Gamma Base

Gamma Base is a place that features in Marvel Comics.

History

Project: Greenskin

Gamma Base was a military installation created as part of an initiative started by General Thunderbolt Ross in combating the Hulk. The proposal was made to the U.S. government with Washington agreeing with the plan for the headquarters of a mobile combat force. (Incredible Hulk v1 #145)

Gamma Base

The Intelligencia came to commandeer Gamma Base in secret and disguised it as a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility that was staffed by L.M.D.s made to look at military personnel. During the conclusion of World War Hulk, the defeated Hulk was taken by the L.M.D.s in the form of agents that captured the creature and took him to Gamma Base. Once there, they siphoned the energy from the Hulk for their experiments that they used to transform Thunderbolt Ross into the Red Hulk. (Hulk v2 #23)

Shadow Base

A new incarnation of the headquarters was made with it being referred to as Shadow Base and under the command of General Fortean who led the efforts in capturing the Hulk. (Immortal Hulk v1 #6)

After the Hulk's escape, Shadow Base decided to consult with the captive Leader in finding a means of killing their quarry. However, Stern killed the guards and went on his own mission to eliminate his arch-enemy the Hulk. Operatives from the base pursued him where they found that the Leader had arranged an encounter between the Hulk and Weapon H with the goal of eliminating the pair. To achieve that end, he had infected Weapon H with a gamma-virus that was intended to pass onto the Hulk to weaken him allowing for him to be killed. (Hulkverines v1 #1) Shadow Bases remote facility FN34 was attacked by the Leader and his ally Dr. Alba who used the site's resources as part of their plot against the Hulk and Wolverine. (Hulkverines v1 #2)

With the body of Rick Jones and Emil Blonsky, Shadow Base came to merge the two create a new incarnation of the Abomination to serve as a living weapon against the Hulk. Despite warnings against doing so, General Fortean deployed the creature in a civilian populated area where it killed numerous people whilst it targeted the Hulk with its special acids able to neutralise his healing factor. Agents were also deployed into the field to ensure no witnesses reported the incident but they were stopped by Jackie McGee and Red She-Hulk in her Harpy form. (Immortal Hulk v1 #19)

Overview

In appearance, the base was a military installation that was located in the heart of the American heartland. It was also known as Project: Greenskin and as Greenskin Base. The goal of the Base was to devote all its resources entirely on capturing, imprisoning and potentially killing the Hulk. (Incredible Hulk v1 #145) Their ties to the U.S. military meant that they had considerable financial resources at their disposal. (Immortal Hulk v1 #9)

A special room was made for the Monitors that were a group of individuals who were given implants as they monitored data networks. This included surveillance, information feeds and other such sources that they filtered in order to get intelligence on their targets. The implants could be reversed allowing a person to return to normal but they had a set team as Monitors. (Immortal Hulk v1 #6)

A piece of equipment used by their field operatives was a Master Comm that was constantly running a decrypt program of every electronic device within range. (Hulkverines v1 #2) It later came into possession of the Bannerman Gene-Enhancement Package or Hulk Plug-In that had been developed by S.H.I.E.L.D., improved by A.I.M. and perfected by Shadow Base. (Immortal Hulk v1 #9)

Shadow Base maintained a number of remote facilities spread across the country for its various operatives with some holding detention facilities. (Hulkverines v1 #1)

Inhabitants

• Thunderbolt Ross :
• Doc Samson :
• Betty Ross :
• Clay Quartermain :
• Glenn Talbot :
• Reginald Fortean :
• Jeffrey Clive :

Notes

• Gamma Base was created by Roy Thomas and Herb Trimpe where it made its first appearance in Incredible Hulk v1 #145 (November, 1971).

Appearances

• Incredible Hulk v1:
• Hulk v2:
• Immortal Hulk v1:
• Hulkverines v1:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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