Quicksand (comics)

Quicksand
Quicksand on the cover of The Mighty Thor #392 (June 1988). Art by Ron Frenz and Brett Breeding.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Thor #392 (June 1988)
Created by	Tom DeFalco (Writer) Ron Frenz (Artist)
In-story information
Team affiliations	Femizons Masters of Evil Thunderbolts Women Warriors
Abilities	Enhanced strength, speed, agility, stamina, durability and reflexes Shapeshifting Size and mass manipulation Ability to transform into a malleable sand-like substance

Quicksand is a fictional character, a supervillainess appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Quicksand, the invention of Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz, first appeared in Thor #392.

A woman of Vietnamese descent, Quicksand was once a scientist working at a nuclear facility. An accident transforms her body into a sand-like substance (similar to Sandman). Pretty and selfish, she has a hard time adjusting to her transformation. She calls herself Quicksand and attacks the nuclear reactor in a rage and in hopes of revenge for the accident, hoping to force it to shut down. She was confronted by Thor but nonetheless succeeds in causing the reactor to melt down. Thor prevents disaster by using his hammer to transport the entire facility to another dimension, and Quicksand escapes.

She was later contacted by Mongoose, on behalf of Count Tagar, who desires a cell sample from Thor in order to create a race of gods. She wants nothing to do with Thor but is persuaded to battle him once Mongoose demonstrated a device which could temporarily transform her back into human form. Quicksand barely holds her own against Thor, and once Mongoose collects the tissue sample, she escapes once more.

Since then, Quicksand has apparently resigned herself to her transformation, and even, in fact, to revel in the power and profit she has enjoyed as a professional super-criminal. She serves for a time with Superia's Femizons, first appearing aboard the cruise ship to Femzonia, where she battled Anaconda. She was also among the superhuman women who fought Captain America and Paladin; the Femizons were later shut down by Captain America and Paladin. Later, Quicksand somehow came to the attention of the rogue Egyptian god Seth, who dispatches her, Bison, and Mongoose to steal a sample of Inferno-42 from the intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D. In the course of this mission, they battle Thunderstrike, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Alex DePaul, and hero-for-hire Luke Cage. During the battle, a conscience-stricken Bison turns on his partners, defeating Quicksand and saving the life of DePaul, who lets Bison go free in gratitude.