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The original Hulkbusters were part of a force drawn from the U.S. Army and Air Force, under the command of Thunderbolt Ross, and were charged with the task of subduing the Hulk. This group fought the Hulk on a number of occasions, but was finally dis- banded when the then-intelligent Hulk received a presidential pardon.
When Banner and the Hulk were sepa- rated and the Hulk persona escaped, Bruce Banner formed the second team of Hulkbusters to track down and destroy his former alter-ego. Saunders, Parmenter, La Roquette, Martel, and Takata were all brought in to form this specialized team. Each was an expert in his or her field, but their willingness to take risks in dangerous situations had left them all unable to get funding or support for their projects. Banner proposed to turn these five into a fighting team capable of destroying the Hulk. The new Hulkbusters, based in the rebuilt Gamma Base, had at their disposal a number of weapon systems, including a Hulklike test robot.
The group came into conflict with Doc Samson at one of these tests, and the resulting battle between the Hulkbusters and Samson left one of the Hulkbusters, Carolyn Parmenter, dead.
Maddened by grief, Sam La Roquette swore vengeance on Samson, and he remains filled with hate and the determination to kill both the Hulk and Doc Samson. Martel wishes to capture; not destroy, the Hulk, and use the monster for study. Saunders seeks to keep La Roquette under control, and Takata remains the cool center of the team, trying to pull all the pieces together. With the reintegration of the Hulk and Banner, the Hulkbusters were hired by SHIELD to capture or kill the Hulk. The team failed in combat with the Hulk, and most of its members were badly injured. Whether they will remain at Gamma Base to continue their Hulkbusting mission is not yet known.
Hulkbuster equipment: When the Hulkbusters go after their prey, only the best will do, but even that’s not always good enough.
The Walker-Vehicle, though heavily armored, proved ungainly in combat with Doc Samson; the Flyer Vehicle, more lightly armored, proved to be vulnerable to the disruptor weapon of the Walker in the same fight. The resulting crash of the Flyer caused Carolyn Parmenter's death.
The armor's osmium-steel hide provides AM protection vs. Physical and Energy attacks. Most other systems and sensors have been bypassed to provide an UN neuro-stunner, with a two-area range, which inflicts full Energy damage on its target.
Made of an UN material, this harness was designed to hold the Hulk upright and automatically emits a MN stunning shock when he tries to break out. One defect is that it is incapable of altering its size and is unable to hold the Hulk when he reverts to Bruce Banner.
F- EX
A- GD
S- GD
E- GD
R- TY
I- TY
P- TY
H- 50
K- 18
Blaster Rifle EX dam.
Blaster Cannon: this tank mounted device does IN concussive damage.
Knockout Gas: this chemical attack is of RM intensity.
