OMEGA RED

Real Name:

Arkady Gregorivich Rossovich

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

X-Force

Category:

Other

Additional Category Info:

Cyborg / Mutant

Alias:

Vasyliev Arkady.

Nationality:

Russian

First Appearance:

X-Men (2nd series) #4

Powers & Abilities:

enhanced strength, speed, agility, endurance, and reflexes, death factor generates bioplasmic energy to feed the life energy of others into his own storage, retractable Carbonadium tentacles that focus the death factor, Krakoan bio-tech implants regulate his need to feed and can interface with technological systems to upload or transmit data

Affiliation:

Chaeyi, Soviet Super Soldier Program, Strikeforce, Weapon X-Force, Horsemen of Salvation, X-Force (Krakoa)

Notes:

Omega Red was stabbed and killed by Wolverine using the Muramasa Blade in Wolverine: Origins #39. He was later resurrected in X-Men: Gold #9.

Early stories indicated Omega Red's death factor needed to be deployed on others, otherwise it would feed on his own lifeforce. This was later tweaked as Carbonadium poisoning -- the metal inside him was radioactive and he needed to absorb lifeforce to remain stable. The Carbonadium Synthesizer was a MacGuffin device that could reportedly make the Carbonadium fully safe for him.

Alternate Versions:

ROSSOVICH.

Check our in-depth Character entry:

OMEGA RED

Last Updated:

19th January 2023 by Monolith