Joe Infopost
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theincrediblehulk
GREY HULK
NAME: Joe Fixit
ROLE: Protector
CANON: Marvel 616
CANON POINT: Post-Immortal Hulk
AGE: Mid-Late 20s
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Breakdown
Joe is grander-than-life. He likes to act the part of a sleazy mobster, which to be fair he IS. Or was. Regardless he hams up how terrible he is in a used-car-salesman kinda way to make sure people don't pay him more mind than they have to or assume he and Bruce are the same person.
Joe, can more or less freely be both a Hulk or front in Bruce's body. He looks the same as Bruce if a bit greasier in their human-body. He dresses a lot more flashy, in tropical shirts and cheap suits. He also wears sunglasses and slicks back his hair more. As a hulk joe is 6'6, grey, and otherwise pretty similar to the other Hulks.
He used to be one of the more self-serving types. He used to vy for total control of the body against Bruce and Hulk, but in recent time has come to appreciate the balance they hold together. He has shifted from a persecutor alter to more of a protector. He still doesn't care for much of the goals Bruce has but wants to see the kid able to achieve something even remotely as close to the aspirations he has.
Joe, can more or less freely be both a Hulk or front in Bruce's body. He looks the same as Bruce if a bit greasier in their human-body. He dresses a lot more flashy, in tropical shirts and cheap suits. He also wears sunglasses and slicks back his hair more. As a hulk joe is 6'6, grey, and otherwise pretty similar to the other Hulks.
He used to be one of the more self-serving types. He used to vy for total control of the body against Bruce and Hulk, but in recent time has come to appreciate the balance they hold together. He has shifted from a persecutor alter to more of a protector. He still doesn't care for much of the goals Bruce has but wants to see the kid able to achieve something even remotely as close to the aspirations he has.
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History
After an incident of separation from the Hulk, when Bruce and the Hulk re-merged he seemed to revert back to his ‘original’ form from his first printings. Only appearing at night in a Grey form that possessed a higher intellect and a more deliberately unsavoury personality.
A stint away from earth and a subsequent return, the Grey Hulk landed in Las Vegas where he was taken in by a casino owner with mob ties named Michael Berengetti. Berengetti gave the Grey Hulk the name he’d come to be known as from then on; Joe Fixit.
At this point he was able to spend longer periods of time without ever changing back into Banner, living his own life so far as to even have a girlfriend named Marlo Chandler. Few if anyone knew that he was a Hulk or connected to Banner in any way.
His life as an enforcer didn’t last forever, but after it Joe and Hulk coexisted more frequently until Joe went dormant for many years.
Come Immortal Hulk, Joe has started to front in Bruce’s body due to the influence of another alter preventing him from ‘Hulking Out’.
Joe has largely stood in as the Hyde to Bruce’s Jekyll. He was the less savoury desires, less sound morals, and other such aspects of Bruce that he found shameful and tried to bury. This is in part due to why the sun repelled Joe so much, as he represented the ‘dark’ of Bruce’s mind.
This wasn’t exactly how he started out however. In Incoming! Doc Samson and Joe have a talk where Joe reveals his true origins.
While we already knew to a degree that Joe represented Bruce’s late teens and college years, Joe confirmed it himself, but a bit differently than expected.
“A teenager’s just a kid’s idea of a grown-up. That’s what I started as. That’s where I came from.”
Joe was inspired by noir films Bruce had watched as a kid, citing Kiss Me Deadly in particular. He was what Bruce thought was what a man should be, and that’s what he became.
A stint away from earth and a subsequent return, the Grey Hulk landed in Las Vegas where he was taken in by a casino owner with mob ties named Michael Berengetti. Berengetti gave the Grey Hulk the name he’d come to be known as from then on; Joe Fixit.
At this point he was able to spend longer periods of time without ever changing back into Banner, living his own life so far as to even have a girlfriend named Marlo Chandler. Few if anyone knew that he was a Hulk or connected to Banner in any way.
His life as an enforcer didn’t last forever, but after it Joe and Hulk coexisted more frequently until Joe went dormant for many years.
Come Immortal Hulk, Joe has started to front in Bruce’s body due to the influence of another alter preventing him from ‘Hulking Out’.
Joe has largely stood in as the Hyde to Bruce’s Jekyll. He was the less savoury desires, less sound morals, and other such aspects of Bruce that he found shameful and tried to bury. This is in part due to why the sun repelled Joe so much, as he represented the ‘dark’ of Bruce’s mind.
This wasn’t exactly how he started out however. In Incoming! Doc Samson and Joe have a talk where Joe reveals his true origins.
While we already knew to a degree that Joe represented Bruce’s late teens and college years, Joe confirmed it himself, but a bit differently than expected.
“A teenager’s just a kid’s idea of a grown-up. That’s what I started as. That’s where I came from.”
Joe was inspired by noir films Bruce had watched as a kid, citing Kiss Me Deadly in particular. He was what Bruce thought was what a man should be, and that’s what he became.
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Abilities
Superhuman Strength/Stamina/Etc
While nmsot of the Hulks to present have Scaled strength and abilities to their rage and emotions- Joe is more of a flat line. He still has incredible, above-human capacities but it doesn't match the other Hulks, nor can he increase his strength typically due to him having a more level/controlled head in tune with his emotional responses.Superhuman Leaping
Like Hulk, he can bound and jump great distances, having been recorded on a relative horizontal of 1000 miles. He is extremely precise and has great environmental and geographical accuracy.Regenerative Healing/Superhuman Durability
It's not necessarily that the Hulk is invincible. While difficult to pierce his skin or damage him. it's also the fact that whatever does manage to get through him doesn't stick. It heals faster than you can even really see it cut through him, even healing around whatever caused the wound before it can pass through or be withdrawn. He can regenerate from practically anything, even able to regenerate dismembered parts back together when they were separated from one another.Reactive Adaptation
Similar to his transformation and regenerative healing, Hulk can adapt to a number of environments. Such as the depths of the oceans, the altitudes of mountains, heat of volcanoes and even the vacuum of space.Extrasensory Perception
Bruce and the Hulks can see ghosts, astral projections. Things like that. He developed it out of fear of his father's ghost haunting him. They can also smell lies.