History
On Earth-776 reality diverged shortly after the formation of that reality's Avengers. Following their battle against the Space Phantom their Avenger's mistrust in the Hulk would lead to the entire team disbanding over the group's disagreement over how to handle the Hulk. While Iron Man wished to go after him, Giant-Man and the Wasp thought it wrong to force the Hulk to stay with them and Thor was disinterested, leaving to focus on threats to Asgard instead. The only person who sided with Iron Man was Rick Jones. When the Hulk attacked Rick, Iron Man came to his rescue, his armor getting seriously damaged while driving the Hulk away.
The Hulk soon gained an alliance with the Sub-Mariner and contacted Iron Man to issue a challenge to the Avengers. Unable to tell the two that the Avengers disbanded, Iron Man called Rick Jones, Henry Pym, and Janet Van Dyne to help in battling the Hulk and Sub-Mariner, designing them all special suits of armor to combat them while enhancing their natural abilities. When training them how to use the armor, Iron Man grew frustrated with their inability to grasp the armors' function and lashed out at them making Janet and Henry walk out on him. Realizing time was running out, Iron Man super charged his armor and went off to face the Sub-Mariner and Hulk alone.
He had the upper hand in battle but was easily defeated in combat against the two and left for dead. Rick Jones, meanwhile, convinced Janet and Henry to help and they tracked Iron Man to the battle field where they would battle Namor and the Hulk. During the fight Henry was seriously injured by the Hulk, and Iron Man used the last of his armor's power to revive him. When the Hulk realized that one of the "iron men" was his friend Rick, the Hulk attacked the Sub-Mariner when he threatened Rick's life; the two battled underwater to a standstill and retreat, leaving the remaining "Armored Avengers" to learn that Tony Stark was Iron Man and that he sacrificed his life so that they might survive the battle.Residents
See Also
- 1 appearance(s) of Earth-776
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Earth-776
- 14 image(s) of Earth-776
- 7 characters that originate from Earth-776
- 1 teams that originate from Earth-776
- 1 organizations that originate from Earth-776