all of you are wrong, it's Freddie Prinze Jr. :) lol

Least aptly titled thread ever.

Who cares who that douchebag is? I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone here think it could be Talbot? all the signs point to it being him. First thing Rulk did was kill the Abomination. Abomination killed Betty and Talbot loved Betty. A robot identifier read his eyes and was cut short from saying who he was, but confirms he's in the military records. Whether if it only confirms military or registered heroes is uncertain. He knew all the cast and crew of the Hulk comics, and he referred to the Hulk as Bruce or Banner.

The biggest, and only real argument against it being Talbot is him being dead. But I think we can all agree that a character dying doesn't necessarily mean they are gone forever(Superman, Flash, Batman, Captain America..etc.). And to be honest, they never found Talbots body anyway. And if my memory serves me right, Talbots death involved fiery hot lava. Rulk get HOTTER as he gets angrier.

But hey, this is all just my opinion.

" Anyone here think it could be Talbot?"

"Anyone here think it could be Talbot? all the signs point to it being him. First thing Rulk did was kill the Abomination. Abomination killed Betty and Talbot loved Betty. A robot identifier read his eyes and was cut short from saying who he was, but confirms he's in the military records. Whether if it only confirms military or registered heroes is uncertain. He knew all the cast and crew of the Hulk comics, and he referred to the Hulk as Bruce or Banner. The biggest, and only real argument against it being Talbot is him being dead. But I think we can all agree that a character dying doesn't necessarily mean they are gone forever(Superman, Flash, Batman, Captain America..etc.). And to be honest, they never found Talbots body anyway. And if my memory serves me right, Talbots death involved fiery hot lava. Rulk get HOTTER as he gets angrier.But hey, this is all just my opinion."

" @Ripster said:

"Anyone here think it could be Talbot? all the signs point to it being him. First thing Rulk did was kill the Abomination. Abomination killed Betty and Talbot loved Betty. A robot identifier read his eyes and was cut short from saying who he was, but confirms he's in the military records. Whether if it only confirms military or registered heroes is uncertain. He knew all the cast and crew of the Hulk comics, and he referred to the Hulk as Bruce or Banner. The biggest, and only real argument against it being Talbot is him being dead. But I think we can all agree that a character dying doesn't necessarily mean they are gone forever(Superman, Flash, Batman, Captain America..etc.). And to be honest, they never found Talbots body anyway. And if my memory serves me right, Talbots death involved fiery hot lava. Rulk get HOTTER as he gets angrier.But hey, this is all just my opinion."

   Dang it all, I"VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR A YEAR NOW!!!   Talbots the most perfect choice, but...remember that the Harpy robots all had Bettys face, and he slaughtered them without a pause.    I've also voiced the opinion that the Rulk is a Gestalt of the mind of Glen Talbot and the body of the Missing Link. A very old and long forgotten Hulk villain (from his original series) who was huge, red...and grew hotter and more radioactive the longer her used his strength. The Missing Link was last mentioned as being in government coustody durring the Civil War. It's a bit out there...but I do find it interesting that the Rulks powers are so similar to the Missing Links. "

"@John_Feaster said:

" @Ripster said:

"Anyone here think it could be Talbot? all the signs point to it being him. First thing Rulk did was kill the Abomination. Abomination killed Betty and Talbot loved Betty. A robot identifier read his eyes and was cut short from saying who he was, but confirms he's in the military records. Whether if it only confirms military or registered heroes is uncertain. He knew all the cast and crew of the Hulk comics, and he referred to the Hulk as Bruce or Banner. The biggest, and only real argument against it being Talbot is him being dead. But I think we can all agree that a character dying doesn't necessarily mean they are gone forever(Superman, Flash, Batman, Captain America..etc.). And to be honest, they never found Talbots body anyway. And if my memory serves me right, Talbots death involved fiery hot lava. Rulk get HOTTER as he gets angrier.But hey, this is all just my opinion."

   Dang it all, I"VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR A YEAR NOW!!!   Talbots the most perfect choice, but...remember that the Harpy robots all had Bettys face, and he slaughtered them without a pause.    I've also voiced the opinion that the Rulk is a Gestalt of the mind of Glen Talbot and the body of the Missing Link. A very old and long forgotten Hulk villain (from his original series) who was huge, red...and grew hotter and more radioactive the longer her used his strength. The Missing Link was last mentioned as being in government coustody durring the Civil War. It's a bit out there...but I do find it interesting that the Rulks powers are so similar to the Missing Links. "

I can understand that. If I was Talbot, I'd wanna slaughter them too. They're perversing the memory of the woman he loved. I'd tear them apart...if I actually had the strength to lol."

   Hmmm...

   That's a pretty good point.

  ***SPOILER WARNING***  

I believe the Red Hulk (Rulk) is Clay Quartermain. 
 
You may remember that  Iron Man and Maria Hill found the remains of Clay Quartermain at the site of the S.H.I.E.L.D. crash, and a jacket belonging to Doc Samson.  The jacket was ripped and saturated with gamma radiation leading Iron Man and Maria Hill to believe the "Rulk" was Samson. 

It was latter discovered that Samson is NOTthe Rulk.  
 
Quartermain's "remains" are questionable. His vitals were checker by Samson who confirmed his death. However, you later discover that Samson was part of the creation of the Rulk, so obviously he could, and would of, lied.
 
Quartermain's death conveniently explains his whereabouts whenever the Rulk appears (nowhere, cause he's dead, duh),
as well as his S.H.I.E.L.D. access and his hatred of the Hulk.   
 
Quartermain, though not an extremely important marvel character, has always been an integral part of the Hulk  universe, and his sudden and meaningless death is suspect. He is very likely alive as well as big, red, and angry. 

 
Another theory may be that the Rulk is Glen Talbot.    
 
 Brian Hughes of Again with the comics has some very good insight. Here is a sample of an article he wrote: 

Major Glen Talbot was a longtime thorn in the Hulk’s side, while serving as Bruce’s romantic rival for Betty. Talbot even married Betty for a time, but that ended fairly quickly in divorce. He met his alleged death in The Incredible Hulk #60, having stolen the experimental WAR Wagon to wage a desperate last-bid attack on the Hulk.

[...]

So Talbot “died” under a deluge of molten lava while mentally bonded with a fantastical computerized battle wagon/artificial intelligence and was declared dead with no body found. Yeah, that'll stick in a universe where even Uncle freakin’ Ben eventually came back. We’ve already seen that Red Hulk emits incredible, volcanic heat, recognizes most of the Hulk cast, and there are certainly enough back doors in that “death” to exploit, so I guess we’ll see. Whadda you think?

"  ***SPOILER WARNING***  

I believe the Red Hulk (Rulk) is Clay Quartermain. 
 
You may remember that  Iron Man and Maria Hill found the remains of Clay Quartermain at the site of the S.H.I.E.L.D. crash, and a jacket belonging to Doc Samson.  The jacket was ripped and saturated with gamma radiation leading Iron Man and Maria Hill to believe the "Rulk" was Samson. 

It was latter discovered that Samson is NOTthe Rulk.  
 
Quartermain's "remains" are questionable. His vitals were checker by Samson who confirmed his death. However, you later discover that Samson was part of the creation of the Rulk, so obviously he could, and would of, lied.
 
Quartermain's death conveniently explains his whereabouts whenever the Rulk appears (nowhere, cause he's dead, duh),
as well as his S.H.I.E.L.D. access and his hatred of the Hulk.   
 
Quartermain, though not an extremely important marvel character, has always been an integral part of the Hulk  universe, and his sudden and meaningless death is suspect. He is very likely alive as well as big, red, and angry. 

 
Another theory may be that the Rulk is Glen Talbot.    
 
 Brian Hughes of Again with the comicshas some very good insight. Here is a sample of an article he wrote: 

Major Glen Talbot was a longtime thorn in the Hulk’s side, while serving as Bruce’s romantic rival for Betty. Talbot even married Betty for a time, but that ended fairly quickly in divorce. He met his alleged death in The Incredible Hulk #60, having stolen the experimental WAR Wagon to wage a desperate last-bid attack on the Hulk.

[...]

So Talbot “died” under a deluge of molten lava while mentally bonded with a fantastical computerized battle wagon/artificial intelligence and was declared dead with no body found. Yeah, that'll stick in a universe where even Uncle freakin’ Ben eventually came back. We’ve already seen that Red Hulk emits incredible, volcanic heat, recognizes most of the Hulk cast, and there are certainly enough back doors in that “death” to exploit, so I guess we’ll see. Whadda you think?

  What do I think?   I think the comic is terrible. Jeph Loeb (the writer of the Red Hulk) has completely smothered any heat the Hulk franchise had after the incredible "Planet Hulk" and subsequent "World War Hulk" series.  I'm only following the series so i can discover who the f***  the Red bastard really is.  Well, i guess that's how they get ya. Jerks... "

i went to the marvel universe and typed in rulk and 2 characters popped up. red hulk and glenn talbot.

i change my first opinion. Clearly it is not him. It's Major Talbert

its already been shown that sampson is not the red hulk, but he has gotten a lot stronger, and more evil due to the fact he does not cut his hair. Hair grows slower than anger though. The red hulk is someone from Bruce and hulks combined past. maybe someone who has died and has been reanimated. Unlike banner both the characters that are rulk, are very angry, know exactly what they want, and are very ruthless about the methods they employ. unlike the abomination they can change back in forth. they must be a psychically sound person, because they have not distanced themselves from each other unlike banner, and thats why the hulk is a separate personae, because bruce has pushed him away all these years. maybe we need to look at alll the hulks past friends and foes. Its possible that this hulk is part of the world breaker psyche of banners mind tha has physically manfested itself. Anyway extra ideas would be welcome.

I've been saying it for a while now....Red Hulk is Glen Talbot and Red She Hulk is Betty Ross....Fall of the Hulks Gamma comfirmed that for me

I didn't like or dislike him before but now I hope he dies because of what happened in Hulk #20. Don't worry, it doesn't ruin the plot and chances are no one cares about this but me....
 

not gonna lie i felt bad for the ape as well.@jloneblackheart:

 We're all wondering who exactly the Red Hulk (Rulk for short) is,we are told that it will be reveled in either FALL OF THE HULKS or WORLD WAR HULKS but I think I know the answer.  
I think the red hulk is EMIL BLONSKY aka the ABOMINATION. 
Just hear me out. I know that he was killed by Rulk in issue 1 
  
 but you have to think about whats happened since Hulk since issue 600 where we learn from She Hulk that after World War Hulk Bruce was taken to a secret Gamma base which Sampson and She-Hulk were told was a shield bunker but were experimented on by M.O.D.O.K and according to COMICVINE the last place we see the Abomination before Hulk issue 1 is being imprisoned in a military installation because he killed Betty Ross, it could be the same gamma base 
They could have separated Blonsky from the Abomination and turned him into the Red Hulk in exchange for killing Hulk. 
General Ross:  
    
Says this to an unconscious Rulk 
      
Which could means they could have given him everything he needed to kill the abomination as well which could have been weakened after they were separated and in Hulk issue 12 Rulk tells Hulk after he is reunited with a dead Jarella that I REALIZE NOW I'VE LEFT YOU WORSE OF THAN DEAD WITH A BROKEN HEART. JUST LIKE YOU LEFT ME BANNER... This could be a reference to the time when the abomination was forced to watch a recording himself and his wife Nadia when he was in jail or when Hulk shrunk down to a small size to try and convince the Abomination to let her go when he held Nadia captive. 
Think about it , why would Jeph Loeb make Rulk kill the Abomination the very first thing he does in Hulk number 1 
To give him an alibi like in watchmen when Ozymandias ordered a hit on himself so no one would suspect that he killed the Comedian 
Its just crazy enough to make sence       

CATMANS FINAL guess before it all comes out soon.
 
Red Hulk = Clay Quartermain 
Red She-Hulk = Silver Sable

I'll be seeing "Edited a few minutes ago" for sure ; )

" @IronSpidy-Rooney:  except there was no evidence of them separating them. and again, why would they do that? why in order to make theyre own Hulk, who was part Gamma and part Cosmic, would they take a  pre-existing Gamma creature, who already failed in defeating the Hulk countless times, take out the Gamma he already had, then put Gama back in him. there would be no purpose to doing that. "

@CATMANEXE

" @IronSpidy-Rooney:  except there was no evidence of them separating them. and again, why would they do that? why in order to make theyre own Hulk, who was part Gamma and part Cosmic, would they take a  pre-existing Gamma creature, who already failed in defeating the Hulk countless times, take out the Gamma he already had, then put Gama back in him. there would be no purpose to doing that.  also, why on the second try would Emil not only look like Hulk when he changes, instead of the Abomination that came from him in the first place, but why would he suddenly have green hair in human form now as well.  like i said he doesnt add up. "

" @TheJuggernautpunch:  hogwash. Hulk still ran around for years while Abomination got it handed to him by everyone that crossed his path. that one isolated incident means nothing since its out of context, given the  Hulk was still there after that supposed defeat.   again, why would they take someone with a horrible track record against Hulk, and even She-hulk, and the X-men, and so on,...and everything else i just said. again it doesnt add up. "

Red Hulk is Sentry's 4th personality.

" "

rulk is secretly howard the duck there now you know :p