Soon after the funeral, Red Hulk meets with the person who was allegedly behind his death: Bruce Banner. Yet again, Ross managed to make Banner the focus of his revenge and turn him into the villain while concealing the truth of his secret identity. You have to admire his ability to multitask! Red Hulk possesses many of the same attributes as the Hulk.
They both share immense superhuman strength and stamina. They can also withstand attacks by heavy-duty weaponry due to their tough skin. Their powers also allow them to travel great distances in a short amount of time, regenerate after taking any damage, and even travel to outer space.
Several key differences distinguish the Red Hulk from the Hulk. For example, as the Hulk becomes angrier, his powers intensify drastically. In one of his first fights, the heat from his body was so immense that he managed to turn the surrounding sand into glass. The Red Hulk can actually become overheated from his own soaring body temperatures and can inadvertently weaken himself.
He is also capable of absorbing various forms of energy such as comic power or gamma radiation. And unlike the Hulk, Ross has his full mental capacities when he transforms. His many years of combat training and tactics give him the strategic advantage in most fights. Red Hulk is notorious for using weapons during his fights. When he killed the Abomination, he used a stolen gun in his revenge killing. Often times in combat, Rulk has managed to take the weaponry of some of the most powerful heroes in Marvel comics.
As mentioned in our previous article , Red Hulk was one of the many heroes that have wielded the mighty Mjolnir. But his ability to use the weapon has nothing to do with his worthiness and everything to do with his strength and strategy. In Hulk vol. He takes advantage of being in a weightless environment to then swing the hammer and take Thor out. He then chased after Silver Surfer, grabbed him, and absorbed his cosmic powers. Though her absence from his life was hard on him, nothing compared to his anguish over her death.
In an attempt to frame Bruce Banner yes, people do love framing him , her death was made to look like to be the work of the Hulk; excess amounts of gamma radiation were detected on her body.
In reality, the Abomination used his own blood to poison her. Unable to cope with her loss, Ross decides to keep her body in a cryogenic state.
In addition, Berry is brainwashed into a confused and agitated state of mind. Knowing that Ross has plans to betray them, they turn Betty into the Red She-Hulk and send her to kill her own father.
Within the Marvel Universe, there are alternate universes that resemble the Earth as we know it aka Earth There are thousands of separate universes that vary in species, beings, and unique versions of the Marvel superheroes. The Secret Wars storyline combined various Marvel universes into the planet Battleworld.
The version of the Secret Wars comic books included an area called Greenland, and its baron is an alternate Red Hulk named Red King. He greatly resembles Red Hulk of Earth, but that is where the similarities end. Along with the doppelganger Rulk, there is an alternate version of Captain America known simply as the Captain. Captain and his companion, Devil Dinosaur, slaughter and behead the Red King.
Premiering in , we see the first-ever live portrayal of the renamed David Banner and his menacing alter ego. However, executive producer Kenneth Johnson was not a fan.
In his mind, green conveyed a feeling of jealousy rather than anger. He even spoke to character co-creator Stan Lee about making such a change for the series. Though the original color of the Hulk was gray in the comic books, the change was to green was out of convenience.
Wolverine in particular believe this 'proved' his Avenger status. After the Serpent's invasion, Ross and Annie made their way to the former's childhood home in New Hampshire. Whilst investigating, Omegex finally found Ross and attacked him. The fight quickly carried across state lines to Boston.
Despite Ross' best efforts, he could gain no edge against Omegex. His life was spared by the surprising intervention of Black Fog. Annie, meanwhile, had been mysteriously spared by Omegex. The Watcher named Uravo revealed herself to Annie and took her to Boston. She revealed that Omegex considered the Red Hulk a unique life-form and as such it would not aim to destroy Earth. However, General Fortean entered the fight and endangered the rest of the populace.
Hoping to understand Ross, she viewed events from his life. At Ross' urging he was returned to the fight. Attempting to absorb the Omegex's energies, Ross instead found himself disabled. Assuming death awaited him, Ross made Uravo promise to keep Annie safe from Omegex. Uatu arrived to observe the event. Thaddeus Ross reverted to his human form, intending to die a human man; instead, Omegex dissipated.
Uatu explained that the transformation made the Red Hulk's energy signature vanish, convincing Omegex that his target had perished. His task completed, he returned to where he came from. This had been Uatu's plan all along, and by exploiting loopholes he had broken none of the Watchers' non-intervention rules. Ross, overjoyed, embraced Annie happily. After a fight with Fortean, Ross returned to the camp he had with Annie.
Sorting through Fortean's transmissions Ross discovered the death of Will Krugauer, an old friend who had left the military to work with the private security group Skytower.
Krugauer had been killed fighting in the Middle East. Enraged, Ross charged right into the war-torn region where he had died; an area of Qatar which was in the midst of a revolution. There Ross discovered that the rebels had super-advanced tech. The Secret Avengers arrived, intending to take Ross home to avoid an incident. Ross resisted and they clashed in a fight. During the fight the one known as ' Arabian Knight ' entered the fray.
Steve Rogers appeared and ended the conflict. The Arabian Knight revealed that the source of the weapons was the arms-dealer and separatist Dagan Shah. Ross was assigned Machine Man as a partner and was allowed to infiltrate Sharzhad , Shah's domain.
They were soon attacked by what appeared to be the mystical manticore. Ross and Machine Man briefly discussed Dr. Abel Stack , before hitting an invisible force wall. Machine Man removed the illusion cast on the wall, allowing Ross to see beyond it.
He behold a flourishing and beautiful city. Sharzhad had been terraformed. The Arabian Knight arrived and guided into into Sharzhad. Machine Man detected a power source below them, and so Ross broke the floor open. As they fell, Ross questioned Machine Man on the minds of androids; particularly, if they could dream or not.
They reached an otherworldly complex, a portal to a microcosm of another cosmos. An AI system revealed the origins of the Sultan Magus' powers. A failed Rigellian colonization attempt left a great source of power dormant on Earth.
This power was transferred to Shah, transforming him and giving him an understanding of Rigellian technology. Ross determined that Dagan Shah was worth taking out just as the Sultan Magus himself arrive.
Shah easily overpowered Ross and sent him spirally toward a portal to Rigellian space. He was only saved by the timely intervention of Machine Man. Shah once again gained the upper hand but was interrupted by Arabian Knight, who proceeded to cut off Shah's arms.
As he reattached them Machine Man was able to engineer an escape from the inner sanctum. He revealed that Sharzhad had been formally recognized as an independent nation.
The Sultan Magus taunted the Red Hulk before forcing him out of his country. Captain America ordered Ross to track down Venom , who was fugitive. Red Hulk then made an alliance with Venom, X who was there seeking vengeance on whoever had stolen her blood , and Ghost Rider who noticed the presence of Blackheart. They each fought their Antitheses until they were finally killed. Ross was killed by The Evangelist. In Hell, Mephisto offered the heroes a new chance to live in exchange for defeating Blackheart.
They managed to get the Spirit of Vengeance , which had been trapped by Blackheart, and wanted to get it to Blaze, so he would become Ghost Rider again. During the battle, Red Hulk and Venom were thrown away by Blackheart, Flash gave the symbiote to Red Hulk and it bonded with him as well as the Spirit, thus becoming the new Ghost Rider. Blackheart was defeated when Ghost Rider used a mirror which creates Antithesis, being defeated by his. Meanwhile, Flash and X were trying to help Johnny Blaze to return Hell from the dimensional portal and destroy it.
Sersi assured him she was not and as he was letting her hand go he was attacked by Ikaris who believed he was attacking Sersi.
Following a short battle that was stopped by the volcano activating, the Eternals returned to their city after being summoned by Zuras who now seemed to view the Red Hulk as an enemy.
After being cured from brain damage with the Extremis virus , the Hulk developed a new super-genius persona called "Doc Green. He found Doc Green in San Francisco, and engaged him in combat. Doc Green tried to inject Ross with the cure in the middle of the fight, but Red Hulk broke the needle. After having his arm broken by Ross, Doc Green lured him to a portal to his base, the Beehive. There, Doc Green took the time to scan Red Hulk for data before teleporting him back elsewhere.
The following days, Ross made the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository his base, so he could be ready and absorb its radiation in case Doc Green found him. Doc Green ultimately found Ross, with Deadpool 's help. The army was alerted to the confrontation, and when they arrived, they arrested Ross for deserting his country. During Hydra 's take-over of the American government, General Ross led a cell of resistors against Hydra.
Because of this, he was paroled following Hydra's downfall as part of an entire program set up for Hydra resistors with shady pasts. He started working for the government again, [86] but additionally became part of a secret cabal of influence brokers called the Power Elite. After the collapse of S. Ross used the LMD as a decoy and continued his investigation, [88] [89] while Captain America was framed for his apparent murder.
Because Ross had briefly been bonded to the Venom symbiote , Carnage - who was trying to accumulate as many symbiote codices as possible in order to revive the dark god Knull - dug up the LMD and devoured its spine. His survival only known to a few individuals such as Black Widow , Ross was content to let the world believe him to be deceased and began covertly aiding the Daughters of Liberty and their allies in their fight against Selene Gallio ; [88] though he eventually revealed his survival to the team.
When Ross was captured by the Power Elite , he was tortured by Crossbones. Ross begged for Cutthroat to continue hurting him. Cutthroat did and to his surprise, Ross suddenly regained his ability to become the Red Hulk while maintaining his hair color and moustache. Red Hulk defeated Cutthroat and downed many of the Power Elite's aircrafts. When he confronted Captain America, Red Hulk saluted him. He had the following additional powers:.
Ross possesses the normal human strength of a man of his age, height, and build who engages in moderate regular exercise. As Red Hulk he is listed at exactly , when not enhancing his powers by absorbing energy.
For example, Thor and Hercules received exactly the same rating. As Ross, he is as vulnerable as any human. However he can overcome this weakness with his will-powered transformation into Red Hulk. As Red Hulk, he displays a notable weakness against bladed and sharp objects. The Punisher was able to easily stab him with a knife through his chest causing excessive bleeding, and later Wolverine's cutting him open in the arm, back, chest and across the eyes, weakening and temporarily blinding him.
Absorbing energy from the Negative Zone drains him. Red Hulk can overheat himself as the madder he gets the hotter he gets through the production of gamma radiation and is also vulnerable to mental attacks from powerful psychics. Formerly a S. Marvel Database Explore. Connect With Us Discord Twitter. Achievements Leaderboard List of Badges. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account?
Thaddeus Ross Earth View source. History Talk Do you like this video? Play Sound. I was General Thunderbolt Ross. I became the very thing I hated most in life. I am the Red Hulk. And for all I've done I deserve to die Former Powers. Avengers and eventually have the Hulk Plug-in burned into him - giving him red skin - but the Hulk would later absorb the remaining gamma radiation and turn him back into a human. The Red Hulk has not returned since, and Ross would later be killed.
While his tenure as a new Hulk didn't last very long, Red Hulk proved to be a powerful new character who breathed new life into the character. Will he ever return? It's possible. It would be great to see since the Red Hulk is one of the coolest, most unique versions of the Hulk ever.
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