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Marvel ’s 2007World War Hulkcrossover eventremains one of its secure and most iconic , with an enraged Hulk brutally defeat theAvengers , X - Men , Inhuman , Fantastic Four , and moderately much every other major hero on Earth after the Illuminati betrayed him . However , Hulk ’s vivid rampagewould have ended much earlierif one Avengers ' reject , the Initiative recruit Hardball , had not accidentally sabotaged Iron Man .
Avengers : The Initiativefollows a radical of recruits work into Tony Stark ’s new Initiative program , spinning out of the case ofCivil Warand the Superhuman Registration Act , with Roger Brokeridge link the plan after gain Energy Department powers from the Power Broker .
InAvengers : The Initiative#4 it is give away thatHardball is being blackmail by Senator Arthur Woodman- on the QT an agentive role of Hydra - into stealing a S.P.I.N. bullet , capable of rendering a superpowered being powerless , which wasIron Man ’s best shot at beating the Hulkand stopping his World War .
Hardball Betrayed The Avengers And Ruined Iron Man’s Plan For Hulk
Hardball , along with other recruit like Trauma , MVP , Komodo , and Cloud 9 , were being trained at Camp Hammond by paladin likethe Avengers ' Justicewhen Woodman approached Roger with his blackmail . Apparently , the Power Broker betray Hardball ’s " contract bridge " to Hydrawhen Roger determine to become a hero , with Woodman and Hydra eager to have a gram molecule inside the Avengers ' Camp Hammond . When stealing the S.P.I.N. technology , Hardball - without meaning to - swaps out the bullet labeled A1 for a fake missile , the exact heater that Tony Stark later tries to use against Hulk , only for it to have zero effect .
InAvengers : The Initiative#3 Hank Pym explained to Komodo how the powerful S.P.I.N. bullet puzzle out , unveil that SHIELD had managed to transform their power inhibitor pinch engineering science into " super - powered inhibiting nanobots . " The nanobots are then housed in an adamantium - tip hummer which is able of piercing almost any superhuman ’s skin , even a Hulk , proven aftera S.P.I.N. bullet was used to depower She - Hulk . Each S.P.I.N. bullet - which cost $ 500,000 per fastball - is genetically customise to the individual super being . Hardball has no mind what he was stealing , or that it was meant as a Hulk failsafe , so even though it was an chance event , his betrayal led to Iron Man ’s brute frustration .
Hulk And His Warbound Went On To Cause Untold Destruction
Iron Man ’s plan would have worked perfectly if Hardball had not trade out the S.P.I.N. bullets . Hardball really was trying to be a hero as a part of the Initiative , even going with his recruit team to seek and fight the Hulk and his Warbound after his mistake , even though he recognise they would lose . Hardball ’s seeminglyminor treason head to a monumental loss for Tony Stark , whose consistency was fox through Avengers Tower by Hulk , demolish it , and leave to World War Hulk going on for much longer than it necessitate to . While the Hulk was eventually kill by Iron Man ’s satellite weapons , he and his Warbound destroyed much of NYC and bruise countless heroes .
Senator Woodman was after killed by Hardball , but there is a chance the S.P.I.N. bullet that Roger acquired for Hydra is still hold by the organization , which is another disaster waiting to happen . Hardball was finally able to agitate his connection to Hydra , last see in 2012’sAvengers Academy#26 , which meansthe foolish young hero could still make a return to Avengers comedian , and even make up for his past mistakes . irrespective , because of Hardball ’s betrayal , Iron Man and theAvengerslost their honorable arm against the Hulk , inadvertently admit World War Hulk to escalate .
