Talk:Quicksilver (comics)
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It seems pretty silly to name this page Pietro Maximoff, which is not how anyone thinks of this character. It should get moved to Quicksilver (comics) or something like that. mhr
- I moved the page from Pietro Maximoff to Quicksilver (comics). -mhr 02:26, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)
I removed the following info from the page, which seems way too detailed for an encyopedic entry on a fictional character, and also seems suspiciously like something lifted directly from a volume of Marvel Universe or something (and therefore a copyright violation). -mhr 02:30, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- His entire body is highly adapted to the rigors of high-speed running. His cardiovascular and respiratory systems are many times more efficient than those of normal humans. He metabolizes about 95% of the caloric energy he consumes, whereas a normal human only uses about 25%. The chemical processes of Quicksilver's musculature are so enhanced that his body does not generate fatigue poisons, the normal by-products of locomotion, which force the body to rest. Rather, his body constantly expels waste products during his accelerated respiration through exhalation. His joints are smoother and lubricated more efficiently than those of a normal human. His tendons have the tensile strength of spring steel. His bones contain unknown materials significantly more durbale than calcium to withstand the shock of his feet touching the ground at speeds of over 100 miles per hour. His practical reaction is about 5 times faster than that of a normal human, and the speed at which his brain processes information is heightened to a level commensurate to his bodily speed, enabling him to perceive his surrounding while traveling at high velocities. His lachrymose fluids are more viscous than normal, thus preventing rapid evaporation of his eyeball fluids under the influence of high velocity wind. He has been timed at speeds of 175 miles per hour, about 3 times faster than the fastest known land animal, the cheetah. He has sufficient resources to allow him to maintain this speed for about four hours, at which point he must either slow down or stop to rest. Quicksilver has used his powers of acceleration to perform various feats. He has plucked an arrow out of the air from a standing start, after it had already left the bow and traveled about 20 feet. He has dodged machine gun fire, but presumably he was able to see the path of the bullets change as his assailant was attempting to track him with a burst. He has created cyclone-like gusts of wind, which are able to knock a man off his feet, by racing around in a ten-foot diameter circle. With a 500-foot approach to gain momentum, Quicksilver can run approximately 300 feet up the side of a surface with a 90-degree inclination (such as a building) before gravity overtakes him. With a 100-foot approach to gain momentum, he can run across a body of water for approximately 1000 feet before beginning to sink.
