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Did Death Battle get it right or wrong?: Wolverine vs Raiden

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This is a series of blogs where I look at somewhat controversial episodes of Death Battle. Today is Wolverine vs Raiden, this one of my favorite episodes, so let's hope the verdict is right ʰᵒᵖᵉᶠᵘˡˡʸ. Summary Raiden Jack was born on a rainy day in Liberia. During his youth, in the turbulent period that was the First Liberian Civil War, Jack was adopted by Solidus Snake, who named him and became his godfather after he killed the former's parents. Jack was subsequently raised as a child soldier and later fought in the country's Civil War in 1989. He and other children were shown Hollywood action films daily for "image training," and were given food mixed with gunpowder containing toluene to make them more controllable. Jack and the other members of the Small Boy Unit were forced to kill POWs and civilians. On one occasion, Jack was injected with an unknown substance during a physician's experiment. On another, Jack witnessed Solidus demon...

Did Death Battle get it right or wrong?: Hulk vs Doomsday

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This is a series of blogs where I look at somewhat controversial episodes of Death Battle. Today is Hulk vs Doomsday, last time was Carnage vs Lucy.  check it out. Origin Hulk The child of an abusive father, Bruce Banner grew up shy and introverted, yet a scientific genius. As a young man, thanks to his standout work in the field of nuclear physics, he attracted the attention of the U.S. Army who wanted to adapt his theories for weaponry. Banner resisted such notions, but failed attempts at landing steady work convinced him to accept a position at a federal nuclear research facility at a missile base in the New Mexico desert. At the base, Banner was befriended by Betty Ross, daughter of General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, a man who took an instant disliking to the diminutive, passive scientist. While at the base, Banner began to develop and build a bomb that utilized a high concentration of gamma radiation, a project of high interest to an undercover foreign agent statione...