Expert engineer Gifted intellect Costume grants: Ability to create whirlwinds
André Gerard was born in Lyon, France. Formerly an engineer working for NATO, Gerard had a falling out with his former employees, supposedly related to political decisions over implementing his research, based on the development of a weapon that generates high velocity tornado-like winds. Gerard takes his invention and uses it for his own criminal ends as Cyclone.[3]
Cyclone is broken out of prison by the Masked Marauder and employed by the Nefaria family as an enforcer. Cyclone is sent to kill Spider-Man and Moon Knight, but was defeated by Moon Knight.[4]
Concerned over the murder of several villains by the vigilante Scourge, Cyclone attends a meeting at the Bar with No Name to discuss measures against Scourge. However, Cyclone is shot to death by the Scourge, who is posing as a bartender.[5]
André Gerard seemingly returns from the dead in the 2007-08 Captain Marvel mini-series, but is soon revealed to be a Skrull impostor. It was killed by Captain Marvel (who was actually a Skrull sleeper agent) with its remains decimated in one powerful attack.[6]
Cyclone is among the victims of Scourge who are resurrected by the Hood using the power of Dormammu as part of a squad assembled to eliminate the Punisher. After the Punisher is captured, he is present at the ritual where the Hood intends to resurrect the Punisher's family. The Hood gives the Punisher a knife to sacrifice G. W. Bridge, but the Punisher instead uses the knife to kill Cyclone.[7]
The second Cyclone, Gregory Stevens, is introduced in Marvel Comics Presents #97 (December 1992). At the Bar with No Name, Cyclone participates in a bar fight initiated by the Impossible Man posing as the Ace of Spades in a poker game.[8]
Pierre Fresson is a member of a European crime family who is given a recreation of the Cyclone suit. Not wishing to serve the European crime family any longer, he stole the suit and fled. Now freelance, he operated as an agent of Justin Hammer, before being recruited into Crimson Cowl's first incarnation of the Masters of Evil.[12][11]
Later, he attempted to steal Justin Hammer's will, before being soundly defeated by the Thunderbolts again.[13] After it was revealed that Hammer had planted time bombs in his former agents, Cyclone was given the option to work with the Thunderbolts to rid themselves of the threat. At first, Fresson attempted to flee, but quickly surrendered and joined the Thunderbolts.[14]
Cyclone battles a group of elite agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before Hawkeye gives him the option of either remaining a Thunderbolt or being cut loose. Choosing the latter, Cyclone is turned over to S.H.I.E.L.D. as he is no longer a Thunderbolt and therefore a felon.[15]
Boomerang and Owl hire Cyclone onto the Sinister Sixteen, assembled to distract the Chameleon's forces while Boomerang steals from him.[16] When the police arrive, Cyclone and most of the Sinister Sixteen surrender.[17]
Powers and abilities
The original Cyclone was a man with gifted intelligence, with a master's degree in mechanical engineering.
He designed a costume for himself which contained mechanisms that enabled him to accelerate volumes of air up to 300 miles per hour (480km/h) within a radius of 100 feet (30m) from his body in the form of tornado-force whirlwinds about himself. He was able to use these whirlwinds to fly and could use them offensively against opponents. His costume was later passed on to the second Cyclone and later recreated for the third Cyclone.
In other media
A member of the Elementals modeled after Cyclone appears in Spider-Man: Far From Home.[18] Identified as the Air Elemental, it is said to have power over wind and storms. Peter Parker later discovers that the Elementals are holographic illusions employed by Mysterio in a bid to acquire Tony Stark's technology and falsely establish Mysterio as a superhero.
References
↑Cowsill, Alan; Manning, Matthew K. (2012). Spider-Man Chronicle: Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. DK Publishing. p.81. ISBN978-0756692360.
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