Red Hulk

Red Hulk's identity has yet to be revealed within the comic series, but in an interview Marvel Editor in Chief Joe Quesada suggested it was Ares.^[10][11] However, issue five of the Hulk series contradicts this as Ares is seen on a team heading after Red Hulk.^[9]

Marvel editor Mark Paniccia has described Red Hulk as "absolutely uninhibited, tactically intelligent",^[12] while writer Jeph Loeb states "The Red Hulk is the kind of Hulk we haven't seen before — a thinking, calculating, brutal weapon-toting kind of Hulk." To further distance the character away from the original. "Everything the Green Hulk isn't, the Red Hulk is."^[13]

Red Hulk has powers almost identical to those of the original Hulk, including superhuman strength, stamina, and durability, as well as the ability to heal at an accelerated rate. However, the Red Hulk also gives off gamma radiation^[6] proportional to his mood, hence the statement, "the madder this Hulk gets, the hotter he gets."^[4]

Red Hulk has also been shown to use firearms, most notably a S.H.I.E.L.D. issue handgun ergonomically designed for giant hands, which was taken from the armory of the Stark-designed Helicarrier.^[6]