Publication history

The first Thermite first appeared in Squadron Supreme #10 (June 1986), and was created Mark Gruenwald

Mark Gruenwald

Mark E. Gruenwald was an American comic book writer, editor, and occasional penciler. Gruenwald got his start in comics fandom, publishing his own fanzine, Omniverse, which explored the concept of continuity...

 and Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan (comics)

Paul Ryan Paul Ryan Paul Ryan ((born 23 September 1949 in Massachusetts) is an American comic book and comic strip artist. Ryan has worked extensively for Marvel Comics and DC Comics on a number of super-hero comics. He currently pencils and inks the daily and Sunday comic strip The Phantom for...

. The character subsequently appears in Squadron Supreme #11-12 (July-August 1986). Thermite appeared as part of the "Squadron Supreme" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

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#12.

Earth-712 Thermite

Thermite was recruited by Nighthawk

Nighthawk (Marvel Comics)

Nighthawk is the name of several fictional characters that appear in publications published by Marvel Comics. There have been five versions of the character: a supervillain-turned-superhero from the mainstream Marvel Universe continuity, Kyle Richmond, who belonged to the team Squadron Sinister;...

 into his Redeemers

America Redeemers

The America Redeemers, or Redeemers, as the team is more commonly known, is a fictional organization in the Marvel Universe. The Redeemers existed in the Earth-712 universe, the same place from which the Squadron Supreme originated...

 to oppose his former group, the Squadron Supreme

Squadron Supreme

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. Along with four other members of the Redeemers (Redstone, Moonglow

Moonglow (comics)

Moonglow is a fictional character found in comic books from Marvel Comics. She was a member of a team of superheroes, Squadron Supreme.The Supreme Squadron members exist in numerous alternate universes, but their main and original timeline is Earth-712....

, Inertia, and Haywire

Haywire (comics)

Haywire was a minor character from the original Squadron Supreme series from Marvel Comics. Unlike many of the characters from that continuity, he did not have a DC Comics counterpart, but was an original creation.-Fictional character biography:...

), Thermite infiltrated the Squadron and served for about a month before the Redeemers openly opposed the Squadron. He was killed when his regulator pack was damaged in a collision with the Whizzer.

Earth-616 Thermite

The origin of this Thermite has not been revealed before joining the New Enforcers

New Enforcers

The New Enforcers is a supervillain team in Marvel Comics.-Fictional team biography:After the fall of the Kingpin, the New Enforcers were one of the groups contesting for control of the remains of his empire. Their main adversary was Spider-Man, but they also contended with Blood Rose, a.k.a....

.

When Blood Rose

Richard Fisk

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 tracked the New Enforcers to their headquarters, Thermite assisted his teammates into attacking Black Rose where he uses his powers to disarm Blood Rose. Spider-Man

Spider-Man

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arrived in his new armor and defeated the New Enforcers members until Thermite was the only one left standing. Thermite managed to destroy Spider-Man's armor, but Spider-Man managed to knock him out with one punch. Thermite and the other members of the New Enforcers were arrested by the police.

Powers and abilities

The Squadron Supreme Thermite could project intense heat from the left side of his body, and intense cold from the right. He needed a regulator pack to control his body temperature at the interface between his two sides of his body.

The Earth-616 version has the same powers.

External links

• Thermite (Earth-712) at Marvel.com