Glenn Talbot

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Glenn Talbot
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Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Tales to Astonish #61 (November 1964)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Steve Ditko (artist)
In story information
Full name	Major Glenn Talbot
Team affiliations	United States Air Force United States Army

Major (later Colonel) Glenn Talbot is a fictional character and an armed villain in the Marvel Comics universe. Talbot was created in 1964 and first appeared in Tales To Astonish #61.

[edit] Fictional character biography

Talbot is a military man who hunted The Incredible Hulk under General Thunderbolt Ross. He works as a security chief for Ross' base and is also there to keep an eye on Bruce Banner for the Pentagon. Talbot tries to prove that Banner is a traitor and also tries to win the love of Betty Ross. His romantic efforts redouble when he discovers that Bruce is the Hulk. He succeeds and marries Betty. He attempts to keep her away from Banner and the Hulk.

Then, while on a mission he was taken hostage by the Gremlin and made a mindless husk upon his rescue. In order to unblock his mind, Doctor Leonard Samson has the Hulk (who was Banner under control by a special helmet) unblock what was keeping him in a mindless state. However, Talbot's marriage to Betty became strained.

[edit] Divorce

Later, he returns to the military as a Major. Yet he did take a leave from Gamma Base and soon divorces Betty. Talbot continues battling the Hulk and tries to have Banner court-martialed. When General Ross has a breakdown, Talbot is promoted to Colonel. His life is relatively uneventful until the Hulk storms into Gamma Base, looking for his deceased love Jarella, who is still being cryogenically frozen. It is revealed Talbot had fired a ray gun that sent the Hulk to the Sub-Atomic universe. This causes his relationship with Betty to be further strained. Soon Congress cut funds from Gamma Base and Talbot decides once and for all to stop the Hulk by using the War Wagon.

Glenn Talbot is killed fighting the Hulk in Japan while piloting the War Wagon, as seen in Incredible Hulk #260. Glenn's nephew Matthew "Matt" Talbot later became a Major himself and an enemy of the Hulk.

His brother Brian Talbot became Grey of the Gamma Corps. In issue #4 of the titular series, it is revealed Brian hated Glenn throughout his life, as Glenn would often beat and humilate him.

[edit] Other media

[edit] Film

• In the 2003 Hulk film Maj. Glenn Talbot is played by Josh Lucas. In this version, he is a former military officer-turned-bioscience executive -- at a company that is also a politically powerful Defense Department contractor. He is a long-lost acquaintance of Betty Ross (who knew him back when she was in college, and he was an officer under Gen. Ross' command). This Talbot is ambitious, pushy, and obsessed with making a big fortune quickly; he targets Betty and Bruce's lab for hostile takeover, if they keep refusing his offers to quit the lab in order to work for his firm. Later in the film, he becomes bent on getting a tissue sample of Hulk for military "super-soldier"-type applications. Throughout the film, his attempts to bully Banner constantly result in his being thrashed by the Hulk. Upon capturing Banner, Talbot starts the tissue-sample-getting process but fails when Banner manages to break free. Ross orders Talbot to come to him, in order to have a full evacuation of the underground detention center. However, Talbot ignores Ross' orders for a lockdown. Talbot is killed when he fires an explosive missile at the Hulk, and it ricochets off of the Hulk's impenetrable skin and back towards Talbot.

[edit] Television

• Glenn Talbot also appeared in the 1980s Incredible Hulk animated television series. In this version Major Talbot's first name was changed from Glenn to "Ned". He was nicknamed by the troops secretly as "Noodle-head Ned" because of the fact he wasn't bright, was somewhat cowardly, he sucked up to General Ross, and is often deceived by the enemy throughout the 13 episodes.
• Glenn Talbot also appeared in the 1996 UPN animated series adaptation of The Incredible Hulk, where he was shown acting as the right hand man of General "Thunderbolt" Ross and also shown to have a romantic interest in Betty Ross, but she constantly rejects him because he doesn't do a good job of hiding his disdain for her either Bruce Banner or the Hulk. He was voiced by Kevin Schon.

[edit] External links

• Glenn Talbot profile at Hulknews.com
• Col.Glenn Talbot in Marvel Directory.com
• Glenn Talbot in comicvine.com