What ever happened to Lyra?

[kid_omega_prime]

I was wondering... what ever happened to Lyra ? I haven't seen her in the hulk comics in awhile ?



bonus question: is she really the daughter of hulk and thunder ? or is she like a clone of thunder with a little hulk dna so she could have her gamma powers ?

[kid_omega_prime]

oh and one more bonus question. why are bruce and betty not together anymore. now that she is a hulk to you think that would bring them closer together ?

[resipsaloquitur]

oh and one more bonus question. why are bruce and betty not together anymore. now that she is a hulk to you think that would bring them closer together ?

See recent issues of Incredible Hulk: Betty's not a Hulk anymore. Also, after Betty came back from the dead, she'd learned that Bruce had been married to Caiera and kind of wanted to move on with her life now that so much time had passed since she'd died. As a larger point, Bruce and Betty may have been another "breakup" couple since Marvel doesn't seem to like permanent couples right now.

[davew128]

As a larger point, Bruce and Betty may have been another "breakup" couple since Marvel doesn't seem to like permanent couples right now.

Truth is she was "dead" dead, at least so much as dead meant dead at the time after Infinity: The End (which is as it should be). The Better/Bruce thing had NEVER gained a lot of traction as a solid relationship. How COULD it? How could ANY relationship with Banner work unless the woman was serious high level superhuman in her own right AND got lucky and Banner/Hulk didn't lose it.

[resipsaloquitur]

I was wondering... what ever happened to Lyra ? I haven't seen her in the hulk comics in awhile ?

bonus question: is she really the daughter of hulk and thunder ? or is she like a clone of thunder with a little hulk dna so she could have her gamma powers ?

Lyra will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Incredible Hulk, as Doc Green is trying to depower all of the other Hulks. He's successfully depowered Rick and Betty, so impliedly Lyra is on his list as well.

Larger issue--Marvel never really figured out what to do with Lyra. She was an agent of ARMOR, then she was Jen's ward, and then she joined the Avengers Academy. She was briefly a Defender during FEAR ITSELF. Marvel may have planned to have her join the X-Men, but that never came to be.

Bonus answer: I believe the author of the original story where Lyra appeared (Jeff Parker?) intended her to be the product of a sexual union between the Hulk and Thundra, but editorial scrubbed that. Instead, Thundra got Hulk's DNA from his mouth (probably from running her tongue around in there). The Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk series dropped a hint that Ross might have actually been Lyra's father, but nothing came from that either.

[vitruvian]

Lyra will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Incredible Hulk, as Doc Green is trying to depower all of the other Hulks. He's successfully depowered Rick and Betty, so impliedly Lyra is on his list as well.

Larger issue--Marvel never really figured out what to do with Lyra. She was an agent of ARMOR, then she was Jen's ward, and then she joined the Avengers Academy. She was briefly a Defender during FEAR ITSELF. Marvel may have planned to have her join the X-Men, but that never came to be.

Bonus answer: I believe the author of the original story where Lyra appeared (Jeff Parker?) intended her to be the product of a sexual union between the Hulk and Thundra, but editorial scrubbed that. Instead, Thundra got Hulk's DNA from his mouth (probably from running her tongue around in there). The Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk series dropped a hint that Ross might have actually been Lyra's father, but nothing came from that either.

Of course, with Lyra, even if he managed to remove the Hulk-related parts of her genetic makeup, you would think she should remain approximately as strong and tough as her mother, Thundra - which is still plenty superhuman.

Unless the main idea is just to not have any other Hulks around, in which case with Lyra Doc Green's solution might involve sending her back to her alternate future instead of depowering her.

[strathcona]

I wish Marvel had run with the idea of her being an ARMOR agent. In fact, I really wish ARMOR had caught on more. It was a great idea that really makes sense in the MU, especially with all of the stuff going on in Avengers right now. I really hope that someone utilizes them better in the future, and they can utilize the many alternate universe characters in the 616 as a task force.

[Nix Uotan]

Quite possibly, she might be another Hulk depowered and made normal. But yeah I would love to see her more as an ARMOR agent.

[Kurolegacy]

Quite possibly, she might be another Hulk depowered and made normal. But yeah I would love to see her more as an ARMOR agent.

Given how this Onega Hulk arc has ended every issue that Doc Green confronts another hulk with them depowered and him going off on his way, I think might is giving a little too much hope that she's spared (yes I am still a bit bitter from the loss of both Skaar and Red She-Hulk).

[vitruvian]

Quite possibly, she might be another Hulk depowered and made normal. But yeah I would love to see her more as an ARMOR agent.

Given her mother is Thundra, I'd assume even if de-Hulked she'd still be strong enough to wrestle the Thing.