Crimson Dynamo
Crimson Dynamo (
Publication history
The Anton Vanko version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Tales of Suspense #46 (Oct. 1963) and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck.[2]
The Boris Turgenov version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Tales of Suspense #52 (April 1964) and was created by Stan Lee, Don Heck, and Don Rico.
The Alex Nevsky version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Iron Man #15 (July 1969) and was created by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska.
The Yuri Petrovich version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in The Champions #7 (Aug. 1976) and was created by George Tuska and Tony Isabella.
The Dimitri Bukharin version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Iron Man #109 and was created by Bill Mantlo and Carmine Infantino.
The Valentin Shatalov version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Iron Man #255 and was created by Glenn Herdling, Fabian Nicieza, and Herb Trimpe.
The seventh Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Captain America vol. 3 #32 and was created by Dan Jurgens.
The Gennady Gavrilov version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Crimson Dynamo #1 and was created by John Jackson Miller and Steve Ellis.
The ninth Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Secret War #3 and was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Gabriele Dell'Otto.
The tenth Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Iron Man vol. 4 #7 and was created by Daniel Knauf, Charles Knauf, and Patrick Zircher.
The Boris Vadim version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Hulk vol. 2 #1 and was created by
The Galina Nemirovsky version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in Hulk: Winter Guard #1 and was created by Steve Ellis and David Gallaher.
Fictional character biography
Anton Vanko
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Tales of Suspense #46 (Oct. 1963) |
Created by | Stan Lee Don Heck |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Anton Vanko |
Species | Human |
Place of origin | Earth-616 |
Notable aliases | Ivan Vanko |
Abilities | Armored suit grants: Superhuman strength and durability Flight via boot jets Hand-blasters Small missiles on the back shoulder area Computer and radio transmitter and receiver |
Anton Vanko (
As the Crimson Dynamo, Vanko was sent by the Soviet Government to sabotage Stark Industries and defeat his American counterpart Iron Man in battle.[4] Vanko's armor allowed him to generate and control electricity in all of its forms, such as firing devastating bolts of lightning and flying using electromagnetic propulsion. Unlike Iron Man, who at the time had to regularly charge the chest plate powering his suit (and keeping him alive), the Crimson Dynamo was powered by a self-sustaining generator.
After losing to Iron Man, Vanko defected to the
Boris Turgenov
Boris Turgenov, the second Crimson Dynamo, had a very short career as a supervillain. Turgenov came to the United States with the
Alexander Nevsky
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Iron Man #15 (July 1969) |
Created by | Archie Goodwin George Tuska |
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Alter ego | Alexander Nevsky |
Species | Human |
Place of origin | Earth-616 |
Team affiliations | Titanic Three |
Notable aliases | Alex Niven |
Abilities | Armored suit grants: Superhuman strength Flight Invulnerability Electric and laser blasts Smokescreen Backpack rocket launcher |
Alexander Nevsky was Anton Vanko's up-and-coming protege, with a greatly admired and respected scientific genius. However, his promising career was ruined when the Soviet government discredited Vanko after he fled to the West. Sent into exile for his association with the turncoat, Nevsky grew to hate the Soviet Union as well as Iron Man for besting Vanko. Nevsky also sought vengeance against Tony Stark, whom Nevsky felt exploited Vanko under the American capitalist system (not knowing that Stark and Iron Man are the same person). Disguised as brilliant new scientist Alex Niven behind Cord Industries, he planned to help the struggling competitor beat out Stark Industries in the marketplace.]
After he donned the Crimson Dynamo armor in public,[7] his old Soviet masters sent the Titanium Man to kill him. When Titanium Man killed Janice, Nevsky blamed Iron Man for the tragedy and swore to avenge her.[8] Although he held Titanium Man just as responsible for Janice's death, Nevsky was forced by circumstance to partner with him and Radioactive Man in Vietnam, where all three Communist-aligned fugitives formed the Titanic Three.[9] After defecting to Vietnam, Nevsky made one final attempt to kill Iron Man and was once again unsuccessful.[10] As a result, he was found and assassinated by the KGB and they confiscated his armor for their own purposes.[11]
"The Beginning of the End,"—Nevsky's original story arc in Iron Man #17-23—is considered one of the best Iron Man stories and, alongside Tony Stark's origin in Tales of Suspense #39, the best Iron Man story of the
Yuri Petrovich
Yuri Petrovich, the fourth Crimson Dynamo, first appeared in The Champions #7 (Aug. 1976) as the son of Ivan Petrovich - a friend of the Black Widow (now-reformed). When Western agents (presumably Americans) failed to convince Ivan to defect to the West, they assassinated Yuri's mother; in the chaos that followed, Ivan and Yuri each believed the other dead. Yuri was brought to the West, where Soviet agents posing as Westerners indoctrinated him to hate the West. When Black Widow and Ivan defected to the United States, Yuri was "rescued" by the Soviets, returned to Russia, and trained as a KGB assassin. He was given the Crimson Dynamo armor and sent to kill the Black Widow and Ivan. Yuri and his allies (his girlfriend Darkstar, the Griffin, Rampage, and the original Titanium Man) fought the Black Widow and her teammates, the Champions. When Yuri learned of the true nature of his "Western" captors, he went berserk. Darkstar teamed up with the Champions to subdue Yuri, and after he and his other allies were defeated, Yuri was returned to Russia, convicted by the Soviet government, and exiled to a Siberian labor camp.[15]
Dmitri Bukharin
Dmitri Bukharin, the fifth Crimson Dynamo, was given Yuri Petrovich's armor by his masters in the KGB. He joined the
Bukharin's tenure is the longest of anyone in the Crimson Dynamo's publication history and occurred during such seminal Iron Man storylines as "Demon in a Bottle", "Doomquest", and "Armor Wars". As a result, Bukharin's Crimson Dynamo is considered by some to be the definitive version of the character.
Valentin Shatalov
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Iron Man ##255 (April 1990) |
Created by | Glenn Herdling Fabian Nicieza Herb Trimpe |
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Full name | Valentin Shatalov |
Species | Human |
Place of origin | Earth-616 |
Team affiliations | Remont 4 Lethal Legion |
Abilities | Armored suit grants: Superhuman strength Invulnerability Flight Electric and laser blasters Electrical shock when touching or grappling with an opponent Gatling gun contained in right arm Missiles A 'fusioncaster' chest beam |
Valentin Shatalov, a Colonel-General in the Soviet Army and a KGB agent, is the sixth Crimson Dynamo. He used his rank to obtain the Crimson Dynamo armor from Dmitri Bukharin for his own use. He was the founder of Remont-4, a group of Russian superhumans who sought to return the Soviet Union to Stalinism. Shatalov and his allies (the cyborg Firefox and the original Unicorn among others) recruited the original Titanium Man to their cause. The Remont-4 fought the Soviet Super Soldiers and a group of Russian mutant exiles in addition to plaguing Iron Man.[17]
In Shatalov's first appearance as the Crimson Dynamo, he was in a training session with Devastator in Russia at the same time Iron Man had encountered an out-of-control mutant dubbing himself Freak Quincy in Los Angeles. Quincy's out-of-control powers tapped into Devastator's satellite uplink from the other side of the world, and he managed to switch the minds of Stark and Shatalov. His unfamiliarity with the Iron Man armor resulted in Shatalov firing pulse bolts that destroyed Quincy's arms, although the mutant survived. After Stark and Shatalov struggled to maintain each other's identities, Shatalov was able to get the hospitalized Quincy to recreate the transmission that switched their minds. Out of respect for Stark, Shatalov did not reveal Stark's identity.[18]
Sometime after the fall of the Soviet Union, Shatalov received an upgraded Crimson Dynamo armor. Less bulky than Bukharin's model and with silver accents, this was the first Crimson Dynamo armor that was not completely crimson. Shatalov later met Tony Stark in person, when the latter traveled to Russia to oversee the opening of the first Stark Enterprises branch in the country, and revealed to Stark that he had kept his identity as Iron Man a secret. Stark's trip to Russia was interrupted by the rampage of the Titanium Man, Boris Bullski, who still could not accept the new Russia, and saw Stark's presence in his homeland as an affront to everything he believed the U.S.S.R. stood for. As the Titanium Man fought Iron Man, the Black Widow, and the Crimson Dynamo, Shatalov's leg was broken. He begged Iron Man not to finish the fight with Bullski, as he felt having the American Avenger take down a former Soviet hero would be too damaging to his country's morale. Stark volunteered to wear the Dynamo armor in Shatalov's place, and with radio assistance from Shatalov and the Widow, fought Bullski. When Bullski refused to surrender, Shatalov overrode Stark's control of the Dynamo armor, firing a blast that killed Bullski. Shatalov took the fall with his superiors, who had wanted to recover Bullski alive, and he was relieved of his duties as the Crimson Dynamo.[19]
Other Crimson Dynamos
Like many of Iron Man's Cold War-era villains, the Crimson Dynamo fell into a degree of obscurity after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Since Shatalov, there have been seven people to bear the Crimson Dynamo mantle, almost all of them anonymous, short-lived, or otherwise unremarkable foes.
The seventh Crimson Dynamo, Gregar Valski, was defeated by Nick Fury and Captain America.[20] He wore Dmitri Bukharin's former armor, though his skill piloting it was minimal.
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Crimson Dynamo #1 (Oct. 2003) |
Created by | John Jackson Miller Steve Ellis |
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Full name | Gennady Dmitreivich Gavrilov |
Species | Human |
Place of origin | Earth-616 |
Notable aliases | Trouble Magnet, Iron Gennady, Gyena, Kulakh42 |
Abilities | Armored suit |
In Marvel Epic's six-issue 2003 series Crimson Dynamo, Russian collegiate Gennady Gavrilov becomes the eighth Crimson Dynamo after he finds the helmet of a "Beta unit" designed by Anton Vanko based on but improved over the original, with its very own recharging satellite in orbit. Believing the helmet to be a sophisticated gaming system, Gavrilov caused the dormant armor to awaken and make its way towards the helmet, inadvertently leaving a trail of destruction. He would eventually, if briefly, wear the entire armor in a standoff with the Russian military. He kept the armor afterward.[21]
The ninth Crimson Dynamo appeared in the
The tenth Crimson Dynamo is introduced in Iron Man vol. 4 #7 (June 2006), where he is apprehended by Iron Man after attempting to rob a bank. It was later revealed that this armor had been bought on the black market and that the designs for Crimson Dynamo-based technology have been for sale for a while.[23] This Crimson Dynamo was later slain by the Punisher.[24]
The eleventh Crimson Dynamo was a member of the "Alpha Gen Soviet Super-Soldiers", a group of Russian superhumans put into cryogenic stasis after the Cold War ended. During a fight between the Order and the Infernal Man, Order member Corona set off an enormous explosion which awakened the Super-Soldiers. This Crimson Dynamo was apparently destroyed by Order members Supernaut and Aralune.[25]
Boris Vadim, the twelfth Crimson Dynamo, first appears in the premiere issue of
Galina Nemirovsky replaced Boris Vadim to become the thirteenth Crimson Dynamo.
Powers and abilities
The Crimson Dynamo wears an armored battle suit that serves as an exoskeleton, providing the wearer with superhuman strength and durability. The suit's outer layer was composed of a carborundum matrix alloy, and is equipped with hand-blasters that can fire high-frequency electrical bolts, small missiles contained in the back shoulder area of the battle-suit, computers and radio transmitter and receiver and boot jets that allow flight. Subsequent versions of the battle-suit have featured upgrades of various kinds, by the Gremlin and other Russian scientists. As the Crimson Dynamo, Valentin Shatalov's version of the armor was equipped with a powerful chest-mounted fusion-caster weapon.
Other versions
Heroes Reborn
In the
Later, the Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man would be hired by the Black Knight to join the Masters of Evil.[34] He is later killed by Doombots.[volume & issue needed]
Marvel Zombies
The Crimson Dynamo was killed and devoured by his zombified enemy, Iron Man, in Marvel Zombies 2.[volume & issue needed]
Civil War: House of M
In the House of M, the Yuri Petrovich version of the Crimson Dynamo was a member of the Soviet Super-Soldiers.[35]
Ultimate Marvel
In the Ultimate Marvel universe, there are two versions of the Crimson Dynamo.
Major Valentin Shatalov appears in Ultimate Fantastic Four #47. He is based in a shack in Siberia, and has apparently been out of contact with his superiors for a long time, becoming entirely self-sufficient. When he is ordered to activate his armor he has forgotten correct procedure, and his contact was not even sure he was still alive. Reed Richards reports that this Crimson Dynamo is an "Eastern Bloc version of Iron Man", making the latest Ultimate version extremely similar to the original character. He has joined forces with the Fantastic Four to defeat the Red Ghost.[37]
In other media
Television
- The Anton Vanko incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in the "Iron Man" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Tom Harvey.[38]
- The Yuri Petrovich incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in Iron Man, voiced by William Hootkins in "Not Far from the Tree" and by Stu Rosen in "The Armor Wars".[39] This version is a former KGB agent whose armor is made from Stark Industries technology. In the episode "Not Far from the Tree", Petrovich works with A.I.M. and a clone of Howard Stark to kill Tony Stark and take control of Stark Industries, only to be defeated by Iron Man. In "The Armor Wars", Petrovich breaks off from A.I.M. in an unsuccessful attempt to recreate the Soviet Union with other former KGB agents by destroying a nuclear power plant, giving his life to do so.
- Three variations of the Crimson Dynamo appear in Iron Man: Armored Adventures.[40]
- In the episode "Iron Man vs. the Crimson Dynamo", the Crimson Dynamo suit is introduced as a IV drip. After crashing in New York, Ivan goes on an insanity-induced rampage, intent on destroying Project Pegasus, though Iron Man intervenes long enough for Pepper Pottsto find and bring Ivan's wife and son to him. Seeing them, Ivan surrenders and allows himself to be taken in for medical treatment.
- In "Seeing Red", Dynamo Busterarmor.
- In "Enter: Iron Monger", a fully automated copy of the Crimson Dynamo suit is destroyed by the titular mecha as part of a test run.
- In the episode "Iron Man vs. the Crimson Dynamo", the Crimson Dynamo suit is introduced as a
- The Valentin Shatalov incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "Tales of Suspense!", voiced by Jess Harnell.[citation needed] This version is a member of Doctor Doom's Lethal Legion.
- The Anton Vanko incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in Prison 42.
- The Crimson Dynamo, based on Iron Man 2's incarnation of Ivan Vanko, appears in the Avengers Assemble episode "Secret Avengers", voiced by Fred Tatasciore.[39] This version is a member of the Winter Guard.[42]
- The Anton Vanko incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by Tetsu Inada in the Japanese version and Wally Wingert in the English version.[39]
- The Galina Nemirovsky incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in the Laura Bailey.[citation needed] This version lost her family to mobsters who took her land and family's life in Russia. She attacks Horizon High to obtain a power source for her armor, but runs afoul of Spider-Man. Their ensuing fight causes Otto Octavius' mechanical arms to fuse with his nervous system, and he becomes Doctor Octopus to aid Spider-Man in defeating Nemirovsky before leaving her for the police.[43]
- The Anton Vanko incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Tetsu Inada in the Japanese version and Yuri Lowenthal in the English version.[44] This version is a member of the Winter Guard.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Characters based on the Anton Vanko incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appear in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU):
- Arc Reactor. However, the elder Vanko was deported back to the Soviet Union after stealing patents and selling them on the black market. After Anton dies in the present, Ivan uses connections with the Ten Rings terrorist group to seek revenge on Howard's son, Tony Stark.
- A younger version of Anton appears in the television series Agent Carter, portrayed by Costa Ronin.[46]
Video games
- The Crimson Dynamo appears as the final boss of The Invincible Iron Man.[citation needed]
- The Valentin Shatalov incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears as a miniboss in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.[citation needed] This version is a member of Doctor Doom's Masters of Evil.
- The Valentin Shatalov incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad, voiced by Jess Harnell.[citation needed]
- The Valentin Shatalov incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in the Roxxon. After receiving powered armor to defeat Iron Man, the Crimson Dynamo is killed by Iron Man and War Machine.
- The Crimson Dynamo appears as a boss in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.[citation needed]
- The Crimson Dynamo appears as a boss in Iron Man 3: The Official Game, voiced by Jeff Bottoms.[citation needed]
- The Dmitri Bukharin incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers.[47]
- The Dmitri Bukharin incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. This version is a member of the Winter Guard.
- The Crimson Dynamo appears in Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2.[48]
- The Galina Nemirovsky incarnation of the Crimson Dynamo appears in Marvel Avengers Academy.[citation needed]
Miscellaneous
The Crimson Dynamo is referenced in Paul McCartney and Wings's song "Magneto and Titanium Man".[49]
Merchandise
- The Crimson Dynamo received a figurine in The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.
- The Crimson Dynamo, based on the Iron Man: Armored Adventures incarnation, received a figure in Hasbro's tie-in toy line.
- The Crimson Dynamo, based on the Iron Man animated series incarnation, received a figure.
- The Crimson Dynamo received three figures in the Marvel Super Hero Squad, with the first being released in the "Iron Man Face Off" four-pack alongside figures of Iron Man, War Machine, and Titanium Man; the second released in the "Crimson Dynamo Attacks" four-pack alongside two figures of Iron Man and one of War Machine; and the third being released in the "Armor Wars: Part II" three-pack alongside figures of Iron Man and Titanium Man.
- The Crimson Dynamo received a figure in wave 36 of the Marvel Minimates line.
- The Crimson Dynamo received a figure in wave 1 of Hasbro's Iron Man 2 film tie-in line.
- The Crimson Dynamo will receive a figure in wave 2 of Hasbro's Iron Man: The Armored Avenger Legends Series line.
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- ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
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- ^ Iron Man #15
- ^ Iron Man #21
- ^ Iron Man #22
- ^ The Avengers #130
- ^ Iron Man #73
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- ^ Iron Man #255
- ^ Iron Man #316
- ^ Iron Man #317
- ^ Captain America vol. 3, #42
- ^ Crimson Dynamo #1-6
- ^ Secret War #3
- ^ Iron Man vol. 4 #7
- ^ Charles Soule (w), Mast and Syzmon Kudranski (p), Mast and Syzmon Kudranski (i), Jim Charalampidis (col), VC's Clayon Cowles (let), Jake Thomas (ed). "Chapter Seven" Daredevil/The Punisher: Seventh Circle, no. 7 (1 June 2016). United States: Marvel Comics.
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- ^ "Crimson Dynamo | Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2". Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ^ Evans, Laura (February 12, 2023). "Stan Lee Loved a Classic Paul McCartney Song About a Future MCU Star". CBR.com.