Speed (character)

Speed (Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the Young Avengers, a team of teenaged superheroes in the Marvel Universe. His powers are similar to his uncle Quicksilver. Created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, Speed first appeared in the comic book Young Avengers #10 (March 2006). In the 12th issue, he adopts the costumed identity Speed and joins the Young Avengers. His story sees him discovering that he and the magical teen hero Wiccan are long-lost twin brothers, and that the pair are the reincarnations of the illusory sons of the Scarlet Witch and her former husband Vision. Tommy is the reincarnation of Thomas Maximoff, a character created by Steve Englehart and Richard Howell who first appeared in The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #12 (September 1986). As a bisexual individual, Tommy has dated Kate Bishop and David Alleyne. An illusory Tommy appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021), portrayed by Gavin Borders and Jett Klyne. Klyne returned as a human version of Tommy from an alternate reality in the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). Maximoff will return in his teenage reincarnation, Thomas Shepherd's body, in the series VisionQuest (2026), portrayed by Ruaridh Mollica.