Introduced as the meek but beautiful daughter of irascible General "Thunderbolt" Ross, Betty always represented the unattainable to withdrawn scientist Bruce Banner. After his transformation into the hulk, this perceived gulf grew even wider as the pressure of hiding his second self consumed much of Banner's life. Betty would marry Colonel Glenn Talbot, head of the Army's task force assigned to stopping the Hulk's rampages. Eventually, however, the two would reunite and finally marry, with Betty grounding Bruce in the real world and giving him new reason to fight against the monster within him throughout his various transformations.