Thaddeus Ross
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2010, Cinematic: Ross tracks a gamma-poisoning lead to Brazil and sends Emil Blonsky's unit after Banner, who escapes as the Hulk.
Cinematic
An American general who ran the gamma research that created the Hulk and spent years hunting Bruce Banner. He later became Secretary of State and pushed the Sokovia Accords, jailing rebel Avengers on the Raft. Erased by the Snap and restored in the Blip, he won the presidency in 2026, was turned into Red Hulk by Samuel Sterns's pills, resigned after being talked down by Captain America, and ended up a prisoner of the Raft.
Comics
A decorated US Air Force general who commanded New Mexico bases and spent decades pursuing the Hulk. He died, was revived, and later became the Red Hulk through a plot by the Hulk's enemies. As the Red Hulk he fought on Earth and the Moon, served with the Avengers, and led his own Thunderbolts. Powers lost in 2015 and regained in 2021, he later ended up imprisoned by Doctor Doom in Latveria.
Hulk (2003)
General known as Thunderbolt, commander of Desert Base and father of Betty Ross. He shuts down David Banner's experiments, and years later imprisons Bruce Banner after the first transformation. He hunts the Hulk to San Francisco and ends a fight between Bruce and David with a Gamma Charge Bomb.
Timeline 26 events
- Silver · Comics: Ross oversees the Gamma Bomb test at Desert Base in New Mexico that turns Bruce Banner into the Hulk, beginning his pursuit of the creature.
- Silver · Comics: Ross tricks the Hulk into boarding an experimental rocket meant to leave Earth orbit and never return.
- Bronze · Comics: The government builds Hulkbuster Base in the New Mexican desert and puts Ross in command of the Hulk-capture effort called Project Greenskin.
- Modern · Comics: Ross dies at Gamma Base after releasing Zzzax's stored energy to kill an energy-draining mutant that threatened Betty and Banner.
- Modern · Comics: Agents of the alien Troyjans recover and revive Ross after the Leader had resurrected him as a mindless servant.
- Modern · Comics: Ross, newly transformed into the Red Hulk, appears publicly in Canada and Russia, killing a Wendigo and the Abomination.
- Modern · Comics: The Red Hulk defeats Thor in a fight that carries them to the Moon, then leaps back to Earth causing an earthquake in San Francisco.
- Modern · Comics: As leader of the Offenders in the Grandmaster's contest, the Red Hulk confronts Galactus, who strips him of the Power Cosmic.
- Modern · Comics: Ross's identity is exposed after he drains the Leader and seizes the White House, where the Hulk knocks him out.
- Modern · Comics: A wormhole carries the Red Hulk to the planets Tiran and Randaa, where he becomes king of both before returning to Earth.
- Modern · Comics: Ross alone defends Avengers Tower against the Worthy Angrir, the Thing in the Serpent's service, earning respect from the Avengers.
- Modern · Comics: Ross fights Blackheart in Las Vegas, is killed and sent to Hell, and briefly bonds with the Venom symbiote and the Spirit of Vengeance.
- Secret Wars · Comics: Doc Green cures Ross of his gamma powers and the Army arrests him for desertion.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Torture by Crossbones and Cutthroat restores Ross's ability to become the Red Hulk.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Doctor Doom's rule of the world ends with Ross imprisoned in Latveria, from which he and fellow captives escape.
- 2005 · Cinematic: A gamma experiment under Ross's Project Gamma Pulse goes wrong and transforms Bruce Banner into the Hulk, who injures Betty Ross and flees.
- 2010 · Cinematic: Ross tracks a gamma-poisoning lead to Brazil and sends Emil Blonsky's unit after Banner, who escapes as the Hulk.
- 2016 · Cinematic: As Secretary of State, Ross presents the Sokovia Accords to the Avengers at their compound.
- 2016 · Cinematic: After the Leipzig-Halle airport clash, Ross imprisons Captain America's team in the Raft.
- 2016 · Cinematic: Steve Rogers breaks into the Raft and frees the prisoners while Ross watches the escape unfold.
- 2018 · Cinematic: Ross confronts the returned Rogers team over the Vision's disappearance, court-martials Rhodes, and is then killed in the Snap.
- 2023 · Cinematic: Ross is brought back by the Blip and attends Tony Stark's funeral.
- 2026 · Cinematic: Ross wins the presidency with Sterns's help, while relying on Sterns's gamma-laced pills to keep his failing heart going.
- 2027 · Cinematic: Ross hosts a White House summit on adamantium from Celestial Island, survives an ambush, and heads to Japan before Sterns manipulates tensions toward war.
- 2027 · Cinematic: Sterns triggers Ross's change into Red Hulk in Washington, where he destroys part of the White House and fights Captain America before calming down.
- 2027 · Cinematic: Ross resigns the presidency and is imprisoned in the Raft, where Betty visits him.
enemy of
Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Hulk, Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Abomination, Steve Rogers, Thanos, Doctor Doom, David Banner, Isaiah Bradley, Glenn Talbot
allied with
Justin Hammer, Steve Rogers, Betty Ross, Everett Ross, Jeffrey Mace
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