Ruckus is a fictional mutant

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

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 super villain in the Marvel Comics

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 universe and flamboyant leader of the Nasty Boys.

Fictional character biography

Given Ruckus's ability to absorb the sound waves around him and send them back with concussive force by screaming, Mr. Sinister

Mister Sinister

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 favored Ruckus and often kept him in reserve. Unfortunately, Ruckus' youth makes him arrogant, as seen when he and his comrade, Ramrod

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, robbed a convenience store and obliterated a group of police officers. The act did not go unpunished, and when returning to base, Ruckus was put in his place. While working with a renegade Madrox dupe, Ruckus was put in direct conflict with the mutant group X-Factor

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. Flying in a hovercraft, he went after Polaris

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, using the sound of a firecracker to amplify and literally rock her world. Polaris was eventually able to take him out, but he escaped with teammate Gorgeous George

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.

He appeared much later, along with the rest of the Nasty Boys, on a mission to stop Malice who had inhabited Havok's body. During the battle, Ruckus was the first to strike, using his power to catch Malice off guard. Eventually, X-Factor joined the battle and Ruckus was taken out by Strong Guy

Strong Guy

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. After the battle, Mr. Sinister grabbed his Nasty Boys and fled.

Ruckus was eventually hired by Mystique

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 to assassinate Senator Kelly, but failed to when the X-Men

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 showed up. His current whereabouts are unknown, and whether or not he still serves Mr. Sinister remains a mystery. It is unknown if Ruckus retained his mutant powers after the M-Day

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.

Powers and abilities

Ruckus has the ability to absorb the sound waves around him and send them back with concussive force using his vocal cords.

What If?

Ruckus appeared in a What if? storyline where Magneto

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 took over the United States of America. He was eventually killed by Wolverine

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 along with the other Nasty Boys.

Television

• Ruckus played a prominent role as leader of the Nasty Boys on the 1990s X-Men
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  series, voiced by the show's voice director Dan Hennessey
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  . He seemed to be older, but retained his youthful arrogance. The others often cracked jokes at him being Sinister's "lapdog".

Miscellaneous

• Ruckus also appeared in several issues of X-Men Adventures, a comic book based on the animated series.