10 Major Movie Franchise Reveals Found In Spin-Offs

10. What Happened To The Abomination / The Leader? - The Incredible Hulk

While Marvel has never outright disowned The Incredible Hulk, it’s definitely the red-headed stepchild of the MCU. Since the movies are all tightly connected it was becoming hard to overlook the dangling plotlines left over from it, so Marvel decided to tie them up in spin-off media instead.

We learn that the military blamed Bruce Banner for the fight between Hulk and The Abomination, and that Thunderbolt Ross took Blonsky into custody afterwards. Apparently, Ross thought it would be a good idea to add him to The Avengers, but Coulson sent Tony Stark on S.H.I.E.L.D’s behalf to derail this, knowing their mutual hatred would break the deal; hence Stark’s surprise cameo in The Incredible Hulk.

The comic Fury’s Big Week also reveals that Sam Sterns – aka The Leader – was captured by Black Widow shortly after the end of the movie, where he was already heavily mutated by Banner’s blood. He’s still being held in S.H.I.E.L.D custody under the codename “Project: Mr Blue.”