Hulk, the GladiatorBruce Banner
| Age | 38
| Character Differences |What sets this version of the Hulk aside from the general understanding of the Hulk is that the roles have been reversed for Bruce Banner: he is now the voice that the Hulk attempts to keep hidden away. The Hulk feel betrayed and broken, and I imagine this Hulk as one that Mojo has had in captivity for a long time. Just long enough that the Hulk would be willing play nice with others. The goal with this version of the Hulk is that the Hulk will have to learn how to live and let Bruce Banner have control from time to time, instead of the more typical story of Bruce learning to live with his other half.
Some inspiration for this drawn from the Planet Hulk storyline.
| Brief World Background |Earth 59301 // "Desert Earth"
In this version of Earth, the world at large has become a wasteland. The world's greatest minds, from Ray Palmer to Reed Richards did their best to find a way to reverse the effects of Global Warming, but it was all for naught. In the year 2030, as the world was plagued with various ecological disasters. While Bruce Banner and Tony Stark experimented with cleaner energy sources in an attempt to at least slow down the coming ecological doomsday, Victor von Doom and Lex Luthor came up with another strategy: speed up the process. The Illuminati, consisting of individuals such as Black Bolt, Doctor Doom, Mr. Fantastic, Black Panther, Lex Luthor, and Tony Stark (at the tail end, when convinced his efforts wouldn't solve the problem) worked together to create "safe havens" around the world that would house a limited amount of the world population in climate controlled and shielded environments. They also worked on another plan: create a device that would speed up the effects of global warming in a hope that it the Earth would "reset" itself.
Their efforts didn't exactly work as intended. The disasters became that much more disastrous, and billions died violent deaths due to these incredibly powerful natural disasters. Those who managed to survive, especially those heroes and villains who noticed that some of their counterparts had disappeared while the world needed them most, began searching for the rumored "safe havens." Those heroes and villains who didn't perish in the natural disasters sought refuge within their Safe Havens of choice. However, even as power shifted hands within some of these safe havens, one thing remained the same: free will and knowledge of the Illuminati's plan could not be allowed to circulate. Order needed to be maintined... for humanity's sake. The rest of the world has practically become a desert wasteland.
| Brief Character Background |Bruce Banner was born in the early 90's, and was not raised in the most healthy environment. His father was an abusive alcoholic who constantly tormented his son. Despite the years of abuse, Bruce did everything he could to study hard. He was admitted to MIT when he was sixteen to study nuclear physics, as he believed that the solution to clean energy lied in nuclear power. It was here that Bruce got in touch with Professor Igor Starsky and fellow student Walter Langkowski. The three formed an intellectual trio incredibly interested in the potential of gamma radiation. The three ended up accepting a government contract to work at Desert Base in New Mexico, working on a gamma device. The device was intended to be an alternative power source, but 2 years of work yielded no results. General Ross, the CO of Desert Base, secretly met with Dr. Starsky to discuss the possibility of retooling the device into a weapon. Starsky ultimately agreed, and he set to work on developing the weapon.
Langkowski, after discovering what Dr. Starsky had agreed to, protested the decision for a time before relenting to continue working on the project. Bruce, on the other hand, never bothered to protest as he knew that he needed Starsky's expertise in the future. Of course, Bruce's life would be forever changed by this. He found himself working late one fateful night, picking up a shift from Starsky last minute. When he entered the chamber with the device that night, he found irregular readings. It turned out that Langkowski was attempting to get revenge on Starsky by tampering with the device. Of course, Bruce was the one who found himself exposed to high levels of Gamma Radiation. The Hulk was born.
The bomb was destroyed, and half the base was destroyed as part of the Hulk's rampage. It was assumed Bruce had been killed in the rampage, and he was presumed dead for years as the Hulk continued to be a menace. However, by the time a hero like Superman could arrive on the scene as another town in the rural Americas was destroyed... the Hulk would be gone as Bruce would have reverted into his normal self.
Tony Stark and Clark Kent were the first to discover Bruce's identity. He set up a trap for the Hulk in 2028 after creating his "Hulkbuster" armor. Of course, Stark's armor wasn't quite enough to subdue the Hulk. Just as the Green Menace was about to land the final blow on Stark, Superman arrived and helped defeat the Hulk for the first time. He calmed down and reverted back to Bruce Banner. The two heroes chose to keep Bruce's identity secret, so long as Bruce worked with Stark on finding a clean energy solution.
The two worked together until "The Event" in late 2030. Bruce helped Stark create a more powerful arc reactor that made use of gamma radiation. Of course, while Bruce hoped that this would be used to save the world, Stark ended up having a different idea. Instead, Stark used the reactor to help power Luther and Doom's device. When the event happened, Bruce found himself in Hawaii enjoying a vacation. The volcanoes all activated at once, and the Hulk was activated. This wasn't helped when a suit of Stark's armor arrived and informed Bruce that Tony had to do what needed to be done.
From that point on, Bruce Banner has remained as the Hulk. He was betrayed by the closest thing to a friend he had, and the rage never subsided. The Hulk eventually managed to hit the West Coast of the U.S. It took him nearly four months to discover Stark had made his safe haven in Las Vegas. The Hulk was happy to have a rematch with Iron Man, but it didn't exactly go as planned. Tony's plan this time wasn't to subdue the Hulk... but instead to lure him away from the Safe Haven. Stark was able to encase the Hulk in a modular Iron Man suit that launched the Hulk into space and let him go in wild space. He found breathing in space difficult, and ended up falling unconscious. Of course, Mojo couldn't let such a fine specimen die like that.
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