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 The first appearance of Crimson Commando (Frank Bohannan; lower middle) as seen inTheUncanny X-Men #215 (March 1987). Art byAlan Davis and Dan Green. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | (Frank Bohannan):TheUncanny X-Men #215 (March 1987) (second version):X-Men #106 (Nov. 2000) (third version): X-Men #215 (March 1987) |
| Created by | (Frank Bohannan):Chris Claremont Alan Davis (second version):Chris Claremont Leinil Francis Yu (third version):Seth Peck Jefte Palo Guillermo Mogorron |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | (Frank Bohannan): Frank Bohannan |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | (Frank Bohannan):Freedom Force Project: Wideawake (second version):Brotherhood of Mutants (third version):Freedom Force |
| Notable aliases | (Frank Bohannan): Cyborg X, Commando |
| Abilities | (Frank Bohannan): Non-superhuman physical perfection (peak state possible for baseline humans) Cyborg implants |
Crimson Commando is the name used by three fictional characters, which are either amutant or acyborg appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
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Frank Bohannan first appears inTheUncanny X-Men vol. 1 #215 (March 1987), and was created byChris Claremont andAlan Davis.
The second version only appeared briefly inX-Men vol. 2 #106 (November 2000), and was created byChris Claremont andLeinil Francis Yu.
The third version appears inX-Men vol. 3 #40 (March 2013), and was created bySeth Peck,Jefte Palo andGuillermo Mogorron.
Frank Bohannan[1] was born somewhere inMassachusetts. As Crimson Commando, he was one of a trio of World War II veteran super-heroes recruited to be a member ofFreedom Force, the original government-sponsored mutant team. Earlier, along with his partners,Stonewall andSuper Sabre, Bohannan had become a vigilante who captured criminals, released them and hunted them inAdirondack State Park in upstate New York. The trio killed the criminals, both to reduce the criminal element in society and for the enjoyment of hunting them.
The trio captured Pamela Morrison, a drug dealer, and mistakingStorm (the leader of the X-Men) for a criminal, the trio hunted and captured her as well. The women were set out for the vigilantes to hunt both to their deaths. Crimson Commando killed Morrison, butWolverine arrived to help Storm. When Storm and Wolverine eventually defeated the trio, Stonewall and Crimson Commando agreed to turn themselves in to law enforcement authorities and confess their vigilantism.[2] Stonewall, Crimson Commando and Super Sabre (who had been presumed dead) agreed to joinFreedom Force, a U.S. government sponsored team of superhumans, in exchange for a commutation of their sentences.[3]
On his first mission with Freedom Force, he fought theX-Men in Dallas, and battled cavemen transported to Dallas by time-waves created by theAdversary. He watched a telecast of the X-Men's deaths in order to defeat the Adversary, and then witnessed the return ofForge to Dallas without the X-Men.[4] While still in Dallas, Freedom Force also contended against theNew Mutants.[5]
Crimson Commando was also a part of the Freedom Force mission to attempt to captureCyclops andMarvel Girl who defeated Freedom Force.[6] He also assisted the team's attempt to captureRusty Collins which was thwarted by the New Mutants.[7] He again fights Rusty and his girlfriend Skids, alongside Freedom Force; this time, they captured Rusty and Skids.[8] With Freedom Force, he also pursuedCable who had escaped federal custody.[9]
Crimson Commando would be gravely wounded during a bungled mission in theMiddle East. Freedom Force was sent to Kuwait City to rescue or kill physicist Reinhold Kurtzmann, but they encountered the Arabic super-team calledDesert Sword. Teammate Super Sabre was killed, while Crimson Commando's right hand was severed by the "cutting wind" ofAminedi.[10] Bohannan was seriously wounded,[11] andAvalanche was forced to abandonBlob andPyro in the desert to save his life. Bohannan was evacuated from Kuwait for hospitalization.[12]
Bohannan next appeared having been turned into a cyborg going by the name ofCyborg X. He had been rebuilt by CARE LABS but a testing accident had caused him to malfunction bringing him into a confrontation withSpider-Man andGhost Rider. Cyborg X would later assist Spider-Man in battling theSinister Six but was believed to have been killed in an explosion at CARE LABS.[13]
Now going by only the nameCommando, Bohannan next appeared on a mission forProject Wideawake. He was teamed-up with his former Freedom Force teammateAvalanche to infiltrate the reclusiveEmpyrean's headquarters and put his operation out of commission.[14] They were also ordered by a rogue government official to assassinatePolaris ofX-Factor.
Commando appears in the reality-alteredHouse of M storyline serving as one of Magneto's royal guards. After this andM-Day, he lost his mutant powers.[15] Without his powers, Bohannan begins to die. He kidnapsHope Summers in an attempt to have the latter save him. Wolverine rescues Hope and decapitates Bohannan.[15]
A young, female, African-American version of Crimson Commando appeared very briefly as a member ofMystique's newBrotherhood of Mutants.[16] Her name was never stated and her powers never exhibited, butChris Claremont previously stated there would be a new versions ofSuper Sabre,Mastermind and Crimson Commando.
A human/cyborg version of Crimson Commando is a member of theFreedom Force.[17] His power armor is equipped with two automatic machine guns as hands and a machine/rail gun mounted on its left shoulder.
Frank Bohannan is amutant who has the ability to achieve the peak of human physical perfection (similar to the physical enhancements granted byCaptain America's super-soldier treatments). More specifically, his mutation has kept his body at the very peak of physical perfection a baseline human can achieve without becoming a superhuman, and thus apparently ages at a much slower rate than normal human beings. This also seems to include enhanced resistance to injury, managing to survive having his right hand severed and bleeding continuously for an hour, before being maimed by aland mine.[18] Although he was on the brink of death, he managed to hang on long enough to receive medical attention and survive.[19]
Bohannan can carry out actions while submerging his conscious thought processes so deeply within his mind that they are shielded from telepathic detection. He also exhibited some degree of super-vision, able to see his teammateSuper Sabre when the latter was moving at superhuman velocities.[volume & issue needed] Bohannan wore a computer and modem device on his wrist, and carried knives, daggers, and conventional handguns as weapons. He is an extraordinary hand-to-hand combatant and commando fighter, and is also a highly skilled hunter and tracker. As a cyborg, the extent of his abilities is largely unknown. One arm was replaced by a large gun, his legs are now metal and he can walk up the side of buildings, and at least one eye was replaced with an optical sensor able to see beyond the range of normal human vision.[volume & issue needed]
A similar character, theCommander Crimson, appears in the alternateUltimate Marvel continuity.Sayuri Kyota was an ex-agent ofS.H.I.E.L.D. who was the leader of a terrorist cell ofHydra. She fought theUltimates as she used anInfinity Gem which disintegrated her.[20]
The Frank Bohannan version of Crimson Commando appears inX-Men II: The Fall of the Mutants.[citation needed]
