Crimson Dynamo (Gavrilov)

Origin

After finding the helmet to the Crimson Dynamo armor and believing it to be a sophisticated gaming system, Gennady Gavrilov caused the dormant armor to awaken and make its way towards the helmet, inadvertently leaving a trail of destruction. He would eventually, if briefly, wear the entire armor in a standoff with the Russian military. He kept the armor afterward.

Creation

Gennady Gavrilov was created by John Jackson Miller and Steve Ellis and first appeared in Crimson Dynamo #1.

Character Evolution

Gennady Gavrilov is the 8th in the long line of people who have held the Crimson Dynamo mantle. Introduced in his own series, after it’s conclusion he entered “comic book limbo” and subsequent people have adopted the Crimson Dynamo armor and guise since. Despite this, Gennady returned as Crimson Dynamo in the Iron Man/Thor miniseries. Gennady is one of the few Crimson Dynamos to not have been killed in action…yet.

In Other Media

Video Games

• Gennady Gavrilov’s Crimson Dynamo armor appears as a boss character in Marvel Avengers Alliance 2. Strangely, the game’s bio states that the suit is piloted by Anton Vanko, the original Crimson Dynamo.

Merchandise

• Gennady Gavrilov was featured in the HeroClix figure game.
• Gennady Gavrilov was the subject of a Marvel Legends Build-a-Figure wave from Hasbro, released to coincide with the 2020 Black Widow live-action movie. After purchasing all the figures in the wave (Black Widow, Yelena Belova, Taskmaster, Red Guardian, Winter Soldier, Crossbones and Spymaster), a large figure of Gavrilov’s Crimson Dynamo armor could be constructed.