Monkey Business[]

After the death of the Red Ghost Yaroslav led the Super-Apes in a quest for animal freedom. They occupied the Central Park Zoo and planned to free the animals and lead a revolution but they got the attention of the authorities after he attacked a couple of citizens who got too close.^[1] The following day the Thunderbolts arrived to support the police but had a hard time fighting the superpowered apes, with Yaroslav even defeating Photon until the police attacked them with knock-out gas and captured them.^[2]

Yaroslav has a deep hatred for humanity and has no problem killing innocents to free his fellow animals.^[2]

• Energy Manipulation: Yaroslav has the ability to manipulate energy for multiple purposes.^[2]
  • Energy Projection: Yaroslav can project blasts of energy easily capable of killing unenhanced humans.^[1]
  • Energy Absorption: Yaroslav once drained Photon of all her energy and used it to strengthen his powers.^[2]
• Superhuman Agility: As a chimp Yaroslav is naturally more agile than a human but his agility appears to be superhuman as he can make incredible leaps in the air.^[2]

Yaroslav can speak Russian.^[2]