Character profile

Quake

Daisy Louise Johnson

She can start an earthquake in a room. Nick Fury noticed immediately.

Quake poster art

Biography

Daisy Johnson is the daughter of Calvin Zabo, better known as Mister Hyde, and she can generate seismic waves with her hands. Nick Fury recruited her personally, used her on his most deniable operations, and eventually built the Secret Warriors around her. When S.H.I.E.L.D. was rebuilt after Siege, Daisy became its Director, which makes her one of very few characters to run the agency without ever fully belonging to it.

She is best known to a wider audience through Chloe Bennet's seven-season run on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where the character started as the hacker Skye and grew into Quake across the series' most ambitious arcs. That show did more to establish her than any comic, and modern Marvel comics have adjusted her accordingly.

Vital statistics

Real name
Daisy Louise Johnson
Also known as
Daisy Johnson, Skye, Agent Johnson, Director Johnson
Species
Inhuman
Place of origin
United States
First appearance
Secret War #2 (2004)
Created by
Brian Michael Bendis, Gabriele Dell'Otto
Affiliations
S.H.I.E.L.D., Secret Warriors, Avengers, Secret Avengers

Power grid

Intelligence4
Strength2
Speed2
Durability2
Energy5
Fighting4

Rated 1–7 on the classic Marvel power-grid scale.

Powers

  • Seismic Generation

    Daisy produces vibrational waves capable of levelling buildings, cracking ground and stopping hearts.

  • Precision Vibration

    At fine control she can trigger a quake inside a single object or a single body.

  • Concussive Force

    She projects vibrational blasts as offensive weapons at range.

  • Elite Espionage Training

    Fury trained her personally in infiltration, marksmanship and tradecraft.

  • Vibration Resistance

    Her physiology tolerates the feedback her own powers generate, up to a point.

Abilities

  • S.H.I.E.L.D. command experience
  • Hand-to-hand combat
  • Computer intrusion in the screen version
  • Team leadership

Weaknesses

  • Overuse fractures her own bones
  • No enhanced durability
  • Complicated inheritance from Mister Hyde
  • Institutional loyalty repeatedly betrayed

Comics history

Bendis and Gabriele Dell'Otto created Daisy in Secret War #2 as one of Fury's off-books recruits for the unsanctioned Latveria operation. Jonathan Hickman's Secret Warriors made her the field leader of Fury's caterpillar team, and after Siege she was appointed Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., serving through the Secret Avengers era.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. reworked her as Skye, an orphaned hacker who discovers she is Inhuman, and spent seven seasons building her into the show's lead. The comics have since folded elements of that version back in.

MCU appearances

TitleYearNote
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.2013Chloe Bennet across seven seasons, from Skye to Quake

Allies

  • Nick Fury
  • Phil Coulson
  • Maria Hill
  • Melinda May
  • Secret Warriors

Enemies

  • Mister Hyde
  • Hydra
  • Gorgon
  • Baron Strucker

Weapons & equipment

  • S.H.I.E.L.D. sidearm
  • Gauntlets that brace her arms against her own powers
  • S.H.I.E.L.D. tactical suit

Trivia

  • Her father is Mister Hyde, one of Thor's and Daredevil's long-running villains.
  • Nick Fury recruited her personally for the unsanctioned Latveria operation in Secret War.
  • She served as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. after Siege.
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. renamed her Skye for its first two seasons before revealing her real identity.

Famous quotes

I can shake a building down. Try to remember that before you raise your voice.
Fury didn't recruit me because I'm nice. He recruited me because I'm loud.

Timeline

  • 2004

    Debuts in Secret War #2 as one of Fury's covert recruits.

  • 2009

    Leads the Secret Warriors under Nick Fury.

  • 2010

    Becomes Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. after Siege.

  • 2013

    Chloe Bennet debuts the role on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Gallery

Quake poster art
Nick Fury poster art
Phil Coulson poster art
Maria Hill poster art
Sharon Carter poster art
Monica Rambeau poster art

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Related characters

Frequently asked

What are Quake's powers?
She generates seismic vibrations from her hands, ranging from precise internal tremors to building-levelling quakes. Overuse fractures her own bones, which is why she wears bracing gauntlets.
Is Quake the same character as Skye from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Yes. The series introduced her as Skye, an orphaned hacker, and revealed across its first two seasons that she is Daisy Johnson, the Inhuman known in the comics as Quake.
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