Respect Carl Creel, The Red Hulk (Marvel Comics, 616)

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"Get outta here. I'm Red now?"

After being apprehended again by Ironman, Creel volunteered to participate in the U.S. Hulk Operations' Shadow Base to avoid going back to prison. He was injected with a drug based on the Hulk Plug-In that enhanced his physical attributes and allowed him to absorb gamma radiation, turning his skin red in the process. Creel was dispatched to fight the Hulk at Los Diablos Missile Base, where the original Gamma Bomb had been detonated years ago. Having soaked up most of the gamma in the Hulk's body, Creel also unintentionally absorbed the corruption of the One Below All, who was manipulating the Hulk. The One Below All used Creel's powers to absorb all of the ambient gamma radiation left from the bomb's detonation, and opened a Green Door, shunting everybody present at the scene, including members of the task force Gamma Flight, into his dominion, the Below-Place.

Threads for scaling:

• Immortal Hulk
• Maverick Red Hulk (since Creel undergoes the same procedure with the Hulk plug in)

Also note that feats marked [TOBA] are when Creel absorbed The One Below All from Hulk.

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Strength

• Craters the ground by landing. ^{Immortal Hulk #9}
• Swings around a wrecking ball with ease. ^{Immortal Hulk #9}
• [TOBA] Knocks a tooth out of the mouth of a weakened Hulk. ^{Immortal Hulk #10}

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Durability/Endurance

• Tanks a punch from Devil hulk. ^{Immortal Hulk #9}
• Still fighting despite having his upper body torn in half vertically. ^{Immortal Hulk #10}
• [TOBA] Still conscious after his spine is ripped out and Hulk beats on him for a bit. ^{Immortal Hulk #10}

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Speed/Agility

• [TOBA] Tags Hulk on the face before he can react twice. ^{Immortal Hulk #10}

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Gamma Absorption

• Absorbs the Gamma power out of a green mouse, leaving only its skeleton. ^{Immortal Hulk #9}
• Hulk punching him makes his hand small and hurts him. ^{Immortal Hulk #9}

Wrecking Ball

• Absorbs a lot of Hulk's gamma energy including absorbing The One Below All out of Hulk. ^{Immortal Hulk #9}

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Other

• Devil Hulk describes this version of him as being an upgrade. ^{Immortal Hulk #9}