Rick Jones - A-Bomb
After teenager Rick Jones snuck into a military base on a dare, he learned it was a test center for an experimental Gamma bomb. Scientist Bruce Banner noticed him and pushed him into a trench seconds before detonation, irradiating his body and creating the Hulk. Rick spent his life helping the Hulk as penance and became a sidekick to superheroes. Kidnapped by the Leader and MODOK, he was transformed using Abomination’s blood into their weapon but couldn’t be easily controlled. They commanded him to kill Bruce Banner with a trigger, which Bruce neutralized. As A-Bomb, a big blue bruiser with a heart of gold, he helped the Hulk until Doc Green cured him after a fight.
Strength
- Sends Red Hulk flying with a punch (source) (Hulk #3)
- Sends Ares flying with a punch (source) (Hulk #13)
- Beats a sea monster until it is knocked unconscious (source) (Hulk #26)
- Sends Red Hulk flying with a kick (source) (Hulk #28)
- Trades blows with She-Hulk and Lyra transformed into fish people (source) (Hulk #30)
- One-shots a drunk Ulik the troll (source) (World War Hulks #1)
- Destroys starships with his bare hands (source) (The Incredible Hulks #615)
- Pushes back the Abomination with strikes (source) (The Incredible Hulks #620)
- Smashes Red Hulk into the ground (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
- Destroys the Redeemer armor in a few blows (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
- The Redeemer armor catches Red Hulk’s punch and draws blood (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #2)
- Sends Doc Green flying through trees and into the ground (source) (Hulk #5)
- Busts Doc Green’s nose (source) (Hulk #6)
- Creates a shockwave clashing with Doc Green (source) (Hulk #6)
- Clashes with Red Hulk (source) (Hulk #3)
- Tears a leg and an arm off a robotic replica of Betty Ross as the Harpy (source) (Hulk #3)
- Tackles Skaar to the ground (source) (Incredible Hulk #604)
- Tears off a high-tech metal door (source) (Incredible Hulks #630)
- Tears off the arms of the Redeemer armor in a bear hug (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
- Pulls a street light out of the ground (source) (World War Hulks: Spider-Man Vs Thor #1)
- Catches a monster’s powerful tail and throws it at another monster (source) (Hulk #28)
- Throws a leaking train car full of gas to explode harmlessly in the air (source) (World War Hulks #1)
- Picks up another train car (source) (World War Hulks #1)
- Uses a stone column to smack Cosmic Hulk (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #1)
- Damages the Redeemer armor by throwing it against a mountain side (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
- Uses steel girders like swords while fighting Doc Green (source) (Hulk #6)
- Slashes Red Hulk’s chest with claws (source) (Hulk #3)
- Bites Red Hulk’s shoulder, piercing his skin (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
- Puts out a fire with a thunderclap (source) (Hulk #5)
Speed
- Flees a cave just in time as energy buildup causes a powerful blast to erupt from the top (source) (Hulk #31)
- Grabs a family before a witch destroys them with magic (source) (Hulk #53)
- Turns invisible and runs away before Red Hulk reacts (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
- Jumps 20 miles across (source) (Hulk #25)
- Jumps several feet to meet a giant monster face to face (source) (Hulk #25)
- Jumps to the clouds (source) (Hulk #26)
- Jumps through a stone wall (source) (Hulk #53)
- Jumps past the clouds (source) (World War Hulks #1)
Durability
- Gets wailed on by Red Hulk, causing a magnitude 10.0 earthquake (source) (Hulk #3)
- Gets back up after Ares throws him through a wall (source) (Hulk #13)
- Gets back up after a sea monster throws him into a warship (source) (Hulk #25)
- Gets swatted into a building by a sea monster (source) (Hulk #26)
- Gets knocked through a tree by a monster’s tail hit (source) (Hulk #28)
- Trades blows with She-Hulk and Lyra transformed into fish people (source) (Hulk #30)
- Gets sent flying by a possessed Sasquatch (source) (Hulk #53)
- Takes a hit from Skaar (source) (Incredible Hulk #615)
- Gets manhandled by Cosmic Hulk (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #1)
- Gets cratered into a concrete wall when Cosmic Hulk throws Red Hulk at him (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #1)
- Walks away from Red Hulk’s beatdown with just scrapes and bruises (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
- Gets used by Abomination to send the Hulk flying (source) (The Incredible Hulks #618)
- Gets back up after Doc Green sends him flying with a kick (source) (Hulk #6)
- Runs into steel girders holding a water tower during brawl with Doc Green, knocking it down (source) (Hulk #6)
- Is unhurt by machine gun fire (source) (Hulk #3)
- Ignores close-range pistol fire (source) (Hulk #25)
- Survives being in the jaws of a giant sea monster (source) (The Incredible Hulks #630)
- Limits: Armor is pierced by an Adamantium needle (source) (Hulk #6)
- Is fine after a large jet pack explosion (source) (Hulk #25)
- Gets hit by a monster’s fire breath (source) (Hulk #28)
- Is fine after being submerged in lava (source) (Hulk #55)
- Shields Bruce from a massive gamma explosion (source) (Incredible Hulk #600)
- Gets blasted by his wife transformed into the Harpy (source) (Incredible Hulk #604)
- Survives a large explosion (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #1)
- Claims his healing factor is at least as good as the Hulk’s (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
Camouflage
- Blends into environment like a chameleon to sneak up on Bruce Banner, but breathing gives him away (source) (Hulk #13)
- Uses camouflage to get a free punch on Ares (source) (Hulk #13)
- Uses camouflage to get several free hits on a sea monster, knocking it unconscious (source) (Hulk #26)
- Uses camouflage to get a cheap hit and place a MODOK mind-controlling barnacle on Red Hulk (source) (Hulk #28)
- Often ruins camouflage by talking (source) (Hulk #30)
- Almost sneaks up on Red Hulk but is heard (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #1)
- Sneaks up on Red Hulk (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
- Escapes Red Hulk when at his mercy using camouflage (source) (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk #3)
