HULK-VENGERS

Membership: Doll, Golden-Boy, two unidentified others resembling counterparts of Giant-Man and Thor

Purpose: To serve the Hulk

Aliases: None

Affiliations: Hulk (Bruce Banner)

Enemies: Avengers (Captain America/Steve Rogers, Giant-Man/Hank Pym, Iron Man/Tony Stark, Rick Jones, Thor/Thor Odinson, Wasp/Janet Van Dyne)

Base of Operations: None

First Appearance: Marvel I#1 (May, 2020)

History:
(Marvel I#1 / 3) - While the Avengers were testing Tony Stark's upgraded Image Projector, the incredible Hulk smashed into their headquarters in an attempt to retrieve Rick Jones from the team but when the Avengers crashed the Hulk into their basement, the Hulk found himself wearing the Image Projector and he began thinking of his own team. The Image Projector reacted to the Hulk's thoughts and brought forth solid image counterparts of the Avengers themselves, though each member resembled the Hulk. The enraged Hulk-Vengers immediately leaped into battle against the real Avengers and as most of the Avengers held their own against the Hulk-Vengers, Captain America attempted to confront the real Hulk. When Cap ordered the Hulk to surrender, he gloated that he had no reason to surrender, as he now had a team and power on his side. After Iron Man hit his Hulk-Venger counterpart (whom he called "Golden Boy") with live wires, the Avengers noticed the Hulk-Vengers mutating, becoming more monstrous as the Hulk ordered them to disassemble the Avengers. The Avengers renewed their battle with the Hulk-Vengers and during the fight, Iron Man noted that even if they defeated the Hulk-Vengers, the Hulk could use the Image Projector to heal any damage done to the solid images. Rick Jones soon attempted to break up the fight but when neither the Avengers nor the Hulk-Vengers listened to him, he fired a flare gun into the air, surprising all combatants. Jones then agreed to accompany the Hulk back into the desert in exchange for the Hulk dispersing the Hulk-Vengers. When Jones assured the Hulk that he would make sure the Avengers didn't attack him, the Hulk reluctantly agreed and dispersed the Hulk-Vengers back into the nothingness from which they came.

Comments: Created by Kurt Busiek and Steve Rude.

    This profile was completed on 08/15/2026 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix's 25th anniversary celebratory event.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Hulk-Vengers have no known connections to:

Doll

Doll was the Hulk-Vengers' counterpart to the Wasp and almost immediately after her creation, she flew into battle against the real Wasp. Wasp quickly tossed pepper into Doll's face, briefly incapacitating her, but the Hulk soon used the Image Projector to mutate Doll and the other Hulk-Vengers into more powerful and monstrous forms. Doll continued fighting the Wasp until Rick Jones broke up the Avengers' battle against the Hulk-Vengers with a flare gun and convinced the Hulk to disperse Doll and the other Hulk-Vengers.

As a Hulk-like creature, Doll had superhuman strength and durability, as well as added Wasp-like powers such as shrinking to small size and flying on wings.

Doll likely wasn't truly a codename so much as a nickname that the Wasp called her counterpart but given that the group was unimaginatively called the Hulk-Vengers by the dim-witted Hulk himself and that Doll was the only name the Wasp's counterpart was called, it's as good a name as any! --Proto-Man



--Marvel I#1 / 3

"Giant-Man"

"Giant-Man" was the Hulk-Vengers' counterpart to, of course, the real Giant-Man and almost immediately after his creation, he jumped into battle against the real Giant-Man, smashing his heroic counterpart through the floor. The Hulk soon used the Image Projector to mutate "Giant-Man" and the other Hulk-Vengers into more powerful and monstrous forms and "Giant-Man" continued fighting his Avengers counterpart until Rick Jones broke up the Avengers' battle against the Hulk-Vengers with a flare gun and convinced the Hulk to disperse "Giant-Man" and the other Hulk-Vengers.

As a Hulk-like creature, "Giant-Man" had superhuman strength and durability, as well as added Giant-Man-like powers such as the ability to grow in size.

"Giant-Man" was never identified in any way. --Proto-Man

--Marvel I#1 / 3

Golden-Boy

Golden-Boy was the Hulk-Vengers' counterpart to Iron Man and almost immediately after his creation, he started fighting the real Iron Man. Iron Man wrapped the Golden-Boy in electrical cables in an attempt to overload his armor but the Hulk soon used the Image Projector to transform Golden-Boy and the other Hulk-Vengers into larger and more monstrous forms. Golden-Boy continued fighting Iron Man until Rick Jones broke up the Avengers' battle against the Hulk-Vengers with a flare gun and convinced the Hulk to disperse Golden-Boy and the other Hulk-Vengers.

As a Hulk-like creature, Golden-Boy had superhuman strength and durability. Like Iron Man, he wore a sophisticated suit of armor.

Golden-Boy likely wasn't truly a codename so much as a nickname that Iron Man called him but given that the group was unimaginatively called the Hulk-Vengers by the dim-witted Hulk himself and that Golden-Boy was the only name Iron Man's counterpart was called, it's as good a name as any! --Proto-Man

--Marvel I#1 / 3

"Thor"

"Thor" was the Hulk-Vengers' counterpart to, of course, the real Thor and almost immediately after his creation, he jumped into battle against the real Thor, who smashed his Hulk-like counterpart's hammer with his own. The Hulk soon used the Image Projector to mutate "Thor" and the other Hulk-Vengers into more powerful and monstrous forms and "Thor" continued fighting his Avengers counterpart until Rick Jones broke up the Avengers' battle against the Hulk-Vengers with a flare gun and convinced the Hulk to disperse "Thor" and the other Hulk-Vengers.

As a Hulk-like creature, "Thor" had superhuman strength and durability. He also carried a spiked hammer.

"Thor" was never identified in any way. --Proto-Man



--Marvel I#1 / 3

images: (without ads)
Marvel I#1, p24, pan3 (Hulk-Vengers mutating, main image)
Marvel I#1, p21, pan2 (Hulk-Vengers' creation)
Marvel I#1, p27, pan3 (Doll & Golden-Boy)
Marvel I#1, p22, pan1 ("Giant-Man" & "Thor" images) 

Appearances:
Marvel I#1 (May, 2020) - "The Boy...& the Brute" story - Kurt Busiek (writer), Steve Rude (art, letters), Tom Brevoort (editor)

First Posted: 09/23/2026
Last updated: 08/15/2026

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