Richard Jones (Earth-616)

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Rick Jones

Real Name: Richard Milhouse Jones
Nicknames: Rick
Former Aliases: Bucky, the Hulk
Other Current Aliases: None

Status

Occupation: Comic Book Store Owner; former writer, adventurer, singer
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record
Identity: Public
Marital Status: Married
Group Affiliation: Financier of the Loners, Honorary member of the Avengers; Former partner of the Hulk, Captain America, and Captain Mar-Vell;Former member of the Teen Brigade; Former ally of Rom
Base of Operations: Los Angeles, California; formerly mobile, New Mexico

Origin

Origin of character unknown.

Place of Birth: Scarsdale, Arizona
Known Relatives: Marlo (Wife), Polly (Aunt)
First Appearance: Incredible Hulk #1

History

Rick was orphaned at a young age and had disciplinary problems. One day, he took a dare to drive into an atomic bomb test range. This was the infamous gamma bomb experiment by Dr. Bruce Banner. Bruce tossed Rick into a trench and became the Hulk. Rick felt responsible for Banner's transformation and tried to help the Hulk wherever possible. He set up a group of radio operators called the Teen Brigade to keep track of the Hulk's progress.

The Avengers formed due to Rick's radio broadcast warning about the Hulk. He temporarily became a sidekick for Captain America. His resemblance to Bucky was noted, Rick even wore Bucky's costume for a time. However,Captain America felt he did not want to lose another partner and that while Rick was a good athlete, he was not quite up to the level Bucky was.

The Kree hero Captain Mar-Vell was bonded to Rick due to only being able to function out of the Negative Zone for a few hours. Using the Negative Zone portal in the Baxter Building seemed to remove that limitation. Shortly after Rick and Mar-Vell had to be re-merged. Eventually, they were separated.

During the Kree-Skrull War, an 'omniwave' machine from the Supreme Intelligence caused the Destiny Force to trigger within Rick.

An attempt to cure the Hulk instead gave Rick radiation poisoning. In the hospital, the Dire Wraiths began to replace the staff, but were stopped by Rom. Rick assisted Rom against the Wraiths, and temporarily lived with Brandy Clark. Jones was cured by the Beyonder at the same time Rom and Brandy left for Galador.

Rick began dating Marlo Chandler, a former girlfriend of the Hulk's. The two later married with a great number of heroes in attendance. The Impossible Man did his best to usurp the proceedings by inviting the Kree, Skrulls, even Mephisto to the ceremony. After a period of estrangement that also involved Moondragon and Death becoming involved with Marlo, the two have reunited.

Jones was temporarily paralyzed while Hulk was the Horseman War. In an attempt to stop this 'War Hulk' he was thrown against a pyramid. Rick was cured during the Destiny War, summoning Avengers from various realities to battle for their very existence against the Time Keepers. The strain was incredible, and a future version of Genis-Vell bonded to him, much like Rick had with Mar-Vell. Rick and Genis later discovered this bond still applied to the current Genis.

Rick authored a best-selling novel on his days as a sidekick.

Characteristics

Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 165 lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Unusual Features: Rick bears a close physical resemblance to James Buchanan Barnes , the original Bucky.

Powers

Known Powers: Destiny Force: The Destiny Force gives Rick incredible psionic power. With it he can freeze others in their tracks and teleport a number of beings across vast distances, including summoning them from other realities to his location. The Supreme Intelligence theorized that an outside influence such as the Nega-Bands is needed for the force to emerge.
Known Abilities: A highly trained and experienced hand-to-hand combatant. Recieved training by Captain America in various martial arts including combat gymnatics. Is also an accomplished musician and songwriter.
Strength Level: Rick Jones possesses the normal human strength of a man of his age, height, and build who engages in moderate regular exercise.

List of Appearances

• Incredible Hulk #1 - First Appearance
• Fantastic Four #12
• Journey Into Mystery # 116

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