Bruce Banner was staying with his cousin Jennifer Walters laying low. Ross chose one of his soldiers Emil Blonsky to participate in an experiment that would give him the strength of the Hulk. Bruce kept Betty in the dark not wanting to endanger her. Bruce worked on trying to communicate with the Hulk through his mind but he was having little progress. Blonsky turned into the Abomination and attacked Las Vegas where Ross suspected Bruce was. The Hulk returned fighting off The Abomination. Betty Ross was caught in the crossfire almost dying but Hulk managed to save her. She was critically injured though and this sent Hulk into a rage unlike anyone had seen before. Samson managed to calm Bruce down and he sent Betty to hospital. Bruce developed another personality known as Joe Fixit a tough as nails gangster. Bruce and Joe decided they needed to work together to kill Ross for good. They attacked his base and Bruce confronted Ross asking why Ross hated him so much when he knew he couldn’t control his actions. The Abomination attacked Bruce but The Hulk killed him in front of Rick. Rick went to Samson for therapy because of what he saw. Bruce had managed to gain more control of the Hulk and he decided to let Joe take over his body. Joe moved back into Las Vegas starting a new life.
