Texas Twister
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Texas Twister is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in books published by Marvel Comics.
[edit] Biography
Drew Daniels was working on a cattle ranch when he was caught up in a tornado. At the same time, he was bombarded with radioactive particles that had been released from a nearby nuclear reactor. The net effect was to give him the power to generate tornadoes at will.
Calling himself Texas Twister, he answered a newspaper ad placed by The Wizard to fill a vacancy in the Frightful Four. When he discovered they would not pay him to join, Twister declined membership and instead accepted the offer to join the Super-Agent program being developed by S.H.I.E.L.D.. However, two of the four super-agent trainees turned out to be traitors and the program was disbanded.
Twister decided to use his powers to earn a living and joined Cody's Rodeo Extravaganza. There he met Shooting Star, who would become his partner both professionally and personally. Trying to garner publicity for themselves, Star and Twister answered a summons from Rick Jones, seeking the help of The Avengers in containing a rampage by the Hulk. The pair met up with Firebird, Night Rider and Red Wolf, and the five decided to continue to work together as The Rangers. However, because of the geographical separation among the members, the Rangers didn't last long.
Shooting Star's identity was at some point taken over by an unnamed demon in the employ of Master Pandemonium, who believed Firebird to be one of the possessors of his fragmented soul. To keep the Rangers from meeting regularly and perhaps posing a threat to him before he had completed his study of Firebird, Pandemonium dispatched the demon to take Shooting Star's place. Firebird nevertheless believed the demon to be hiding among the Avengers' West Coast branch and with her guidance the Rangers confronted the heroes, only to flush the demon in Shooting Star out of hiding. The demon claimed that Shooting Star was a human guise it had taken long before, that there never was a Victoria Star. The Avengers imprisoned the demon at their Compound and began an investigation of Master Pandemonium, but the Texas Twister, demonstrating a curious lack of concern, did not accompany them.
Soon, however, Texas Twister returned to the Avengers Compound at a time when Hawkeye was alone, demanding to see the captive demon. Twister declared his love for the demon, which turned back into Shooting Star. Texas Twister went on to explain that the demon had come to him months ago when Twister's powers seemed to be fading, making him afraid that he'd lose Shooting Star if their rodeo act broke up on account of his lost powers. The demon offered to augment the Twister's powers in exchange for his soul, and the Twister agreed, but after his powers were restored he begged to be spared, so the demon possessed Shooting Star instead, casting a spell that prevented Twister from telling anyone about this. Twister studied the occult until he found a means to expel the demon from Star.
The demon then possessed Twister himself and battled Hawkeye and Shooting Star. Ultimately, Star threatened to kill the demon rather than allow the possession to continue, and the demon reluctantly imprisoned itself in a statue. Texas Twister and Shooting Star were reunited.
Weeks after the conclusion to the Civil War event, Texas Twister was seen as a member of Texas' new government-sponsored superhero team, the revived Rangers, as part of the 50 States Initiative Program.
[edit] Powers
Texas Twister has the psychokinetic ability to accelerate air molecules to high velocity, forming tornadoes. Although he usually creates the tornado with himself at the center, he can create tornadoes up to 100 feet away from his body. He can create a tornado 200 feet in diameter with outer winds moving at speeds up to 225 MPH. By sustaining a stable column of fast rotating air around the lower half of his body, he can fly.
Texas Twister is an expert rodeo rider.
