10 Stupidest Avengers Of All Time

By Ewan Paterson /

2. Red Hulk

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Red Hulk pretty much epitomises everything that’s gone wrong with the Hulk’s comics this last decade, so of course he found a way on to the Avengers in the January of 2011.

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Created by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness, this newer, redder Hulk was actually an alteration of General ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross, a character who, for a long period of time at least, was one of Bruce Banner’s most formidable adversaries.

Billed as a hero who had the strength of the Hulk with the tactical nous of a military leader, Rulk, as he was affectionately dubbed by fans, carved out a role on the Avengers for two years before shifting across to the Thunderbolts. Despite being able to boast a relatively long tenure on the team, however, Rulk did little else other than throw around muscle and serve as the group’s edgier, generic, Hulk brand replacement.

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Ross has now departed the Red motif thankfully, but the Rulk persona still persists with Robert Maverick, who's yet to receive his Avengers call-up.