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==In other media==
==In other media==
===Television===
Omega Red appears in the episodes ''Red Dawn'' and ''A Deal with the Devil'' of ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' (1992-97), voiced by Len Doncheff, and appears in the episode ''Target X'' of ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', voiced by [[Richard Newman]]. Omega Red is a [[Danger Room]] opponent in ''[[X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse]]'' for the [[SNES]], and is a [[player character|playable character]] in the [[Capcom]] fighting games ''[[X-Men: Children of the Atom (arcade game)|X-Men: Children of the Atom]]'', ''[[Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter]]'', and ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes|Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]''. Omega Red also appears in appears in ''[[X2: Wolverine's Revenge]]'' and ''[[X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]'', voiced by [[Steven Blum]]. Omega Red has also been made into an action figure.<ref>Monkey Boy, "[http://www.oafe.net/monkey/ml10_red.php Omega Red: Marvel Legends]," ''OAFE''.</ref> In 2007, Omega Red appeared as a rare figure in the ''Mutations & Monsters'' expansion set of the table top miniature game, Heroclix.
* Omega Red appears in the episodes ''Red Dawn'' and ''A Deal with the Devil'' of ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' (1992-97), voiced by Len Doncheff

* Omega Red appears in the episode ''Target X'' of ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', voiced by [[Richard Newman]].

===Film===
* Omega Red has been confirmed to appear in the ''[[Hulk Vs]]'' segment "Hulk Vs Wolverine" voiced by [[Colin Murdock]].

===Video Game===
* Omega Red is a [[Danger Room]] opponent in ''[[X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse]]'' for the [[SNES]].

* Omega Red is a [[player character|playable character]] in the [[Capcom]] fighting games ''[[X-Men: Children of the Atom (arcade game)|X-Men: Children of the Atom]]'', ''[[Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter]]'', and ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes|Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]''.

* Omega Red appears in appears in ''[[X2: Wolverine's Revenge]]''.

* Omega Red appears as a boss in ''[[X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]'' voiced by [[Steven Blum]].

===Toys===
Omega Red has also been made into an action figure.<ref>Monkey Boy, "[http://www.oafe.net/monkey/ml10_red.php Omega Red: Marvel Legends]," ''OAFE''.</ref> In 2007, Omega Red appeared as a rare figure in the ''Mutations & Monsters'' expansion set of the table top miniature game, Heroclix.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 12:59, 18 August 2008

Omega Red
Red Mafia
Notable aliasesArkady Gregorivich, Vasyliev Arkady
Abilities
  • Superhuman physical attributes
  • Regenerative
    Healing factor
  • Carbonadium
    retractable tentacles housed within each arm
  • Ability to secrete pheromones that result in sickness and death
  • Life Force absorption
  • Skilled hand-to-hand combatant and military tactician

Omega Red is a

comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in X-Men #4 (vol. 2, January 1992), and was created by Jim Lee and John Byrne
.

Fictional character biography

Little is known about the past of Arkady Rossovich except that he was a

Banshee and turned over to the KGB, which wanted to create a super soldier similar to Captain America
. Omega Red is the end result.

In another version of Omega Red's past, as told in a

Maverick
one-shot, Arkady was a Soviet soldier stationed in a small Siberian town. He was also a child rapist and murderer, crimes easily discoverable due to the town's small size and limited number of potential victims. He was caught by his fellow soldiers and executed without trial via a gunshot to the back of the head. His superiors are astonished when Arkady survives the execution, and recommend him for the aforementioned Soviet super soldier project, a brutal process which it is suggested that Arkady survives solely due to the evil and meanness of his nature. He becomes an operative for Soviet intelligence and a KGB operative.

The Soviet government implanted one retractable

Maverick, and Sabretooth during their final mission together as "Team X" and attempted rescue of double agent Janice Hollenbeck sometime during the 1960s.[1]
It is because of his need for the Carbonadium Synthesizer that Omega Red has continuously sought out these three individuals over the years, believing they may know of its whereabouts.

Omega Red also battled John Wraith in Berlin at that time.[2]

At some time in the past the Soviet government decided that Omega Red was too unpredictable and treacherous to be relied upon, and so needed to be put in

Chamber of Generation X
, but suffered a humiliating defeat. Ultimately, Omega Red failed to eliminate Wolverine and proved to be no more loyal to the Hand than he was to the Soviet government.

He has worked for

Neocommunist organizations and tried to kill a member of the Americomp organization, but was stopped by Daredevil and Black Widow
.

Omega Red was later employed by Russian gangster Ivan Pushkin to incite a war between the subversive terrorist organization HYDRA and the technology suppliers A. I. M..

While working for the drug lord known as the General, Omega Red was recruited by Sabretooth to attack Wolverine's friends and family alongside Lady Deathstrike. Sabretooth had promised both Omega Red and Deathstrike information on almost every mutant on Earth, but betrayed his new henchmen by teleporting away with Wolverine, his ward Amiko, and the information.

Omega Red is currently a crime lord (head of the Red Mafia) who poses as a legitimate business man, much like

Agent Zero, who is the only person that knows the location of the Carbonadium Synthesizer. This brings him into direct confrontation with Wolverine, who has also sought out Maverick in hopes of locating the Carbonadium Synthesizer. The result of this encounter is that Wolverine outsmarts Omega Red, landing him in the custody of S.H.I.E.L.D.
.

Months later it becomes known that the

Nightcrawler
intervenes and knocks Omega Red unconscious, he is returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.

Powers and abilities

Omega Red is a mutant with superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes, and the ability to secrete pheromones from his body typically referred to as Death Spores. The death spores result in the weakness or death of humans in his immediate vicinity. The severity of the effect is based on the endurance, health, and relative proximity of the victims. The spores are fatal to ordinary humans within seconds, though some superhumanly powered beings can withstand exposure to them for extended periods of time.

Implanted within Omega Red's arms are long retractable tendril-like coils made of carbonadium, an artificial alloy that is the former Soviet Union's attempt at creating

True Adamantium
. Carbonadium is more malleable than adamantium and, while being vastly stronger than steel, is considerably less durable than adamantium. Carbonadium, however, is for all practical purposes virtually indestructible. Omega Red can cause the coils to shoot forward from openings in the undersides of his wrists in order to ensnare his victims. Omega Red is able to use the tentacles as highly effective offensive weapons, often brandishing them like whips during combat. The natural durability of the tentacles, combined with his physical strength, are sufficient to cause damage to most conventional materials.

Omega Red also has superhuman levels of stamina sufficient to engage

Chamber without sustaining injury.[1]

Omega Red has the ability, and need, to drain the life force of victims of his pheromones in order to sustain his own. Omega Red can likewise ensnare his victims within his tentacles, and use the coils as a conduit for his lethal pheromones. Due to the his mutant "death factor" and the presence of the carbonadium within his body, Omega Red must drain the life force of others on a regular basis in order to sustain his own physical health and remain active. Omega Red can use these absorbed energies to, temporarily, increase his body's healing capabilities to the point where he can fully heal from a punctured lung within a few minutes. Only a device known as the Carbonadium Synthesizer can stabilize his condition, as carbonadium is the only metal that can neutralize the "death factor," thereby stabilizing it within his body.

Omega Red is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and military tactician. He was trained in various forms of armed and unarmed combat by both the Soviet government and various organizations throughout the

Russian criminal underworlds. Highly intelligent, he has quickly become highly skilled in the management of criminal organizations
.

Other versions

In the Age of Apocalypse timeline, there is a different version of Omega Red known only as Rossovich. Instead of a homicidal maniac, Rossovich appeared more sane and business-like. He had ties to the mutant underground and the black market.

In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, Omega Red is an enemy of Spider-Man. His tentacles extend from the tops of his wrists instead of the bottom. He has demonstrated superhuman strength; it is not clear if his other powers are the same as his mainstream counterpart.

In other media

Television

  • Omega Red appears in the episodes Red Dawn and A Deal with the Devil of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992-97), voiced by Len Doncheff

Film

  • Omega Red has been confirmed to appear in the
    Hulk Vs segment "Hulk Vs Wolverine" voiced by Colin Murdock
    .

Video Game

  • Omega Red is a
    SNES
    .
  • Omega Red appears as a boss in
    Steven Blum
    .

Toys

Omega Red has also been made into an action figure.[8] In 2007, Omega Red appeared as a rare figure in the Mutations & Monsters expansion set of the table top miniature game, Heroclix.

References

  1. ^ as revealed in X-Men Vol. 2 #6
  2. ^ Wolverine #61
  3. ^ X-Men Vol. 2 #4
  4. ^ X-Men Vol. 2 #5
  5. ^ X-Men Vol. 2 #6
  6. ^ X-Men Vol. 2 #7
  7. ^ X-Men Vol. 2 #18-19
  8. ^ Monkey Boy, "Omega Red: Marvel Legends," OAFE.

External links


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