Thaddeus Ross (Aboodash56)

Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross is a former Lieutenant General of the United States Army, U.S. Secretary of State and father of Betty Ross. During his career, he was put in charge of the military project called the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project, aiming to recreate the Super Soldier Serum. However, the experiment led to an accident which transformed the scientist Bruce Banner into Hulk. Soon after, Ross considered the Hulk as a menance and began his long career of hunting the Hulk. After a long hunt, Banner was captured, only for Ross' subordinate officer Emil Blonsky to transform into the monstrous Abomination which forced Ross to accept Hulk as an ally and allow him to escape after the battle in Harlem.

Shortly after the Battle of Harlem, a drunk Ross met Tony Stark in a bar, who wanted to talk to him about the "Avengers Initiative". Ross accepted the offer to hunt down the Hulk and tracked him down in British Colombia. However, his opeartion was intrrupted by SHIELD agents Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff.

Five years after that incident, Ross left the Army and was designated as the United States Secretary of State by the Pentagon. During this time, Ross approved the Sokovia Accords, which aimed to control the actions of the Avengers. When Captain America publicly disowned the accords and went on the run with the Winter Soldier, Ross ordered Stark to bring Captain America into custody. Ross arrested many of the Avengers and locked them up in the Raft, but when Captain America learned that Helmut Zemo was to blame for the devastation, he freed the prisoners, much to Ross' fury.