Featuring Hulk-type characters who received their powers by Gamma

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1st full appearance of Superior Iron Man, Iron Man's 'Endo-Sym' armor, comprised of liquid smart-metal, inspired by Klyntar symbiotes - glimpsed in Avengers #32 (2014)

1st appearance of Teen Abomination, Happy Hogan's son exposed to Gamma radiation

Debut of the first A.I. Tony Stark, his back-up consciousness operating an empty suit of armor

[February 2023 - speculation is making the rounds again regarding Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU with some believing he may portray a villain]

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1st appearance of Rick Jones as the Hulk

Specialty border printed on select covers published in November 1986 celebrating Marvel's 25th Anniversary or more precisely, the 25th year since Fantastic Four #1 was published in November 1961

Marvel ⋅ 1996

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1st appearance of Dee as Geiger, a Gamma-powered hero similar in design to Doc Samson

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1st appearance of Abominatrix, a woman mutated by Gamma and enraged by persistent PMS

Marvel ⋅ 1979

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1st full team appearance of Alpha Flight: Aurora, Northstar, Sasquatch, Snowbird, Shaman, and Vindicator, formerly Weapon Alpha

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1st appearance of Amadeus Cho aka Mastermind Excello, a Korean American who becomes the Hulk in Totally Awesome Hulk #1

1st appearances: Heartbreak Kid, Positron Monstro, One-Eyed Jacquie and the Great Video

Cho is a member of The Champions, a team that also includes Miles Morales Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan, Nova, Cyclops, and Spider-Gwen

There are many places for Cho to fit into the MCU like Shang Chi or Agents of Atlas

[October 2024 - it is rumored that Logan Kim (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) has been cast as Amadeus Cho in the MCU]

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1st appearance of Weapon H, a Hulk and Wolverine hybrid created by the Weapon X Program

"Weapons of Mutant Destruction" part 6

Copies ordered by retailers: 24,995

Marvel ⋅ 2008

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1st appearance of the Red Hulk, in-story, appeared only on the cover of Hulk #1 (2008)

1st appearance of A-Bomb, later revealed to be Rick Jones

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1st team appearance of the second Gamma Corps: Aberration, Axon, Morass

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1st appearance of Gideon Wilson, brother of Sam Wilson

1st team appearance of Gamma Corps: Grey, Mister Gideon Wilson, Prodigy, Mess, and Griffin formerly Clown

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1st appearance of Lyra, daughter of the Hulk and Thundra

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1st appearance of Maestro, a future version of the Hulk

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1st appearance of Doctor Frye, a man who experimented on himself with Gamma radiation to discover immortality

1st appearance of Del Frye, the irradiated son of Doctor Frye

Del Frye is also the name of a character who was first irradiated with Gamma before David Banner in the 1977 Hulk TV series

Circulation: 43,481

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1st appearance of Amadeus Cho as the Hulk

1st appearance of Lady Hellbender

Marvel ⋅ 2009

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1st full appearance of Red She-Hulk

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1st appearance of Harpy, a gamma irradiated Betty Ross, later becomes Red Harpy

Marvel ⋅ 2008

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1st cover appearance of the Red Hulk, General 'Thunderbolt' Ross

Death of Abomination, initially suspected to have been shot to death by the Hulk but later revealed to be murdered by the Red Hulk

1st team appearance of a new Winter Guard roster: Red Guardian, Ursa Major, Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: the interior story is about a murder perpetrated by, who is believed to be the Hulk, Bruce Banner. Doc Samson as an investigator is piecing together what occurred and the panels depict a recreation of events from his point-of-view with the belief that it is Bruce Banner, the green Hulk who is the killer

[October 2022 - Harrison Ford has been cast as General Ross in Thunderbolts / July 2024 - Red Hulk confirmed to appear in Captain America]

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1st appearance and origin of Abomination, Emil Blonsky, one of the Hulk's arch-rivals

1st appearance of Byrrah in the Silver Age

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1st full appearance and origin of the Leader, a gamma-mutate who attained genius level intellect

1st full appearance of the Humanoid

[September 2022 - Tim Blake Nelson will reprise the role of the Leader in Captain America 4]

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1st appearance of Skaar, son of the Hulk and Caiera

Standalone story set in an alternate reality spun-off from the Planet Hulk event

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1st appearance and origin of the Hulk

1st appearance of Betty Ross

1st appearance of Rick Jones

1st appearance of General 'Thunderbolt' Ross

[October 2022 - Harrison Ford will appear as General Thunderbolt Ross in Captain America 4 / March 2023 - Liv Tyler rumored to reprise the role of Betty Ross in Captain America: New World Order]

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1st appearance and origin of She-Hulk, the cousin of Bruce Banner

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1st appearance, cover and origin of Doc Samson

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