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Red Hulk

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S / Bracket 6 / Marvel / Partly mapped
RH Red Hulk
Ranked#261
Rank
#261of 782
Rating
2,235pts
Win rate
68%
Record
495W / 232L
Kill reach
5/10
Still being built

This character hasn't been fully mapped yet, so treat what's below as a work in progress rather than a finished verdict — abilities still being mapped, no written profile. Ratings and abilities change as data is added.

Rating is a score, not a position — it rises by beating strong opponents and barely moves for beating weak ones.

Engine verdict · closest matchups, resolved just now
Physical
Strength
7
Speed
5
Durability
7
Energy
7
Intelligence
5
Combat
4
Win conditions
Reality
0
Erasure
0
Immortality
6
Control
0
Untouchable
0
Authority
0
On the page
Logged encounters, feats and notes are in the Canon record.
Canon record · encounters, feats and notes

These entries record encounters, feats and other events from the character's stories. Read each outcome with its version, sources and condition tags. Arena verdicts use the selected versions and matchup rules; a story result does not determine an arena result. This panel is for reference and does not feed the engine. The record is still being expanded.

Contains story spoilers.

Win
v AbominationHulk (2008) #1

Doc Samson reconstructs how the attacker ("the Hulk-like creature", named Red Hulk only from #23) killed Abomination near a village: Nick Peron’s synopsis has She-Hulk acting it out with Samson, the Ratchet review has Samson narrating with She-Hulk looking on. The attacker punched him hard enough t…

Feat / note
Hulk (2008) #4Hulk (2008) #4

Strikes the observing Watcher.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #4
No decisive result
v HulkHulk (2008) #4

Hulk destroys the gun barrel during the struggle.

2 logged exchanges
  1. Hulk (2008) #4Breaks the green Hulk’s arm and controls the exchange. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #4
  2. Hulk (2008) #4Hulk destroys the gun barrel during the struggle. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #4
Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #4
No decisive result
v ThorHulk (2008) #5 – Hulk (2008) #6

Survives return impact; Thor returns and strikes him.

Special condition: Stranded Thor on the Moon; Thor returned and fought on in #6
2 logged exchanges
  1. Hulk (2008) #5Carries struggle upward, uses zero-gravity hammer loophole, leaves Thor on the Moon. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #5
  2. Hulk (2008) #6Survives return impact; Thor returns and strikes him. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #6
Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #6
No decisive result
v Hulk (with Thor and A-Bomb)Hulk (2008) #6

Heat escalation becomes a liability and Hulk wins the exchange.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #6
No decisive result
v Lady LiberatorsHulk (2008) #9

Combined force, air denial and electricity restrain him; feigned defeat precedes escape.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #9
No decisive result
v Terrax, Silver Surfer and GalactusHulk (2008) #12

Galactus removes borrowed cosmic power; game victims are restored externally.

Special condition: Grandmaster's game; its victims were restored afterwards
3 logged exchanges
  1. Hulk (2008) #12Uses the opponent’s cosmic axe for a lethal strike. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #12
  2. Hulk (2008) #12Contact drain acquires cosmic energy; apparent killing occurs within the game. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #10 Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #12
  3. Hulk (2008) #12Galactus removes borrowed cosmic power; game victims are restored externally. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #12
Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #12
No decisive result
v WolverineHulk (2008) #15

Claws injure Red Hulk’s eyes; fight continues through interruption.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #15
Win
v Cosmic Hulk robotHulk (2008) #23

Absorbed robot energy restores transformation; Red Hulk destroys robot.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #23
Win
v LeaderHulk (2008) #23

Ross forces the Leader back to human form and strips his intelligence; the synopsis doesn’t say gamma was drained.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #23
Loss
v Green Scar HulkHulk (2008) #24

Critical-mass attack fails to finish Green Scar; counterattack defeats Red Hulk.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #24
Feat / note
Hulk (2008) #29Hulk (2008) #29

Ross struggles to transform; outside intervention helps restore his combat state.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #29
No decisive result
v Cloned MODOK brainsHulk (2008) #29

Absorption counters this energy-mediated attempt to suppress him.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #29
No decisive result
v ZzzaxHulk (2008) #36

Absorption creates mental distraction; old connection supplies an escape.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #36
Loss
v Angrir (Thing)Avengers (2010) #14

Survives the tower falling on him, keeps getting up while hurt, then Angrir’s hammer blow sends him into the stratosphere.

Win
v OmegexHulk (2008) #41

Reversion removes target signature and Omegex self-destructs.

Help: Zero/One phased him away and removed the implanted bombs

Had help
2 logged exchanges
  1. Hulk (2008) #41Zero/One phases Red Hulk away and removes implanted bombs. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #41
  2. Hulk (2008) #41Reversion removes target signature and Omegex self-destructs. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #41
Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #41
Loss
v Doc Green and DeadpoolHulk (2014) #14 – Hulk (2014) #15, ending corroborated across #14–16

After an arm injury and KO, Doc Green injects the cure; Ross becomes human and is arrested.

Special condition: Absorption disabled by a purpose-built bullet
2 logged exchanges
  1. Hulk (2014) #14Deadpool, tasked by Doc Green, shoots Red Hulk in the ear with a bullet made to stop him absorbing the radiation from the waste stored in the mountain (Nick Peron’s synopsis, Nick Peron — Hulk (2014) #14). plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2014) #14
  2. Hulk (2014) #15, ending corroborated across #14–16After an arm injury and KO, Doc Green injects the cure; Ross becomes human and is arrested. plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2014) #15
Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2014) #15
Feat / note
Captain America (2018) #6Captain America (2018) #6

News account identifies a reported death of human Ross.

Statement by news account, not a demonstration

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicBook — Ross reported murdered
Feat / note
Hulk (2008) #17Hulk (2008) #17

Vision has healed by the subsequent subway ambush.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #17
No decisive result
v Red She-HulkHulk (2008) #17

Declines a threatened lethal fall; she instead throws him from the building.

Held back
Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron — Hulk (2008) #17

Tags describe recorded circumstances. They do not establish that the outcome depended on those circumstances, and an untagged entry does not guarantee equal conditions. Wins and losses include team encounters where indicated. Counts cover the entries listed here, not the character's complete fight history.

Abilities · rated 0–10
brute strength7 energy absorption7 fire attack6 regeneration6 super speed5 weapon mastery4
Weaknesses · what an opponent can use
stamina drainminor
Background

Thunderbolt Ross — can absorb energy and generate heat

Rated by running this character against every other in the field and scoring who they beat, not by votes.
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