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Crimson Commando
The first appearance of Crimson Commando (Frank Bohannan; lower middle) as seen in The Uncanny X-Men #215 (March 1987). Art by Alan Davis and Dan Green.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	(Frank Bohannan): The Uncanny X-Men #215 (March 1987) (second version): X-Men #106 (Nov. 2000) (third version): X-Men #215 (March 1987)
Created by	(Frank Bohannan): Chris Claremont Alan Davis (second version): Chris Claremont Leinil Francis Yu (third version): Seth Peck Jefte Palo Guillermo Mogorron
In-story information
Alter ego	(Frank Bohannan): Frank Bohannan
Species	Human mutant
Team affiliations	(Frank Bohannan): Freedom Force Project Wideawake (second version): Brotherhood of Mutants (third version): Freedom Force
Notable aliases	(Frank Bohannan): Cyborg X, Commando
Abilities	(Frank Bohannan): Non-superhuman physical perfection (peak state possible for baseline humans) Cyborg implants

Crimson Commando is the name used by three fictional characters, which are either a mutant or a cyborg appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Frank Bohannan first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #215 (March 1987), and was created by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis.

The second version only appeared briefly in X-Men vol. 2 #106 (November 2000), and was created by Chris Claremont and Leinil Francis Yu.

The third version appears in X-Men (vol. 3) #40 (March 2013), and was created by Seth Peck, Jefte Palo, and Guillermo Mogorron.

Frank Bohannan was born somewhere in Massachusetts. He, Stonewall, and Super Sabre, all veterans of World War II, intend to continue their government service after the war by combating communism during the Cold War, but are rejected. Angered by what they perceive as a decline in morals in the United States, the group become vigilantes. They capture criminals, then release and hunt them in the wilderness of upstate New York.

Mistaking Storm (the leader of the X-Men) for a criminal, the team capture and then hunt her. When Storm and Wolverine defeat the three, Stonewall and Crimson Commando agree to turn themselves in.^[1] Stonewall and Crimson Commando agree to join Freedom Force, a government-sponsored team of superhumans, in exchange for a commutation of their sentences.^[2]

Crimson Commando is gravely wounded during a bungled mission in the Middle East. Freedom Force is sent to Kuwait City to rescue or kill physicist Reinhold Kurtzmann, but encounter the Arabic super-team Desert Sword. Teammate Super Sabre is killed, while Crimson Commando's right hand is severed by Desert Sword member Aminedi.^[3]

Cyborg X, a cyborg soldier created by Care Labs, is implied to be Crimson Commando. A testing accident causes him to malfunction, bringing him into a confrontation with Spider-Man and Ghost Rider.^[4] Cyborg X later assists Spider-Man in battling the Sinister Six, but is apparently killed in an explosion.^[5]

Now going by only the name Commando, Bohannan works with his former Freedom Force teammate Avalanche to infiltrate the reclusive Empyrean's headquarters and put his operation out of commission.^[6]

Commando appears in the reality-altered House of M storyline serving as one of Magneto's royal guards. After this and M-Day, he loses his mutant powers.^[7] Without his powers, Bohannan begins to die. He kidnaps Hope Summers in an attempt to have her save him, but is killed by Wolverine.^[7]

An unnamed, female, African-American version of Crimson Commando appears briefly as a member of Mystique's new Brotherhood of Mutants.^[8]

A human/cyborg version of Crimson Commando is a member of the Freedom Force.^[9] His power armor is equipped with two automatic machine guns as hands and a machine/rail gun mounted on its left shoulder.

Frank Bohannan is a mutant who possesses the peak of physical perfection a baseline human can achieve without becoming a superhuman, and thus apparently ages at a much slower rate than normal human beings. This also seems to include enhanced resistance to injury, managing to survive having his right hand severed and bleeding continuously for an hour, before being maimed by a land mine.^[3]

Bohannan can carry out actions while submerging his conscious thought processes so deeply within his mind that they are shielded from telepathic detection. He also exhibited some degree of super-vision, able to see his teammate Super Sabre when the latter was moving at superhuman velocities.^{[volume & issue needed]} Bohannan wore a computer and modem device on his wrist, and carried knives, daggers, and conventional handguns as weapons. He is an extraordinary hand-to-hand combatant and commando fighter, and is also a highly skilled hunter and tracker.

As a cyborg, the extent of his abilities is largely unknown. One arm was replaced by a large gun and one of his eyes was replaced with an optical sensor able to see beyond the range of normal human vision.^{[volume & issue needed]}

The Frank Bohannan incarnation of Crimson Commando appears in X-Men II: The Fall of the Mutants.^{[citation needed]}

• Cyborg X at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
• Crimson Commando (Brotherhood) at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
• A rebuilt Commando in an X-Factor Proposal
• http://marvel.com/universe/Commando_%28Frank_Bohannan%29