How much did Loeb pay you for this article, Tony? :PThe problems you have with this event would make more sense if you didn't seem to take issue with things that either aren't true or don't make any sense.
Seriously though, as admirable as Ross's little huzzah speech is, it is entirely pointless from a realistic standpoint. If you're going to fight the X-Men on their home turf, why are you bringing Black Panther, Hank Pym, and Daredevil? They'll get creamed within ten seconds of landing, and if they manage to survive the fall, even a low ranking X-Man could mop the floor with all three of them simultaneously. It just strikes me as odd that, out of all the individuals the Avengers chose to bring with them to Utopia, they brought some low-tier street levelers that may be classic Marvel characters with big personalities and unique skill-sets/abilities, but lack any real powers that give them any sort of edge over the X-Men. I mean, really, where is Blue Marvel? Where is Ms. Marvel? Where is Spider-Woman? Where is flipping Thor? Why isn't War Machine helping them out? Why didn't Danny ask for help from the rest of the Immortal Weapons? Why didn't Grimm ask for help from Reed, Sue, and the rest of the Future Foundation? Where in the hell is Strange? I would think Strange would be a necessity, given that they will be combating characters such as Magik and Colossus with an amping from Cyttorak.
This event is so utterly inept as a concept, and it's execution looks downright ridiculous. Almost all of the Avengers being sent in would be obliterated by a Magneto+Namor+Colossus team-up. Try harder, Bendis.
Okay, so now that I have vented my seething disdain for this event and Brian Michael Bendis, I shall comment on this article as a whole. For starters, it should be very obvious why Rulk is a better Avenger: he cooperates. On top of that, Rulk is actually intelligible. On top of that, he is fully capable of taking control of a situation and instructing an entire group of superheroes to do what he thinks will save the day and their lives. Is current Hulk capable of all this? Probably. Does current Hulk give a hoot about the Avengers as a whole? Nope. Until Hulk comes around to a way of thinking that fits with how the Avengers now operate, we're stuck with Ross. Better get used to it, folks.
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