FAST FIVE

Membership: Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift), Gold Rush, Green Light (Janine), Redline (Randy), Silver Ghost;
formerly Gold Rush (Mike Swift)

Purpose: To commit high-velocity crimes

Affiliations: Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)

Enemies: Daredevil (Elektra Natchios), Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Ironheart (Riri Williams), Kobik, Dr. Charlene McGowan, Mighty Avengers (Blue Marvel/Adam Brashear, Kaluu, Power Man/Vic Alvarez, She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters, Spectrum/Monica Rambeau, White Tiger/Ava Ayala), S.H.I.E.L.D. (Avril Kincaid, Wendell Vaughn), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Tigra (Greer Nelson), Valkyrie (Jane Foster)

Base of Operations: New York City

First Appearance: Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2 (January, 2015)

History:
(Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2) - Blue Streak formed a team of criminals, outfitted them with roller-bladed power suits like his own, and dubbed them the Fast Five. They committed a high-speed robbery that netted them several large bags of cash, but as they escaped, they ran afoul of Spectrum, who had foiled Blue Streak before. They split up, only to run afoul of Spectrum's Mighty Avengers teammates. Silver Ghost evaded Spectrum initially, but was eventually tricked by her image-distortion abilities. Blue Streak had his armor shredded by White Tiger, Gold Rush surrendered to Power Man, Redline was banished to the Purple Dimension by Kaluu, and Green Light blinded She-Hulk and Blue Marvel, but the latter still blasted her.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (fb)) - After they were arrested, the Fast Five were transported to Pleasant Hill, a SHIELD prison where super villains were transformed by Kobik, a sentient Cosmic Cube, into innocuous civilians and used to populate an idyllic small town; the Five were transformed into skateboarding kids.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8) - Reverted to their original forms by Baron Zemo, the Fast Five began looting the town museum as they prepared to escape. They were discovered by SHIELD Agent Avril Kincaid, who defeated Gold Rush, Green Light, Redline, and Silver Ghost, as they were stuck in close quarters and unable to reach full speed. Blue Streak got the drop on her, but SHIELD Agent Wendell Vaughn, masquerading as the town librarian, hit him over the head with a book before he could seriously hurt her.










(Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1) - In the wake of the War of the Realms the Fast Five attacked a Damage Control truck to steal left behind Asgardian weapons for clout on the Internet. Valkyrie (Jane Foster) stopped them and they were arrested (except for Gold Rush).

(Amazing Spider-Man V#37) - The Fast Five robbed a bank, but were stopped by Spider-Man.

(Marvel's Voices: Legacy I#1/2) - The Fast Five (actually four at this point) tried to rob the 1st Secure Bank of America, but Ironheart stopped them.

(Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1) - The Fast Five broke into an abandoned Mutant Growth Hormone lab in New York formerly run by Wilson Fisk to steal the M.G.H. stash. They encountered Daredevil (Elektra) and Dr. Charlene McGowan. The latter told them that they place had already been cleaned out, but Blue Streak ignored her and told his teammates to find what they were looking for while he dealt with Daredevil (Elektra). McGowan mixed some industrial-grade detergent, poured it on the floor and the wheels of the Fast Five seized up. Daredevil left them tied up at the lab.

(Moon Knight IX#22) - Hawkeye and Tigra beat up the Fast Five after they committed a crime.

Comments: Created by Al Ewing, Luke Ross, and Iban Coello.

I love these guys. They even have their own logo!

Profile by Minor Irritant. Update by Markus Raymond.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Fast Five have no known connections to:

Gold Rush has no known connections to:

Green Light has no known connections to:

Redline has no known connections to:

Silver Ghost has no known connections to:

Gold Rush

(Mike Swift)

   Gold Rush wore an armored suit equipped with jet-propelled rocket skates; whether it had any special abilities like the other members of the Fast Five is unrevealed.

(Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2) - With the rest of the high-speed Fast Five, Gold Rush committed a robbery that netted them several large bags of cash. When the heroine Spectrum confronted them, they split up; Gold Rush accompanied Blue Streak, but they were being tracked by Spectrum's Mighty Avengers teammates White Tiger and Power Man. Seeing the White Tiger shred Blue Streak's armor, Gold Rush willingly surrendered to Power Man.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (fb)) - After they were arrested, Gold Rush and the Fast Five were transported to Pleasant Hill, a SHIELD prison where super villains were transformed by Kobik, a sentient Cosmic Cube, into innocuous civilians and used to populate an idyllic small town; the Five were transformed into skateboarding kids.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8) - Reverted to their original forms by Baron Zemo, Gold Rush and the Fast Five began looting the town museum as they prepared to escape. They were discovered by SHIELD Agent Avril Kincaid, who defeated Gold Rush, Green Light, Redline, and Silver Ghost, as they were stuck in close quarters and unable to reach full speed.

(Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1) - In the wake of the War of the Realms the Fast Five attacked a Damage Control truck to steal left behind Asgardian weapons for clout on the Internet. Valkyrie interrupted the robbery. Gold Rush escaped into an alley with Dragonfang while Valkyrie was distracted by Redline. He was tripped by Bullseye, who then took Dragonfang and stabbed Gold Rush through the chest.

   His corpse was later found in the alley and ended up in the morgue at the McCarthy Medical Institute where Jane Foster had just been demoted to become Dr. Rudy Gillespie's morgue assistant. Foster recognized the sword wound immediately.

--Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2 (Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (fb), Captain America: Sam Wilson#8, Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1

Comments: His real name was revealed in Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1. It seems likeley that he was related to Blue Streak.

Gold Rush

(Amazing Spider-Man V#37) - The Fast Five robbed a bank, but were stopped by Spider-Man.

(Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1) - The Fast Five broke into an abandoned Mutant Growth Hormone lab in New York formerly run by Wilson Fisk to steal the M.G.H. stash. They encountered Daredevil (Elektra) and Dr. Charlene McGowan. The latter told them that they place had already been cleaned out, but Blue Streak ignored her and told his teammates to find what they were looking for while he dealt with Daredevil (Elektra). McGowan mixed some industrial-grade detergent, poured it on the floor and the wheels of the Fast Five seized up. Daredevil left them tied up at the lab.

(Moon Knight IX#22) - Hawkeye and Tigra beat up the Fast Five after they committed a crime.

--Amazing Spider-Man V#37 (Amazing Spider-Man V#37








Green Light

(Janine)

   Green Light wore an armored suit equipped with jet-propelled rocket skates; it also incorporated a powerful strobe light that could blind her foes.

(Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2) - With the rest of the high-speed Fast Five, Green Light committed a robbery that netted them several large bags of cash. When the heroine Spectrum confronted them, they split up; Gold Rush fled down an alley, where she ran into She-Hulk and Blue Marvel. She pretended to surrender, only to blind the both of them with her strobe. She fled, but the blinded Blue Marvel could still hear her skates, and blasted her into submission.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (fb)) - After they were arrested, Green Light and the Fast Five were transported to Pleasant Hill, a SHIELD prison where super villains were transformed by Kobik, a sentient Cosmic Cube, into innocuous civilians and used to populate an idyllic small town; the Five were transformed into skateboarding kids.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8) - Reverted to their original forms by Baron Zemo, Green Light and the Fast Five began looting the town museum as they prepared to escape. They were discovered by SHIELD Agent Avril Kincaid, who defeated Gold Rush, Green Light, Redline, and Silver Ghost, as they were stuck in close quarters and unable to reach full speed.

(Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1) - In the wake of the War of the Realms the Fast Five attacked a Damage Control truck to steal left behind Asgardian weapons for clout on the Internet. Valkyrie interrupted the robbery. Armed with an Asgardian crossbow Green Light wasn't willing to just get beaten by Valkyrie after she quickly knocked out Blue Streak. Green Light shot at Valkyrie, who blocked the crossbow bolt with her weapon and then knocked out Green Light. She was later arrested.

(Amazing Spider-Man V#37) - The Fast Five robbed a bank, but were stopped by Spider-Man.

(Marvel's Voices: Legacy I#1/2) - The Fast Five (actually four at this point) tried to rob the 1st Secure Bank of America, but Ironheart stopped them. Though Green Light was already tied up, she told the invisible Silver Ghost when to attack Ironheart. It didn't work.

(Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1/4) - The Fast Five broke into an abandoned Mutant Growth Hormone lab in New York formerly run by Wilson Fisk to steal the M.G.H. stash. They encountered Daredevil (Elektra) and Dr. Charlene McGowan. The latter told them that they place had already been cleaned out, but Blue Streak ignored her and told his teammates to find what they were looking for while he dealt with Daredevil (Elektra). McGowan mixed some industrial-grade detergent, poured it on the floor and the wheels of the Fast Five seized up. Daredevil left them tied up at the lab.

(Moon Knight IX#22) - Hawkeye and Tigra beat up the Fast Five after they committed a crime.

--Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2 (Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (fb), Captain America: Sam Wilson#8, Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1, Amazing Spider-Man V#37, , Marvel's Voices: Legacy I#1/2, Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1/4, Moon Knight IX#22

Comments: Her first name was revealed in Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2.

Redline

(Randy)

   Redline wore a heavily-armored suit equipped with jet-propelled rocket skates; its speed was augmented with a massive back-mounted booster. In addition he apparently possessed superhuman strength.

(Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2) - With the rest of the high-speed Fast Five, the single-minded Redline committed a robbery that netted them several large bags of cash. When the heroine Spectrum confronted them, they split up; Redline plowed through a building where he found Kaluu. Bored, Kaluu transported Redline, minus his armor, to the Purple Dimension.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (fb)) - After they were arrested, Redline and the Fast Five were transported to Pleasant Hill, a SHIELD prison where super villains were transformed by Kobik, a sentient Cosmic Cube, into innocuous civilians and used to populate an idyllic small town; the Five were transformed into skateboarding kids.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8) - Reverted to their original forms by Baron Zemo, Redline and the Fast Five began looting the town museum as they prepared to escape. They were discovered by SHIELD Agent Avril Kincaid, who defeated Gold Rush, Green Light, Redline, and Silver Ghost, as they were stuck in close quarters and unable to reach full speed.

(Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1) - In the wake of the War of the Realms the Fast Five attacked a Damage Control truck to steal left behind Asgardian weapons for clout on the Internet. Valkyrie interrupted the robbery. Redline, who used his own name as his catchphrase, tossed a car at Valkyrie and then rushed at her. Valkyrie put down the car and knocked Redline out. He was later arrested.

(Amazing Spider-Man V#37) - The Fast Five robbed a bank, but were stopped by Spider-Man.

(Marvel's Voices: Legacy I#1/2) - The Fast Five (actually four at this point) tried to rob the 1st Secure Bank of America, but Ironheart stopped them.

(Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1/4) - The Fast Five broke into an abandoned Mutant Growth Hormone lab in New York formerly run by Wilson Fisk to steal the M.G.H. stash. They encountered Daredevil (Elektra) and Dr. Charlene McGowan. The latter told them that they place had already been cleaned out, but Blue Streak ignored her and told his teammates to find what they were looking for while he dealt with Daredevil (Elektra). McGowan mixed some industrial-grade detergent, poured it on the floor and the wheels of the Fast Five seized up. Daredevil left them tied up at the lab. Overhearing McGowan tell Elektra that she was trans, Redline asked McGowan if she knew his trans cousin, who was known as @GENDERAMA!!!1989 on social media. McGowan was kind of offended, but actually contacted Redline's cousin later. Redline's cousin told her that Redline was named Rudy and was a total loser.

(Moon Knight IX#22) - Hawkeye and Tigra beat up the Fast Five after they committed a crime.

--Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2 (Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (fb), Captain America: Sam Wilson#8, Amazing Spider-Man V#37, , Marvel's Voices: Legacy I#1/2, Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1/4, Moon Knight IX#22

Comments: His first name was revealed in Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1.

Silver Ghost

   Silver Ghost wore an armored suit equipped with jet-propelled rocket skates; it also had an anti-visibility coating that could make her totally invisible.

(Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2) - With the rest of the high-speed Fast Five, Silver Ghost committed a robbery that netted them several large bags of cash. When the heroine Spectrum confronted them, they split up; Silver Ghost continued towards Spectrum, activating her suit's anti-visibility coating and escaping her. Minutes later, she tried to radio her teammates, but got no answers; she spotted an injured Blue Streak and came to his aid, only to discover that it was a disguised Spectrum, who blasted her.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (fb)) - After they were arrested, Silver Ghost and the Fast Five were transported to Pleasant Hill, a SHIELD prison where super villains were transformed by Kobik, a sentient Cosmic Cube, into innocuous civilians and used to populate an idyllic small town; the Five were transformed into skateboarding kids.

(Captain America: Sam Wilson#8) - Reverted to their original forms by Baron Zemo, Silver Ghost and the Fast Five began looting the town museum as they prepared to escape. They were discovered by SHIELD Agent Avril Kincaid, who defeated Gold Rush, Green Light, Redline, and Silver Ghost, as they were stuck in close quarters and unable to reach full speed.

(Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1) - In the wake of the War of the Realms the Fast Five attacked a Damage Control truck to steal left behind Asgardian weapons for clout on the Internet. Valkyrie interrupted the robbery. Silver Ghost decided to run away after Blue Streak was easily knocked out by Valkyrie. She turned invisible, but Valkyrie's abilities allowed her to still see Silver Ghost and trip her up with Undrjarn, the all-weapon. She was later arrested.

(Amazing Spider-Man V#37) - The Fast Five robbed a bank, but were stopped by Spider-Man.

(Marvel's Voices: Legacy I#1/2) - The Fast Five (actually four at this point) tried to rob the 1st Secure Bank of America, but Ironheart stopped them. Silver Ghost remained invisible and nearly overpowered Ironheart in a surprise attack, but Ironheart was able to scan the alloy of Silver Ghost's suit and make it visible to her. Ironheart knocked her out and tied her up along with her teammates.

(Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1/4) - The Fast Five broke into an abandoned Mutant Growth Hormone lab in New York formerly run by Wilson Fisk to steal the M.G.H. stash. They encountered Daredevil (Elektra) and Dr. Charlene McGowan. The latter told them that they place had already been cleaned out, but Blue Streak ignored her and told his teammates to find what they were looking for while he dealt with Daredevil (Elektra). McGowan mixed some industrial-grade detergent, poured it on the floor and the wheels of the Fast Five seized up. Daredevil left them tied up at the lab.

(Moon Knight IX#22) - Hawkeye and Tigra beat up the Fast Five after they committed a crime.

--Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2 (Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (fb), Captain America: Sam Wilson#8, Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1, Amazing Spider-Man V#37, Marvel's Voices: Legacy I#1/2, Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1/4, Moon Knight IX#22

images: (without ads)
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, p4, pan1 (main image)
Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1/4, p10, pan1 (second group shot)
Captain America: Sam Wilson#8, p11, pan4 (as Pleasant Hill skateboarders)
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, p7, pan7 (Gold Rush)
Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1, p13, pan1 (Gold Rush without helmet, dead)
Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1/4, p10, pan1 (Gold Rush, new)
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, p9, pan1 (Green Light)
Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1, p9, pan1 (Green Light without helmet)
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, p8, pan2 (Redline)
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, p8, pan6 (Redline, unclothed)
Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1, p9, pan1 (Redline, bald)
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers#2, p11, pan1 (Silver Ghost)
Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1, p9, pan1 (Silver Ghost, without helmet)

Appearances:
Captain America & the Mighty Avengers#2 (January, 2015) - Al Ewing (writer), Luke Ross & Iban Coello (art), Tom Brevoort & Wil Moss (editors)
Captain America: Sam Wilson#8 (June, 2016) - Nick Spencer (writer), Paul Renaud (art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Valkyrie: Jane Foster#1 (September, 2019) - Jason Aaron & Al Ewing (writers), CAFU (artist), Wil Moss (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man V#37 (March, 2020) - Nick Spencer (writer), Ryan Ottley (artist), Nick Lowe (editor)
Marvel's Voices: Legacy I#1/2 (April, 2021) - Mohale Mashigo (writer), Chris Allen (artist), Sarah Brunstad & Wil Moss (editors)
Marvel's Voices: Pride I#1/5 (August, 2021) - Lilah Sturges (writer), Derek Charm (artist), Sarah Brunstad (editor)
Moon Knight IX#22 (June, 2023) - Jed MacKay (writer), Alessandro Cappuccio (artist), Tom Brevoort (editor)

First Posted: 11/01/2016
Last updated: 10/01/2023

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