Zzzax
A really tall
kid isn't really a freak of nature. A kid with a really nice
curveball? Also not a freak of nature. Zzzax is however a freak
of nature. Zzzax was created by some radicals when they were
trying to destroy a power plant they felt was a danger. Ironic
that their explosion caused a reaction in th eatomic chamber.
Once the energy that spewed forth came in contact, and ate, three
humans Zzzax gained self-awareness. Zzzax realized that he needed
to feed on humans to maintain thought.
Incredible Hulk #166- Some
revolutionaries use a bomb to attack an electric plant. The
explosion causes a chain reaction in the atomic chamber. The
energy grows and absorbs and eats three workers. Zzzax is born.
Zzzax wants more humans to feed on. Hawkeye sees Zzzax and is on
his way to the rescue to improve his reputation. A cop wakes
Bruce Banner to tell him to run from Zzzax. Zzzax knocks out
Bruce. Hawkeye shows up. Bruce hulks out. Hawkeye tries to keep
Hulk from fighting Zzzax. Hulk knocks down the building Hawkeye
is on. Hulk fights back and forth with Zzzax. Hawkeye tries to
drive hulk off 
again, and hits Zzzax with a foam arrow. Hulk attacks
again. Zzzax throws Hawkeye into the water. Hawkeye shoots an
arrow through Zzzax and back into the water. Zzzax dissolves but
everyone thinks Hulk did it.
Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #183- Banner grabs a paper and
finds a janitor's job at the Soul-Star Research Center in
Chicago. Banner happens upon Stan Landers, Mark Revel, and
Alexandria Knox. As partners in Soul-Star Research Center the
trio is trying to invent a machine that will pull electronic
impulses from space. They believe that all thought in existence
is in space, and by using their machine they'll know all the
thoughts throughtout history. Oh by the way Stan and Mark love
Alexandria, but Alexandria only loves Stan. Banner gives the trio
a tip, and they learn he is Bruce Banner. The three know Banner's
scientific rep, but not his being the Hulk. They turn on the
machine and it overloads as it pulls back an electrical thinking
being, Zzzax. Zzzax goes to feed on Alexandria, but Stan saves
her putting her helmet on. Unfortunately Stan doesn't save
himself, and Zzzax eats him. Bruce hulks out. Hulk jumps and hits
Zzzax. Zzzax knocks him down. Zzzax doesn't want to hurt
Alexandria because he loves her. Zzzax absorbed Stan's thoughts
when he killed him. Zzzax grabs Alexandria and heads up the 100
story John Hancock Center. Hulk goes to save her. Police try to
stop him, but Hulk knocks them aside. Hulk tells Zzzax to give
back girl. When Zzzax refuses the fight starts. The two fight
until Mark arrives in a helicopter. He shoots a cord through
Zzzax and gets a lightning bolt to strike it. Zzzax disappears.
Hulk catches ark, and Alexandria and Mark are in love. Hulk walks
off alone.
Power Man #47-
Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #285
- Scott Lang is building a research center for Bruce
Banner. As they attach the power source Land mentions where they
bought the power generator: Soulstar. Banner tries to stop them
from connecting it, but he is to late. Zzzax emerges from the
generator. Bruce doesn't want any innocent lives lost so he
transforms into the Hulk. Zzzax remembers Hulk. Banner Hulk leaps
and hits Zzzax, but Zzzax shocks him and throws him aside. Bruce
tries again, but with the same results. Zzzax goes to feed on
humans. Bruce plows into Zzzax and even gets a few shots in, but
again is knocked back. Bruce finally figures that he needs to
play with his strengths. He grabs the wires from the Soulstar
generator and leaps through Zzzax. Bruce then plugs the generator
in. Bruce reverses the power flow from receiving energy to the
stars to shooting energy into the stars. Zzzax is sent back into
space.
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #12- Graviton sees Tigra and wants to have her. He sets his plan in motion. A bolt from the Earth causes Quantum to emerge from the sun. Next Halflife walks out of a nuclear reactor. As she passes some power lines they break and fall down. Zzzax emerges from the electricity. The thee of them converge on a spot in Los Angeles. The police call in the West Coast Avengers. Zzzax remembers Hawkeye from Hulk #166. Hawkeye remembers Zzzax as well. He also remembers how to easily defeat him, but there is no water. Hawkeye has Wonder Man rip up a water main. Wondy hoses Zzzax down, and Hawkeye shoots his arrow through him. Zzzax disperses just like he did in his first appearance.
Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #325- At Gamma Base some SHIELD agents bring in Zzzax who was captured by the West Coast Avengers. Zzzax is transferred to the chamber they prepared for him. The next morning Zzzax causes a power outage.
Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #326- Thunderbolt Ross has agreed to become Zzzax so he can hunt the Hulk down. One of the SHIELD techs thinks that maybe Zzzax's readings are too strong. As the procedure continues Ross is shocked and shocked some more. One of the operatives opens the channel a bit. Suddenly Zzzax has Ross. The glass tube explodes and Zzzax thinks like General Ross calling people milksops and having a mind for revenge against the Hulk. Zzzax flies from the building after the Hulk. Later Zzzax finds the Hulk. Two of them in fact as he blasts Banner and gets ready to fight Rick Hulk.
Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #327- Ross/Zzzax yells at the
Hulk. Being Zzzax causes Ross' mind to cloud. He thinks the Rick
Jones Hulk is Bruce Banner, and he has come for revenge. Zzzax
blasts Rick Hulk over and over. Bruce Banner runs out and says if
it's revenge Ross wants to take it out on him. Ross gets confused
at this. He decides he doesn't care and blasts both Hulk and
Bruce. Ross/Zzax zaps Rick Hulk into a body of water. Bruce gets
Ross/Zzzax to swoop down on him, but Bruce dodges and Rick Hulk
splashes Ross/Zzzax with the water. Ross/Zzzax explodes but comes
back together. Rick Hulk and Banner leap away. Ross/Zzzax catches
up and blasts htem from behind. Ross/Zzzax causes a Mobil station
to catch on fire. Bruce gets Rick to throw sand on the fire.
Ross/Zzzax keeps blasting Rick, and when that doesn't kill him he
dives into Rick Hulk and possesses his body. Ross tries to smash
Hulk's body into things. Bruce tries to talk to Ross, but Ross
bats him away. Being in the Hulk makes it harder for Ross to
think and he gets out. Hulk changes back into Rick Jones. Zzzax's
consciousness takes control of his body again. He decides to
absorb more human minds to drown out Ross'. But as Zzzax goes to
consume a mother and her two children the consciousness of Ross
breaks through. Banner shows Ross his reflection, and Ross freaks
out flying away.
Marvel Comics Presents #8- flashback- Iron Man is running an experiment, but it seems to pull Zzzax out of the air. Zzzax overloads Stark’s generator. Zzzax says that he feels enough power to free himself of Ross’ influence. He says that once again he is Zzzax. Zzzax “thanks” Iron Man for his help by zapping him. Iron Man tries to blast back, but his blast just passes through Zzzax. Iron Man creates a bunch of holograms so he can think of what to do. Iron Man tries to suck Zzzax into his armor as energy. Zzzax starts to take control of the armor, but Iron Man manages to expel him before he does. Zzzax walks off leaving Iron Man without power. He takes off for more power but for some reason he walks right by the generator Stark uses to recharge his armor. Iron Man throws a metal cable through Zzzax. Iron Man then uses liquid nitrogen on the cable. He then touches the ends of the cable together and shorts out Zzzax.
Cable #59- 
Jack Truman, Agent 18, is contracted by S.H.I.E.L.D. to
kill Cable. Truman sets up in Hell's Kitchen. He wants to draw
Cable out into the open so he takes the container given to him by
S.H.I.E.D. It reads Zzzax. Truman recreates Zzzax. Cable sees on
the news that Zzzax is rampaging. Cable runs over and changes
into his costume. Zzzax spots Cable and tries to blast him. Cable
gets Zzzax to chase him to a junkyard. Zzzax blasts him, but
Cable dodges Zzzax as he tries to punch. Cable lands in a puddle
of water. He reaches down and grabs a water main. Cable puts him
out as if he were a fire.
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