- "The guy who owns the farm's name is Frank Whalen. He's a volunteer firefighter at the same station house as our first victim, Adam Cross."
"Our two victims knew each other."
"They were both responders when the aliens crashed New York." - ―Skye and Grant Ward[src]
Frank Whalen was a volunteer firefighter from Wrigley, Pennsylvania, that belonged to a team of volunteers who aided in the recovery after the Battle of New York.
Biography[]
- "Skye, what did you find out about the firehouse?"
"It turns out they sent an engine to New York with a dozen volunteers after the Chitauri Invasion, including Cross and Whalen." - ―Phil Coulson and Skye[src]
Whalen was among a group of volunteer first responders who aided in the recovery after the Battle of New York. He and fellow firefighters found a Chitauri Helmet that they kept as souvenir.
Unbeknownst to them, the helmet carried a virus which causes those who contract the virus to die in a very strange way. Months after, Whalen, Adam Cross and Tony Diaz decided to polish the helmet. Whalen contracted the virus.
Whalen's body floating as happens to those killed by the Chitauri Virus
Frank Whalen succumbed to the virus while in his barn. He had locked the barn doors and had a shotgun with him, which Phil Coulson initially supposed was for protection against someone trying to attack Whalen. It is unclear whether Whalen also thought he would be attacked or if he was going to shoot himself to stop the "humming" symptom of the virus. After the virus killed Whalen, it caused his body to float in the air.
Leo Fitz used one of the D.W.A.R.F.s to cause a static electricity spark, which caused Whalen to fall straight into a coffin set up to catch him.
Whalen's body was brought on board the Bus to be investigated by Jemma Simmons. Simmons determined after examining Whalen's brain that he was not killed by a person, but a virus.[1]
Equipment[]
Weapons[]
- Ithaca 37: Whalen locked himself in his barn with this shotgun before dying.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Wrigley Fire Department - Co-Workers
- Adam Cross †
- Tony Diaz †
- Baker
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