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Template:Afd-merge to Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox comics character Terrance Sorenson is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Gil Kane, the character first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #23 (July 1974). Sorenson is a supervillain known under the codename Equinox, who gained thermodynamic powers after an experiment caused a severe mutation. He can control and produce both ice and fire from his body.[1] He has several faced superheroes such as Ant-Man, the Wasp, and Spider-Man.[2]

Publication history

Equinox debuted in Marvel Team-Up #23 (July 1974), created by Len Wein and Gil Kane.[3] He subsequently appeared in several Marvel series, including Giant-Size Spider-Man #1,[4] also in July 1974, and a two-part story in Marvel Team-Up #59-60 (July–Aug. 1977). After a nearly 20-year hiatus, the character appeared sporadically, appearing in Marvel Comics Presents #147 (Feb. 1994), Code of Honor #1 (Jan. 1997), Spider-Man Unlimited #12 vol. 2 (Jan. 2006), and Heroes for Hire vol. 2 #1 (Oct. 2006).[5] A Skrull impersonator of Equinox appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #12 (June 2008) and #18.

Equinox received an entry in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #4 (2006).

Fictional character biography

Equinox is an African-American youth who gained superhuman powers due to accidental exposure to his father's malfunctioning equipment after a lab accident. His mother is Margay Sorenson, head of natural sciences at Bard College, while his father was killed in the same lab accident that gave Equinox his powers.[6]

Equinox possesses enhanced strength and durability as well as power over ice and fire. His powers are similar to those of the Human Torch and Iceman, with whom he first battled.[7] His mother attempts to use her late husband's work to cure her son, but feels forced to let Equinox commit robberies so she can gain the resources to carry out her research. The shifting exothermic state of his transformations affects Equinox's mental state, and he ultimately goes on a rampage, battling Spider-Man, Yellowjacket, and Wasp. The three heroes manage to apparently cure Equinox using technology created by his mother.[6] Equinox joins Vil-Anon, a twelve-step program dedicated to helping individuals overcome their criminal tendencies.[8]

Equinox appears during the Civil War event, where he intends to leave the United States following the passing of the Superhuman Registration Act. After being apprehended by Heroes for Hire, he joins Freedom Force, the Montana team of the Fifty State Initiative.[9][10]

During the Secret Invasion storyline, Equinox is replaced by a Skrull infiltrator. After being exposed as a Skrull, the Skrull-Equinox is shot and killed by Cloud 9.[11] The real Equinox reunites with Freedom Force and joins a support group with others who had been replaced by Skrulls.[12]

Equinox returns in the All-New, All-Different Marvel publishing line, where he is brainwashed by Mister Gryphon to attack the Avengers. Gryphon creates multiple temporal replicas of Equinox by having his future selves aid him in his assault.[13] However, he is defeated when Spider-Man pretends to be under Kang's influence so that he can identify the earliest version of Equinox present. Spider-Man knocks out the present-day version of Equinox, erasing his alternate selves from existence.[14]

Powers and abilities

Equinox's body is constantly in a state of thermodynamic flux, radiating waves of heat and cold as coruscating sheets of fire and ice shift across his entire frame. In this form, he can project flame. A side effect of his thermodynamic flux is immunity to heat, flame, cold, and ice. Furthermore, his body possesses superhuman strength (Class 25, enabling him to lift or press approximately 25 tons) and durability, affording him limited protection from conventional physical and energy-based attacks. Equinox can expel either heat or cold, but not both simultaneously unless artificially aided. He is also vulnerable when caught between phase shifts; a blast of extreme cold can incapacitate him when he has just begun to transform into flames, or vice versa. When his thermodynamic energy becomes unbalanced in this manner, it erupts with explosive force.

In other media

Equinox appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, voiced by Jimmie Wood.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Glavas, Luka (June 28, 2025). "15 Most Terrifying Ant-Man Villains of All Time (MCU & Marvel Comics)" (in en-US). https://www.comicbasics.com/most-terrifying-ant-man-villains-of-all-time/. 
  2. ↑ Kurland, Daniel (July 9, 2020). "Marvel: Ant-Man's 10 Strongest Enemies" (in en). https://www.cbr.com/ant-man-lang-pym-most-powerful-villain/. 
  3. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Manning, Matthew K. (2012). Spider-Man Chronicle: Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. DK Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 978-0756692360. 
  4. ↑ "Religion and Characters in Giant-Size Spider-Man (vol. 1) #1 (July 1974): "Ship of Fiends!"". June 20, 2013. https://www.comicbookreligion.com/?s=19585. 
  5. ↑ "Religion and Characters in Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 2006): "Taking it to the Streets, Part 1"". June 2, 2009. https://www.comicbookreligion.com/?s=839. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Marvel Team-Up #60 (August 1977)
  7. ↑ Marvel Team-Up #23 (July 1974)
  8. ↑ Spider-Man Unlimited (vol. 3) #12 (January 2006)
  9. ↑ Heroes for Hire (vol. 2) #1 (October 2006)
  10. ↑ Avengers: The Initiative #12 (June 2008)
  11. ↑ Avengers: The Initiative #18 (December 2008)
  12. ↑ Avengers: The Initiative #20 (February 2009)
  13. ↑ All-New, All-Different Avengers #5 (April 2016)
  14. ↑ All-New, All-Different Avengers #6 (April 2016)
  15. ↑ "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 NPC Spotlight: Equinox and Diamondback". Marvel.com. September 8, 2009. http://marvel.com/news/vgstories.9423.MUA2_NPC_Spotlight~colon~_Equinox~and~Diamondback. 

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