Following the casting of Netflix’s go-to rom-com hunk Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher in Black Adam, the role of Cyclone (the alter ego of Maxine Hunkel) will be portrayed by Quintessa Swindell – who is best known for playing kleptomaniac on Tabita Foster on the streaming giant’s short-lived original teen drama Trinkets. Initially, this lesser-known DC superheroine seems to be an obscure choice to join the DCEU’s line-up for the Justice Society of America considering how relatively new she is to the comics (depending on which iteration you are referring to). However, the character is part of a legacy that exceeds even her own existence.

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