Kluh (Earth-616)

Kluh is a grey-skinned, hideously disfigured clone of the Hulk created by the alien Xemnu on Earth-616. A gamma-irradiated artificial being built to serve his creator's purposes, he carried the Hulk's raw destructive power in a grotesque, twisted form. He has since died, leaving behind little legacy beyond his origins as a dark reflection of one of Marvel's most iconic figures.

Kluh was engineered by Xemnu, an alien entity who used gamma-ray science to produce a clone derived from human gamma mutate biology — essentially a warped duplicate drawing on the same fundamental energies that power the Hulk. Where the original Hulk's grey form is already a brutish, morally ambiguous incarnation, Kluh's appearance pushed that aesthetic further into something openly monstrous and disfigured. Unlike Bruce Banner, Kluh possessed no dual identity — no hidden human self beneath the surface. He was what he was, without the psychological complexity that defines Banner's transformations.

Kluh's most immediately striking traits are his grey skin and severely disfigured features, marking him as a deliberate dark echo of the grey Hulk. As a gamma-powered clone, he would be expected to share the core physical capabilities associated with that lineage: superhuman strength, durability, and resilience well beyond ordinary human limits. His alias — simply "Hulk" — underscores that he was conceived as a replacement or surrogate for the genuine article, though his grotesque form made clear he was a pale and twisted imitation rather than a true successor.

Both Kluh and his creator Xemnu are listed as deceased, closing off what was always a fairly narrow chapter in Marvel continuity. Created by writer Jeff Parker and artist Ed McGuinness, Kluh existed largely as a villain-adjacent figure whose purpose was tied directly to Xemnu's schemes rather than any independent ambition. His brief existence serves as a reminder of how the Hulk's gamma legacy can be weaponized and distorted by those willing to exploit that science for destructive ends.

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