Rhino (Marvel)
The Rhino is a male comic supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Aleksei Systevich was a male Russian who immigrated to the United States by the modern age. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #625)
After the Registration, he had the option of restarting his life again and decided to take it where he abandoned his criminal past as the Rhino. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #617)
With the death of his wife, Alexei felt there was no point in living in a world without his Oksana. When Octavius was recruiting a new Sinister Six, he confessed to the Rhino that he planned to use his Octavian Lenses to destroy the Earth as his final act before the cancer claimed his body. Alexei agreed to join on the condition that Otto continued with his plans as he wanted to see the world burn. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #687)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He was known to had gone by the name of Alex O'Hirn. (Incredible Hulk v1 #435)
He later came to be involved with a former waitress named Oksana with the two entering into a relationship where he initially said that he would not fall in love with her. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #617) However, he changed as a person because of her and felt that she had turned him from a beast into a man. It was said that when she was killed then Aleksei himself also died that day and he once more embraced his Rhino persona. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #625) Through Oksana, he had a blonde haired niece named Tanya but her family did not let him see her due to Aleksei’s criminal background. (Miles Morales: Spider-Man v1 #3)
Powers and abilities
Some of the treatments that turned him into the Rhino were irreversible which meant even when removed of his skin and abilities he still retained a high degree of strength as well as durability. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #617)
The suit was bonded to his skin giving him incredible superhuman strength and durability allowing him to easily breakthrough walls as well as be impervious to bullets. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #41)
Notes
- The Rhino was created by Stan Lee and John Romita, Sr. where he made his first appearance in the Amazing Spider-Man v1 #41 (October, 1966).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Spider-Man, Aleksei Sytsevich appeared as a student at Horizon High in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Matthew Mercer.
Films
Video games
- In The Incredible Hulk, the Rhino appeared as a stage level boss in the 1994 video game.
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1:
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man v1:
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