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Current Status: Inactive ("Hulk
Transformation" was cured)
Real Name: Peter Parker - (See Spider-Man Profile Also) Occupation:
Freelance photographer, adventurer
History: It all started with Ricardo Jones (NOT RICK JONES - firend of Hulk and Captain America - The Name is pure coincidence) He was a scientist mocked by his peers for his ideas. In time, the unappreciated Jones grew jealous of the more famous scientist Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic of The Fantastic Four). He swore he would destroy Richards, whom he saw as a glory-seeker. To that end, he created the biokinetic energy absorber, which in theory could allow him to siphon energy from another living being. |
| Ricardo used his device to transform
himself into a duplicate of the rocky skinned Thing, while Ben Grimm reverted
to his original normal human form. After a lot of confusion and foul play
Ricardo Jones what was eventually coming to him and he was killed in the
Negative Zone - at the moment he died, Ben Grimm reverted back to his Thing
form.
Armand Jones was Ricardo's brother. He received a letter from Ricardo while he was studying abroad. This epistle described Ricardo's intentions to test his biokinetic energy absorber on the Thing. When Ricardo disappeared, Armand blamed the Fantastic Four. |
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Working at the Cyber-Biokinetic Institute of Greater New York, Ricardo managed to re-create his brother's device. Then, one day, he learned of a sighting of the Hulk in the area of Connecticut. He managed to find Bruce Banner in an abandoned ice house using a bio-kinetic energy wave receiver. He siphoned power from the sleeping Banner, but inadvertently woke Banner up, who then turned into the Hulk. Spider-Man arrived during the subsequent chaos, during which Armand died and Spider-Man accidentally received a burst from the bio-kinetic energy absorber. |
Parker recovered the absorber,
and took the train back to New York. Still dazed from the events, Parker
stashed it at Grand Central Station in a locker, unable to think of any
other course of action. Later, under extreme stress and anger, Parker transformed
into a Hulk-like being. Realizing he had to use the device he had found
earlier to undo the effects of the earlier charge, Parker returned to grand
central station. But unfortunately, a group of delinquent kids had burgled
the locker he had put it in, taking it to pawn it for booze. He transformed
into his Hulk form once again, and caught up with the delinquents, and
demanded the device back. In his presence, the absorber automatically drew
back the biokinetic energy earlier taken from the Hulk, curing Parker.
 Web of Spider-Man: #69 / #70 |
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