BISON

Real Name: Billy Kitson

Identity/Class: Mutated human

Occupation: Reluctant criminal, former basketball player

Affiliations: member of Crimson Cowl's Masters of Evil, ally of Luke Cage, Thunderstrike, Shamari Asbery, former ally of Seth, Quicksand and Mongoose

Enemies: SHIELD, Alex DePaul, Thunderbolts

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City, formerly Mount Charteris

First Appearance: Thunderstrike #13 (October, 1994)

 

Powers: Bison possesses superhuman strength of an unknown degree, roughly equivalent to Luke Cage; he can use his strength to perform a "Hulk-clap", creating a powerful blast of wind; he also has a durable hide, able to resist extreme injuries, and twin horns atop his head

 

 

History: (Thunderstrike #13 (fb))- Billy Kitson was a champion basketball player whose game won him a college scholarship, and he seemed certain to become a professional player. However, during a game, he was accidentally tripped by another player, and broke his leg, ending his dreams, and straining his relationship with his girlfriend, Shamari Asbery.

BTS- Kitson came into contact with Seth, who transformed him into the Bison. In exchange for his servitude, Seth apparently promised to eventually restore him to normal, with a fully healed leg.

 

 

(Thunderstrike #13)- Seth sent the Bison to capture a sample of Inferno 42 from SHIELD, while Shamari contacted Luke Cage, and asked him to help Billy. Cage, alongside the Avenger Thunderstrike, investigated the SHIELD files Bison had attempted to access, leading them to the very SHIELD base where agent Alex DePaul was disposing of Inferno 42. The three men there ran afowl of Bison, with his allies Quicksand and Mongoose, also working for Seth.

(Thunderstrike #14)- Bison joined Quicksand and Mongoose in battling Cage and Thunderstrike, but when he found that Shamari had followed him there, he realized he had become a monster, and turned on Quicksand, blowing her apart with a clap of his hands. As the SHIELD base fell apart around them, destroyed to protect Inferno 42, Bison helped free DePaul from his ruined Mandroid armor. In the aftermath, DePaul let Bison go free for saving his life.

 

(Thunderbolts #24-25)- Bison joined the Crimson Cowl's Masters of Evil, and half-heartedly participated in their plot to wreck the earth with weather modulators-- all he wanted was the money to transform himself back to normal, so he could be with Shamari. After their base was infiltrated by the Thunderbolts, Bison was defeated by them in combat.

Comments: Created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz.


 

 

 

Shamari Asbery is Billy Kitson's girlfriend, and brought in Luke Cage to help him after he became involved with Seth. It was Shamari's presence that inspired Billy to turn on his allies, and, when last heard of, the two were hoping to be married. -Thunderstrike #13-14

 

 

 

by Prime Eternal

CLARIFICATIONS:
Bison should not be confused with:


Last updated: 11/21/02

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