[50] A legion of mercenaries hunted the robbers down. Whirlwind was tracked by his old partner, the Trapster. Using his adhesive paraphernalia, the Trapster caused Whirlwind to be severely hurt by the use of his spinning powers.[51]

During the Superhuman Civil War, the pro-registration forces incorporated convicts to serve in the conflict under the Thunderbolts. Led by Doctor Octopus, Whirlwind was one of the many criminals working for the government in the Thunderbolts Army, much to his disgust.[12] With the registration act fully active, the Thunderbolts became a rehabilitation program. One of their members was Scorpion, who worked with Whirlwind in the Masters of Evil and was the host of Venom. The Thunderbolts were kept in check with nanobots function in their bloodstream. Whirlwind secretly approached Venom after bringing him to a field mission by releasing the toxic Biohazard from Project Pegasus. Whirlwind gave Venom a substance created by Mister Hyde that would momentarily deactivate the nanobots and asked him to meet the former Masters of Evil in secrecy. The villains blackmailed Venom into getting them in contact with his superior Norman Osborn, the insane villain formerly known as the Green Goblin. They wished to bribe Osborn, getting advantage of his privileges as the director of Thunderbolts. With Venom's help, Osborn violently lashed out and brutalized them, putting an end to Whirlwind's plan.[52]

Osborn's influence grew immensely after his crucial role in eliminating the Skrull Queen during her planned invasion of Earth. As the director of H.A.M.M.E.R., he forced Whirlwind to abandon his costumed identity and act as his personal chauffer. In this position, Cannon was constantly humiliated by his new boss.[11] In fact, Cannon took advantage of this as an infiltrator inside H.A.M.M.E.R., acting as a mole for the interests of the mysterious Zodiac, who wished to bring chaos to destabilize Osborn's reign. Thanks to his actions, the Zodiac misdirected H.A.M.M.E.R.'s forces by dispatching the Red Ronin.[53] As a result, he was able to steal the precious Zodiac Key. Dave Cannon's betrayal was not discovered and he maintained his double assignment as Osborn's employee.[54]

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Another consequence of the Skrull invasion was the demise of the Wasp, who had been turned into a living bomb by the aliens as a last resource attack.[55] Pym took the identity of the Wasp to honor the legacy of his late wife[56] and also became the dean of the Avengers Academy to guide traumatized students in the ways of Earth's Mightiest Heroes after the end of Osborn's rule.[57] Whirlwind was extremely furious and offended with these events. He ambushed Pym with some of his students, threatening to end their lives to punish his enemy. He considered that Pym taking up the name of the Wasp was an insult. The students performed efficiently against their aggressor, and the incident revealed the class of Avengers to the public.[58] Sent to the Raft, Whirlwind eventually made his escape when the prison was destroyed.[59][60] He ended up joining the Lethal Legion, which was manipulated by Cable in his attack against the Avengers. Defeated once again, he was sent back to the Raft.[10]

The Heist[]

David Cannon (Earth-616) from Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 513

In a major change of events, Whirlwind was part of the legion of armored villains who were employed by Mandarin and upgraded by Zeke Stane using technology replicated from Tony Stark, the invincible Iron Man. Their mission was to destroy the armored golden Avenger.[9] Whirlwind caused chaos in the Wilmington Oil Field to lure Iron Man. This was an orchestrated ruse to bring Iron Man into action only to have his equipment turned off by Justine Hammer.[61] After making an escape, Whirlwind joined his associate, the Melter, in battling War Machine.[61] Followed by Iron Man, the villains rounded up their group with the Living Laser, ultimately murdering War Machine and fleeing.[62]

The Mandarin had a much more elaborate agenda. He wished to activated the Titanomech that would take over the planet. Tony Stark was mentally controlled by the Mandarin alongside Stane to build the technology that would enable his plan, and his lackeys were tasked with providing them with support and materials. During a heist, Whirlwind was attacked by War Machine, who had survived his attack and adopted the identity of the new Iron Man to save his ally.[63] Back to Mandarin City, Stark informed the villains who served the Mandarin that the technology they had been given to was implanted with bombs to guarantee subservience and incited a rebellion.[64] Whirlwind was part of the "Three Amigos" with the Living Laser and Blizzard, who joined Stark and Stane by sabotaging the Mandarin's armories. During the assault, Whirlwind's enhancements were damaged.[65] For that reason, he did not take part in the final battle against the Mandarin, that ended up with his death and the end of his insane plots.[66]

With the death of the Mandarin, the lackeys he had recruited formed a lasting bond, joining forces in their criminal activities. For a time, he was romantically involved with Firebrad, but ghosted her eventually. Through the Black Market Club, he was offered an opportunity by the Spymaster to perform a heist in the almost-defenseless Stark Tower, since the Avengers had left the planet. Spymaster's cadre had Whirlwind, Blizzard, Firebrand, Whiplash, Unicorn, and the mysterious Titanium Man.[67] After Blizzard was activated as an Inhuman, Whirlwind supported him in his decision to leave Spymaster, but they were forced into taking part of the mission.[68] Once there, although successful in securing Iron Man Armors, Spymaster betrayed and abandoned them. Titanium Man was revealed to be the buyer of the prize, as the high-ranking Captain Atlas of the Kree.[69] Escaping custody of the Kree by teaming up with Iron Man, the villains were able to escape. Whirlwind admitted he had developed feelings for Firebrand in the heat of the battle, while Blizzard let himself be captured to cover his associates' escape. Having been able to gather money from selling one Iron Man Armor to the Taskmaster, Whirlwind was able to enjoy a brief vacation.[70]

Hench App[]

As a professional henchman, Whirlwind offered his servies to the platform Hench App, developed by the Power Broker. He was contracted by Darren Cross, in a free trial mode, to combat Ant-Man.[71] At some point, Cannon was caught by S.H.I.E.L.D. and sent to their new secret prison known as Pleasant Hill, were they used Cosmic Cube technology to brainwash criminals into citizens. Whirlwind was transformed into the teenager Scotty, being good friends with Absorbing Man, who had been turned into the ice cream vendor Harold. When Baron Zemo disrupted the illusion, the two found out themselves battling Elektra. The Absorbing Man's wife Titania broke into the prison-town with her employer, the Hood. The two prisoners were offered a place in the Hood's Illuminati, which Whirlwind accepted.[3] However, after disagreeing with the Hood's methods, Titania put him down, dismantling his operation.[72]

Back to business with the Hench App, Whirlwind became frustrated with a series of failed assignments and unsuccessful romantic dates in Miami. He was ironically contacted by Ant-Man to join his Ant-Man Security Solutions.[6] Under the pretense of committing a millionaire heist, Ant-Man schemed an elaborate infiltration, which in fact aimed at rescuing his daughter, Cassie Lang from Cross.[73] Whirlwind and his comrades failed at getting any actually valuable item from Cross and learned Ant-Man had been captured in his attempt of freeing his daughter. As Ant-Man's partners considered rescuing him, Whirlwind promptly refused to help, departing with other villains.[74]

The Man Who Wasn't There[]

The Red Room hired Whirlwind, alongside the Beetle, to capture their defecting cadets, Ying and Nadia, the latter being Hank Pym's daughter, Janet Van Dyne's protégée and the new Wasp. This placed Whirlwind at odds with his object of obsession once again. The two Wasps managed to defeat him and send him to the authorities.[75] Since Ultron had merged with Hank Pym and infected many victims with his ideology, A.I.M.'s Scientist Supreme Monica Rappaccini convinced Whirlwind that Van Dyne's continued affection for her dead husband was a machination by the monstrous robot. This had Whirlwind join A.I.M. in a plan to destabilize Nadia's new initiative, G.I.R.L. Whirlwind sought out the Wasp and prevented her to protect the young scientists of G.I.R.L. from Rappaccini. With the girls under her care threatened, the Wasp demonstrated unprecedented brutality in knocking Whirlwind out and claimed his life would become a living hell if he ever approached them again.[76]

As a member of Count Nefaria's Lethal Legion, Whirlwind was a targetted by the vicious vigilante Sin-Eater, in a process that extirped his powers from him and forced a sense of repentance for his crimes.[24] At the Ravencroft Institute, Whirlwind was a model patient until the collected "sins" returned to their hosts, restoring their normal selves.[77] The Lethal Legion was dragged into a battle royale for Spider-Man's head due to the machinations of the demonic Kindred. Under the Sin-Eater's leadership, Whirlwind fought versions of the Sinister Six, until Doctor Octopus broke the contestants from the fabricated war.[78]

Mutankind established a nation on the island of Krakoa, granting citizenship and amnesty to any mutant in the world. Additionally, the mutants distributed Krakoan medicines to the world in exchange of political and economical recognition.[79] Vehemently rejecting any connection to mutant affairs, Whirlwind never accepted Krakoan nationality. When he took a bounty from a woman to murder her wealthy father at a hospital in Florida, he took the opportunity to make profit from Krakoan drugs he stole from it. This attracted the attention of the X-Men, who acted as ambassadors of Krakoa on the globe. As he caused chaos to cover his tracks, the X-Man Firestar opposed him, recalling their previous feud. With assistance from Cyclops, Firestar defeated him, after which he revealed he would rather be an incarcerated criminal than be a target for anti-mutant organizations.[80]

The Creature from Kosmos who controlled W.H.I.S.P.E.R. force Whirlwind to attack the Wasps. Van Dyne soon realized Cannon was not operating on his own volition. By identifying his buzzsaws were lined with formic acid, she recognized the mastermind behind the attack.[81] Once apprehended, Dave Cannon promised to name the man who had sent him in exchange for protection from W.H.I.S.P.E.R.[82] He did not receive this protection and was shot dead in his cell by a mysterious attacker.[83] The shooter was Hank Pym, who after breaking free from his fusion with Ultron, made ending his threat imperative. Pym assembled a Lethal Legion by using nano-robotic ants as bullets, which would control his victims. Secretly, Ultron had hold of the robots, scattering his consciousness among them for an ambush.[84]

However, the intelligence that merged with Whirlwind had autonomy, being the programming of Ultron-12, the heroic Ultron.[84] Revived in Whirlwind's body, the stoic man named Victor Shade used his mutant powers in unprecedented ways, with his superspeed powers accelerating his molecules to render his body intangible. This identity was an alias once assumed by the Vision.[85] After discovering Pym's plan and Ultron's trap, Janet Van Dyne and Victor Shade were able to stop them. Victor Shade usurped the mechanical body Ultron crated for himself with the nannites, releasing Whirlwind of their bond. Restrained by the Avengers,[84] Whirlwind was incarcerated in Ravencroft again, where he developed a friendship with Anna Watson.[86]

Attributes

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Powers

Whirlwind is a mutant.[2] His powers manifested when he was young, granting him the ability to spin at great speeds. By whirling around, he can move fast, deflect physical blows, and maintain balance upside down.[1] When donning aerodynamic suits, Whirlwind can also use his powers to fly.[28] A potential consequence of his abilities is the creation of powerful windblasts.[48] Whirlwind combines his superspeed with the use of sharp wrist-blades, usually buzzsaws, to deal damage to his opponents.[20]

Bodily Rotation: Whirlwind can spin his body rapidly along its lengthwise axis at incredible speeds.[1] He can achieve the rate of four hundred rotations per minute. In order to maintain his body spinning, Whirlwind's sense of balance is determined by his sight, instead of his inner ears, allowing him maintain constant equilibrium at all times and making him immune to dizziness.[87] As such, while rotating, he is able to maintain his senses to normally perceive and interact with his environment. He demonstrates exceptional maneuverability, to the point of easily twisting and turning to avoid obstacles. Additionally, when whirling, he is virtually untouchable, since most objects and physical attacks are repelled by the centrifugal force he generates. Thus, it is significantly difficult to restrain him or even to impede his motion.[1] With sufficient momentum, he can also spin up vertical surfaces.[19]

  • Superhuman Speed: With his spinning powers, Whirlwind is able move along in any direction at superhuman speeds.[1] He can travel at up to fifty miles per hour, and is able to keep up with his superspeed for thirty minutes without tiring appreciably.[87] His limits rival the potential of other speedsters, such as Quicksilver,[88] and Northstar.[42]
  • Superhuman Reflexes: In order to keep up with his high speed, Whirlwind has enhanced reflexes, displaying a reaction time that is near-instantaneous. When spinning at high speeds, he can perform different parallel activitis, such as picking up objects, changing clothes, or punching opponents.[1]
  • Air Manipulation: By rapidly twisting his limbs, Whirlwind can generate focused tornadoes that can manifest great destructive force. These air vortices can drag or blow away large objects. The concentrated force of the air currents can act as a jet stream powerful enough to destroy brick walls[48] or create a windscreen to act as a force field, which is even able to reverse the trajectory of bullets by creating.[18] More recently, his power levels have been shown to be powerful enough to cast potent windstorms.[80]
  • Aerial Flight: In order to improve his performance, Whirlwind considered that an aerodynamical suit would enable him to utilize his powers to fly. Since testing and finishing a suit, he demonstrated the capacity for flight.[28] Simulating the aerodynamics of a helicopter, he has the potential to stay in the air for at least ten minutes with a top speed of around 120 miles per hour.[87] Optionally, instead of keeping his entire body spinning in a vortex, Whirlwind is able to ride the air current generated by his movements, leaving his upper body free to perform other tasks.[32] Despite his flight capacities originally being a result of his suit, Whirlwind has demonstrated the ability to ride air currents without any special paraphernalia.[60]
  • Altered Physiology: The physiology of Whirlwind is adapted to suit the use of his abilities. His body fluids are relatively thicker than those of an averge human and his organs are exceptionally durable and resistant to trauma.[87] As a consequence, Whirlwind can resist impacts when using his spinning abilities that would severely injure a normal person.[33]

Paraphernalia

Equipment

  • Aerodynamical Suit: As the Human Top, Dave Cannon considered that, by donning an aerodynamical suit, he could employ his natural abilities for flight. As such, he designed and tested a special suit for this purpose.[28] It cane be assumed that, ever since, his special costumes have an influence in his flight abilities. However, he has been able to roam the airs without any special suit.[60]
  • Chain Mail Armor: After incorporating buzzsaw blades into Whirlwind's costume, the Tinkerer covered the suit with a chain mail armor in order to add extra protection against the sharp blades and prevent a potential accident. As such, the body armor enhances Whirlwind's durability, protecting him at some level of external impacts and attacks.[20]

Weapons

  • Whirlwind Blades: Whirlwind employs two ten-inch-diameter buzzsaw blades made of tempered steel installed over metal bracelets worn on his wrists. These are activated by switches on the palm of his costume. The composition of the steel is durable enough to saw through a variety of objects and obstacles, making them extremely lethal weapons. In addition to these blades, Whirlwind also employs miniature projectable buzzsaws he propel at high velocities.[20] The twin blades spin at approximately 1600 revolutions per minute.[citation needed] In some versions of his costume, the buzzsaw blades are replaced by sharp razor blades with different formats.[45][18]

Notes

  • For a long period, Dave Cannon took advantage of his secret identity and his helmeted costume to disguise himself as the chauffer of Janet Van Dyne.[2] His façade was only revealed after Van Dyne's husband, Hank Pym, connected his activities as a criminal with his attitude as her personal driver.[23] However, before this situation, both Pym and Van Dyne had interacted with the unmasked Dave Cannon,[26][89] which would presumably not justify him being able to conceal his true identity.
  • In Invincible Iron Man #522, an exchange between Whirlwind and Titanium Man implied that both characters working for the Mandarin were, in fact, new bearers of their respective mantles. However, in Infinity: Heist #1, a comment by Firebrand, who was also involved in the aforementioned story arcs, confirms Cannon was the Whirlwind involved in those events.

Trivia

See Also

Links and References

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Tales to Astonish #50
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Avengers #46
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Illuminati #6
  4. ↑ Captain America: Steve Rogers #13
  5. ↑ Avengers Inc. #4
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Astonishing Ant-Man #8
  7. ↑ Elektra (Vol. 4) #11
  8. ↑ Invincible Iron Man #524
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Invincible Iron Man #513
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Avengers: X-Sanction #1
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Dark Reign: Zodiac #1
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Thunderbolts #107
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Avengers #54
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Marvel Age Annual #2
  15. ↑ Defenders #63
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Avengers #164
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Captain America #130
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Infinity: The Heist #1
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #16
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 Captain America #324
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Daughters of the Dragon #1
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Marvel Feature #6
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Avengers #139
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) #46
  25. ↑ Tales to Astonish #51
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Tales to Astonish #55
  27. ↑ Tales to Astonish #59
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Tales to Astonish #68
  29. ↑ Tales to Astonish #68–69
  30. ↑ Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37
  31. ↑ Avengers #47
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Avengers #55
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Avengers #83
  34. ↑ Marvel Feature #9
  35. ↑ Marvel Feature #10
  36. ↑ Avengers Annual #6
  37. ↑ Defenders #63–64
  38. ↑ Defenders #65
  39. ↑ Avengers #222
  40. ↑ Power Man and Iron Fist #106
  41. ↑ Sensational She-Hulk #24
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Alpha Flight #102
  43. ↑ Marvel Comics Presents #97
  44. ↑ Captain America #411–413
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 Avengers (Vol. 3) #4
  46. ↑ Thunderbolts #26
  47. ↑ Avengers (Vol. 3) #44
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 Avengers (Vol. 3) #71
  49. ↑ She-Hulk #5
  50. ↑ Daughters of the Dragon #2
  51. ↑ Daughters of the Dragon #3
  52. ↑ Thunderbolts: Reason in Madness #1
  53. ↑ Dark Reign: Zodiac #2
  54. ↑ Dark Reign: Zodiac #3
  55. ↑ Secret Invasion #8
  56. ↑ Secret Invasion: Requiem #1
  57. ↑ Avengers Academy #1
  58. ↑ Avengers Academy #5
  59. ↑ Thunderbolts #158
  60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 Fear Itself: The Home Front #2
  61. ↑ 61.0 61.1 Invincible Iron Man #514
  62. ↑ Invincible Iron Man #515
  63. ↑ Invincible Iron Man #522
  64. ↑ Invincible Iron Man #523
  65. ↑ Invincible Iron Man #524–525
  66. ↑ Invincible Iron Man #526
  67. ↑ Infinity: Heist #1
  68. ↑ Infinity: Heist #2
  69. ↑ Infinity: Heist #3
  70. ↑ Infinity: Heist #4
  71. ↑ Astonishing Ant-Man #1
  72. ↑ Illuminati #7
  73. ↑ Astonishing Ant-Man #9
  74. ↑ Astonishing Ant-Man #10
  75. ↑ Unstoppable Wasp #7
  76. ↑ Unstoppable Wasp (Vol. 2) #8–9
  77. ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) #56
  78. ↑ Sinister War #3–4
  79. ↑ House of X #1
  80. ↑ 80.0 80.1 X-Men Annual (Vol. 4) #1
  81. ↑ Wasp #1
  82. ↑ Wasp #2
  83. ↑ Wasp #4
  84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 84.2 Avengers Inc. #5
  85. ↑ Avengers Inc. #1
  86. ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 6) #45–46
  87. ↑ 87.0 87.1 87.2 87.3 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #12
  88. ↑ Avengers #48
  89. ↑ Tales to Astonish #69
  90. ↑ 90.0 90.1 X-Men: The 198 Files #1
  91. ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update Vol 1 4
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