Rick Jones (character)
| Rick Jones | |
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Rick Jones as depicted in Captain Marvel (vol. 4) #19 (July 2001). Art by Aaron Lopresti. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | As Rick Jones: The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962) As A-Bomb: Hulk (vol. 2) #2 (February 2008) As Whisperer: Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1 (March 2016) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Richard Milhouse Jones |
| Species | Human mutate |
| Team affiliations | Avengers Young Avengers Champions Loners |
| Supporting character of | Hulk Captain America Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) Rom Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell) |
| Notable aliases | Whisperer A-Bomb Bucky Hulk Subject B Abomination Sleeper Agent |
| Abilities |
As A-Bomb:
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Richard Milhouse "Rick" Jones is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a sidekick and friend to the Hulk, Captain America, Mar-Vell / Captain Marvel, Rom the Space Knight, and Genis-Vell / Captain Marvel.
The character has been an active participant in many significant Marvel storylines, including the Kree–Skrull War and the Destiny War. Rick has acquired superpowers on numerous occasions: he was briefly transformed into a version of the Hulk in a 1986 story arc and became A-Bomb, a gamma mutate resembling a blue version of the Abomination, after being experimented on by the Intelligencia in Hulk (vol. 2). Rick later becomes a hacktivist after Doc Green, an alternate persona of Bruce Banner, removes his powers.
Rick Jones has been adapted into various media outside comics, primarily in association with the Hulk. Luke Perry voiced Rick in the animated series The Incredible Hulk (1996), which adapted his time as Hulk in the comics. Seth Green voiced Rick as A-Bomb in the animated series Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013), where he is depicted as a member of the eponymous team. Green reprised the role in the Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Return to the Spider-Verse" (2016), voicing a version of Rick from the Marvel Noir universe.