History
Some time later, wheelchair-ridden DSU professor Geoffrey Crawford manipulated Banner, claiming to be using his Telepod System to cure Banner from his Hulk condition, but instead using it to copy Banner's gamma mutations in Crawford's own body to obtain superpowers that allowed him to heal. Crawford became the savage, power hungry monster Ravage,[6] who turned back into his disabled human form the following day. Crawford allegedly used another treatment to become Ravage permanently and, at the following sunset, attacked Navapo. Ravage, apparently believing that the normal people had pitied Crawford due to his impairment, destroyed everything he could reach in Navapo including buildings, cars and street furniture; the locals, believing him to be Hulk, tried to escape from him. The Hulkbusters sent military troops and equipment against him, but were unable to stop him; Ravage even broke a military helicopter in flight, causing it to crash in the city. Ravage eventually left on his own, checked on his lab and was eventually defeated there.[1]
Some time later, the Hulk was seen approaching the Navapo area. The University was evacuated and police of nearby towns, including Tecumcari, was summoned as reinforcements. Kropotkin the Great and his young travel companion James Wilson heard the local police band and also drove to Navapo from Tecumcari, even avoiding roads to get a shortcut. In that situation, the Hulk met with Professor Weller and with Jim Wilson in the University campus, where he triggered a trauma after breaking a Socrates statue. Doc Samson from Gamma Base arrived at the DSU[3] to take the Hulk, which he did.[7]Points of Interest
- Desert State University[2]
- Sunnybrook Lane[2]
- Weller and Stoddard's secret laboratory (compromised)[2]
Residents
- Dean Harvey Slater[3]
- Professor Herbert Josiah Weller, co-founder[3] and head of research[4]
- Dr. Raoul Stoddard, Weller's right-hand man[2]
- Max Christiansen, former professor[8]
- Geoffrey Crawford, professor[6] (arrested after becoming Ravage)[1]
DSU Alumni:
- Bruce Banner, graduate student of physics[4]
- Randy Cantor, graduate student of law[9]
- Cheryl[3]
- Peter Corbeau[10][11]
- Karen Costa[12]
- Michelle Marchese[12]
- Sally Moore[3][10][11]
- Wil Moss[12]
- David Pepose[12]
- Monica "Nicky" Rappaccini[13] (temporary mobility from University of Padua)[14][15]
- Rudy[3]
- Raoul Stoddard[2]
Trivia
- First appeared in two comic-books dated August 1970: Captain Marvel #21 (released April 17th) and Incredible Hulk #130 (released May 14th, continuing the plot of Captain Marvel #21).
See Also
- 8 appearance(s) of Navapo
- 1 minor appearance(s) of Navapo
- 5 image(s) of Navapo
- 2 article(s) related to Navapo
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rampaging Hulk (Vol. 2) #3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Incredible Hulk #130
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Incredible Hulk #226
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Captain Marvel #21
- ↑ Hulk Smash Avengers #3
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rampaging Hulk (Vol. 2) #2
- ↑ Incredible Hulk #227
- ↑ Incredible Hulk #436
- ↑ Hulk! #26
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 World War Hulk: Gamma Files #1 ; Hulk's profile
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #5 ; Hulk's profile
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Hulk Annual (Vol. 3) #1
- ↑ Incredible Hulk (Vol. 2) #85
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #5 ; Monica Rapaccini's profile
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #9 ; Monica Rapaccini's profile