Dimitri Bukharin

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Crimson Dynamo Dmitri Bukharin in Darkstar and the Winter Guard v1 #1.

Dmitri Bukharin is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Origin

Dmitri Bukharin (Russian: Дмитрий Бухарин)

After Alex Nevesky disappeared, the Crimson Dynamo armour was confiscated by the state and given to Bukharin to be the new pilot of the suit. (Iron Man v1 #109) The Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar and Vanguard took a ship to Earth's moon to investigate a signal coming from the Blue Area of the Moon. They were shot by members of the extraterrestrial Rigellian race, who mistook them for their enemies, the Knights of Wundagore where they crashed on the moon. (Iron Man v1 #110) Three days later, Jack of Hearts and Iron Man arrived on the moon, also investigating the signal. The Crimson Dynamo mistakenly thought they were responsible for attacking them, and began a fight. Iron Man in turn mistook Bukharin for his predecessor, Alex Nevsky. When Darkstar realized that a mistake had been made, she had Bukharin unmask to prove to Iron Man that he was not Nevsky. Iron Man and Jack of Hearts went on to investigate the Rigellian vessel orbiting the moon. (Iron Man v1 #109) The Crimson Dynamo repaired their communications equipment from their craft, and they received a transmission from their superiors in Russia, asking them to work alongside Tony Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. against the Rigellian menace. (Iron Man v1 #111) The three Russians aided Jack of Hearts against the Rigellians until the battle finally came to an end when Recorder#211 relieved the Rigellian fleet commander Arcturus of his command. (Iron Man v1 #112)

The Crimson Dynamo, Vanguard and Darkstar invaded the U.S. to kidnap Dr. Daniel Ironwood on behalf of the KGB's Nikolai Kutzov, who wanted Ironwood to build an anti-matter bomb. They wound up taking Dr. Ironwood's daughter Cissy captive as well. When Alexi Vazhin, Spider-Man and Bruce Banner came to the site of the bomb's construction, the three Russian heroes fought them, and the Crimson Dynamo was beaten unconscious by Spider-Man. (Marvel Team-Up Annual v1 #2) When the Silver Surfer passed through Russian airspace, the Crimson Dynamo and Darkstar monitored him from the air. (Incredible Hulk v2 #250) The Soviet Super-Soldiers were brought together by Colonel Yuri Brevlov and had Ursa Major added to their ranks for a mission to the 'Forbidden Zone', the site of a nuclear detonation by the Presence. They were to investigate what was causing the radiation to spread. When they were teleported there by Darkstar, they found themselves face-to-face with the Hulk, and attacked him, thinking he was somehow responsible. The Hulk resisted all of the Crimson Dynamo's weaponry, and knocked him unconscious. (Incredible Hulk v2 #258) Darkstar teleported the Crimson Dynamo to a hospital where he could be treated for his injuries. (Incredible Hulk v2 #259)

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Crimson Dynamo

Darkstar and Vanguard later went to seek out Bukharin who was residing at his home in the Ural Mountains where they asked for him to join the reformed Winter Guard. The Russian super-powered team had been recreated at the behest of the Executive Committee's orders in order to deal with the threat of Namor who had begun expunging any surface dweller influence from the oceans. The Sub-Mariners efforts had led to the death of a number of Russian sailors in the Black Sea with the government looking for his arrest. At first, Dmitri refused as he had no intention of becoming a puppet of the Russian government again despite an offer to become a minister for superhuman defence. However, he was convinced due to mounting global tensions as he was placed as leader of the Winter Guard as he resumed his role as the Crimson Dynamo. He led the team in battling Namor during the fight between his Defenders of the Deep with the Avengers. At first, the Winter Guard fought alongside the Avengers in fighting their Atlantean foes but an incident caused the two superhero teams to attack one another instead. This allowed Namor to escape and rising tensions between the two teams until the Red Widow called the Winter Guard off as she retained considerable power over the Russian heroes as she had been dispatched with the authority of the Executive Committee. (Avengers v8 #10)

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Bukharin was a bald-headed Russian male with a moustache and beard. (Iron Man v1 #109)

Initially, he felt a need to prove himself worthy to wear the mantle of the Crimson Dynamo. (Iron Man v1 #112)

Powers and abilities

It was said that the armour was the pride of Soviet technology. (Iron Man v1 #109)

Notes

• Dmitri Bukharin as the Crimson Dynamo was created by Bill Mantlo and Carmine Infantino where he made his first appearance in Iron Man v1 #109 (April, 1978).

Alternate Versions

In other media

Video games

• In Lego Marvel's Avengers, Dmitri Bukharin as the Crimson Dynamo appeared as a playable character in the setting of the video game where he was voiced by actor Wally Wingert.

Appearances

• Iron Man v1: (1978)
• Avengers v8:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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