Ravage
Ravage (Dr. Geoffrey Crawford) as he appears inRampaging Hulk Vol. 2 #2 Art byRick Leonardi.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Rampaging Hulk vol. 2 #2 (September, 1998)
Created by	Glenn Greenberg Rick Leonardi
In-story information
Alter ego	Geoffrey Crawford
Species	Human mutate
Abilities	Expert physicist Superhuman strength, durability, and leaping Healing factor

Ravage (Geoffrey Crawford) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He is one of theHulk's enemies.

Dr. Geoffrey Crawford was a professor at Desert State University who took undergraduateBruce Banner under his wing to mentor him. Years later, Banner went to see his teacher and aid him in finding a cure for the Hulk. At this time, Crawford is paraplegic, but nevertheless able to create a machine that could filter out thegamma radiation from Banner's body. He saw this as a way to regain his walking ability. By obtaining some samples of the Hulk'sDNA, he knew it would allow him to use these recuperative powers on himself. First, Crawford reconfigured his own DNA so that it can match with Banner's. This turned him into a stronger and similar beast called Ravage.^[1][2][3][4]

Ravage is more powerful than the Hulk and slightly larger. The key element which makes Ravage such a dangerous enemy is that he still has Crawford's mind and lust for power. Just after his first transformation, Ravage attacks the Hulk, but he soon reverts to Crawford at sunrise, much like Banner initially transformed into the Hulk during nightfall and reverted to Banner at sunrise. Crawford turns Banner over toThunderbolt Ross for fear of being stopped from becoming Ravage again.

Crawford adjusted his machine so that it will change him into Ravage permanently. He then attacks the university as Ravage and terrorizes those who had pitied him as Crawford. Ravage is only stopped when the Hulk forms an unlikely alliance with Ross who traps Ravage in a state ofsuspended animation.^[3]

Ravage possesses immense strength, durability, and leaping, similar to the Hulk, while maintaining his intellect. Additionally, he is knowledgeable and skilled in the field ofphysics.^[5]

• Geoffrey Crawford / Ravage appears as aboss and is the secondary antagonist inHulk, voiced byPaul Dobson.^[6] In the hopes of regaining his mobility and helping theLeader create an army of gamma warriors, Crawford tricks Bruce Banner into allowing him to use a "gamma orb" to absorb his gamma energy, claiming he wants to help cure Banner of the Hulk. Transforming into Ravage, Crawford summons two gamma creatures to assist him in fighting Banner as the Hulk until he is defeated and reverted to normal. Realizing the Leader had manipulated him, Crawford apologizes to Banner, though he later mounts a failed attempt at rebuilding the Orb to become Ravage again.
• Ravage appears as an unlockable playable character inLego Marvel's Avengers.^[7]

• Ravage at Marvel.com

• Comics characters introduced in 1998
• Fictional characters with paraplegia
• Fictional physicists
• Fictional academics
• Hulk (comics)
• Marvel Comics characters with accelerated healing
• Marvel Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability
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• Marvel Comics male supervillains
• Marvel Comics mutates
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