However, Blonsky, who had received a variant of the Super Soldier Serum, was administered Banner's gamma-irradiated blood, transforming him into the Abomination. Banner was apprehended by the Armed Forces shortly after. He recruited the help of Betty Ross and Sterns to cure him of his affliction. However, when General Ross sent a team led by Emil Blonsky to apprehend Banner, Banner was forced to return to New York City. When the attempt failed, he chose to live a discreet life in South America while also communicating with Samuel Sterns to cure himself. As a result, the mild-mannered scientist found that when angered, provoked, or excited, his body and brain would transform into a huge, rage-fueled, primitive-minded creature known as the Hulk.įearful of the damage that Hulk could inflict and wishing to flee from the United States government, Banner attempted to kill himself. During the experiment, Banner was exposed to dangerous levels of gamma radiation (rather than vita radiation). However, Ross elected not to inform Banner what he was creating. Highly respected for his work in biochemistry, nuclear physics, and gamma radiation, Banner was commissioned by Thaddeus Ross to recreate the Super Soldier Serum that created Captain America. Best of both worlds." ―Bruce Banner ĭoctor Robert Bruce Banner, M.D., Ph.D., is a renowned scientist and a founding member of the Avengers. Eighteen months in a gamma lab, I put the brains and the brawn together. But then, I start looking at him as the cure. "For years, I've been treating the Hulk like he's some kind of disease.