Apex (What If... The Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?)

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The Apex, also known as The New Apex, is the main antagonist of the What If...? episode "What If... The Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?"

He is a building sized, monstrous beast born after the death of the previous Apex. He is also the leader of the Gamma Beasts and the arch nemesis of Mega Hulk.

History[]

Around ten years after the First Gamma War, the Apex began planning his destruction of the human race with his army of Gamma Beasts, which he implicitly created. After his gamma signature was detected, he was soon met with Sam Wilson and Monica Rambeau, whom he easily defeated. He then organized his beasts and set a course for New York City.

After making his way to New York, Apex and his army fought the Mech Avengers. The heroes were able to defeat Apex's spawn quite easily, though Apex himself nearly defeated them. The Avengers were saved when Bruce Banner arrived on the scene, purposefully irradiating himself with a nuke to become a gamma beast and stop Apex. Apex fought Bruce, now known as Mega Hulk, but the former scientist proved too much for Apex, and he was disintegrated by Mega Hulk's gamma breath.

Personality[]

For the most part, Apex is a mindless monster fueled by rage, even more so than the original Hulk. He has a desire to kill and destroy for seemingly no reason, and he is only able to communicate through neanderthal-like grunts and roars. However, he does display some sentience, since he was visibly shocked when he saw Mega Hulk for the first time.

Relationships[]

Allies[]

Gamma Beasts (creations)

Enemies[]

Mech Avengers (attempted killers and attempted victims)
- Sam Wilson/Captain America
- Monica Rambeau/Photon
- Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier
- Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian
- Melina Vostokoff
- Nakai
- Marc Spector/Moon Knight
- Shang-Chi
Mega Hulk (archenemy, accidental creator and killer)

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