Robert Maverick (Earth-616)

Red Hulk
Name	Robert L. Maverick
Current Alias	Red Hulk
Aliases	"Diet Rulk"
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	U.S.Avengers, A.I.M. (American Intelligence Mechanics, United States Army, S.H.I.E.L.D., Project: Troubleshooter
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Black
Hair	White
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human using a Hulk Plug-In implant
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	General in the United States Army
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Al Ewing, Gerardo Sandoval
First	Avengers (Vol. 6) #0 (October, 2015) (as Robert Maverick) U.S.Avengers #1 (January, 2017) (as Red Hulk)
First	Avengers (Vol. 6) #0 (October, 2015) (as Robert Maverick) U.S.Avengers #1 (January, 2017) (as Red Hulk)

 All right. Hulk plug-in-- DO YOUR SLUGGIN'! Hhrrrh. Need to work on that catchphrase. 

—Red Hulk

History

Project: Troubleshooter

General Robert L. Maverick worked for Project: Troubleshooter, the United States' latest off-the-books facility for the production of human weapons. He oversaw the procedure that turned Corporal Todd Ziller into a giant lizard monster, who would be nicknamed "American Kaiju" by Maverick.

When Avengers Idea Mechanics performed an illegal operation to rescue Rick Jones from S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, Maverick suggested to retaliate with the American Kaiju. Maverick later observed as the American Kaiju was deployed against A.I.M. and witnessed as it was defeated and reverted back to his human form.

U.S.Avengers' Red Hulk

Some time later, when A.I.M.'s leader Bobby da Costa defeated the villainous Maker, he decided to bring him to the United States' government and for Maverick to be in their good graces and motivate cooperation between them. Da Costa's alliance with Maverick resulted in A.I.M. being absorbed by S.H.I.E.L.D. and working with the American government, having become American Intelligence Mechanics. With the rebranding of A.I.M., Maverick became a member of its U.S.Avengers. Using an improved version of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Hulk plug-ins, Maverick became the new Red Hulk.

Attributes

Powers

Hulk Plug-In: Maverick has an implant in his left arm that allows him to transform into a Hulk for one hour every day and a half, approximately. This grants him the following abilities:

• Super-Strength: Allegedly to the same level as the Hulk, making Maverick strong enough to destroy the Secret Empire's volcano island floating base by crash-landing into it.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Hulk Plug-In

See Also

• 30 appearance(s) of Robert Maverick (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Robert Maverick (Earth-616)
• 4 mention(s) of Robert Maverick (Earth-616)
• 43 image(s) of Robert Maverick (Earth-616)
• 4 quotation(s) by or about Robert Maverick (Earth-616)
• 2 item(s) used/owned by Robert Maverick (Earth-616)