KAREN LEE ROSS
Real Name: Karen Lee Ross
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Housewife
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: None
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (husband), Betty Ross (daughter), unidentified unseen father.
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: USA
First Appearance: Incredible Hulk II#291 (January, 1984)
Powers/Abilities: None revealed
History: (Incredible Hulk II#291 (fb)) - Karen Lee was the daughter of a Captain in the U.S. Army. She met Thaddeus Ross when he was a cadet, they fell in love then they married.
Ross left for war. After the end of the war, they gave birth Betty (see comments).
When Betty was only some months old Ross left for another war (see comments).
Ross returned, betty grew and became a girl, years passed, Karen Lee died.
Comments: Created by Bill Mantlo (writer), Sal Buscema (pencils), Gerry Talaoc (inks), Ann Nocenti (editor).
I'm not sure if to place this character in the alternate
timeline of "Marvel Comics tells the tales of Super-Heroes". Ross (and
Karen Lee)'s history is depicted as a long flashback. In the last panels it is
hinted that all the history could be a comic written by Bill Mantlo and Sal
Buscema in the Earth-616 timeline.
Regardless, the dates have to be topical, Betty couldn't have
been born before the Korean War in the Earth-616 timeline. The two wars
referenced in Hulk II#291 were World War II and the Korean Conflict.
--Snood
I don't know what is said in Hulk: Gray#2,
but I don't remember a flashback in any other issue where Karen Lee appeared. I
remember Betty or T.Ross saying "Mom said this" or "Your mother did that" but it
is impossible for me to remember if those facts were relevant to build a more
complete profile.
If there are more appearances, just let us know and we'll
add them at some point.
--Snood
Profile by Spidermay.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Karen Lee has no known connections to:
Images: (without ads)
Incredible Hulk II#291, p8, pan5 (main image)
Incredible Hulk II#291, p7, pan3 (image)
Other Appearances:
Hulk: Gray#2
Last updated: 11/17/06
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