Billy Kitson (Earth-616)

Bison
Name	Billy Kitson
Current Alias	Bison
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Formerly Masters of Evil
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	Horns
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human empowered by Seth
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Cause of Death	Shot by Hunterbots
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Athlete (former college basketball player)
Base of Operations	New York City Formerly Mount Charteris
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz
First	Thunderstrike #13 (August, 1994)
First	Thunderstrike #13 (August, 1994)
Death	Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) #18 (March, 2019)
Death	Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5) #18 (March, 2019)

History

Billy Kitson was a champion basketball player who won a college scholarship and planned to become a professional basketball player, until another player accidentally tripped Billy which resulted in Billy getting a broken leg, ending his dreams and his relationship with his girlfriend Shimari Asbery. Billy Kitson had later made contact with the Egyptian god Seth, who turned Billy into the man-bull creature Bison to serve Seth in exchange for his leg being healed.

Seth sent Bison to capture a sample of the Inferno-42 weapon from S.H.I.E.L.D. This resulted in Shimari turning to Luke Cage and Thunderstrike to help Billy. Bison also ran afoul of Seth's other minions, Quicksand and Mongoose, whom Bison first teamed up with to fight Luke Cage and Thunderstrike, but later turned on his partners. After saving agent Alex DePaul from his Mandroid Armor, Bison was let go.

Later on, Bison has joined the 7th incarnation of the Masters of Evil and was defeated in combat by the Thunderbolts. All Bison wanted was to get enough money for his own cure and to reunite with Shimari.

For a certain length of time, Bison was incarcerated in Prison 42 in the Negative Zone. After the prison was abandoned during the Skrull Invasion, Bison was among the inmates that were left behind and forced to defend the prison from Blastaar's forces.

Bison was one of many animal-themed superhumans captured by Taskmaster and Black Ant for Kraven the Hunter's Great Hunt. He appears as a member of Vulture's army. However, in the chaos, he died after being hit from several shots from the robotic hunters.

Attributes

Powers

• Superhuman Strength: The Bison possesses superhuman strength to an unknown degree, but roughly equivalent to that of Luke Cage. He can use his strength to perform a "Hulk-clap", creating a powerful blast of wind.
• Superhuman Durability: The Bison has a durable hide, able to resist extreme injuries.

Trivia

• Bison was one of the candidates on Steve Rogers' list of supervillains to enroll in Luke Cage's Thunderbolts roster.

See Also

• 8 appearance(s) of Billy Kitson (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Billy Kitson (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Billy Kitson (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Billy Kitson (Earth-616)
• 3 image(s) of Billy Kitson (Earth-616)

Links and References

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/bison.htm