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Quagmire

Quagmire

16 appearances · Bronze Age · 1985–2010 · 3 key issues
Who is Quagmire?

Quagmire is a villain from the Squadron Supreme's alternate Earth reality, a being with the ability to generate and project a dark, engulfing ooze that traps and overwhelms opponents, making him a dangerous adversary encountered by Marvel's heroes across that universe.

A creature of the Bronze Age Marvel universe, Quagmire first surfaced in the pages of Squadron Supreme #4 in 1985, brought to life by the legendary Mark Gruenwald and Bob Hall during one of Marvel's most ambitious alternate-reality experiments. Sharing the stage with powerhouses like Hyperion and Mark Milton, this character carved out a distinctive niche across titles including Quasar and Marvel Comics Presents, with a presence in the catalog stretching all the way to 2010. With only 16 recorded appearances, Quagmire is very much a deep-cut discovery — the kind of find that rewards fans who love digging into the richer, stranger corners of Marvel's cosmos.

Top series

Covers through the years — 1985–2010

Squadron Supreme #4 1985
Squadron Supreme #4
Marvel Comics Presents #29 1989
Marvel Comics Presents #29
Quasar #35 1992
Quasar #35
Quasar #43 1993
Quasar #43
Squadron Supreme by Mark Gruenwald Omnibus #[nn] 2010
Squadron Supreme by Mark Gruenwald Omnibus #[nn]

Appearances

Squadron Supreme (1985)
Marvel Comics Presents (1988)
#29
Quasar (1989)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005 (2005)
Squadron Supreme by Mark Gruenwald Omnibus (2010)