39 Facts About Omega Red

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Omega Red is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men.

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In 2009, Omega Red was ranked as IGN's 95th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

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Omega Red was captured by the Interpol agent Sean Cassidy and turned over to the KGB, which wanted to experiment and attempt to create a supersoldier similar to Captain America.

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4.

Omega Red was a murderer; his crimes easily discoverable due to the town's small size and limited number of potential victims.

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5.

Omega Red was caught by his fellow soldiers and summarily executed via a gunshot to the back of the head.

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Omega Red's superiors are astonished when Arkady survives the execution, and recommend him for the aforementioned Soviet super soldier project, a brutal process; it is suggested that Arkady survives solely due to his evil and cruel nature.

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7.

Omega Red becomes an operative for Soviet intelligence and the KGB.

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8.

Omega Red is able to a wrap a victim in his coils to drain them of their "life" energy.

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9.

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

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10.

Omega Red became a warrior serving Matsu'o Tsurayaba and was led to believe that Wolverine knew the whereabouts of the Carbonadium Synthesizer which could save his life, and sought him out in an effort to find this device.

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11.

Omega Red fought and defeated Wolverine, and brought him to Tsurayaba, Fenris, and Cornelius in Berlin.

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12.

Omega Red battled the X-Men, and was wounded by Psylocke and defeated by the X-Men and Maverick but escaped.

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13.

Later, Omega Red battled and fell under the mental control of the Soul Skinner in Siberia.

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14.

Omega Red was able to subdue the team and capture Wolverine and Jubilee and was then sent to capture Colossus, who had retreated.

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15.

Omega Red later fought against Chamber of Generation X, but suffered a humiliating defeat.

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16.

Ultimately, Omega Red failed to eliminate Wolverine and proved to be no more loyal to the Hand than he was to the Soviet government.

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17.

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

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18.

Omega Red is currently a crime lord who poses as a legitimate business man, much like Wilson Fisk does in the US At present, Omega Red has resumed his search for the Carbonadium Synthesizer.

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19.

Omega Red is largely impervious to Wolverine's claws; the Red Room had been experimenting on his body in an effort to enhance his healing factor.

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20.

Thanks to the enigmatic Romulus, Omega Red is transferred to a regular Russian prison to set a trap for Wolverine.

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21.

Omega Red was killed after being stabbed in the heart with the Muramasa blade by Wolverine.

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22.

Omega Red later appears in Hell attempting to attack Wolverine by binding him with his tentacles, but is quickly taken down when Wolverine grabs him by the tentacles and flips him over.

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23.

At Wolverine's insistence, Omega Red is restrained by Krakoa and psychically interrogated by Jean Grey, whereupon X-Force discovers that Omega Red has indeed been mesmerized by Dracula to possibly serve as a spy for the Vampire Nation in exchange for the Carbonadium Synthesizer that is implanted within his chest.

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24.

Omega Red is a mutant with superhuman strength, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes, and the ability to secrete pheromones from his body typically referred to as "Death Spores".

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25.

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.

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26.

Omega Red is able to use the tentacles as highly effective offensive weapons, often brandishing them like whips during combat.

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27.

Omega Red has superhuman levels of stamina sufficient to engage Wolverine in combat continuously for over eighteen hours with no signs of fatigue.

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28.

Omega Red has the ability, and need, to drain the life force of victims with his pheromones in order to sustain his own.

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29.

Omega Red is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and military tactician.

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30.

Omega Red was trained in various forms of armed and unarmed combat by both the Soviet government and various organizations throughout the Japanese and Russian criminal underworlds.

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31.

Omega Red was quickly backed up by fellow X-Force members: Wolverine and Nightcrawler.

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32.

When X-Force infiltrated the base, Omega Red Black was the one along Daken and Blob to stop Deadpool while he was trying to extract Evan.

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33.

Omega Red White tried to avenge his "brother" but Psylocke mind-controlled him in order to absorb the Shadow King's, and then erased Omega Red White's mind, leaving the Shadow King trapped in a brain-dead corpse.

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34.

Omega Red is shot off the boat by Ana using the speedboat's harpoon gun.

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35.

Omega Red had ties to the mutant underground and the black market.

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36.

Omega Red ended up face-to-face with Domino and Grizzly, who appeared to take his life when he couldn't provide them with the information they needed.

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37.

When Jameson began writing articles critical of Roxxon, Omega Red went to the Daily Bugle office disguised as a janitor and ambushed Jameson in his office with the intent to do Roxxon a high-profile favor and restore his mercenary career.

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38.

Omega Red's tentacles extend from the tops of his wrists instead of the bottom and appear to be organic, not artificial.

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39.

Several months later after the death of Spider-Man, Omega Red is seen resuming his work but is stopped by the second Spider-Man.

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