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Quintavius Quirinius " Quentin" Quire, Wolverine and the X-Men #15 (October 2012) also known as Kid Omega, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually in those featuring the X-Men. Quire first appeared in New X-Men #134 (January 2003). (2026). 9781465478900, DK Publishing. ISBN 9781465478900 He was created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely.
Quentin Quire is an Omega-level telepathic mutant, with substantial telepathic and telekinetic abilities, often manifesting as pink psionic hard-light constructions such as shotguns and motorcycles. He is initially a student of Xavier Institute, but is disillusioned with the views of the X-Men. He later joins superhero teams such as the West Coast Avengers, X-Force, and X-Men.
A character inspired by Quire and credited as "Kid Omega" appears in the 2006 film , portrayed by Ken Leung.
Quentin appeared in multiple other X-Men titles as a student such as Wolverine and the X-Men and Generation X (Vol. 2), alongside frequent appearances in other related titles. He would also appear as a superhero in titles such as West Coast Avengers (Vol. 3), X-Force (Vol. 6), and X-Men (Vol. 7).
Quire often associated with Glob Herman and had a crush on Sophie, one of the Stepford Cuckoos. However, something about Quire disturbed the Cuckoos, though Emma Frost dismissed it as academic rivalry.
Shortly afterward, Quire and a group of like-minded students visited town wearing the Trask-overlord clothes, and Quire convinced them to take the mutant drug Kick. They accosted a gang of humans in an alley and killed or maimed them all. Back at the Xavier Institute, Xavier confronted the students, but Quire was not implicated. Quire and his gang later got tattoos of an Omega symbol over an X, (which would later become his logo). The Omega gang ambushed Professor X and restricted his powers. New X-Men #136 (March 2003)
Quire's body was being burnt out by his own psionic energy, due to overdoses of Kick, which caused a secondary mutation that changed his brain into faster-than-light energy. Xavier enlisted Xorn to expose Quire to the miniature star in his head, and Quire "left the mortal plane". Quire's final words when Xorn "healed" him are vaguely prophetic of many of the coming events of New X-Men. New X-Men #138 (May 2003)
During , a fragment of the Phoenix Force returned to Earth and investigated Quire. The fragment realized he was not Jean Grey and left. The Phoenix's presence shocked Quire back to consciousness and he reconstituted his body. He sought out and reanimated Stepford Cuckoos, but was unable to complete the process, so he set off to find the Phoenix Force. Quire found the Phoenix, contained within Emma Frost by the X-Men. Quire broke the containment chamber, releasing the Phoenix fragment. Quire asked the Phoenix to resurrect Sophie, which it did. Sophie was still disgusted by him and chose to return to death. Quire broke down, and the Phoenix left him to his "sickness". Having spent too much of his energy, Quire apologized to the X-Men for his rash behavior and returned to his non-corporeal state in the container. #5 (June 2005)
Omega Gang: New X-Men
While a student at Xavier's, Quire invented the anti-gravity floats for Martha Johansson's brain canister, and bumped heads with other students. On his birthday, Quire received a call from his parents telling him he was adopted, which seemed to destabilize him. He got a haircut reminiscent of Bolivar Trask's depiction of a mutant overlord from the Daily Bugle that was published the day Quire was born. Quire became strongly opposed to a policy of tolerance with humans, and called for vengeance for the recently murdered mutant designer Jumbo Carnation. He drastically changed his look to further resemble Trask's depiction and also debated with Professor X on his dream of human-mutant coexistence, questioning whether he would allow any dream other than his own to exist. New X-Men #135 (February 2003)
Riot at Xavier's
Quire and the Omega Gang incited a riot against Xavier and humans among the students, but were thwarted by the X-Men. However, Quire continued to guard Professor X, further escalating the situation. Xavier eventually freed himself and confronted Quire. The altercation was officially ended by Sophie and the Cuckoos using Cerebro and Kick to boost their shared powers. They confronted Quire, who confessed that his motivation for the ordeal was to impress Sophie, to whom he is attracted. The Cuckoos defeated him, but Sophie was revealed to have died. Due to a mix of this revelation and overloading on his own abilities, Quire immediately entered a Catatonia. New X-Men #137 (April 2003)
"A Higher Plane of Existence"
However, Quire was not truly dead and Professor Xavier announced to the student body that he believed Quire had ascended to a higher plane of existence. Quire remained a dormant semi-alive energy form in a containment unit. The potential future shown in the New X-Men story "Here Comes Tomorrow" indicated that Quire was destined to become an avatar for the Phoenix Force. New X-Men #154 (May 2004)
Wolverine struck a deal with Captain America, where Quire was released into Wolverine's custody and was to attend the newly reformed X-Mansion in an effort to rehabilitate him. Nobody consulted Cyclops on this. X-Men: Regenesis (December 2011)
The limited series Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega details Quire's battle with Wolverine, which is written by Brian Wood.
Quire becomes more of a team player with fellow students and even Captain America in A+X. During Infinity, Quire was chosen as to represent his school in a competition. Infinity: The Hunt #1-4 (November 2013 - January 2014)
Quire defected alongside other students to the new Hellfire Academy, hoping to discover why Idie Okonkwo switched sides, later defeating the Academy. Quire graduated and became a graduate student/assistant at the Jean Grey school. In Battle of the Atom, he encounters his future Phoenix self and begins to question his stay at the school.
Due to his anger towards Logan and others, Quire later broke off association with the facility when he became independently wealthy and left the school to join the Phoenix Corporation, where he later became the new White King of the Hellfire Club. However, he found himself not quite able to enjoy the riches and fame because he saw his own death on a time travel adventure. Wolverine and the X-Men #9 (November 2014) The events of AXIS and Wolverine's death caused him to finally return to the Jean Grey School and help both the Avengers and X-Men battle Red Onslaught.
After the fall of Krakoa, Kid Omega was mutilated by an alternate universe version of Sabretooth during the Sabretooth War storyline. His head was kept as a weapon by the group of versions, but they were defeated and Kid Omega was resurrected. Wolverine (Vol. 7) #41-50 (January–May 2024) (Sabretooth War) He later joined Cyclops's X-Men team.
In the miniseries , Quire generates massive amounts of telekinetic energy which manifest in the form of tentacles, allowing him to break free of his containment chamber, blast through the X-Mansion's foundation, pull Stepford Cuckoos's body out of the ground, restructure it a bit, instantly heal wounds on his body inflicted through Wolverine's claws, and fly at supersonic speed.
Quentin Quire has existed without a body as a form of energy inside a jar. He is also depicted as being an alternate reality host of the Phoenix Force in the White Hot Room, suggesting that he can potentially be a host to the Phoenix. Quire is apparently destined to become a Phoenix Avatar in more than one reality as further revealed by the Battle of the Atom storyline, where an alternate future version of Quire is a member of the future X-Men as well as a Phoenix avatar, having taken the codename "Phoenix".
Quentin Quire has also been shown to be able to psychically project his consciousness while sleeping to speak with other telepaths and in dire situations escape death, as well as being able to transfer the energy of his consciousness into different organically made "shells".
The Omega Gang is formed by Quire, a young telepath and one of the top students of the X-Mansion. Quire has become depressed because of an unrequited crush on Sophie of the Stepford Cuckoos; his unpopular status among the Institute students; and especially the revelation that he was adopted, which shatters his already fragile self-esteem. The death of mutant fashion designer Jumbo Carnation prompts Quire to gather a small group of students to exact revenge on Carnation's murderers.
At Quire's request, all members tattoo themselves with a symbol formed by an Omega with an X below it and dress up with red-and-black striped shirts, jeans and whips. This is an outfit designed by Carnation himself and based on an illustration from an anti-mutant article written by Bolivar Trask many years ago, which portrayed mutants enslaving the human race. The Omega Gang members also consume the drug Kick in order to boost their powers. Unbeknownst to them, the drug is actually the aerosol form of the sentient bacteria Sublime, which seeks to increase the violence between mutants and baseline humans.
The gang is responsible for the attack on a teenage anti-mutant gang and later for the Open Day Riots. During the riots, Professor X is injured and Dummy of the Special Class, a gas-composed mutant, is seemingly destroyed when his containment suit is pierced. The most notable victim is Sophie of the Stepford Cuckoos, who dies in her heroic attempt to stop Quire. The rest of the Gang is stopped by the efforts of the other X-Men.
He instead takes Jean Grey into the mindscape and tries to force her into unleashing the Phoenix Force so he could further increase his own mental abilities, unaware that Jean has become powerless and the Phoenix Force has left her. Jean quickly understands that Quire is losing control over his powers and is falling into madness. She tries to help him but at the end, he dies by turning a gun on himself.
His suicide appeared to be a ruse as he was later seen alive and well with the Overmind. He confronts the Shadow King in his penthouse apartment, where the Shadow King managed to easily kill the Mind Dolls, yet he finds himself unable to defeat Quire, who reveals himself to be Goodnight in disguise. Age of Apocalypse #11 (March 2013)
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