Speed (Tommy Shepherd) is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, a member of the Young Avengers. Created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, the character first appeared in Young Avengers #10 (February 2006). A teenage superhero able to move at superhuman speed, his appearance is patterned on that of Quicksilver.
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Famous quotes containing the word speed:
“Wait, Kate! You skate at such a rate
You leave behind your skating mate.
Your splendid speed won’t you abate?
He’s lagging far behind you, Kate.”
—David Daiches (b. 1912)
“Among the laws controlling human societies there is one more precise and clearer, it seems to me, than all the others. If men are to remain civilized or to become civilized, the art of association must develop and improve among them at the same speed as equality of conditions spreads.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)