Something just popped into my head today, totally out of nowhere.
Where does General Ross' mustache go when he changes into the Red Hulk, and how does it come back when he reverts to human form?
A friend of mine speculated that Ross shaved off the mustache to help keep his secret, and we've only been seeing the Ross LMD with the full 'stache and not the real Ross since World War Hulk. But I've seen Hulk #23, which shows him reverted to normal with a full mustache, and then changing back into a non-mustached Rulk.
And it can't be that his increase in size "spreads out" the spacing of his mustache hairs, and they're too small to see on the Rulk's larger face....because if that were true, why doesn't the same thing happen to the hair on his head? Ross' mustache has almost always been pronounced and bushy, and roughly as thick as the hair on his head. His scalp hair either grows during the transformation or is thick enough to still be distinct as Rulk, so why doesn't the same thing apply to his mustache?
I know that this all boils down to one huge uber-nerd nitpick--but I also think this is another example of how poorly conceived everything involving the Rulk concept is. Honestly, the only real reason that the mustache vanishes and re-appears is that Loeb didn't want to give away Rulk's identity with an obvious clue, and just hoped that no one would notice this small but distinct detail once the reveal was made. Either that, or Loeb simply had no idea from the very beginning who Rulk really was, and didn't pay attention to that detail when he decided to make Ross the culprit.
Whatever way you look at it, I think it makes Rulk even more laughable when you realize that the creators can't even be bothered to deal with such a simple and obvious detail. It's not like Thaddeus Ross hasn't been mustachioed for virtually every appearance he's made in publication.
Chuck
"As a fat man, I'm always scared that my old nemesis Gravity might show up." -- Ralphie May
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