Created by: Kurt Busiek and Patrick Butler
1st appearance: Web of Spiderman #81; 1991
Nationality: American
Relatives: Unnamed parents, Rickey Dichinson (brother)
Height: 6’1” Weight: 179lbs (188 in armor)
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black
Skills and abilities: Skilled hand to hand combatant, extensive martial arts training
Powers: superhuman strength (class 50) and durability; his skin can repel bullets,
Weapons: suit of armor which provides enhanced durability; armor is outfitted with high-carbon steel shoulder pads, forearm gauntlets which house retractable blades, and shin guards which are all adorned with spikes that can be used in hand to hand combat
Biography
Brothers Wyndell and Rickey Dichinson were caught by Spiderman attempting to steal a car. Rickey cooperated with the police, but Wyndell fled the country before his court date, and went overseas to Thailand. While there he extensively studied the martial arts and renamed himself Bloodshed, an Asian-based mercenary who had also undergone several operations which enhanced his strength and durability. He came under the employ of Phillipe Bazin, who was a New York based crime lord with operations in Thailand. Bloodshed returned to the states as a guard for Bazin’s illegal drug shipment, but dumped the drugs overboard the ship they were on when the ship was boarded by the Coast Guard. Bazin held Bloodshed responsible for the shipment and wanted him to pay for it. With days left, Wyndell approaches his brother for help. With Bazin growing impatient, the brothers were confronted by gangsters, which gave Bazin the opportunity to plant a bomb in Rickey’s apartment. When the brothers entered the apartment, it exploded, seemingly killing them both. (Web of Spiderman #81, 1991 and Spiderman Unlimited Vol 1, #4, 1994)
During the Civil War, Bloodshed was one of the many criminals who attempted to leave the country instead of registering. He contacts Vienna to provide him with fake documents, but Vienna was secretly working for the Heroes for Hire. He was apprehended along with other villains. (Heroes for Hire Vol 2, #1) He alludes capture and later joins Hammerhead’s gang which is apprehended by Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. and sent to the Negative Zone Prison Alpha (Civil War: War Crimes #1, 2006)
During Norman Osborn’s Dark Reign, Bloodshed is a member of the Hood’s crime syndicate which attacks Mr. Negative. (Dark Reign: Mr. Negative #1-3, 2009)
