Elizabeth Ross (Heroes Reborn) (Earth-616)

Liz Ross
Name	Elizabeth Ross
Current Alias	Liz Ross
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Stark International
Relatives	Thaddeus Ross (father)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human that came into existence when Franklin Richards created Counter-Earth
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616 (Heroes Reborn Pocket Dimension)
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Head of security
Base of Operations	Stark International
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jim Lee, Scott Lobdell, Whilce Portacio
First	Iron Man (Vol. 2) #1 (September, 1996)
First	Iron Man (Vol. 2) #1 (September, 1996)

History

When the Fantastic Four and the Avengers sacrificed their lives to destroy Onslaught, Franklin Richards, the son of the FF's Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman subconsciously created a pocket universe to save their lives. There they spent an entire year living new lives, "reborn" into a reality where they recently gained their abilities that vaguely mirror how they gained their powers originally.

Franklin created populated universe which included recreations of many of the heroes' allies and foes. Among these creations was one based on Betty Ross the long time love interest of Bruce Banner.

In this pocket universe, Liz Ross was the head of security at Stark International. Her father, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross had been chief of staff with the United States military. She was present at the celebrations of Stark's acquittal in an undisclosed court case against him lodged by the people of New York. When Hydra attempted to take control of Stark's Buffalo lab in an attempt to detonate Bruce's experimental gamma bomb, both Liz and Bruce went to investigate. They were captured and Madame Hydra locked Banner in with his gamma bomb. Unable to free himself, Banner lowered the bomb down the missile silo in order to lessen the damage and loss of life its detonation would cause. The bomb went off, destroying Stark's plant and transforming Bruce in the Hulk.

Liz, being in close proximity to the shaft, was bombarded with a massive dose of gamma radiation that gave her terminal cancer, something she kept secret from everyone. During the disaster that created the Hulk, her employer Tony Stark was forced to become the armored super-hero known as Iron Man. In order to protect his secret, Stark (as Iron Man) posed as his own body guard. Ross resented Iron Man and shortly after his "employment" with Stark International she confronted him and expressed her dislike of him.

When "Rebel" O'Reilly attacked Stark International, Liz tried to remove a hysterical Pepper Potts and injured Happy Hogan from the scene of Rebel's battle with Iron Man. Forced to slap Pepper, Liz was struck back, knocking off her helmet and revealing to Pepper that she was dying of radiation poisoning.

Liz learned that Bruce Banner was really the Hulk and met with him and his new allies, the Hulkbusters. Reverting back into Bruce Banner, the two would confessed their mutual love for, and after Liz revealed to him that she was dying they shared a kiss. Banner went off to fight other menaces before ultimately being returned to his native Earth-616.

See Also

• 6 appearance(s) of Elizabeth Ross (Heroes Reborn) (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Elizabeth Ross (Heroes Reborn) (Earth-616)