How does hulk become red

Thanks to the interconnected nature of the MCU films, there are no characters or movies that can ever truly be forgotten. For years The Incredible Hulk gained a reputation of being unnecessary viewing for new fans since Mark Ruffalo replaced Edward Norton as Bruce Banner aka Hulk and no other major connections were made to it. This began to change in with the release of Captain America: Civil War , which featured the return of Ross as the new Secretary of State.

He played a pivotal part in the film through the introduction of the Sokovia Accords and the splintering of the Avengers.

In the comics, Ross transforms into Red Hulk after undergoing an experiment that exposed him to the siphoned gamma powers of Banner. No one involved with Marvel has yet to confirm that this is their intention, but their plans for Phase 4 and Ross are starting to add more fuel to these theories. Through additional appearances by William Hurt and how the MCU is expanding the "Hulk universe" after Smart Hulk fried his arm saving the universe, here's how Red Hulk could be set up in upcoming Phase 4 projects.

Ross will be involved in the launch of Marvel's Phase 4 as he's set to appear in Black Widow. He's only been featured in one shot during the marketing campaign, but it could be a telling one. It looks like Ross has been de-aged for at least one scene in the film. Instead, this could be a sign that part of his role will go farther back in the MCU timeline.

Black Widow will explore various points in Natasha Romanoff's life, and that could give the film a chance to visit Ross' younger days too and establish more of his backstory and motivations for the career he's taken.

Not only could Black Widow shed light on Ross before The Incredible Hulk or fill in the gaps between that appearance and Civil War , but it could also show his life after the latter film. The prelude comic for Black Widow shows that Ross is hunting down Natasha after she turned against the Accords to help Captain America.

His search for Black Widow doesn't just explain why she is on the run in the film, but it could also add to his continued efforts to have control over those who have greater power and ability than he does.

But, this has proven to be futile in the past, and Black Widow slipping through his hands could further illustrate to Ross that something needs to change.

In addition to potentially showing his past, set photos for Black Widow could tease set up for Ross becoming Red Hulk too. The images showed Ross using a cane to walk , something Hurt doesn't need to use in real life.

This could be a scene set in the present day of the MCU and indicate that his health has started to decline since his brief appearance in Avengers: Endgame. If that is the case, it isn't too difficult to imagine Ross trying anything and everything to get his strength back. Perhaps he'd even mess around with a super soldier serum or gamma radiation to do it, which could be how he transforms into Red Hulk. Red Hulk decided to show the Hulk the dead body of Jarella, breaking the Hulk's heart, which gave the Red Hulk great satisfaction.

The plot was uncovered by She-Hulk, who was informed by a short haired Doc Samson. Jennifer recruited reporter Ben Urich to help uncover the truth, who in turn recruited Peter Parker to aid in photography. As they infiltrated the underground base, Samson revealed he was brainwashed by M.

The battle soon interrupted the tank containing Banner, causing him to transform into the Hulk. The Hulk attacked his doppelganger with the aid of Spider-Man. As the battle escalated, the Hulk body slammed his enemy into a Gamma generator in the base. Tired of their endless battles, the Red Hulk totally absorbed the radiation that powered the Hulk. As the base reached critical mass the defenseless Bruce Banner was rescued by a now intelligent A-Bomb. Red Hulk managed to catch up to Ben Urich and warned him that if one word saw print, he would kill everyone at the Front Line in one murderous rampage.

Red Hulk then fought Red She-Hulk when she double-crossed him. Taking the battle up to a roof, Red She-Hulk then managed to throw Red Hulk off the roof, postponing the battle. Red Hulk made an apparent meeting with General Ross that concluded with the General's death later revealed to be a ruse when he showed up in the Redeemer armor, intending to kill the red giant. After the memorial service, Red Hulk met with his new ally who appeared to have orchestrated Ross' death all along, Bruce Banner.

He managed to save everyone inside even though Mister Fantastic was kidnapped. He later goes out to help the X-men but fails at that also. After that he went to the Intelligencia 's base and attempted to stop them. He failed when he was defeated by Hulkpool and the Hulked Out Heroes. During this battle, Ross found himself facing off with Red She-Hulk, where, when reverted to human form, he revealed to be Ross to those present, with Red She-Hulk quickly being revealed as his daughter Betty.

After draining the Leader of his powers, Ross destroyed the LMD of Talbot and, mad with power, took over the White House, leading into a confrontation with his old enemy, the true Incredible Hulk.

Ross grappled with Banner and attacked him with the force of a nuclear explosion, but the battle ended when the Hulk knocked Ross out with a thunderclap. After his defeat at the hands of the Hulk, Ross was imprisoned in Gamma Base. Steve Rogers , who had succeeded Norman Osborn after his failed Siege of Asgard , managed to recruit Ross once his sanity returned.

Banner told Ross that they had removed his energy draining ability after discovering that it was killing him.

He was released to aid against the Intelligencia's contingency plan; Scorched Earth. During this he discovered that he still possessed his absorption ability, though Banner insisted he had not been lying when he said that it was killing Ross; in truth, it burned out his ability to transform back into his human form, and now he can only remain as the Red Hulk.

Ross assisted the Avengers in their fight against the Hood , who was hunting for the Infinity Gems. Ross himself wound up wielding the Power Gem for a time. Afterwords, Rogers invited him to join the Avengers. His teammates neither trusted him nor knew his identity, but their faith in Rogers was enough for his membership to be uncontested.

After Ross had stopped Scorched Earth, a new threat emerged: M. Superior , a clone of the original designed to be free of any disadvantaging human traits the original might have had. Ross found himself assaulted by General Fortean , his former protege who had started to hunt the Red Hulk out of the belief that he had killed Ross.

Ross was horrified, seeing his friend going down the same destructive path that he had gone down years ago. He attempted to reveal his identity to Fortean but failed. It was then that Fortean injected him with nanites.

These nanites allowed Fortean not only to track the Red Hulk, but could detect when he shifted into his human form. Upon detecting the transformation, the nanites would administer a lethal shock to Ross, killing him. This forced Ross to stay awake, as he often reverted to his human form while asleep. She created Black Fog to deal with him. Meanwhile, the Watcher Uatu watched the planet destroyer named Omegex emerged in deep space. Omegex detected the traces of Red Hulk's energy signal on Uatu from the punch he had received and tracked this signature to Earth.

At the same time, the Red Hulk had been sent into space to deal with a threat. As such, Omegex did not attack Earth. Ross found himself sent through a wormhole, to the planets Tiran and Randaa. Landing on Tiran, Ross found himself imprisoned and forced in gladiatorial service. Recognizing the parallel to Banner's similar experience , Ross formed an alliance with a doctor in the Tiranean king's service.

He killed the King Warka, and was surprised to find this made him the new king. This almost gave him rights to the royal wives, which he appeared to indulge. When the natives of Randaa attacked, Ross organized a counterattack and gained control of their government too.

He left the planets, hoping the lack of kings would allow the natives to find peace. Traveling back through the wormhole, he found the remains of his disintegrating, and the Watcher Uravo told him it had been an illusion designed to delay Omegex.

However, Ross insisted it had really happened. While tracking energy anomalies, Ross came across a creature he knew well: Zzzax. The energy being had been upgraded by M. Superior, who revealed himself to Ross. He turned Zzzax against his master using the old control techniques. When the Serpent was freed by Skadi , he began a world-wide assault on Midgard. One of his most powerful tools was the Worthy , citizens of Midgard transformed by mystical hammers into hosts of the Serpent's greatest servants.

Amongst those transformed was the Thing , who became Angrir, Breaker of Souls. Angrir assaulted Avengers Tower. As the Avengers were deployed worldwide, only one remained to defend the tower; the Red Hulk. Though he ultimately failed and the Tower was destroyed, his brave fight against Angrir earned him great respect.

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.

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