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History
Early Life
After completing high school early, Tyson Rios enlisted in the United States Marine Corps when he was only sixteen. He lied about his age because he was eager to prove himself to his parents. Six years later, while on a mission, he was caught in a chemical explosion that gave him amazing powers.
Tyson emerging from the explosion that gave him his powers
When Tyson left the military, he learned that his family had been killed by a mercenary named Ocelot. Tyson dedicated his life to finding Ocelot so he became the adventurer Crimson Shadow. During his time looking for Ocelot, Tyson managed to achieve an early graduation from college.
Early Career
While doing some detective work, Crimson Shadow found files on Ocelot; he had been experimenting with his blood in a secret lab. Crimson Shadow found and killed the mutated Ocelot. One day, Crimson Shadow saved the life of a monk while fighting Warlord. The monk made Crimson Shadow immortal. Tyson met Naomi Collins when he saved her from an explosion in her lab. They fell in love and months later they got married. Over the years Naomi had been targeted by Shadowhawk. When he found him, Crimson Shadow killed him. Tyson and Naomi had two sons named, Ricardo and Elliot. Tyson wanted to protect his kids and he knew that he had to kill Warlord. Before he could get to Warlord, a paradox occurred on Earth and every super villain that Crimson Shadow had killed came back to life. Crimson Shadow got all of them in space and he blew himself up re-killing the villains. Crimson Shadow came back to life and tried to end the paradox by confronting Warlord. Warlord killed Crimson Shadow and cast a spell to keep Tyson from coming back to life. In less then a year Warlord created an army to take over the world.
The Return
In the afterlife Crimson Shadow met a wizard who took off the spell that Warlord casted. When Crimson Shadow returned to Earth he took out Warlord's army. He went after Warlord and killed him. Tyson learned that his wife and children survived the events that followed his death. One year past since the paradox and Warlord had come back to life stronger than ever. Tyson told Naomi to take the kids to her sister, Amanda's house and to stay with them, so they could be safe. Before he entered the battle with Warlord, Crimson Shadow set up an army of super heroes to confront Warlord and his reborn followers. Crimson Shadow and his army defeated Warlord and his forces. Tyson went to Naomi's sister's house to get his family, but they were gone. Amanda had been killed and there was a ransom note. Tyson went to the kidnapper's hideout to find his family. When he got there the kidnapper was already dead and his family was safe. Ricardo's power finally emerged and he accidentally killed the kidnapper to save his mother. Naomi had told Tyson that the kidnapper had killed Elliot. A private funeral for Elliot was held shortly after.
One day, Naomi was analyzing Tyson's blood and saw that his cells were mutating rapidly. His powers would soon overwhelm him. Naomi told him that anything he touched would disintegrate. When Tyson saw signs of his mutation he left his family for their own safety. When Tyson was fully mutated he was captured by Warlord. Warlord made an evil clone of Tyson. He made the clone battle Tyson. When they fought, Warlord wanted to see the clone's abilities, so he made the clone blow himself up. The blast instantly killed Tyson. They both came back to life but Tyson was normal again, so he fled leaving the clone alone with Warlord.
Tyson returned to his wife and son, but he didn't tell them about the clone. Crimson Shadow, Spider-Man, Captain America and Iron Man went to Ricardo's high school to fight Warlord. Ricardo had been fighting him until they got there. They defeated Warlord but he grabbed Crimson Shadow and took him to the Negative Zone. The two were fighting and Tyson realized that each of his punches got weaker. Warlord was able to inflict a lot more damage on Crimson Shadow. Crimson Shadow was near death when he saw Reed Richards. He called for him and Reed grabbed him and took him out of the zone. Once Crimson Shadow was out of the Negative Zone his powers started to return. When he was well enough, he went home to his family, only to find that his wife had been killed.
Naomi's funeral was private because Tyson didn't want the media there. A couple days later Tyson learned that Ricardo had become Captain Universe. Crimson Shadow has recently learned that the monk that made him immortal had died. He went to the monk's temple and the other monks had told Tyson that the immortality spell had worn off, so if he died it would be the end.
The Avengers
Crimson Shadow has joined the Avengers with Captain Universe. Crimson Shadow had helped the Avengers fight a lot of super villains during his time there. When he was on a mission, Crimson Shadow got a distress call from his son. When Crimson Shadow got there he attacked Mephisto. Tyson was able to beat Mephisto but Captain Universe was taken to the Underworld by Blackheart. Crimson Shadow decided to get help from his nephew, Captain X. Captain X came to Tyson to tell him that he got Captain Universe out of the Underworld. Crimson Shadow left so he could go see his son. Crimson Shadow was ambushed by Onslaught while he was flying to his son.
Onslaught was beating Crimson Shadow into the ground until Tyson blasted him away. The two fought and Crimson Shadow saw that Onslaught was losing. He was going to finish him off but he was pushed back by a tremendous force. Onslaught was powering up and he got bigger. Onslaught charged Tyson and attacked him with a flurry of punches. Crimson Shadow was losing the battle against the fully powered Onslaught. Crimson Shadow knew that there was only one way to beat Onslaught, so he flew into space. Onslaught followed and Crimson Shadow sacrificed himself to kill Onslaught.
Rebirth
In the afterlife, Crimson Shadow spent most of his time looking for Onslaught. After a while, Crimson Shadow was brought back to life. With his new life, Crimson Shadow gained a new power, and he decided to make himself a new costume showing that he is a new Crimson Shadow. When Tyson encountered his son, Ricardo told him that the Sentry had brought him back to life. Crimson Shadow wanted to find Onslaught so that he could finally defeat him.
The Symbiote
While patrolling the city, Tyson noticed that it was being destroyed. When he saw who was doing it he attacked him. What got up wasn't human and it charged Tyson. He attacked back and in the middle of the fight, the creature stopped moving. So Tyson blasted it through a building. He went after it to see that it was impaled by steel rods. He got closer and the creature revealed itself. Tyson was in shock, it was Rick. He couldn't believe what he had done to his son. He pulled him off the steel and waited for his healing factor to take effect. It never did so Tyson rushed Ricardo to the hospital.
After a few minutes, Tyson walked into the surgery room. The doctors told him that they couldn't get the suit off of Rick. He then woke up and started thrashing violently. Tyson tried to restrain him but Rick threw him through a wall. When he came back Ricardo was gone. He left the hospital to look for him. Tyson found Misery and tried to talk to him, but he was attacked. Misery and Crimson Shadow traded punches until Misery stabbed Tyson in the ribs with his tendrils. Misery was going to finish him off until Weapon Omega came to Tyson's rescue. They both attacked Misery, and Weapon Omega shot him with an RPG. When Tyson and Weapon Omega got up, Misery was standing next to Warlord and a fully powered Onslaught. Then Captain X came to help Tyson. Warlord attacked Captain X, Onslaught ran towards Crimson Shadow, and Weapon Omega fought Misery. During the fight, Onslaught created a field of unstable energy which pulled everyone in. The field imploded and everybody was severely injured and unconscious. Then S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived and took everyone.
Tyson was taken to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s infirmary. Tyson was woken up by the sound of an alarm. Nick Fury told him that Weapon Omega took Misery and his symbiote and then he fled the helicarrier. Fury said that Tyson had to go apprehend them both. Crimson Shadow agreed and he left to begin his search.
The Rise of Death
Soon after Tyson left S.H.I.E.L.D.'s helicarrier, he saw someone being attacked. Once he got there the person was gone and he knew it was just a diversion. A fist then impaled Tyson in the chest. He was smashed into a building and then pummeled into a car. Tyson blasted his attacker away hoping to get distance between them. Out of the smoke came Apocalypse. Crimson Shadow attacked him with everything he had, but Apocalypse grabbed his leg and then his neck. He snapped Tyson's spine in half. Then Apocalypse stepped on Crimson Shadow's head. With Crimson Shadow in his possession, Apocalypse created his new horseman out of him. Crimson Shadow was no more, all that was left was Death.
Tyson as Death
Apocalypse had ordered Death to recruit the rest of his Horsemen, so he followed his orders. After causing massive amounts of damage to different places around the world, Death returned with three perfect candidates for Apocalypse's Horsemen. Apocalypse was ready to convert them to his minions, but Tyson killed them all. He told his master that he was already superior and he didn't need a team to slow him down. Apocalypse decided to put Death's words to the test, so he set him lose on the city. While killing several hundred people, Death was confronted by his two sons.
Misery held Death down while Weapon Omega shot him point blank in the face. Death was unaffected and he smashed Misery into the floor and grabbed Weapon Omega's head. Misery impaled Death allowing Weapon Omega to escape, but without his mask. Death grabbed Misery by his head and legs and was ready to rip him in half until Weapon Omega stabbed him in the head. Death caused his energy to explode sending Rick and Eli flying. Death picked them both up and saw their faces, he realized that these were his kids. He put them down and turned his attention towards Apocalypse.
He viciously attacked him, but they both were evenly matched. Tyson managed to grab his former master's throat and he squeezed it, causing blood to spill out. With tears rolling down his face, Tyson forced all of the energy throughout his body to the hand around Apocalypse's throat. This caused Tyson's flesh to heal back, but the act was causing his body to be torn apart. So Tyson released the energy, causing a massive explosion. Apocalypse and Tyson were both presumably incinerated.
The Invasion
Apocalypse was injured by the explosion, but he managed to absorb the energy from it and he left to allow his injuries to heal. The explosion launched a mangled Tyson two miles away from the battlefield. A hole was blown threw his chest, his entire right arm was missing, and part of his right leg was gone. Tyson knew he was going to die because he knew that Apocalypse took his healing factor away. Moments away from death, Tyson saw his nephew by his side and he restored Tyson's healing factor. While he was regenerating Captain X flew Tyson away. They arrived in Asgard and Doug informed Tyson of the war. Once they arrived, Doug clothed Tyson in some armor and the two flew off ready to defend Asgard.
The battle was an intense fight and no matter how hard the Asgardians fought the Kronans kept coming. Tyson and Captain X managed to break the Kronans' line of defense but to no avail as Tyson was captured and the Asgardians were pushed back. The Kronans took Tyson, but he managed to break free. He easily dispatched the group that took him and he spotted a few ships nearby. Tyson went closer and discovered a Kronan leader inside. He knew this was his one chance to end the war. So he tore through the ship's side and grabbed the leader by his throat. All of the Kronans were watching and Tyson told them to end the invasion or else he would kill their leader. Not all of them understood, but his message came across. The Kronan leader called his troops back and Tyson let him go free. He watched as the ships left, but there were still some soldiers who wanted to fight. Tyson rounded them up and brought them to the Asgardians. They thanked Tyson for his heroic deeds and Captain X took him back to New York City.
Onslaught's Revenge
As Tyson was brought home he noticed that the sky was an unusually dark color. So, he just walked through the city until something happened. Nothing did and he thought that it was so dark because it was so bright on Asgard, and he just wasn't used to it. So Tyson, ignored the sky and kept walking. All of a sudden, the ground started to shake and crack open. In the distance, Tyson could see a building falling over. He flew to it and brought it back up, but while on the building he could see everything more clearly. It was dark because something was blocking the sun. Then something fell away from it and cratered into the Earth. With no time to suit up, Tyson went to investigate it.
The crater was glowing and people were standing around it. Tyson moved in closer as well. He looked into the crater to see what looked like a receiver for a machine. Suddenly more began to fall from the "asteroid" and they seemed to be landing all over the country. Nothing had happened after that, but Tyson put on his uniform to be prepared. He flew as close to the asteroid as he could get, and realized that it was not moving. It looked like it was another planet. However he didn't know what it was.
Soon afterwards, Onslaught appeared on the planet and he looked metallic. All of a sudden he lunged forward. Onslaught was engulfed in flames and he crashed into Crimson Shadow. They continued to fall and Onslaught punched Crimson Shadow causing him to crater in the Earth. Onslaught came forward and picked up Crimson Shadow, who puched him back. With Onslaught in midair, Crimson Shadow unleashed a flurry of punches on him. Onslaught's metal body was pierced by Crimson Shadow's fist. He blasted him in the wound and Onslaught exploded.
Thinking it was over, Crimson Shadow went to see the device that crashed landed again. He looked up and saw something falling towards him from the planet. It was Onslaught again but fully powered up. Crimson Shadow just barely got out of the way when Onslaught hit. He didn't understand how he was still alive. Then two more objects fell from the sky. They turned out to be two more fully powered, metallic Onslaughts. Crimson Shadow was outnumbered and by enemies that were overpowered. He tried to fend them off, but they were to strong and they all attacked at once. He couldn't protect himself from all the hits that he was taking, so he tried flying up in the air. They followed him and Crimson Shadow gathered a lot of his energy and released it in one energy blast. The three Onslaughts were incinerated and Tyson fell to the ground weakened. He looked at the sky and saw two more Onslaughts falling towards him....more...
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Regenerative Healing Factor: Despite his great resilience, it is possible to injure Tyson. Crimson Shadow possesses a superhuman healing factor that allows him to regenerate damaged or destroyed bodily tissue with far greater speed and efficiency than an ordinary human. Crimson Shadow is able to heal injuries such as slashes, puncture wounds, bullet wounds, and severe burns within moments. His healing factor is developed to the point that he can regrow missing limbs and organs.
- Extended Longevity: Crimson Shadow’s healing factor provides him with an extended lifespan by slowing the effects of the aging process to an unknown degree.
- Photon Energy Blasts: Crimson Shadow can generate his energy as powerful blasts and explosions. These blasts are usually generated from his hands. The maximum power of these blasts is unknown.
- Flight: At his peak, Tyson is capable of surpassing the Speed of Sound, 770 miles per hour. His superhuman durability enables him to withstand the rigors of traveling at such high velocities would have on human tissue without harm, as well as allowing him to breathe normally.
- Superhuman Strength: Crimson Shadow possesses vast superhuman strength, granting him the ability to lift (press) far in excess of 100 tons.
- Superhuman Durability: Crimson Shadow is highly resistant to physical injury. He is capable of withstanding high caliber bullets, falls from great heights, and extreme temperatures and pressures without sustaining injury.
- Superhuman Stamina: Crimson Shadow’s advanced musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of a normal human. At his peak, he can exert himself physically for about 24 hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to impair him.
- Superhuman Agility: Tyson’s agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
- Superhuman Reflexes: Tyson’s reflexes are similarly enhanced and are superior to those of the finest human athlete.
Abilities
- Crimson Shadow is an extraordinary hand-to-hand combatant, he is a highly skilled marksman and detective
Strength level
- Crimson Shadow possesses vast superhuman strength enabling him to lift (press) far in excess of 100 tons
Weaknesses
- Crimson Shadow is at his weakest in the Negative Zone. He slowly loses his powers and will eventually die if he is in there for too long.
Paraphernalia
Equipment:
- Crimson Shadow originally designed a special belt and wristbands to help him control and sustain his powers
Transportation:
- Flight
Weapons:
- None
Notes
- Crimson Shadow's powers were unstable and unreliable in his early career
- Apocalypse strengthened Tyson's photon powers past what his body could contain, so as Death, Tyson's photonic energy bursted through him causing his flesh to melt away
- Apocalypse also stripped Tyson of his healing factor
Trivia
- Tyson was born to a Puerto Rican father and a Mexican mother
See Also
- Appearances of Tyson Rios (Earth-616)
- Character Gallery: Tyson Rios (Earth-616)
- Quotations by Tyson Rios (Earth-616)
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