Tyrone Cash
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{{Infobox comics character
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| caption = Tyrone Cash as depicted in Ultimate Avengers #10 (June 2010). Art by Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan, and Dave McCaig.
| character_name = Tyrone Cash
| real_name = Leonard Williams
| species = Human gamma-mutate
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| debut = Ultimate Comics: Avengers Vol. 2 #7 (April 2010)
| creators = Mark Millar
Leinil Francis Yu
| alliances = Ultimate Avengers
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S.H.I.E.L.D.
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| aliases = The First Hulk
| powers = * Genius-level intellect
- Superhuman strength, stamina, durability, and speed
- Healing factor
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Tyrone Cash (Leonard Williams) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted in the Ultimate Marvel universe, where he is a member of The Ultimates and is described as being The First Hulk prior to Bruce Banner.Ultimate Comics: Avengers #8. Marvel Comics.
Publication history
Tyrone Cash first appeared in Ultimate Comics: Avengers Vol. 2 #7 and was created by Mark Millar and Leinil Francis Yu.
Fictional character biography
Leonard Williams was a professor at Cambridge University who worked with a young Bruce Banner to recreate the Super-Soldier Serum, becoming a mentor to him. Williams disappears in an unexplained occurrence in which several people are killed, and comes to be considered a missing person.Ultimate Comics: Avengers #7. Marvel Comics.
Unbeknownst to the public, Williams survived, became the first Hulk, and assumed the identity of Tyrone Cash, killing numerous people throughout Africa and Asia before becoming a gangster in South America. During this time, S.H.I.E.L.D. monitors him and eventually recruits him into the Ultimates.Ultimate Comics: Avengers #4-6. Marvel Comics.
S.H.I.E.L.D. later discovers that Cash has been selling Super-Soldiers on the black market. Blade defeats and depowers him before bringing him to the Helicarrier, where Nick Fury kills him.Avengers vs. New Ultimates #2. Marvel Comics.Avengers vs. New Ultimates #5. Marvel Comics.
Powers and abilities
Using a pill that contains a perfected version of his Hulk Serum, Tyrone Cash has immense strength, stamina, durability, and speed, as well as regenerative capabilities, which are similar to those from the Hulk. Cash also has shown to be a very skilled scientist.
Other versions
An alternate universe variant of Tyrone Cash from Earth-15513 appears in Secret Wars as a member of the Thor Corps on Battleworld.Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #3. Marvel Comics.
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Category:Ultimate Marvel characters
Category:Comics characters introduced in 2010
Category:Characters created by Mark Millar
Category:Marvel Comics characters with accelerated healing
Category:Marvel Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability
Category:Marvel Comics characters with superhuman strength
Category:Marvel Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds
Category:Marvel Comics mutates
Category:Marvel Comics scientists