After being bombarded with a massive dose of gamma radiation while saving a young man's life during the testing of an experimental bomb, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner was transformed into the Incredible Hulk: a green behemoth who is the living personification of rage and pure physical strength. He is currently an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D and operates as a member of the Avengers and Secret Avengers.
Origin
Robert Bruce Banner was born to atomic scientist Dr. Brian Banner and his wife, Rebecca.
Although deeply loved by his mother, Bruce’s father who was mentally
unstable harbored a deep jealousy and hatred for him. Brian was
convinced that his work in atomic science had altered his genetic
structure and because of this he also feared that Bruce would grow up a
genetic freak, when actually, Bruce was just a very gifted and
intelligent child.
While growing up Bruce was subjected to Brian’s
drunken rages and abuse, as was his mother. Tragically, Rebecca was
killed by Brian when she attempted to take young Bruce and leave him.
His mother's murder and his father's arrest left Bruce in the care of
his aunt, Mrs. Drake, and he grew up a social outcast due to the trauma
of being abused by his father as well as witnessing his mother’s abuse
and murder at the hands of his father.
After graduating
high school, Bruce began studying nuclear physics at Desert State
University and later at the California Institute of Technology.
He
gained employment with the military at Desert Base, New Mexico under the
command of General “Thunderbolt” Ross, who was overseeing the test of Banner’s newly-created Gamma Bomb. It was here that he met Ross’s daughter, Betty
and the two found a mutual attraction. On the day of the bomb’s
scheduled detonation Banner saw someone in the testing area. Hoping to
rescue this person, Banner went into the testing area where he
encountered the person he'd seen; a young teenager named Rick Jones,
who had sneaked onto the test site on a dare. Banner managed to push
Jones to safety. However, rather than delay the countdown and halt the
detonation as instructed, Banner’s assistant Igor Starsky, (in reality, a
foreign secret agent named Igor Drenkov)
allowed the countdown and the subsequent detonation to occur.
This
resulted in Banner being caught in the Gamma Bomb explosion and thus
exposed to an incredibly massive amount of gamma radiation.
Banner and
Jones were later picked up by the base's military personnel and taken
back to Desert Base where they were placed in isolation and observation
due to their exposure to gamma radiation. They were still in isolation
at sundown when Banner transformed into a gray, monstrous, and lumbering
brute for the first time. This brute was quickly dubbed “the Hulk” by
military personnel.
Creation
The character of the Hulk was created by artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee and first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). When creating the Hulk, Lee and Kirby were inspired by the horror/literature characters Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.
The Hulk has seen many writers at the helm, notably Lee himself and greats such as Bill Mantlo, Peter David and Greg Pak.
Notable artists include Kirby, Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe, Sal Buscema, John Byrne, Todd McFarlane, Dale Keown, Gary Frank, Adam Kubert, Mike Deodato, Jr., and John Romita Jr.
Lee
originally intended the Hulk to be colored gray, believing that "gray
would be a heavy, dramatic, somber color, in keeping with the
melodramatic mood we wanted to establish." However, initial copies of
the first issue showed that the printers had a difficult time
maintaining the gray color, and the decision was made to change his skin
to the more familiar green.
Until 1986, any and all reprints featuring
the origin story would depict the Hulk with green skin until
writer/artist John Byrne would incorporate the original gray coloring
into canon in The Incredible Hulk #318.
Bruce
Banner was originally meant to be his real name until the name was
written as Bob in few comics. To amend this, his name became Robert
Bruce Banner and he went by his middle name.
Character Evolution
Silver Age
(1962-1970)
While
the Hulk’s original series failed to last more than six issues, writer
Stan Lee felt that the Hulk would work best as a reoccurring character
in other titles, and finally settled on the Hulk being a co-founder of
the Avengers.
By the next issue, he wrote the character off the team,
and delegated him as a reoccurring menace until he was given co-billing
in the Tales to Astonish title alongside Giant-Man and the Wasp.
Featuring the art talents of Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Bob Powell, John
Romita Sr., Bill Everett, John Buscema, Gil Kane, Marie Severin, and
finally Herb Trimpe, the Hulk’s popularity continued to soar until
taking over the title completely with issue #102 in 1968. Roy Thomas
soon took over writing chores for Lee and Herb Trimpe settled in as
regular penciler for the next eight years.
Bronze Age
(1970-1985)
Thomas
and Trimpe continued as the regular creative team for the title until
Thomas accepted the role of Editor-In-Chief in 1972. Top writers of the
era such as Gerry Conway, Steve Gerber, Archie Goodwin, Steve Englehart
rotated through various stints until Len Wein settled in as regular
writer with The Incredible Hulk #179 .
Wein’s run is most notable for the introduction of Wolverine in The Incredible Hulk #181
.
Artist Herb Trimpe moved on to other assignments in 1975, allowing
Sal Buscema to take over for the next decade (starting with issue #194
and ending with #309, taking very few breaks along the way.) Roger Stern
took over for Wein, who began to delve into the psychological aspect of
the Hulk (most prominent during the Peter David run.) Bill Mantlo took
over for Stern and embarked on a six year stint that saw the Hulk and
his supporting cast grow and change in numerous ways.
In 1982, Mantlo
had Bruce Banner take control of the Hulk’s body, gain world-wide
acceptance and then descend into mindless madness before handing the
book over to John Byrne, who separated Banner and the Hulk and married
off Bruce and Betty.
Modern Age
(1985-present)
Al
Milgrom stepped in briefly after Byrne left, and changed the Hulk back
to his original gray-skinned form, paving the way for Peter David to
take over in 1987.
Paired with such artists as Todd McFarlane and Jeff
Purves, David continued chronicling the gray Hulk and later had him
adopt the identity of “Joe Fixit”, a Las Vegas leg-breaker. David
continued as writer for the next several years, as he paired with Dale
Keown and merged the green and gray Hulk personalities with Banner’s,
creating a new Hulk incarnation. From there, the character continued to
progress, regress and change in various ways until David left the title
in 1997. Joe Casey replaced David until the title was relaunched under a
new name “Hulk” under writer John Byrne and artist Ron Garney. Byrne
soon left and the title returned to its original heading of the
“Incredible Hulk” with Paul Jenkins at the helm until Bruce Jones took
over in 2002. The next several years saw the Hulk and Banner on the run
from a mysterious agency that was later revealed to be led by long-time
Hulk nemesis the Leader.
Taking over from Jones was writer Greg Pak, who
began with the “Planet Hulk” story-line that saw the Hulk banished to
another world by other super heroes and returning for revenge in “World
War Hulk”. The title was soon cancelled and given to Hercules, rebooted
as “Hulk” under writer Jeph Loeb and featured a new story and focused on
the mysterious Red Hulk for the next two years.
The title was again
returned under its original numbering and continued after the mystery of
the Red Hulk was revealed and re-named “Incredible Hulks”, featuring
all the gamma related characters from the last several years. The title
was cancelled as Greg Pak left to other projects and relaunched again as
"The Incredible Hulk" with incoming writer Jason Aaron and artist Marc
Silvestri.
Marvel NOW!
After Aaron, Mark Waid and Leinil Yu have taken on the Hulk with the new relaunched Hulk title called Indestructible Hulk
beginning in November 2012. The premise of this series is that Bruce
Banner has finally accepted he will never be rid of The Hulk and decided
it's time he used his genius for the good of mankind - and get the
recognition he deserves.
Thus Dr. Banner has decided to become an agent
of S.H.I.E.L.D.,
allowing them to use Hulk as a weapon of mass destruction in exchange
for providing Banner with the funds, lab, equipment and staff he needs
to create his inventions.
Major Story Arcs
Beginnings for the Hulk
After
absorbing the radiation from a gamma bomb explosion, Bruce Banner
became a giant, grey version of the Hulk at night (he would not
transform into the subsequently-standard green Hulk until much later).
Banner's first adventure was when he was captured by the Russian
villain, The Gargoyle,
whom Igor Drenkov/Starsky, a communist spy who was working undercover
as a scientist with Bruce Banner, had informed of Banner's
transformation. The Gargoyle wanted to know the secret of the Hulk so he
could reverse his own horrible radiation-damaged face. In return for
Banner's help, he released both Banner and Rick Jones, having kidnapped
the latter in an effort to force Banner to cooperate.
Jones would soon
become Bruce's sidekick, travelling with him and attempting to control
the Hulk's rage.
Because of Banner's lack of control over the Hulk, he
was declared a menace by General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross,
who mobilized Army personnel under his command to track down the Hulk
under orders to capture him -- and to destroy him if at all possible.
However, Banner would gain some control over the Hulk with radiation
treatments and become a founding member of the Avengers.
However this
would not last long and misunderstandings with team members led to The
Hulk leaving The Avengers.
Banner regained the ability to conceal his
condition for some time, but that would not last and he commenced to
wander the country as both Banner and the Hulk.
A Rogues Gallary
The Hulk would battle many foes over the years such as The Leader, Abomination, Rhino, Absorbing Man, and The Wendigo.
He has even found himself in Communist China battling both The Mandarin and The People’s Liberation Army. During this time the Jade Giant has traveled to outer space a number of times, battling the High Evolutionary’s New Men in Wundagore II (Tales To Astonish #94, August 1997), The Sagittarians and The Galaxy Master (Incredible Hulk #111, January 1969).
The Hulk’s adventures would often lead him into conflict with other heroes such as Spider-Man ( Amazing Spider-Man Annual#3, November 1966), The Fantastic Four, The Inhumans ( Incredible Hulk Annual #1, October 1968) and The Silver Surfer
(Tales To Astonish #93, July 1967), as well as former team mates The
Avengers. In one notable encounter, The Hulk teamed up with fellow anti-hero Namor The Sub-Mariner to battle The Avengers (Avengers #3, January 1964). However Hulk soon lost interest and abandoned the Prince of Atlantis to fight Earth’s Mightiest Heroes on his own.
The conclusion of this tale led to The Avengers discovering the frozen WW2 hero Captain America.
During
Banner's wanderings, he paid a visit to his cousin Jennifer Walters, a
lawyer in Los Angeles. But in the course of their visit, she was shot by
a henchman of the crime boss Nicholas Trask
for defending a thug of his, Lou Monkton, whom he was framing for
murder.
All Banner could do to save his cousin was give her a blood
transfusion. Because of this, she was turned into the heroine, the She-Hulk. Soon after, the Hulk was captured by Dr. Leonard Samson ( Doc Samson),
and the two discovered that the only way to cure Banner of being the
Hulk was that the two would have to separate their bodies.
Banner was
placed in a 'nutrient bath' that separated the cells that were uniquely
his from those of the irradiated Hulk.
Being separate, they each gained
their own body and personalities, but the Hulk becomes an even greater
threat without Banner's mental and moral restraint. Banner would soon
create a team called "The Hulk-Busters" to track down and stop the Hulk.
Banner soon chose this time to ask Betty Ross to marry him.
Wedding of Bruce and Betty
During
the wedding Banner became sick. It was revealed that Banner and The
Hulk needed each other or they would die as they were losing their
molecular cohesion.
After being weakened by his sickness, the Hulk was
captured by the Avengers. Accepting that the only way to stop the Hulk
and save her husband, Betty asks the Avengers to spare the Hulk. With
some help from "The Vision,"
a synthezoid that was one of the Avengers's greatest enemies, the robot
Ultron (created by Henry Pym) from the remains of the original Human
Torch, the two were re-joined together. Unfortunately, without The
Vision's presence, the cohesion remained unstable. Banner slipped into a
coma and the Hulk was restrained. Dr. Samson decide that the only way
to re-combine the two was to place them back into the 'nutrient bath'
with reversed ionization.
As they were preparing for the process, Banner
and the Hulk, now restrained in the gamma base, begin transforming back
and forth; Hulk to Banner and back again, arguing the whole time over
who would control their body.
Oddly, Banner began to push out from
within the Hulk's body, asking Samson and the SHIELD
agents present to kill him and stop the Hulk permanently.
Refusing to
harm Banner, the SHIELD agents corralled the Hulk back into the 'bath'.
General Ross escaped his SHIELD escort during that time and attempted to
ruin the 'bath' in hopes of permanently destroying the Hulk, but he was
impeded by Rick Jones, who ended up being pushed into the nutrient bath
himself.
When the tank eventually ruptured, the Grey Hulk emerged, to
the shock of everyone present.
At this time Banner would
turn into the Hulk at nightfall and return to human form during the day.
As the two traded off, each would try to find a way to destroy the
other.
For a time, Jones became a Hulk-like creature himself, but he was
soon cured by the Leader. However, the process established a mental
link between the two. General Ross was killed at this approximate time,
but his body was stolen by the Leader, who afterwards kidnapped Betty
Ross Banner.
Bruce Banner, Jones, and Clay Quartermain
set out to try and save her and destroy all of the remaining gamma
bombs in the possession of the government and thereby foil the Leader's
plans to steal them. To slow down the Hulk's search for him, the Leader
returned Betty, and she revealed that she was pregnant.
The Leader did
succeed, in spite of Banner's, Jones's, and Quartermain's efforts, in
stealing a gamma bomb, which he detonated in a small Arizona town called
Middletown.
It seemingly killed the Hulk and created several new gamma
irradiated servants for the Leader, whom he nicknamed Rock, Hotshot, Jailbait and Ogress. It seemed that the Leader had also resurrected the Redeemer, who was believed to be dead.
The Hulk in Vegas
This
Hulk spent some years in Las Vegas where he acted under the name of Joe
Fixit, a.k.a. Mr. Fixit. This incarnation of the Hulk was a
mean-spirited, street smart, wise-cracking thug.
He became a
"leg-breaker" for Michael Berengetti
at his casino.
Under the persona of Joe Fixit he had everything he
wanted: women, money and peace, since the world believed that the Hulk
had died in the gamma bomb explosion.
He also started a relationship
with Marlo Jones.
Marlo would soon leave him and began dating Rick Jones, whom she later
married. Dr. Robert Bruce Banner was not seen for months.
In the Microverse
again, Joe is used to overthrow a corrupt religious leader and
teleported back to Earth-616.
As payment for helping, they placed a
spell on Fixit that they promised would rid him of Banner permanently.
This spell is somehow altered by his abrupt return and only lasted three
months.
When Banner surfaced again, he is amazed that three months had
passed since he had been himself. After some confusing encounters, he
came to understand what Joe had done in his time and creates a shaky
truce with his alternate personality.
Evolutionary War
For more information see: Evolutionary War
Initially reluctant, he was
convinced to join when the Avengers promised to leave him alone
afterwards. Beast and Fixit regrouped with Captain America, Falcon, Hercules and Yellowjacket and the Avengers tried to stop the High Evolutionary from detonating a "genetic bomb" which would kick start evolution.
After
the team stormed the H.E.'s base, a giant underwater battleship out at
sea, the H.E. quickly captured and imprisoned the team with relative
ease.
Upon breaking free, the Avengers broke free and decided to use the
H.E.'s machinery to "evolve" Hercules so that he would be an equal
match for their enemy.
Upon learning of the plan, Fixit turned on the
Avengers wanting to be the one to undergo the process so he could be
even stronger. Attacking the team, Captain America decided to alert the
H.E. to their presence in the hope that he would arrive to stop Fixit's
plan.
After the H.E. appeared, he blasted Fixit with a
plasmatic beam that would render a normal person into nothing more than
their component electric charges. Barely even phased, Fixit was ready to
smash H.E. until the villain decided attempting to fight Fixit would
only hinder him and instead used his powers to transport him away to the
outskirts of Las Vegas.
The rest of the Avengers managed to defeat H.E.
without Fixit's help as Fixit went back to work for Berengetti and the
Avengers, true to their word, left him alone despite his attempt to
betray them.
Atlantis Attacks
For more information see: Atlantis Attacks
After
wrestling a whale while investigating a sea-park that owed Berengetti
money, Fixit began aware of odd happenings involving sea creatures -
part of Atlantis' planned invasion of the surface world. Fixit rejoined
the Avengers to help them battle against invading Atlanteans but again
left the team immediately after the conflict.
Countdown
Under
the false identity of Bruce 'Bancroft', Banner takes a job as a janitor
at the Yucca Flats Nuclear Research Center so that he could still look
for a cure for the Hulk.
He is poisoned by Madman
just moments before the Research Center is attacked by the Abomination
and Hulk is shocked when he realized that his healing factor wasn't
strong enough to fight off the poison.
He struggles against the Abomination,
but eventually throws him into a barrel of toxic waste which
permanently scars him.
Even in the form of the Hulk, the pain of the
poison continues, giving him multiple heart attacks.
During this time,
Hulk fights the She-Thing while searching for Reed Richards'
help in curing him.
Reed can not find a cure, and estimates that upon
his transformation at next daybreak, Banner would not be able to survive
the condition.
In the form of Joe Fixit, the Hulk begins
to waste away, losing most of his body mass and strength. The Leader
offers his assistance in finding an antidote if Hulk promises to kill
his brother, Madman.
After finding Madman and infecting him during the
fight, Fixit was able to grab the antidote but could not pierce his skin
with the needle.
At the moment of his transformation, Banner is able to
administer the serum, saving himself, but he left Madman beaten and
unable to reach the antidote himself.
At this time, Banner believes that
Betty has had his child and goes on a desperate search to find her (not
knowing that she had miscarried), even enlisting the help of Tony Stark. Stark had found out about the miscarriage but did not have the heart to tell Bruce.
Professor Hulk
Later, with help from Samson and the Ringmaster's
hypnosis, Banner confronts his other sides as well as two other
personalities called Guilt Hulk and Devil Hulk, whom represented
Banner's guilt over his family and Banner's Hatred of the world.
This
doesn't actually make him physically change into either of these
personalities but Banner was soon able to gain control and created a
merged form, sometimes referred to as the Professor.
This Hulk was green
and as strong the Green Hulk during his rage. The drawback to this
version of the Hulk was that when he got too angry and lost control he
reverted back to the body of Bruce Banner with the intelligence of the
savage Hulk.
Infinity Gauntlet
For more information see: Infinity Gauntlet
When Thanos the Mad Titan acquired the reality warping and wish fulfilling Infinity Gauntlet,
he wished half of all living beings on Earth away. Scrambling to oppose
the near omnipotent villain, the Avengers invited Hulk back onto the
team to aid them in their attempts to thwart Thanos' plans.
Despite some
tension between Hulk and the team, the new more intelligent Hulk
managed to accept his place within the team.
The
Avengers, and an assortment of other heroes, launched an attack on
Thanos which ultimately failed with most of the heroes being defeated,
destroyed or wiped off the face of the Earth entirely. The few surviving
heroes; Doctor Doom, Drax, Firelord, Hulk and Thor were summoned back into battle by Doctor Strange to aid Adam Warlock in the final battle for the Gauntlet.
Following
the resolution of the conflict, Hulk again parted ways with the
Avengers, albeit on more amicable terms this time around.
Joining the Pantheon
This Hulk would join and eventually lead a superhero team called Pantheon.
When the Hulk first joined the Pantheon ii was being lead by Agamemnon (a.k.a. Vali Halfling) and while with the team he also fought it's resident strongman, Ajax on several occasions. As a favor to their friend Jim Wilson,
Hulk and Rick agreed to help out at an AIDS benefit concert with Rick
headlining and Hulk providing security. The concert is disrupted by the
drug-addicted assassin, Speedfreek
who is sent to kill one of the concert's attendees. Jim was stabbed
while defending the man, and the Hulk gets rid of Speedfreek before he
could kill anybody. When Hulk and Rick return to the Pantheon they are
sent to the Florida Everglades to investigate the disappearance of two
teens that may have been tied to a missing Pantheon scientist. While
there they battle both the Man-Thing and the missing scientist who had
transformed himself into the Glob, who was killed by the touch of the Man-Thing.
During one of his missions with them he fights alongside a rebel force in a Trans-Sabal against both S.H.I.E.L.D. issue Mandroids and the new government super team, X-Factor.
The country was being ruled by Farnoq Dahn, a dictator who had promised
the US government energy assistance if they helped him keep his place
as unchallenged ruler.
He was exposed as a psycho when he tries to win
the war by tying a mother and child to two separate missiles,
threatening to launch them if the Pantheon didn't stop.
He is stopped by
Hulk and X-Factor. The tyrant is forced to face his people for the
crimes he committed but most of them still saw him as a god and bowed at
his feet, he was then shot and killed by a traumatized Rick Jones who
had taken a Mandroid suit.
The
Hulk uses his Pantheon resources to confront Igor, his former assistant
who let the gamma bomb go off that created the Hulk.
Igor has been
driven insane by nightmares brought on by his decision to let the bomb
detonate.
On her way back from a mission, one of the Pantheon members, Atalanta, is shot down in the Himalayas by the Troyjan warrior Trauma and Hulk, Ulysses, and Hector
were sent to find her.
Hulk finds Trauma's ship and is ambushed and
left for dead.
Trauma finds Atlanta and confesses his love to her, but
the Hulk appears and brings down an avalanche on top of him.
When Hulk's
old boss, Michael Berengetti is killed, Hulk teams up with the Punisher to get revenge on his killer and his super-powered enforcer, Frost.
The End of a Great Leader?
During
this time Marlo was killed by a woman posing as Rick's mother.
But
because of the extreme emotional pain that Rick was feeling, the Leader
also felt it because of their mental bond. It was causing him an
extreme annoyance, so he offered to bring her back to life. Leader
attacked the Pantheon's headquarters, The Mount, using both his gamma
soldiers and the U-Foes to distract the Hulk so that he could ask Agamemnon for help against Hydra.
Agamemnon agreed to help and the Hulk left in anger.
Betty went to find
him and they finally began to reconnect, but Agamemnon betrayed the
Leader by sending the Hulk to Freehold in order to kill him.
The Hulk
crashed into Freehold during the middle of the Hydra invasion as the
Leader was trying to resurrect Marlo.
Overcome with anger, Hulk ignored
Rick's pleas to stop, and destroyed the machine because he thought that
the Leader was lying and taking advantage of his grieving friend.
The
Leader was seemingly killed in the battle against the Hulk and it was
during this battle that Hulk knocked the helmet off of Redeemer. This
revealed the resurrected General Ross.
Leader of the Pantheon
Hulk joined the Pantheon. The Pantheon were led by Agamemnon,
an immortal offspring of an Asgardian and a human.
Unknown at the time
was that centuries earlier, Agamemnon had offered any of his offspring
to the alien Troyjans in exchange for the ability to pass his godhood down to his descendants.
As
a favor to their friend Jim Wilson, Hulk and Rick agreed to help out at
an AIDS benefit concert with Rick headlining and Hulk providing
security.
The concert was disrupted by the drug-addicted assassin Speedfreek
who was sent to kill one of the concert's attendees.
Jim was stabbed
defending the man and the Hulk got rid of Speedfreek before he could
kill anybody.
During one of his missions with the
Pantheon Hulk fought alongside a rebel force in Trans-Sabal against both
S.H.I.E.L.D. issue Mandroids and the government mutant team X-Factor.
Tran-Sabal's dictator Farnoq Dahnhad promised the US government energy
assistance if they helped him keep his place as unchallenged ruler. He
was exposed as a psycho when he tried to win the war by tying a mother
and child to two separate missiles and threatened to launch them if the
Pantheon didn't withdraw. He was stopped by Hulk and X-Factor. The
tyrant was forced to face his people for the crimes he committed but
most of them still saw him as a god and bowed at his feet. He was then
shot and killed by a traumatized Rick Jones.
Pantheon
member Atalanta was shot down in the Himalayas by the Troyjan warrior
Trauma and Hulk, Ulysses, and Hector were sent to find her. Trauma found
Atlanta and confessed his love to her before the Hulk showed up and
brought down an avalanche on top of him.
During this time
Marlo was killed by a woman posing as Rick's mother. Because the Leader
shared a mental bond with Rick he offered to bring her back to life.
Leader attacked the Pantheon's headquarters, The Mount, using both his
gamma soldiers and the U-Foes to distract the Hulk so that he could ask
Agamemnon for help against Hydra.
Agamemnon agreed to help and the Hulk
left in anger.
Agamemnon betrayed the Leader by sending the Hulk to
Freehold in order to kill him. The Hulk crashed into Freehold during the
middle of the Hydra invasion and when Leader was trying to resurrect
Marlo.
Overcome with anger Hulk ignored Rick's pleas to stop and
destroyed the machine because he thought that Leader was lying and
taking advantage of his grieving friend. The Leader was seemingly killed
in the battle.
The Hulk knocked the helmet off of Redeemer, saw the
resurrected General Ross, and realized his mistake.
When
Agamemnon felt it was time to venture out into the world to reconnect
with the common people and he appointed Hulk as his replacement. On his
first mission as leader he traveled to the Amazon to investigate a new
company that was cutting down the rain forest.
There, he was jumped by
the Juggernaut
who was working as an enforcer for the New World Order (NWO) and their
leader, the Red Skull. Hulk was captured and brainwashed into fighting
the Avengers, believing that the Juggernaut was his abusive father.
Hulk
was able to shake off the mind control when the Cain praised him and he
realized that his real father would never have shown such kindness,
after breaking free the the psychic backlash knocked out juggernaut.
The
Hulk began showing signs of instability when he began referring to
himself as Hulk instead of Bruce. As a favor to a former Pantheon member
Perseus, Hulk traveled to Lock Ness to investigate reports of a monster
in the lake which turned out to be Piecemeal.
The Hulk was about to
defeat him when Madman interfered. After Perseus was killed, Hulk killed
Piecemeal and appeared to kill Madman but no body was found. Using his
new power as leader of the Pantheon, Hulk led a strike against a maximum
security prison to free an ex girlfriend who had been falsely
imprisoned.
Trauma returned and kidnapped Atalanta was to
make her his bride.
With the help of the Silver Surfer and the
Starjammers, the Hulk and the Pantheon attacked the Troyjan home world.
Upon arriving they were all shocked when Trauma's father, the Troyjan
leader, Lord Armageddon, told them the truth about Agamemnon.
If they
tried to take Atalanta back then the Troyjans would take back the
extended lives of all of the Pantheon.
Hulk didn't care about the deal
and attacked Trauma, accidentally impaling Trauma on his own shoulder
spike. With his last words, Trauma pardoned the Pantheon and asked his
father to let them all leave in peace.
A Future Imperfect
The Hulk was taken into the future by Rick Jones' granddaughter, Janis to fight his future self, Maestro,
who had killed all the heroes and villains on earth and named himself
emperor of the post apocalyptic world.
Maestro was a tyrant who ruled
his people with the fear of death to anyone who stepped out of line. He
had the intelligence of Banner and was twice as strong as the Hulk, also
possessing the Hulk's more malevolent side.
Merged Hulk went with Janis
and met the future Rick, who was stuck in a wheel-chair. Rick had
collected the remains of all the deceased heroes while leading the
resistance.
Hulk fought Maestro, but easily had his neck broken. Maestro
then had his servants nurse the Hulk back to health.
During their
second battle, Maestro used a gun designed by Forge
with the specific purpose of killing the Hulk.
He didn't succeed
though, and Hulk sent him back in time to ground zero at the moment the
gamma bomb that created him went off.
After killing Maestro, the Hulk
was sent back to the present. When he returned he was haunted by the
thought of losing control and becoming Maestro.
Fall of the Pantheon
Soon
after, Rick and Marlo were married. At the wedding, Betty told Hulk
that she wants to move into the Mount to be with him.
After the wedding
Hulk was attacked by the disgraced Skrull warrior Talos the Tamed
in an effort to gain back some honor.
Hulk refused to fight because of
how well his relationship with Betty was going and he didn't want to
risk losing his temper again.
Brain Damage
One
day while the Hulk was at work, the army showed up at his house and
captured Betty.
The squad was led by Glenn Talbot's nephew Matt.
He blamed Betty and Hulk for his uncle's downfall and he wanted revenge
against them.
In order to draw out the Hulk he took Betty outside in
front of the reporters and shot her in the leg, Hulk saw this and went
ballistic.
He jumped to his house and destroyed all of the Hulkbusters,
then started heading towards Talbot. Talbot then shot her other leg to
push Hulk over the edge so he would revert back to his Banner form.
Banner No More
Janis showed up with an alternate Hulk that came to Earth-616
when the Hulk was teleported away by Dr. Strange.
He offered his help
to the Hulk but the shrapnel in his brain was making him angry at
everything, so he fought him until he was taken back to his own time.
Hulk was then manipulated by Apocalypse into becoming one of his Horsemen.
Hulk began battling a group of his foes, and nearly killed the Absorbing Man
and Juggernaut but Rick jumped in and Hulk swung at him.
Seeing the
crippled body of his best friend caused the Hulk to break free of the
mind control and flee in shame.
While back at home, Betty was reunited
with her resurrected father, General Ross.
Life Without Betty
Bruce
went insane and tried to kill himself seconds after Betty was
pronounced dead. Doc Samson stopped him, but he turned into the Hulk
later and escaped from Gamma Base.
He began coming up with elaborate scenarios to kill himself but not
turn into the Hulk, but was unsuccessful and eventually seemed to get
over his grief.
Planet Hulk
Hulk was tricked by Nick Fury and the Illuminati
into going into space to shut down a rogue Hydra satellite called
Godseye, which turned out to be one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s own... programmed
to set off all nuclear bombs on Earth. Godseye is programmed to adapt,
and to match it's enemies strength.
It and Hulk engaged in a prolonged
battle in space, but as it tries to match the Hulk's strength, it
exploded.
After finishing the mission, Hulk returned to
the main shuttle, ready to return home.
A broadcast from the Illuminati
appears on the monitor, with the members of the Illuminati telling Hulk
of their plans. They send Hulk farther into space in order to land on a
lifeless planet in which Hulk could live quietly without harming any
other beings. Enraged, Hulk begins to smash the ship, sending it off
course. The ship goes through a wormhole, leading Hulk to the planet Sakaar,
a harsh war-filled planet. Weakened, the Hulk was captured and
enslaved.He was made to fight other slaves like him, in which only few
survived, who later became the Warbound. He fought in the arena and
bested his enemies with the help of his Warbound. Hulk and the other
gladiators later escaped and went against the red king. He was named the
Green Scar, Son Of Sakaar, the savior of their planet.
Hulk defeated
and made an alliance with Spikes, alien race that the red king used to
kill his enemies with, along with much of nearby population. Hulk
defeated the red king and became the new ruler of Sakaar.
After
defeating the red king, Hulk was viewed as a leader and a hero, so He
and his queen Caiera
(the oldstrong) ruled Sakaar and everything in Hulks life was finally
Good.
However, Hulk happiness came to an end when the ship that brought
the Hulk on this planet was emitting warnings that's it's power systems
were failing. the Ship exploded before the Hulk could get rid of it and
so it destroyed all life on Sakaar.
Enraged, Hulk blamed the Illuminati
for this and set out on a quest for revenge with his Warbound.
(To see more about this story arc check out the Planet Hulk page.)
World War Hulk
The
ship that brought Hulk to Sakaar soon explodes killing many of the
planet's inhabitants, including his wife and unborn child.
In a rage
Hulk leaves the planet for earth. Hulk decides to make the Illuminati
members pay for what they had done. Hulk leads a raid against the heroes
of earth, and has even attacked Professor X's institute, though Charles
had not voted for Hulks exile, he was meant to be one of the people who
had given the chance to play God, But hulk lets him off the hook since
he sees that Charles has already been through enough. Despite the heroes
best efforts, Hulk still manages to get justice for his suffering, he
tells the heroes to remember that his war didn't kill anyone, and now
they will forever know that they are killers and monsters. As Hulk
finely finishes his War, Sentry appears and He and Hulk start to fight
relentlessly.
In the end however, Hulk emerges victorious , and as
Banner and Rick are glad that everything is over, MIek savagely stabs
Jones so that banner would Hulk out and resume his raid.
Hulk brutally
pummels Miek with the warbound try to stop him, and it was at this time
when Miek reveals that he knew that the space ship was going to blow up,
he just didn't say anything so that the Hulk would do what a monster
would always do which was destroy.
Hulks anger starts to fluctuate
greatly and he starts to produces mass amount of gamma energy.
He begs
the heroes to put him out before he "breaks the world", so Iron Man
shoots Hulk with a huge anti-gamma beam that finally reverts the Hulk
back to Banner.
Planet Skaar
When the Hulk's son, Skaar,
travels to Earth on a quest of vengeance against his own father, Reed
Richards tries to prevent the Hulk from encountering his son. His
efforts were unsuccessful, as Skaar manages to tear through the
Fantastic Four and the military. Eventually, the Hulk finally does
encounter him. They brawled for a moment, ignoring pleas from Hulk's Warbound.
It was then that Skaar discovers that he has been fighting the Green
Hulk, not his father, and that this version of the Hulk didn't remember
anything. Banner manages to rise up and proclaim “never again” and
instead of releasing the powerful Green Scar Hulk, he goes to save
civilians.
Skaar proclaims that if he ever wants to fight, he will be
out there, and leaps away.
Red Hulk
Doc
Samson and She-Hulk are in Russia investigating the Abominations murder
along with Gen. Ross, Iron Man, and Maria Hill.
Accusations of the Hulk
being the murderer quickly fade as facts start piling up suggesting it
was someone else when it is revealed that real cause of death actually
came from a gun. Gen. Ross remarks "since when does the Hulk use a gun".
Doc Samson also finds that whoever killed Abomination was giving off so
much radiation they turned dirt into glass underfoot. No sooner had
these facts came to light The Winter Guard interfered and insisted the
team leave Russia and allow them to resolve Abominations murder since it
happened on Russian soil. Talking quickly breaks out into fighting
until Gen. Ross stops the fighting announcing that he has found a
survivor. The little girl can only say one word over an over....Red.
Samson and Ross return to Gamma base with Ross grimacing at the fact
that he needs help from Bruce Banner to which Banner replies "I was
wondering when you were going to ask for my help". No sooner have they
found that the murder weapon came from the shield helicarrier the Red
Hulk attacks She-Hulk and renders her unconscious. Iron Man takes the
fight to the mysterious new Hulk but is quickly defeated as well. As Red
Hulk engages A Bomb Red Hulks identity is recognized by a robotic
shield guard but is destroyed before the identity is announced. The
resulting battle is of such magnitude it causes 10.0 tremors and breaks
Banners holding cell causing him to Hulk out. Hulk quickly engages Rulk
who is pummeling Uatu the Watcher. Hulk and Rulk exchange blows with
Rulk showing he clearly has more combat experience than tactical skills
than Hulk as Rulk put Hulk in a chokehold and slaps him repeatedly and
breaking his arm to keep him from passing out. As Rulk stands over Hulk
he pulls out a gun just as he proclaimed "nobody would care if he blew
Hulks brains out" the Hulk came around and literally ate the gun. A
short battle ensues and just as Rulk knocks Hulk of the top of a bridge
Thor shows up swearing that Rulk WILL fall before
Mjolnir. After a fierce battle the two end up in space where Rulk uses
the zero gravity to his advantage and swings Mjolnir ravaging Thor. Rulk
descends back to earth leaving Thor alive and swearing vengeance. A
Bomb finds Hulk coming too under water and declares himself a friend to
Hulk and Hulk battles Rulk once again with Rulk gaining the upper hand
until Thor shows up for revenge. As Thor ravages Rulk to the point where
Rulk admitted Thor would have killed him if the Hulk did not interrupt
the battle declaring "NOW RED HULK IS MINE TO HURT" with
A Bomb assuring Thor that hulk needed to win this battle against Rulk
himself Thor agrees but assures A Bomb if Hulk should fall than the Red
Hulks blood will run by his hands.
Hulk absorbed Rulks blows in an
effort to get angrier and eventually realized Rulks weakness which was
the madder Rulk got the hotter he got which weakened him to the point
where he almost passed out. With one swift and powerful punch Hulk
knocks Rulk out cold.
With Thor and Hulk declaring each other friends
with Thor departing afterwards, Hulk battle weary and tired wanders off
into the desert calling A Bomb "Rick" to A Bombs surprise.
Shortly after
A Bomb reverts back to Rick and Rick and tries to tell Hulk he knows
who the Red Hulk is but is struck down by Samson before he can do so.
Red & Green
Bruce
Banner has been captured again and in custody at Gamma Base. Bruce is
examining an incident where Rulk (in Russia again) attracted a group of
wendigos after killing a deer. This is when Bruce first realizes that
"the madder Rulk gets the hotter he gets".
Bruce concludes his findings to Gen. Ross adding that this hulk has no friends and "SOON his enemies will want REVENGE".
Sometime later Bruce is free from custody and travels to Vegas where he
runs into a group of wendigos attacking a casino. Despite his best
efforts to stay calm he couldn't keep the Hulk bottled up, but due to
his fear of letting the green Hulk out in such a populated area he
unwittingly lets out the long suppressed grey Hulk (Joe Fixit). Fixit
announcing his return to Vegas and engages the wendigos until he is
attacked by Moon Knight who tells Fixit to leave. Fixit who is enraged
by all this attacks Moon Knight and easily over powers him. Sentry and
Ms. Marvel show up and tell Fixit to stop his attack resulting in Fixit
hurling Moon Knight at them. Ms. Marvel overpowers Fixit while stating
"he may be smarter than the green Hulk but hes not nearly as strong".
She knocks him into a building which results in a massive power outage
and also unleashes the green Hulk, being off the chart strong again this
causes Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, and Sentry to attack the Hulk.
Hulk
gets tackled by Sentry with Hulk stating he remembers "S man" from when
he declared war on the Illuminati, Marvel tells Sentry not to engage
Hulk as he is only making Hulk stronger and the streets are still filled
with people who could get hurt.
As the wendigos start attacking again
Hulk starts attacking them, but he is swarmed and bitten repeatedly
turning him into "Wendihulk".
Sentry attempts to take Wendihulk down but
is easily overpowered with one arm as Wendihulk attempts to eat him.
Ms. Marvel quickly gets ahold of Brother Voodoo who reverts Wendihulk
back to the Hulk. Almost instantly Hulk turns back to Banner who flees
the scene.
Hulk No More
Some time later, it was revealed that Banner had once again been captured. When Doc Samson and She-Hulk took a reluctant Ben Urich
and Peter Parker into a false military base to serve as witnesses, they
saw a traitorous General Ross working side-by-side with MODOK
and Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.) in developing some sort of gamma
super soldier program. They also saw Bruce, unconscious, in a liquid
suspension pod, and A-Bomb,
strapped to a table, about to be experimented on. Even though banner
was no longer the Hulk, he still though the Jade Giant might come back,
so he stared training Skaar so he would be able to do what needed to be
done.
Banner destroyed Juggernauts house so he could lure him towards
him.
Skaar and Cain engage in battle, however Skaar had no idea how to
fight someone who could not be physically stopped, so he turn back in to
his child form to hinder Cain for a moment.
As soon as juggernaut was
distracted Skaar punched him and they continued to fight in the air.
They came crashing down and cracked the ground, and because of this they
ended up in lava. Skaar tricked Cain into thinking that they were on
the same side since they both hated banner. Because used this stratagem,
he was able to punch Cain into orbit. Later Skaar would confront Daken,
and he was nearly killed because of Daken's Muramasa blade, which disables the healing factor.
(For more info on this story view the Hulk No More page.)
Fall of the Hulks
The
Red Hulk had "killed" Gen. Thunderbolt Ross after Ross, attacks him
(wearing a prototype 'Redeemer Armor'). Banner later shows up at Ross'
funeral and made an unexpected speech about Thunderbolt and Betty Ross.
Later it is revealed that Banner and the Red Hulk were working together,
rather shakily - and that Banner may have been involved in the death of
Gen. Ross. Banner also sends both A-Bomb and the Red Hulk to an A.I.M.
base to discover M.O.D.O.K.'s 'Doomsday device' which turns out to be a Cosmic Hulk
Automaton. Upon hearing of the duo's defeat at the hands of the
automaton, Red Hulk reveals to Banner that he also had a gamma powered
daughter, Lyra.
(For more info and issues related to the "Fall of The Hulks" storyline go to Fall of The Hulks.)
World War Hulks
The Leader and M.O.D.O.K. had unleashed a Cathexis ray upon the heroes that had arrived to help, as well as hundreds of AIMarines,
turning them all into Hulked-out versions of themselves. The Cathexis
machine is basically the same machine that gave Leonard Samson and the
Red Hulk their powers.
The Leader reveals that all the Hulked-out-Heroes
would soon die, because of the overload of radiation in their bodies.
Bruce Banner and the other ‘smartest’ reconfigure the Cathexis machine
to drain the radiation from the Hulked-out-Heroes, and so that the
machine that's draining the radiation doesn't malfunction or explode,
Banner willingly absorbs the excess gamma radiation into his body. The
machine starts absorbing energy very quickly and Banner’s body could
keep up with the absorption, so Samson (attempting to show that he was
always a hero), walks to the machine and begins to help Banner absorb
the energy as well.
After absorbing Absorbed the energy, he turned into
the Hulk once more.
Hulk and Skaar then engage in a massive battle. They
fought with some interference form Red she-hulk until the civilians
were endangered, lucky Hulk stepped in and saved them all. This act of
heroism showed Skaar the his father was not a monster after all, but
hulk was not done fighting yet, he pummels his son with some savage
blows, however Skaar reveals his child form in order to prove that he is
done fighting.
since the fight is over Red She-hulk tells Bruce to go
to his son, and Skaar and Hulk finely but their differences aside and
they hug.
Last Hulk Standing
When
Red Hulk was broadcasting from the White House, hulk appeared out of
nowhere and declared that red hulk was done.
The two beasts engage in
battle and despite rulks best efforts, he is no match for the green
scar, however rulk uses his old trick and absorbs hulk energy, after
which he delivers a powerful blow, causing a mushroom explosion. as rulk
proclaimed to be the strongest there is, he soon learns that there is
no one more powerful than the hulk himself, Hulk unleashes a powerful
thunderclap and finally beats him, however before ross fades out, hulk
reveals that it was his plan to execute the fake death of thunderbolt
ross, so that he may never show his human face again. Later Hulk
suggests to Captain America that Red Hulk might deserve a spot on the
Avengers.
Dark Son
Banner, Betty Ross, Skaar, Korg, Lyra,
Jen Walters, and A-Bomb (Rick Jones) had hidden themselves out on a
beach in Dry Tortugas, Florida, even though national media has
recognized them as the heroes of the AIMarines
disaster in Washington D.C.
Bruce approaches Betty, trying to rekindle
their estranged relationship, but only succeeds in angering her -
causing her to transform into the Red She-Hulk.
Immediately, she jumps
several miles away, causing a good deal of destruction and alerting the
authorities as to their whereabouts. After a short scuffle, Banner
transformed into the Hulk and chased off after Betty.
The two fought for
a brief time, leaving Skaar in the care of Korg and A-Bomb. Skaar began
to sense something amiss (at the exact same time as Amadeus Cho, Reed
Richards, Tony Stark and Beast), and informed Korg and A-Bomb that he
must find his father.
They tell him to leave 'mommy and daddy' alone
while they fought, but Skaar was insistent, and quite upset. Red
She-Hulk and The Hulk were fighting but they eventually calmed down, and
at that time Steve Rogers appeared and Amadeus Cho.
He
informed Hulk that an alien planet (K'ai) had appered in the solar
system and they didn't know why. Rogers needed Hulk's help, but Hulk
declined. Skaar needed a word with the Hulk and told him that Hulk
second son was on that planet heading this way.
Steve started to launch
an attack on the planet but was stopped by the Hulk, who smashed
everything, Steve Rogers and some other heroes knocked out hulk, however
it was revealed that Hulk was not fighting back and was just leading
them in to a trap. Hulks family burst out of the ground and distracted
the Secret avengers so that Skaar could reach the repair bay.
Steve
threatens to transport hulks family to the negative zone unless they
could negotiate. Hulk De-powers and tells Rogers that he just saved
everyone form his son by smashing the ship.
The Hulks went to Planet
K'ia to stop the force that was moving the planet.
Banner transported
his family in different parts of the planet, while he went directly to
Hiro-Kala. Banner was ambushed mindless residents of the planet, who
were defeated, but banner was also attacked by controlled children, so
banner fled. Hiro-Kala appeared out of nowhere and and slaughters these
children. Banner Hulk-out and called his son a "Little monster" .
Hiro-kala
explained that he was trying to kill the old power so that trillions
would be saved. This enraged hulk and he beat Hiro-Kala, but couldn't
finish the job, so banner zapped him with an Old- power taser.
Later
Skaar appeared alive and well and defeated Hiro-kala, but he still tried
to reason with him. Because of this, Hiro-Kala wanted to show skaar and
banner why he had to destroy the Old power, But he could not manifest
the memory because it was not real, this made Hiro-Kala bust in rage and
Skaar stopped him by sealing him in stone. Banner told skaar to release
his brother, but couldn't because the Worldmind allow it, they instead
used this stone to heal the planet.
(For more information visit the Dark Son story arc page.)
Chaos War
As
the Hulks return to Earth after battling Hiro-Kala, the astral
projection of Doctor Strange appears, warning them of the danger posed
by the Chaos King,
whom was consuming all of reality. Immediately upon arriving on the
burning world, the Hulks went in search of Lyra.
She is found beneath
some burning rubble, still alive, but dreaming, like most of the beings
on the planet. As the Hulks reconvene, demons begin to spew from the
cracking streets, and from the center of the mass, the Abomination
appears to attack the Hulks.
After temporarily Hulk out
of the battle, Abomination, who has been greatly amped by the Chaos
King, quickly turns his attention to Rick Jones/A-Bomb. In an act of
brutality, Abomination tears A-Bomb's impervious armor from his very
form. Despite the pain, A-Bomb manages to remain conscious as
Abomination demands to know the location of A-Bomb's wife, Marlo Jones.
The
reason for this is because Marlo possessed a spark of the cosmic entity
Death within her, something that Abomination could sense through those
she had been in close contact with.
While the Hulks are
trying to find Marlo, Zom appears and attacks Hulk, but he and
Abomination stop fighting and leave to find Marlo on flying monsters.
The Hulks, however, find her quickly because Bruce was able to teleport
himself and his family to Marlo. Suddenly, the Hulks old friends were
revived, Glenn Talbot, Jarella, and Doc Samson, but Abomination and Zom also came and attacked the hulks.
The
Hulk beats Abomination to the ground, leaving him for family to pummel,
while Skaar and Hiroim battled.
At this time, Hulk/Bruce's parents,
Brian and Rebecca, return from the dead. His father then transforms into
a Devil/Guilt Hulk hybrid monster who engages the Hulk in battle while
holding Rebecca Banner in his grasp.
Brian Banner was
gaining strength form Hulks hate and so he was able to impale him,
thankfully the hulk was not alone because he was aided by Jarella and
they together defeated Brian through the power of love (since hate was
fulling Brian was fuled by hate, he was weakened by love).
Marlo at the
mean time killed abomination and Zom with her death powers. When the
battle was over, the Hulks were Summoned by Hercules so that they could
help him defeat the Chaos King
(For more information check out the Chaos War story arc page.)
God Smash
Upset
with the way things turned out for his family, Banner returned to the
newly positioned Mount Olympus one day later to confront Hercules.
He
confessed to Hercules that he would continue to help his family in
whatever way he could, but he is very tired. He told Hercules that the
Hulks needed his help. Hercules informed Banner that he had given up his
All-Father status to heal the world, and that if the Hulks remained as
they were; perhaps that is how it should be.
Banner
would hear no more, demanding to know who was in charge as the
All-Father now. Herc informed him that Zeus has taken his throne again,
and warned that if Banner so much as irked him, Zeus would kill
him.
Hercules knew that Banner would confront him regardless and upon
his request, Herc punched Banner, changing him into his Hulk form. Hulk
began to climb the mountain, fending off attacks from Poseidon, Artemis,
Boreas, Apollo, and an army of Titans until he reached Olympus itself,
only to be struck down swiftly by Zeus’s lightning.
The
rest of the Hulk family had sailed out near the resurrected Mount
Olympus and was quickly ensnared by the Kraken.
As they fought below,
Hephaestus checked on the green-skinned beast that Zeus had just struck
down to find him still alive.
Hulk rose to his feet and called Zeus a
coward. Zeus unloaded another fury of lightning on the Hulk, but he
simply shrugged it off.
Hulk called out to Zeus that he owed his
family, and though Zeus recognized that Hulk had aided him in the past,
he recalled Hulk turning on him. To Hera’s surprise, Zeus removed his
cloak and prepared to grant the Hulk’s request ‘to be beaten to death…
by hand.’
Hulk landed the first mighty blow, sending Zeus
smashing into some of Olympus’s giant columns. Zeus hurled another
lightning bolt at Hulk but missed, and the Hulk didn’t even flinch.
Angered, Zeus attacked Hulk, laying much of the surrounding area to
rubble, and knocking Hulk and a large chunk of the mountain down toward
the battered ship of the Hulks.
As Hulk saw his family he yelled at them
to leave before they ruined everything. Returning to the mountaintop,
Hulk was battered by Zeus, even vomiting blood because of the beating.
As
Hera taunted Hulk, telling him that this was the end, he told her that
he didn’t care… just give his family what they owed them.
Realizing that
the hulk wasn't even trying to fight back, but only intended to
sacrifice himself for the lives of his family, Zeus struck the Hulk one
final time, giving Hephaestus time to chain him to the side of a cliff
with ‘unbreakable’ chains.
Much like Prometheus, who angered the gods by
providing man with fire, vultures picked at Hulk for three days, as he
lay chained to the mountain. His healing factor was just quick enough to
keep him alive as the birds devoured his innards and eyes alike. On the
third day, Hercules, Skaar, Red She-Hulk, She-Hulk and Korg arrived,
freeing Hulk.
As Zeus and Hera watched from Olympus, a
group of Sakaarian refugees, now living in the Savage Land were
interrupted by Miek, claiming that he would soon kill the Hulk…
Planet Savage
King Miek
The
group had taken the Hulk to Gammaworld in New Mexico, seeking the aid
of Kate Waynesboro and the Warbound in healing the Hulk’s wounds at the
hands of Zeus. The beating disrupted the Hulk’s healing ability, putting
it at 7% of its normal efficiency, and as he lay on the table, Hulk
began to go into ‘cardiogenic shock’. Waynesboro needed to use
ventricular fibrillation to steady his heart and harnessed the energy of
the Gamma Dome to deliver 2.53 gigajoules to his heart (the typical
human gets 300 joules when being defibrillated).
Hulk
awoke in a blind rage, grabbing Waynesboro and crushing her arm. He
could not be talked down and Red She-Hulk stepped in with a massive
punch, putting him down. As Red She-Hulk looked to Kate’s injury, Kate
explained that the Hulk only survived because of his family… that they
give him the chance to let the hero come through. As the group slept
that night, Hulk attempted to leave unnoticed, but Skaar, whom was
holding one of Banner’s devices containing a message for him, followed
him.
Hulk, Korg, No-Name of Brood, Elloe, and Skaar boarded their
transport and would now allow the rest of the Hulk family to come along.
Before they departed, Hulk told Red She-Hulk that, “Hulk loves you too,
Betty.”
As the group traveled to their destination, Hulk
wanted to re-watch a message from Ka-Zar, beckoning him to the Savage
Land to investigate the murders of 43 displaced Sakaarians living in the
Savage Land.
As they flew above the Savage Land, No-Name recognized a
familiar scent, but was interrupted by a battle below between some
Ka-Zar, several Sakaarians and some beasts of the Savage Land.
Hulk
jumped down quickly and knocked one of the large dinosaurs out, only to
be bitten and impaled by another. Ka-Zar put the beast down with a spear
to the eye and Skaar informed the group that the beasts were only
trying to protect their young… and several speared youths are seen dead
in the background.
The elder of the Sakaarians did not
seem pleased by the Hulk’s presence and blamed his men’s killing of the
beasts on their admiration of the Hulk. He chastised them for their
celebration of the Green Scar’s return.
As the group set up camp for the
night and dined, Ka-Zar questioned Hulk’s decision to immediately
proceed, due to his injuries, and insisted that tonight they rest.
During the night, the village elder revealed that he had drugged the
Hulk and his entire Warbound with nerve toxins developed by ‘the bugs’.
Immediately, giant insects crawled in and began to haul away the
unconscious body of the Hulk. The elder explained to one of the village
members that they would simply tell the others that he had sacrificed
himself to save them.
The Hulk was brought into a cave
containing seemingly ‘impregnated’ bodies of dead Sakaarian villagers,
and a now oversized Miek. Miek explained that his entire planet and race
had been wiped out because of the Hulk’s revenge.
He claimed that he
did not do this out of anger, but because he had something to fight for
once more.
As the group awoke the next day and the
realization of the Hulk’s disappearance set in, Skaar became enraged,
demanding the Sakaarian elder tell him the location of his father.
No-Name began to ‘chem’ the perpetrator behind it all and as she
discovered that Miek was the one to blame, he showed up with a horde of
giant insects in tow. Miek instructed the Sakaarians to leave and told
Ka-Zar to leave as well, but Ka-Zar refused, tussling with the Warbound
against the insects.
Hulk ‘awoke’ in the cave Miek had
imprisoned him in, stumbling out of a dream/hallucination that an
insectoid female was attempting to seduce him. He actually woke up as he
realized the woman’s face had changed to that of an insect.
Hulk found
himself strapped to an X-shaped apparatus with glowing blue vines
holding him to it. As he gained consciousness he was able to watch as
the trapped bodies of Sakaarians began to rip open, birthing insects.
The insects being birthed began to crawl toward the Hulk and as he
attempted to struggle against his bindings, they glowed brighter and
held fast. Soon the insects were upon him, ripping into his flesh.
Hulk,
still tired and unhealed from the fight against Zeus, relaxed against
his constraints and gave control over to Banner.
As Hulk changed into
Banner, the size difference allowed Banner to slip out of the bindings.
Banner, cussing at the Hulk for attempting to ‘smash his way out’ of
things soon found himself smashing the insect that bit the Hulk with his
own fists.
As Banner escaped the cave, a large flightless bird attacked
him, and as he ‘Hulked out’ again, his assailant threw him back.
As
Hulk rose to smash the bird, he found it covered by giant insects, whom
quickly devoured the bird.
Skaar, Ka-Zar and the Warbound
then showed up as Hulk realized that something was wrong in his own
body.
On his back he caught a glimpse of something crawling beneath the
skin.
Asking for Skaar’s help to remove the intruder, Hulk found himself
in great pain as Skaar began to pull it out.
No-Name warned Skaar to
stop, as she could chem that the insects growing within him were
attached to his heart… and to remove them would likely kill the Hulk.
Hulk fell to the ground and demanded that Skaar remove the rest of the
beasts within him, reminding the group that they were Hulks, after all.
As Skaar readied to aid his father, several large insects swooped in and
carried the Hulk back to Miek, whom was keeping Hulk sedated and
hallucinating.
Miek explained to the drugged Hulk that
Hulk had failed his other children, turning them ‘into monsters and
misfits’. Hulk’s ribcage was exposed on his chest and the tentacles and
bodies of foreign creatures could be seen beneath the bone.
Miek covered
the hole and Hulk’s chest with armor and handed him a sword, telling
him that he would now protect the children and help him create a New
Sakaar, with Miek as the king… and the strongest there is.
As
Skaar, Ka-Zar and the members of the Warbound broke off from their
pursuit of Hulk’s captors to rescue some Sakaarians under attack, Hulk
reappeared. He was armored and being chemically controlled by Miek and
began attacking the group, smashing Skaar first. The chemicals
controlling Hulk took control of his desires to smash and reminded him
of how good it felt to let go and stop caring. As Hulk approached Elloe
and the Sakaarians under her protection, he hesitated, overcoming the
chemicals forcing him to attack. Miek then appeared, once again tweaking
the chemicals controlling Hulk.
Miek explained to the
group that while in captivity by the humans, he had metamorphosed,
changing gender.
He then began to lay eggs, but the hatchlings would not
survive, no matter how he tried to feed them.
He found that the Hulk’s
blood/body would provide the nourishment and strength that the
hatchlings needed to grow and grow strong. He convinced the Warbound to
help him convince the Hulk to allow his children to live, but at that
moment, the chemicals burned off in Hulk’s bloodstream, and he attacked
Miek. Hulk then tore the infants from his chest and attempted to stomp
them, before he set about killing Miek.
Skaar then
tackled Hulk, smashing his head into the ground, and calling him a
‘stupid monster’. Skaar promised the infant insects that no one would
hurt them and that he’d care for them, as he could sympathize with their
plight. Miek attempted to drug Skaar, to make him kill his father, only
to have another of his arms chopped off by Hulk, before he punched Miek
through a volcano and across the savage land, into a mountain of ice.
Hulk chased after, and tried to save Miek, but Miek would not let him,
and fell, presumably to his death.
Upon Hulk’s return,
Skaar told him to stand back, as he feared he’d returned to finish off
Miek’s hivelings. As the Warbound protested, Hulk decided not to try to
talk to Skaar, but instead to leave the Savage Land, as it is a place
for savages… not monsters.
Heart of The Monster
As
a Result of Current events, Red she Hulk had abandoned the hulk, which
had left Bruce banner in a very bad state of mind.
As Bruce and his
family ( cho included) are simply talking how these events would and
could have affected the jade jaws.
As they are talking they feel a
sudden earthquake, which is when they decided to rush to the training
room.
As they go there, they see hulk smashing ( shocker) , and they ask
him “are you okay?” to which Bruce surprisingly replies that he
is just fine. This is very odd considering the fact that banner of all
people should have been raging since his true love just ditched him for
his enemy. Bruce calmly explains that for a hulk, the stakes are too
high, so he keeps his emotions in check.
Meanwhile, Betty
and tyrannus are discussing matter in a chamber, but before
conversation can go to something else Tyrannus draws a line and starts
talking about his prized possession, the fountain of youth!
Betty is about to taste the water from the fountain but Monica
Pappaccini burst in with some Agents of AIM in order to gain the
fountain of youth. Monica reveals the true potential of the wishing
well, saying that it is really a fountain of youth, but Betty plunges
her inot the water while saying “you’re gonna wish you’ve never been born!”. After that a bunch of Monsters Bursts out from a fountain in Las Vegas with Monica trying to fly away.
12
Hours later, Monica Comes to ask hulk for help, beaten half to death
and barely standing. As Monica is in the infirmary, she explains what
had happened, and they all leave for vegas. Along the way though, they
talk about how specific one has to be in order for the wishing well not
to ‘twist things up”. When they finely arrive at their destination, the
start of course fighting the monsters which had threatened the
civilians. But things go from bad to worse when Cho wishes for ‘help’,
because the only help hulk received was his old enemies ( Bi-beast,
Wendigo, Armaggedon, Umar, and Fing Fang Foom).
While
Hulk is preoccupied fighting a giant fish monster, Cho and Monica are
attacked by the other villains, but when hulk intervenes he accidentally
splashes the villains with the wishing water. Hulk and Cho teleport to
vegas as a result of Bi-Beasts and Wendigos wish. Cho theorizes that
since Betty made the first wish, everyone else’s desires revolve around
hers, but their conversation is short lived since his enemies intervene.
The city lifts up in the sky to replicate Bi-beasts long lost home,
while in the mean time Hulk attacks and stops Wendigo from eating a
fellow human, but he is disappointed that Wendigo is barely a threat due
to hulk increasing in power over the years, so he accidentally wishes
for a real fight, and as a result both Bi-Beast and Wendigo become much
larger than the hulk himself. While Cho wishes everyone to safety, hulk
unitizes his power and size to propel his enemies into out of the city.
Cho and the President himself then appear with the help of a hologram in
order to thank the hulk for saving the country 3 times in months, but
then comes the worst part, Arm’chedon appears, and he seems to have
betty and rick as a hostage. Arm’chedon states that hulk cousin and best
friend are both injected with a Trojan Virus, which will take years to
cure, and to add insult to injury he then throws jen and rick off his
space ship, and they crumble down into the ground. Hulk gets seriously
enraged and starts to go world breaker, but he manages to turn into banner before he causes serious damage.
Banner
leaves it up to cho to find a cure for his friends with Monicas help,
while he goes on to fight Arm’chedon and proceeds with utterly
demolishing Arm’chedon. While Hulk is gloating with beatty, Arm’chedon
blasts red she hulk with one of his very powerful canons, and hulk
becomes even more enraged, and stomps Arm’chedon’s face into the ground.
Hulk starts to lose control over himself, but luckily Umar steps in and
calms him down. Monica and cho are working on saving Jen and Rick,
while Betty trying to shake hulk out of Umars control, but in the end
the events lead to hulk being transported into the dark dimension along
with betty.
The others ask Dr Strange and Dr. Sofia for
help to track down the hulk, but Dr strange seems reluctant, because the
hulk presents a threat to the world, but in the end they convince him
to fine play along. Meanwhile Hulk and Umar seem to be battling the
mindless ones, hulk pushes them back, and umar makes a shield around
here territory. After that they go to Umars castle to have sex, while
Betty is with the goblins. When hulks Friends arrive, they find hulk
fighting monsters, and they realize that hulk is in his paradise, but
tyrannus emerges fighting fing fang foom, and says that this “heaven”
belongs to him.
Hulk thunderclaps Fing Fang Foom into the
Barrier made by umar, and so it shatters, and the mindless ones are set
loose. Umar is very displeased that her castle had been destroyed, but
hulk says the he will solve the problem. Since the planet has not
innocent people around, he destroys the whole as a result of a shockwave
caused by clashing with Red She hulk.
Hulk was the only
one who survived the explosion, but he used the wish to review everyone
else, and resumes his fight with Betty, while Tyrannys sends Fing Fang
Foom to dispatch some gamma bombs so he could seize all the thrones of
men (America)!
Monica
refuses currently to help save Sofia and Cho, and while they are trying
intimidate her, cho and Sofia seemed to have already transported back ,
and they are watching fing fang foom consuming dozens of gamma bombs,
even they were supposed to be any left. Foom Gets supercharged, and
starts a rampage. Monica says that the only solution they have is to
bring back the hulk, but strange urges that hulk is where he belongs,
and bringing him back would only cause more damage. Jen and Rick say
that maybe they could do something about this problem, so they are
teleported to fight Fing Fang Foom. During the attack they get dosed
with gamma radiation and they become much larger in size and much more
mindless.
The Only option left his the hulk himself, so
that’s exactly who they turn to. Betty and Hulk walk all Over FIng Fang
Foom after they get amped by the gamma bombs, and then the engage rick
and jen. But when hulk notices’ that they are on earth, he wishes for
everything to go back to normal , because he was afraid of destroying
earth. Every one of the hulk family members gets what they had wished
for, except, banner is still the hulk. Betty insults banner for being an
idiot because he forgot to include himself, so he decides to wish the
hulk away herself, yet the hulk does not go away, and it is there where
it is hinted that hulk and banner are the same entities.
But
in the end, after Cho locates banner in a café somewhere, banner and
betty decide that everyone deserves a second chance, and even though
banners fears breaking his achieved happiness, betty remarks that “ you don’t break easy” . Banner decides to hop inside the car, and moments later they hulk-out and spring away.
Fear Itself
While
Hulk and Red She-Hulk were having a private chat, a hammer fell near
their location. Betty tried to pick it up but she was unable to make it
budge. When the Hulk touched the hammer, he was transformed into Nul,
Breaker of Worlds. He became one of the Serpent's Worthy and went on a rampage in order to spread fear. As Nul, he battled Thor with the help of Angrir
(Thing). Thor was able to defeat the thing but he was no condition to
fight Nul, so he knocked Nul into orbit to avoid further rampage. Nul
ends up in the middle of Europe at the castle of Dracula and the vampire nation. Nul quickly breaks through the various armies of Dracula leaving the count no other choice but to use The Forgiven,
a group of vampires that have left the vampire nation to try and stop
the rampaging Worthy. Their efforts prove futile and when Nul finally
reaches Dracula, Betty Banner is able to convince the Hulk to fight the
Serpent's influence and he breaks his hammer in half, destroying the
magic inside and returning to Bruce Banner. Banner soon returns to Hulk
form and tells Dracula he is letting him live since he helped to reach
him in breaking the Serpent's control over him and then leaves the vampire nation
in ruin. In the aftermath of Fear Itself, it's revealed that the Hulk
is once again split from Bruce Banner, however, in destroying the worldbreaker, Nul is set free on Earth. Leaving the Hulk to reach out to Dr. Strange and rebuild the Defenders to stop Nul for good.
(For more information check out the Fear Itself story arc page.)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Maria Hill is sitting in a cafe somewhere in Manchester Alabama, searching for the Hulk. While talking to Coulson,
they review the last few disasters/disturbances that have occurred in
hopes that they might have found the Hulk. However, none of them had
been caused by Banner/Hulk. Ever since the war involving the Avengers,
the X-Men and the Phoenix Force, the whole world has been on edge. And
with the Banner/Hulk on the loose, it would appear that the world is
even more on edge.
Suddenly, Maria is visited by someone
she never expected to encounter... Dr. Bruce Banner! Maria is both
stunned and intimidated by Banner's sudden appearance, comparing him to a
nuclear bomb as he takes a seat at the table directly in front of her.
Banner's sudden appearance, at least in this case, is no mere
coincidence.
He then explains to Maria Hill that he is no
longer wishes to act like some mopey, sullen teenager. He's one of the
smartest beings on the planet. When he thinks, big things happen. Banner
has spent his life trying to rid himself of the Hulk through any means
necessary, and just about a month prior to meeting with Maria, after he
gave it his best effort and failed. It was then that he accepted his
fate and the fact that, at least in terms of modern science, there is no
way for him to rid himself of the Hulk.
Banner then
turns the conversation in a different direction, beginning to discuss
the recent events of the war involving the Avengers, the X-Men and the
Phoenix Force, in which the Hulk played a vitol role in fighting Emma
Frost and Cyclops (each possessing 50% of the phoenix force) and then
battling against the Dark Phoenix possessed Cyclops. Then he mentions
who was responsible for dealing with the Phoenix, and who some think is
the real hero, despite the fact that it was actually Hope Summers and
Scarlet Witch who defeated the Pheonix Force, Tony Stark. Enraged by
this fact, Banner briefly causes a scene in the diner before calming
himself down, apologizing to Maria Hill for frightening her before
continuing their discussion.
Banner then goes on to
explain explains that Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Hank Pym and the other
brilliant men will be remembered for the gifts of science they've
bestowed to humanity, not to mention being some of the smartest men to
ever grace the planet. They would leave their mark on the world through
their knowledge, while Banner concludes that if he continues with what
he's been doing for years, he would only be remembered as the man who
transforms into a giant, green-skinned, raging monster that destroys
everything within his path. He doesn't want his tombstone to read "Hulk Smash".
Therefore, in order for him to step out of the shadow of his alter-ego,
Bruce intends to create scientific wonders that will aid and benefit
all mankind.
Banner then reveals to Maria Hill a device
that he created, a Purification Unit, that can eliminate all waterborne
diseases within the next five years. Astonished, Maria further questions
Banner, who in turn informs her that he could create more devices that
could benefit humankind if he were to recieve the proper resources from
SHIELD. He then goes on to warn Maria Hill that if her or SHIELD try
anything that could harm him, he'd expose them of their secrets in the
form of a mysterious individual who is Banner's insurance against the
agency.
After clearing the air, Banner and Hill begin to
discuss his alter-ego: The Hulk. Even when managed, it is quite certain
that sooner or later... Banner will transform into the Hulk. He can't
stop it. But instead of Hulk being viewed as a nuclear gamma arsenal
about to explode, Banner suggests that SHIELD could use Hulk like a
cannon to be aimed at whatever threat needed to be dealt with. In other
words, Hulk Smash!
Banner then informs Maria Hill that he
knows that she and some SHIELD agents plan to go after the Mad Thinker,
noticing how she would constantly look at the clock every few moments.
Bruce warns her that going after Mad Thinker would be suicidal at
best... unless they'd have some back-up in the form of a certain green
monster. He offers Maria and SHIELD his and Hulk's service if they're
willing to give him the resources that he needs, telling her that his
offer will expire in ten minutes.
Accepting Banner's
proposal, Maria and SHIELD are joined by the Hulk as they go to confront
the Mad Thinker. Despite Mad Thinker's best defenses, using a giant
robot that wields Quantom Molder blasts which can melt, reshape and
liquify Ultron's Adamantium armor, Hulk withstands the brutal barrage
effortlessly. In the final moment of the battle, Mad Thinker is
horrified to discover that Hulk's strength/power is indeed
'incalculable' as the Green Goliath rips the robot in half, thus
defeating him. Passing the 'test', Maria officially makes Bruce Banner
an Agent of SHIELD.
Nine
Days since banner got recruited into shield, and there was a strict
rule of no visitors made by Maria hill and Banner, but Tony stark aka
iron man did not take no for an answer. Stark arrives and tells maria
that whoever is controlling banner to work for shield should cut it out,
But Maria herself explains that even she was surprised at banners
change of heart. Before Tony confronts banner he looks around and checks
out banners invention, and to Stark's surprise banners creations
include a device that could prevent a lot of cancers. As Tony enters to
see banner, he is baffled by the fact that Bruce is laughing
hysterically, but they both start laughing as tony himself checks out
the formula which can only be funny if you’re smart, something maria
hill isn't. Banner and tony go to test Banner's newest invention, they
got to the Himalayan Mountains and Banner explains the first step of his
plan. Banner (while he had put on his new suit of armor) had built a
gamma fracker in order to extract natural gas without causing harm, but
when the process of fracking doesn't actually occur, tony tries to
modify banner machine, which frustrates Bruce and forces him to reveal
that the second reason he bought tony here was because He never treated
Bruce as an equal, and this was a chance to blow off some steam. Banner
transforms into the hulk and starts to attack tony, but since tony never
managed to finish the modifications, the device was set to explode, but
in the last second hulk jumps in and saves iron man form the explosion.
Tony and banner are soon to be siting and talking while afterwards, and
during this time banner remarks “you’re a Brilliant Engineer, Tony -- but all you ever do is build forward from what you already know. A true visionary studies the unknown and builds backward. It’s a new field -- and a legitimate one. The novelist Charles Yu calls it "applied science fiction'. I'm sorry, am I intimidating you? Afterwards Tony goes to the bathroom and is contacted by maria, she informs that banner is needed in Montana.
Maria
Hill is Seen interviewing assistants For Shield Headquarters. Four
Volunteers are interviewed, and four of them seem to be ok with the fact
that Dr. Banner could transform into a giant Green man-Monster, hinting
that each and every one of them has a secret of their own. The
assistance are Chosen in different particular fields: Daman Veteri
,Ed.D. is a Molecular engineer, Randall Jessup. M.SC. a Renewable
Energies expert,Melinda Lecusenstern, PSY.D., M.S
Climatologist/Astrophysicist, And Patricia Wolman, D.I.T is a Micro
neural Biology expert. Meanwhile banner is on his fits mission, which is
Providing a distraction for The shield agents to do their work. A.I.M
sends in agents to capture The last member of The Quintronic crew, but
Shield pulls a switch in the last moment. While the agents were
distracted by shield, Banner switched his place with the last crew
member, and Since they had put and mask that covered the face
completely, no none noticed the trick. When the Shield agents were
killed, it was banner who had been taken in instead of of the target.
Banner meets Colin Thirty-Three, But as The mask is taken off, Banner
can already smells the urine form the Guards, because he went green and
mean. Hulk had been the perfect distraction, but as the shield agents
were fighting A.I.M , Colin activates The Quintronic man , but this
seemed impossible since it takes five men to operate the robot, and the
crew members had been dead, However, it was revealed that Thanks to
Electrochemichal Technology, The machine had adapted the Full psionic
access to the dead crew members abilities, so Colin was still able to
operate the Device. The Quintronic man plunges hulk into molten lava,
claiming that this machine had been made for space exploration,
therefore it could withstand any temperature. As hulk seem so have been
burnt in lava, he then emerges damage free, and breaks the glass in
which Colin had been seated, meaning that he had been scrambled alive,
while hulk growled in rage. As hulk was coming out of the molten lava,
he reverts to banner, and he had been blistered a bit. As Banner is
resting in the hospital, Maria comes in and they discuss Banner's new
teammates. Banner says that he is positive that the members are hiding
something, considering that they had singed up for to work with the
hulk, but it will not be a problem. Also Maria forgets to mention hulks
new "best friend" R.O.B, so maria can monitor hulks actions. Banner expresses his distaste by breaking the robot.
Banner
wakes up, and exclaims how he hasn't got a decent sleep in a long time.
While he is getting dressed he finds green paint on him, but he ignores
it. As he walks out, it is seen that Banner is living in a nuclear
testing town, which has been renamed as "Bannerville". As he is on his
way to work, he is talking to some unknown person, and it seems that he
and Banner have a pretty good friendship. As Banner reaches his
destination, he introduces himself to his new co-workers. As Banner
finishes up with his short introduction, the assistants pile up with a
lot of questions. Banner says that he will explain the obvious, but he
then suddenly explodes with anger over the fact that there is no
internet connection. While the assistants are paralyzed, Banner says
that because their pants are still clean, they passed the final exam. He
then proceeds that they must stay true to his new motto, "Hulk breaks,
Banner builds"! Banner then presents his helpers with Uru metal, saying
that Thor provided it years ago, while saying that it was enchanted,
which is something Banner defines as "containing unfamiliar subatomic properties".
Banner leaves the Uru metal in the hands of his assistants, while he
himself is summoned by Maria Hill. Maria informs Banner that the
legendary city of Lemuria he was looking for ....had been found, along
with some giant monsters, which were controlled by Attuma, and had
killed many people. Maria tells Banner that the underwater warlord is
planning to regain sovereign reign over the entire Pacific Ocean. This
is where the Hulk comes in, he has to travel under water and fight and
stop Attuma, with the help of the underwater version of the Helicarrier
built by the Chinese called Dreadnought. In the submarine itself, Banner
can't understand anyone, but he hears a familiar voice, speaking
american, and he sees R.O.B. Banner is very angry about this, but before
he can do anything, they are all attacked by Attuma. Banner is ambushed
by his own men and dragged into some device which instantly turns him
to the Hulk. Hulk bursts out of the ship and starts to fight his
enemies, but is blasted off. He isn't done yet, he is barely even hurt,
but before he can proceed with smashing, Attuma confronts him, and
explains that he has yet to learn the dangers that lie in the depths of
the ocean, so he is dragged into darkness by some monster. The pressure
is rising above 8 tons, and it was still increasing, thus the Hulk was
absorbed in the depth of the ocean, but he was saved by the very
people/atlantians who stand against attuma.
In the mean
time Attuma explains in fury to his subjects, that Limura is just a
means to an end, he only uses the magical monsters of the city that
there will be no protest from his fellow Atlantians when he tries to
force his rule on the them, and despite the fact that Limuarian fleet is
still loyal to Attuma, the only thing he requires from them is the
weapon the chief wizard has built him.
Banner
on the other hand is still coming to his senses, and as he wakes up, he
sees a beautiful Atlantian, who seems far more interested in Banner's
alter ego, so she asks him to change back. Banner explains that the
change is bit more complicated that one would like to believe, but
before she could respond, her love, Canor, warns banner not to do
anything with his betrothed, to which Mara replies that she is not
interested in this scrawny human and she is most definitely not HIS
property. Canor later takes banner in to a fortress which had been the
city itself before Attuma attacked, and the reason for them saving hulk
was because they saw him as a powerful ally, which would be useful
because Attuma has acquired a very powerful weapon. When Banner sees the
plans for this weapon, he says simply " we're screwed", and
Attuma's potential danger is seen when he launches the weapon on the
Chinese men that came with Banner in the first place, which causes them
to burn to the bone. After more research, Banner deduces that Attuma is
using a very powerful solvent, acid, that can eat through anything, even
it;s own container, but that's not all, Attuma plans to transform the
world’s oceans to a floating foam of acid, which would mean the end of
all air-breathers.
The rebels start to initiate the
attack; And Bruce figures that the fastest way to Hulk out is to kiss
Mara, which unsurprisingly works. They ambush Attuma and his minions,
and while the other are occupied, the big guns take it out on each
other. In the end, the fight leads to Hulk being consumed by a giant
magical monster whose skin cannot be penetrated, but even that is not
enough to stop the hulk, and Attuma's terror is defeated. Mara is
ecstatic at the Hulks power, so she kisses him, but she isn't to happy
when Banner returns. The attack was successful, and in the end, Banner
is not left empty handed, he managed to smuggle the secret formula to
the ancient solvent.
Gods And Monster
Banner and his assistants are Are working on creating a portal to Jotunheim,
and while the others are busy with work, banner contemplates about his
coworkers. There is a reason Banner had selected these helpers, each of
them is hiding a very important secret , but Banner was least suspicious
of Patty, but even with her there are signs, suggesting that she is
concealing something, considering the fact that Patty was trying to make
Banner hulk out. Banner himself and three of his assistants enter the
portal which they open, all with high tech armor , and one of them his
left to operate the portal itself Banners mission is to Locate Eiderdurm,
a source of liquid that can only exist at sub zero temperature. The
Opening of the portal forces Thor to see what had happened, since
mjolnir had picked up some strange energy signature. Thor warns the
MORTALS about the dangers of Frost giants, and Banner is surprised that
he is not able to recognize him.
As they are exchanging
words, frost giants storm in and attack them, and while Thor fights
them, Banner is frozen before he could assist his ally. Thor advises
Banner's team to take cover and run as he is attacked from the back,
which forces him to drop his hammer. Hulk then comes out, angrier than
ever. He Tears through the frost giants and sees mjolnir laying around ,
he tries to pick it up, and though it was difficult at first, he raises
The hammer and yells " HULK.... WORTHY!"
However,
it turns out that the reason hulk was able to lift mjolnir was because
of the fact that Thor had summoned it from far beyond. Hulk and Thor
quickly settle things and decide to fight off the frost giants. Before
they get there Banner's assistants are trying to survive the assault
from the giants. As the Helpers are captured, Thor and Hulk charge in to
fight theses monsters off, but one of them discovers the portal from
which the humans came from. Because of This, while Hulk and Thor are
fighting, Shield is forced to shut the portal down, and when they
activate it again, there are multiple places where the portal could
lead, so bringing the team back was completely impossible unless they
could locate the specific area in which they had been residing. During
the battle two major things happen, Patty tries to commit suicide by
jumping off one of the frost giants arm, but luckily hulk saves her.
Also, one of the frost Giants use their powers to trick banners team
into believing that one of the frost giants is one of the assistants,
meaning that they could learn more about the portal. As The others are
camping in the lands of Jotunheim, Banner First Explains to Dr . Veteri
that he unknowingly created a time machine, which would explain why Thor
cannot recognize the hulk . The team manages to set up camp fire and
find something to eat, at this time Banner and Patricia Discuss the
event that had happened to her a few hours ago, to which Patty confesses
that she is committed to S.B.H- Suicide By Hulk.
This
matter is discussed further, and patty tells banner her story, about how
she is her fathers only benefactor, and since she has been diagnosed
with a fatal disease , no one could provide for him. Suicide wasn't an
option either , because Patty's father wouldn't get anything from it,
while working in close proximity with hulk would definitely pay for
itself. Banner suggest that maybe there still is hope for a cure, but
patty has lost faith in that. The conversation then re-directs itself
about a new topic, which was about hulks hammer stunt a few hours back.
Patty asks why hulk could not have lifted thor's hammer, since hulk was
stronger. To which banner reply's "that's an eternal debate" then
further explains that lifting Mjolnir was not about strength, but about
who is worthy. Bruce further explains on how the whole concept of being
"Worthy" worked by providing a scientific theory: The hammer can emit
gravitation particles through nanotechnology, when someone is deemed
unworthy the hammer increases it's gravitational pull, making it
impossible for someone to lift mjolnir". The other theory was that
mjolnir was just pure magic, but patty gets mad since none of this has
to do anything with a cure for her disease.
At this time
Randal, or more specifically the spy was communication with his king
distantly, while thor and Veteri were thinking up a way to get the Eiderdurm.
Veteri purposes that they use thors hammer to create an electromagnetic
field to channel the fall of absolute zero. And amazingly the plan
works, but as soon as the portal to home opens, the spy reveals himself ,
punches thor into the Eiderdurm
fall and calls upon his fellow frost giants. The charge toward the
portal, so Maria hill summons her agents to fend them off, but they are
not alone, because the hulk does some smashing too. At some point of the
battle Hulk remembers that Thor has to be saved, he jumps in the magic
fall, and through banners awesome tech and his great durability, hulk
saves thor, and they Together, pound the ground and turn the Eiderdurm
fall into a river by cracking the ground. Thor flies up into the air
and releases a huge charge into the cracks, fading away while he does
so. Lucky hulk caught him, but got dosed with Mjolnirs power and was
knocked out for 30 seconds. when Banner awakens, thor returns with the
real Randal and they all go back home.
Blind rage
While
the Shield field agents are getting ready to stop a weapons exchange,
banner Decides to chat with his Insurance "mystery Man", since he is in
the neighborhood. This man, is Matt Murdock, also known as Daredevil,
who has been appointed as hulks lawyer. As maria Hill sees banner
talking with someone about a classified shield operation, she starts no
doubt yelling. Banner explains the situation and tells her to chill
playfully, which angers Maria.
Before they Deploy for
combat, Maria gives banner a parachute and tells him that he can just
watch from a distance, simply to take a break, of course little did
banner realize that the parachute was fake and it was just Hills way of
paying bruce back because of his constant need to make her angry. Bruce
Hulks mid Air and starts raiding the Thor-Level ordinance Transfer. At
this time, with banner invitation, Daredevil appears to help out. He
Jumps in to fight along-side hulk, but once one of the AIM agents
activate a sonic weapon, which would specifically be very harmful for
daredevil due to his enhanced sense, Matt is quickly rendered into one
place, which leaves hulk to power on through, and that he does.
When
the Action is over, bruce finds that one of the AIM minion is missing,
along with a destructive weapon. So using DD enhances senses, he and
matt track down the agent by following the frequency given of the
Kinetic Microgenerator. When they track him down, they enter the bar,
with Daredevil leading. When the thugs see Matt they pull out their
guns, ready to shoot him down, thats of course until they see hulk come
smashing through the door.
Daredevil pin points the guy
they are looking for by listening to his heart beat. But when he does
so, the AIM agent activates the weapon to a much stronger level, and
hulk gets really angry and powers on through again, only this time a
massive explosion is cased, and the agent escapes. He goes to a specific
address, where he finds Baron Zemo! who Of course isn't pleased that he
didn't completely recessive his shipment, he simply got one Gun. After
asking the AIM henchmen whether he was followed or not, he executed him.
The Sound wave of the gun was cough by daredevil, who had just been
saved by hulk from a charging train after ending up underground after
the bar squabble.
After Tracking zemo down, a battle
breaks out, and the events lead to the point where hulk has been
blinded. While Zemo and some of the henchmen escape, hulk becomes
increasingly angry and starts smashing mindlessly, one of the henchmen
charge in and due to their own stubbornness die. Daredevil calls maria
for help, which is why she links him with banners assistants, they
advise him to use the gun which produces sound to stabilize hulks
condition, unfortunately daredevil couldn't make out the signs on the
gun, meaning that he had to try everything out. The battle leads
eventually outside, where they accidentally crack a building, with
daredevil standing under it. Hulk regains his vision in time to save
him, and does so. after some time, Matt gets treated for his wounds, but
banner is nervous because he thinks Maria is at a breaking point with
him and their deal.
AGENT OF TIME
For
sometime now, the Heroes of the Marvel universe has been tampering with
time, and as a result ,The Space time Continuum had been shattered, and
despite Zarrkos
Help, No one is durable enough to survive the time-stream...except the
Hulk. Bruce banner, after returning from his mission, was filled in on
what had been happening around the world, things have vanished without
leaving any trace.
Banner
and Maria consult Zarrko since he was the one who produced the theory
of time shattering long ago. Zarrko explains that The Hulk is the only
one who can save everyone and survive the time-stream, and while banner
is reluctant at first, Zarrko Corners banner into agreeing when he makes
him realize that due to the time being tampered with by villains known
as The Chronarchists, Bruce
can't even remember Betty's name. Also, Hulks Personality fluctuates
due to his past being changed multiple times, so unless banner takes
action soon, hulk Might become mindless again.
The
situation is quite complex,Banner cannot complete his mission without
the hulk, and he has to stay as the hulk at all times considering that
he would most likely die if he appears due to the effects of the
time-stream and his consciousness is carried over to R.O.B to guide the
hulk, therefore having two banners would result in something seriously
bad.
Their First traveled to A.D.(1873). The first thing
that took place right as they came to this time period was them being
ambushed by a dinosaur in the presence of Kid Colt, Two-Gun Kid, and Rawhide Kid.
After hulk Deals with the Dinosaur Banner Explains the Situation to the
Gang and they all agree to do what is right. The Chronarchist in
Question was Tok Baltusar,
a Criminal Scientist from the 23rd century. As Hulk Engages Toks
Dinosaurs the cowboy hang is ambushed by a much of speed enhanced
minions. As the gang is being overwhelmed hulk dispatches the threat and
comes to the rescue while Banner instructs the others on how to take
Tok down. If they trike the glowing Panel on his armor, it might
destabilize him.
There are certain things that Banner
found odd in Tok's actions. Why would he come to the 1873 with
dinosaurs, clearly the people here weren't advanced enough for Tok to
need the upper hand. But then It occurred to Banner that the Dinosaurs
were just a convenient plus to the situation. Due to the energy reading
sit was clear that Tok had went back to the prehistoric age to infect
the silver vein so it could be over years transformed into alloy, which
is used for time-travel.
As the team of cowboys dealt
with Tok, Banner taunted hulk into destroying the mines in which this
alloy was picked up from. However due to the high radiations level,
hulks armor started to malfunction, therefore teleproting him to
Camelot.
There hulk yet again defeated another Chronarchist with the help of The Black Knight
and his allies. However it seems that because of his constant
interference, One of the Chronarchists had gone back in time to alter
the hulk origin. This causes a chain of events which force Hulk to fight
many of his previous foes such as abomination and sandman while
constantly shifting through different incarnations. As hulk is
transported to the Columbus expedition, he becomes the green scar.
Banner, or Rob, tries to analyze the situation, however Fin Fang Foom
appears out of nowhere and engages hulk in combat. But he proves to be a
unimpressive adversary to the powerful green scar who uses his size,
power and speed to immobilize fin fang foom.
Meanwhile,
the Final Chronarchist, Khotto, is altering the Gamma bomb( the Original
One) with temporal components mined by Tok. This of course, is for the
purpose of freeing Zarrko, who is in fact behind all of this. Hulk is
then teleported way back to his birthplace, where he encounters
banner(himself) trying to save Rick Jones. Hulk pushes banner into the
pit and gets dosed with the same gamma radiation which had turned him
into the incredible hulk. During this time Banner realized that The
constant time acceleration had left his artificial body in a bad state,
so he quickly transferred his intelligence to his younger self as a
means to not abandon the mission. Lucky banners plan worked, but a new
problems arose. The radiation effects from the double gamma bomb dosage
had altered the hulk in many ways.
The result of the
Gamma Radiation was the hulk had become much more monstrous,mindless and
strong. Banner bathes in his moment of freedom but upon coming to the
realization that betty has been erased from time, he understands that in
his selfish moment he forgot that currently there are no properly
groomed heroes to stop this new uber powerful hulk. Banner searches for
some residual gamma radiation to regain his power and stop the atrocity
trashing the soldier when he comes across Khotto. It turns out that the
Chronarchists had been working for Zarrko all this time, and they had
purposefully created a new hulk so he'd be strong enough to dig Zarrko
out of a very specific and impenetrable prison. Banner looses his cool
and charges towards Khotto and activates the time armor. They then
travel back in time to the gamma bomb blast, however due to the time
component added to the gamma bomb, time starts to move very slowly,
therefore the transformation takes some time to kick in. Banner dukes it
out with the final Chronarchist until he sees the new Hulk Squared come
charging for him through the time-stream.
Banner
manages to Hulk out and shatter the time barrier, which is why he
manages to grab Zarrko and pull him into the time-stream. The Uber hulk
however is lost in time. They fly around until some mysterious force
consumes both Khotto and Zarrko while hulk is actually saved by Red She
Hulk. Everything seems to work out for the best...expect it didn't.
Banner feels that something has changed about his past, he just can't
put his finger on it.
Inhumanity Bomb
Due to banner jumping around time, he wasn't quite able to live up to his "Hulk breaks, Banner builds" motto.
His frustration is further augmented when the other intellectuals for
the marvel universe keep beating him right before he is about to make a
scientific discovery. So when Bruce hears that an Ancient Pyramid has
given birth to unknown energies, he can't help himself not to take the
opportunity. He and Randall Jessup sneak into the Mesoamerican pyramid.
There banner is forced to Hulk out and fight a monster, which leads him
to bring the whole structure down. Banner seems to believe that he has
lost the orb which gave off the strange energies but it would appear the
Randall managed to save it.
Characteristics
- Height: 5' 9 1/2" (Banner), 7'-8' (Savage Hulk), 6'6" (Gray Hulk/Joe Fixit), 7'6" (Merged Hulk), 8'8" (Green Scar).
- Weight: 145 lbs (Banner), 1,040 lbs-1,400 lbs (Savage Hulk), 900 lbs (Joe Fixit), 1,150 lbs (Merged Hulk), 2,400 lbs (Green Scar)
- Hair Color: Brown (Banner), Green (Green Hulk), Black (Joe Fixit/Gray Hulk)
- Eyes Color: Brown (Banner), Black/Grey (Gray Hulk/Joe Fixit), Green (Green Hulk/Green Scar)
Status
- Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio
- Citizenship: USA
- Education: PhDs in nuclear physics, and two other fields
- Occupation: Hunter, former nuclear physicist, former warrior, ruler of Sakaar, gladiator/slave, adventurer, mechanic, enforcer, research scientist,
- Known Relatives: Caiera (wife, deceased), Skaar, Hiro-Kala (sons), Lyra (She-Hulk, genetic daughter), Brian and Rebecca Banner (parents, deceased), Jen Walters (She-Hulk, Cousin) , Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (Red Hulk, father-in-law), Elizabeth "Betty" Ross Talbot Banner (Red She-Hulk, ex-wife), Jarella (Wife,deceased)
Powers and Abilities
Physiology
The
Hulk's gamma irradiated physiology allows Hulk to survive in space.
Hulk/Banner's increase in gamma radiation in proportion to stress(caused
by his own physical exertion/anger or outside forces), converting it to
stronger cellular mass (stronger DNA which, in turn, produces
stronger/denser organic tissues), negating what would be lethal force in
order to survive. The growth of Hulk's gamma ray-fueled transmutation
gives him potentially limitless strength extending to unparalleled
abilities of regenerative healing, stamina, and durability.
Vast Superhuman Strength
Hulk
is physically one of the strongest and most powerful beings in the
Marvel Universe. His limitless strength usually depends on his emotions,
especially his rage. Possessed with infinite gamma rays/energies from
every dimension/universe in existence, the Hulk is in the Class 100 ton
strength range, meaning that he can easily lift over the 100 ton limit.
Hulk has the potential to truly be "The strongest one there is".
However,
this may vary depending on the incarnation/persona, and also how angry
the Hulk is at a certain point. It is well known that the angrier Hulk
gets, the more stronger and powerful he becomes. It is a well known fact
that Bruce Banner has always suppressed the Hulk and his power, if only
out of fear of harming others... especially those that both Banner and
Hulk hold dear. But there has been a few times that neither Banner or
Hulk could control their fury, thus the result have been quite
devastating to say the least.
The Hulk's feats:
- Catching and supporting a collapsing 150 billion ton mountain range using barely any leverage. (Marvel Heroes Secret Wars #4)
- Tearing through a bunker designed to resist the explosion of a multi-kilo-ton weapon. (Incredible Hulk #177)
- Matching the Super-Adaptoid, who had acquired strength and durability of over a hundred heroes like Iron Man and the Vision. (Incredible Hulk #469)
- Closing the door of a nuclear core that the combined efforts of Thor and the Thing couldn't budge. (Iron Man Vol 2 #6)
- Redirected Gladiator's beams back to his eyes, instantly knocking him out. The blasts were said to be hotter than the sun. (Incredible Hulk Annual 1997)
- Matching two Avengers teams during a prolonged period of time even though the Hulk was gradually weaker due to a physical separation from Banner (Incredible Hulk #321-322)
- Unleashing intense gamma energy shock waves from his body, Hulk almost destroyed the entire East Coast with a single footstep, while also threatening to destroy the entire planet... and even then he was revealed to be greatly holding back! (World War Hulk #5)
- Destroying the Crypto Man after its physical strength became superior to that of even Thor (Incredible Hulk #205)
- Overpowering Thor on several occasions (Hulk: Let the Battle Begin #1, Incredible Hulk #440, Mighty Thor #385, Avengers Assemble #4)
- Pushing two spheres of matter and antimatter apart (Marvel Team up Annual Two #2)
- Pulling and holding the tectonic plates of a planet together, a planet that's mass and gravity far exceed that of Earth (Incredible Hulk #99)
- overpowering sufficient force to change the orbit (Tales of astonish #89)
- Destroying a planet and the surrounding planets/moons in the Dark Dimension, threatening the entire dimensional/universal realm (The Incredible Hulks #634-635)
- Destroying an asteroid that's twice the size of Earth in a single blow (Marvel Comics Presents #52)
- Applying force to the space-time structure itself to prevent the Defenders from being absorbed into a fissure (Defenders #3)
- Smashing and crushing Adamantium with his bare hands (Incredible Hulk #228; Marvel Team-up Annual #2)
- Overpowering and shattering Onslaught's armor, whose power and armor were equal to those of a Celestial (Onslaught: Marvel Universe #1)
- Sending concussive energy through countless dimensions after clashing with Ironclad (Incredible hulk #305)
- Destroying Nightmare's Realm with his sheer power alone (The Incredible Hulk #299)
- Crushing the enchanted uru hammer of Nul: Breaker of Worlds with his bare hands when The Serpent/Cul and his avatars known as The Worthy were at the height of their power (Fear Itself: Hulk vs. Dracula #3)
Superhuman Speed
Hulk has always been noted to have great superhuman speed despite his size due to the power of his gamma-charged body.
Hulk
can easily exceed the speed of sound with his punches (as it's made
evident with the air-shock waves he produces) and super-leaps.
Hulk can run up to 300 miles per hour, and jump so high and fast he can achieve stable orbit.
He's also caught fighter jets and missiles through the use of super-leaps or reaching out to them with his bare hands.
Hulk
usually jumps rather than runs to travel because once he reaches a
certain anger level he is unable to run because he breaks apart the
ground underneath him, giving him no friction to run on.
Hulk can resist gravity. He went up against Graviton
who
was making it literally impossible for anyone to move a muscle. While
the Likes of Iron Man, Wasp and Thor lay pinned to the ground, Hulk was
moving despite Graviton putting tons of extra weight on him on top of
the containers he was throwing to stop Hulk from moving. This is the
most likely reason why Hulk is incredibly fast. He can defy gravity.
Vast Superhuman Durability
Hulk's
skin is extremely durable, his skin can easily resist a Ground Zero
explosion, Human Torch's Nova Blast, planet-Shattering impacts, and a
blast from Galactus.
Hulks durability also increases with his rage. Hulk has also been able
to take a blast which Ultron used to soften and manipulate adamantium.
Healing Factor
In
proportion to stress, Hulk can instantly renew and augment the
atomic-molecular structure of the most basic biological component, the
DNA/amino acids, from which all the various uniquely tasked proteins,
categorized by cell type and multiplied into tissues and organs, are
formed. Hulk's healing factor is superior to that of Wolverine's because
it is not limited in the energy necessary to maintain this core
foundation.
Adaptation
Hulk is
capable of adapting to inhospitable environments when ever it becomes
necessary. There were many occasions where hulk not only survived in
airless areas, but has also spoken in them. same as his healing factor,
the angrier hulk gets, the faster he adapts.
Self Sustenance
Hulk's physiology allows him to survive for a long period of time without food, water or air after he has adapted.
Astral Form Perception
The
Hulk has the unique ability of being able to see "astral forms"--or
ghosts. Hulk is able to see Dr strange astral form when no one can,
which comes in handy when working with his fellow defender strange. The
reason for hulk developing this ability could be because of the fact
that banner feared his fathers ghost would come back and hunt him.
however, hulks astral from perception has not shown it's limitations
yet, seeing as how he once experienced a whole town in the middle of the
desert until it faded away. while it is possible that this was merely a
mirage, it is also credible that hulk witnessed a town that didn't
exist in our reality . there was a case during world war hulk when hulk
broke Dr strange's hands while he was in his astral form.
Vast Superhuman Stamina
Hulks
stamina is also very high, in a normal calm state, he can go on for
several days before he even begins to feel tired. Hulk's stamina
increase with his anger.
Energy Projection/Absorption
When
sufficiently enraged The Hulk emits omnidirectional bursts of Gamma
rays, to hugely destructive effect. These Gamma shockwaves were capable
of utterly annihilating Fin Fang Foom and Arm'Chedon.
The
Hulk's body soaks in radiation like a sponge, using it to empower
himself. Increasing not just his usual abilities but also on occasion
his size.
Miscellaneous
Hulks And Banners Relationship
Despite
the fact that there have been many incarnations of the hulk, the one
thing that almost never changes is that hatred hulk and banner have for
each other. The banner/Hulk relationship is a lot like the Dr. Jekyll's/Mr. Hyde's.
it revolves around The good vs bad, Order vs Chaos concept, however,
banner and the hulk has a far more intriguing connection in comparison
to Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. The main difference is that Hulk is not a bad
guy, he is not the villain, he is misunderstood, and in fact, when given
the chance, he has done the right thing many numerous occasions . Hulks
hatred for banner was manifested when banners mother died at that hand
of their father, Brain Banner. Hulk acknowledges the fact that he and
Banner are one and the same, hence he blames banner for being weak and
not being able to defend their dear "mommy", and as any kid would
traditionally do, Hulk blames a part of the incident on himself, and so
he takes his anger out on Bruce, same way his father did to him out of
Fear. Their relationship can also be considered ironic, seeing as how a
small frail intelligent man gets turned into a green behemoths who is
potentially one of the strongest beings on earth. But there are more to
banner that meats the eye, banner represents will, because he is charge
of controlling a very powerful being. despite no being physically weak ,
banner the strongest when it comes to inner Strength of the mind,
because even though banner had taken hell as a child and still managed
to turn out relatively normal. Hulk on the other hand is not banners
dark side (that would be devil hulk), he represents many aspects of
Bruce, the traditional Savage hulk represents banners angry child self
who was abused by his father, he is very strong due to the fact that
most kids view themselves sometime as an unstoppable force , while the
grey hulk represents the wild teenager banner never got to be. Banner
and Hulk have cooperated before, but no matter how hard they try the
still seem to hate each other. Over the years banner has learned to use
hulk sometimes as a weapon, in fact most recently, banner has joined
shield because he has some unknown plans of his own, so instead of a
gamma bomb, Hulk will be more like a targeted UMD.
Intellect
Banner
himself, along with some Hulk incarnations, possesses a genius level
scientific intellect. Banner is one of the 8 smartest people on Earth.
No one knows gamma radiation better than he does. In his main form, hulk
has the brain of a child, however, he is by no means stupid, he can
learn new things and had used some bizarre tactics to best his enemies
before.
Psychic Link
Homing ability
We
can conclude that Hulk also has a very interesting homing ability,
since he has been able to return to New Mexico where he fist became the
Hulk on many occasions, However later Maestro's image explained that
Bruce was only able to do this because of his spirit, who was calling
for him. However this proved to be false since the hulk was still able
locate his birth place and use this homing ability after Maestro was
revived. This homing ability has also been used to find people on many
occasions. For example , Hulk was able to locate Rick Jones, Betty and
The Abomination without knowing anything about their prior whereabouts.
Gamma energy manipulation
The
hulk is able to manipulate gamma energy, he has done it many times. by
emitting gamma energy the hulk nearly demolished the eastern seaboard
with a step, destroyed a planet in the dark dimension( with help of
brute force), and afterwords absorbing gamma energy from gamma bombs and
briefly becoming 80 feet tall. Armageddon once tried to use the hulks
emitting gamma energy to bring his son back to life
Other abilities
The
events of Planet Hulk, World War Hulk, and its aftermath shed greater
light on the Hulk's abilities. On the Planet Sakaar, his blood has been
shown to transmit its regenerative abilities to making the alien flora
germinate and grow at a rapid pace. Amadeus Cho
also postulated that Banner's persona and intellect influence the Hulk
to a greater degree than previously thought. He deduced that the Hulk is
like him in many ways, able to calculate the effects of his actions to a
degree so fine that he can use the maximum amount of force in any given
time, and yet not kill anyone. Cho backed up his theory with the fact
that despite the Hulk unleashing more power than he had ever shown
before in the World War Hulk event, no one died at his hands, whether
directly or indirectly.
Combat and weapon training
While
spending time on Planet Sakaar, Hulk has learned how to fight better
with many kind of warrior/gladiator type weapons. Furthermore, it was
seen that during the time when Hiro-Kala was trying to destroy earth,
Hulk and Banner were now working together strategically to subdue their
enemy, which makes the hulk a much more formidable foe.
Longevity
Because
of his healing factor that regenerates his cells, and the gamma energy
he has absorbed that empowers him, the Hulk can live longer then is
normal. A possible future persona, the Maestro, was in physical prime in
spite of being more than one hundred years old. In another alternate
future it is implied that the Hulk's body effectively lasts forever but
there is much question if that is true.
Weaknesses
Hulk's skin can be harmed by materials such as Adamantium and Vibranium.
The Hulk can also be knocked out with gas, and is susceptible to mental
attacks, but when extremely angry Hulk usually overpowers them.
Arguably, when Hulk sees that he is being manipulated, he can overpower
them. Like when Amora was manipulating the Hulk. After being manipulated
initially, the spell broke when he sqashed the wasp between his hands.
Afterwards when Amora tried to manipulate him again, Hulk broke through.
Equipment
After Banner was deprived of the Hulk, at the hand of Red Hulk, he showed just how smart he is. His inventions include:
- Banner has a mobile operating system that he can hack sophisticated systems with in moments and seems to be controlled mentally for the most part. Banner has a specific mobile system with which he can hack many systems, and is controlled mentally
- Banner has a host of scanners with which he can scan everyone on a 50 radius. He can also send in a bot to preform advanced bio scans
- Banner has a pocket dimension teleporter in his bag, which he uses to grab things from the lab.
- Banner has managed to create a gamma old power fluid shield that can protect him from powerhouses such as Juggernaut and Skaar . Banner can also redirect the energy to increase his strength so he can lift up to 10 tons and also use it to extend his shield to protect others.
- Banner made a survival kit to survey's anywhere.
- Old powered taser is so strong that its effects are measured on the Richter Scale. At a 1.4, Banner was able to send Wolverine clear across the street and according to Bruce on a 6.9 it would be able to kill Wolverine.
After Banner was Recruited By Shield he has shown to do Much more:
- Banner has Created a purification Unit that could save all Waterborne disasters for the next five years.
- Banner Has made Catalytic Converter which could save countless Smoking induced cancers.
- A Gamma Fracker As well.
- Banner has designed a suit, but it's maximum capabilities are unknown, it is for one known that it helps resist huge amount of pressure.
- Banner also has constructed a contact lens which allows him to operate it like a computer, though thus far it has only been seen to allow banner t view his physical status.
- And since unlike the hulk, Banner can't breath underwater, the suit has a built in devise that enables Banner to breath on oxygen less environments.
- The Suit allows Banner to survive Absolute Zero temperature.
Hulk's Incarnations
Bruce
Banner's psyche is fragmented and fractured due to years of repression,
made worse by the altered genetics he was born with as well as the
irradiation from the gamma bomb accident. The incarnation that are
listed below only show thous Hulks who psychically manifested or
appeared in banners mind long enough for one to know there identities,
there are a lot of other Hulk that have appeared frozen in banners mind a
place which resembles a cave, however we don't know what they represent
or who they are.
Bruce Banner
Banners
personality usually fluctuates over time, considering that he leads a
very strange life style. Whether he likes it or not, Bruce has been
influenced by the jade Giant countless times. At one point Banner even
believed that the hulk was nothing more than a mindless monster. This
didn't stop him from perusing happiness and for a time he did manage to
be at peace with himself, but eventually he was forced to technically
commit suicide by giving his personality up to the incredible Hulk when
he had realized that no matter how hard he tried, he could never really
achieve happiness. This lead to the creation of The Mindless version of
the green skin. ( nightmare played a huge role here). When Banner
eventually came back his personality had changed drastically. Despite
the fact that this was the time where a more sinister hulk had emerged
(joe Fixit), Banner still remained hopeful for the future. Banner, as a
man of science, and as a man who had suffered a lot, believed that all
of his pain had meaning, meaning that he would never stop resisting his
urge to finely end it all. This was proven when Mercy, an alien
who granted suicidal people death, had senses Banners depression and
had attempted to kill him, believing that she was doing him a favor.
Bruce however, stood his ground and didn't give in. This new attitude
had allowed Bruce to confront the Hulk on many occasions, and had
eventually given birth to a dynamic team where Hulk and Banner would
work together.
Quite recently however, after rethinking
king his way of life , Bruce Banner came to the conclusion that the hulk
is indestructible ,meaning that he cannot be cured, therefore, he
decided that it would be for the best if he stopped trying to rid
himself of the jade giant and focus his energies on leaving a mark on
the world with his intellect. Therefore, he joined shield with a much
more confident and happy attitude. He still has episodes of anger, most
notably when he is outclassed by other prominent scientists. It's
possible that Bruce may have developed an inferiority complex due to the
fact that he has been overshadowed by his alter ego for so long, which
would explain his indignation when other egg-heads manage to stay one
step ahead of him.
The Savage Hulk
This
is the 'traditional' Hulk personality. He has been compared to a child
and resembles sometimes the intellect of a person with a really low IQ,
talking of himself in the 3rd person, mostly in fragmented sentences,
however, most people neglect the fact that the SAVAGE version can learn
from his experiences, same as any normal human being. This Hulk
typically only wants to be left alone. This is one of the most powerful
incarnations of the hulk. The savage Hulks strength is near-limitless,
but at a calm state he can lift up to 100 tons. In appearance, The
savage Hulk is a giant heavily muscled ape like creature. The Savage
Hulk represents the anger of the abused child when banner was a little
kid.
The Gray Hulk/Joe Fixit (Mr. Fixit)
The
first appearance/emergence of the Hulk was gray and only transformed
from Banner to Hulk during the night. Later, thinking the Hulk dead,
this incarnation of Hulk was able to escape to Las Vegas, working as a
'leg-breaker' for a casino owner. He remained free of Banner for months
and developed a life all his own until the transformations returned and
he was fired from his job. He is capable of lifting 70 tons. The Grey
Hulk is cunning, intelligent, arrogant, crafty, hedonistic, and distant
with a hidden conscience. The Leader once stated that the Grey Hulk was
strongest during the night of the new moon and weakest during full moon.
However, this was removed when the Hulks night based transformation was
removed. even though having the weakest base level. The Grey Hulk
represents the wild teenage side of Bruce Banner, which might explain
his perverted and deviant personality.
The Gravage Hulk
A
merge of the Savage Hulk With The Gray/Fixit Hulk. This even took place
after the battle between Green Savage and grey Hulk within Bruce
Banners mind. when Banner got rid of his inner demons, he, with help of
Doc Sampson and Maynard,
(Ringmaster) merged with his savage and grey personalities which gave
birth to something entirely new. The new Gravage Hulk had the cunning
intellect of Bruce Banner, the personality of the grey Hulk, and the raw
power and physical appearance of the green Savage Hulk.
The Merged/Professor
At
first believed to be a merged version of the Hulk, it was later
revealed that this was the professor, a completely different, fourth
personality that represented Banner's good side. Thought this Hulk was
physically the largest, he was not the strongest even though he could
lift 100 tons with ease, because Banner had made a safety protocol
subconsciously, that if this Hulk get's angry , he becomes weaker and
eventually turns into Banner with the mind of the savage Hulk, the
savage Banner if you will. The professor represents Bruce Banner's good
and forgiving side. This Hulk has a more human appearance unlike his
Savage counterpart.
The Mindless Hulks
This
Hulk originated when Nightmare broke in Banner's mind and his worst
visions and fears of the Hulk merged into another being. This is one of
the most powerful incarnations there has ever been, because Banner
cannot hold the mindless Hulk back, he can lift 100 tons at a calm
state. At this time the Hulk was being controlled by banner but he still
feared that the savage monster would break free once again. Nightmare
increased his influence until this hulk finely emerged in the surface.
In time, This hulk learned to speak in full sentences thanks to three
creatures which he created with his subconscious, since then this
personality has not been seen, it has also been suggested that he is no
longer a part of Banner's mind. However, with the help of doctor
strange, a similar incarnation to the mindless Hulk entered nightmares
dimension, and threatened to kill him. Hulk was destroying the whole
domain so nightmare asked Spider-man for his aid. Spider-man managed to
push he hulk into another dimension but before he still managed to grab
nightmare and pull him in. Nightmare has appeared since that, but this
Hulk still remains to be seen.
Microverse Hulk
While
the Hulk spent time in the Microverse, he remained intelligent and even
married. He was made king and in his wake even left the people of K'ai
worshiping him.
The Guilt
This
Hulk is the incarnation of Banner's regret. This Hulk has never
physically manifested. The Guilt Hulk fist appeared in Banner's mind as
he was tormented by his father to relieve memories of his childhood, but
Banner himself managed to defeat the Guilt Hulk. But, the Guilt Hulk
late appeared after Betty's death and he was stronger than ever, very
similar to the Devil Hulk in appearance, the Guilt Hulk almost
manifested but was stopped by the Savage Hulk, Joe Fixit, and the
professor within Banner's mind. Due to Banner's guilt this Hulk was also
very powerful and could probably list more than 100 tons. The Guilt
Hulk had claws, sharp teeth and spikes all over him body.
The Beast Hulk
The
beast Hulk represents Bruce Banners abusive Father. After The grey and
Green Hulk clashed In banners mind, They Encountered The beast hulk
thanks to Doc Sampson's Therapy. The beast Hulk easily dominated Both
The grey and Green Hulk, and has even spit fire from his mouth during
the battle. He was only defeated By Bruce Banner's strong mind. We have
not seen him since. his powers are not known, however, Brian banner once
turned into a Monster during chaos war, which was similar looking to
the Devil/Guilt Hulk. He was able to feed on The Hulks hate and shoot
flames out of his mouth.
The Maestro
The
imperfect future version of the hulk, who was driven mad by the
energies and radiation caused by the Nuclear war and became the Tyrant
of what was left of earth. This Hulk proved to be 10 times stronger than
the Gravage/professor Hulk himself because the radiation from the war
increased his strength exponentially, a young maestro was able to fight
the madness warrior Thor to a stand still. Though Maestro may be an
alternate personality of Bruce banner form a different reality, there is
a chance that Hulk could become maestro. This was demonstrated when
Hulk stared referring to himself as the maestro because a shrapnel was
stuck in Hulk's head, however he immediately snapped out when the
shrapnel was removed during a fight with Thor.
The Devil Hulk
The
personification of Banner's resentment against the world. He wishes to
destroy all of humanity once he gains control of Banner's body. Once
chained in Banner's mind, he roams free form his imprisonment. We have
not seen him since. his powers are not known, however, Brian banner once
turned into a Monster during Chaos War, which was similar looking to
the Devil/Guilt/beast Hulk. He was able to feed on The Hulk's hate and
shoot flames out of his mouth. We could make an assumption that the
devil hulks strength increases with his hate, but that is till yet to be
revealed. We can assume that the Devil Hulk can lift 100 tons, since it
took the Savage and the Grey Hulk to hold him down.
King Hulk/World War Hulk
This
version of the Hulk was a combination of efforts between Banner and the
more intelligent of the green personalities. Working with Banner's
intelligence and cooperation, Hulk took control of the planet Sakaar,
bringing peace to the land, marrying and even conceiving two children,
Skaar and Hiro-Kala. After his kingdom was demolished, he returned to
Earth to wage war on the Illuminati. The Green Scar is a very skilled
fighter since on Sakaar he used various weapons as a gladiator in the
arena. This particular version of the hulk also works with banner, and
they use many strategies to bring down his opponents, which makes him a
much more formidable foe and a great leader. The Green scar or The world
War Hulk has displayed his brute force through many feats, he is by far
the strongest hulk there has ever been, He was able to defeat the
Fantastic Four, the X-men/X-force (simultaneously), the members of the
illumination (although Black Bolt was revealed to be a skrull), Red
Hulk, the unstopable Juggernaut, the Sentry himself and he even held
planet Sakaar from falling apart with brute strength.
World Breaker Hulk
When
this Hulk reaches a certain level of anger, he enters world breaker
mode. In this state, the Hulk emits mass amounts of gamma radiation and
becomes very, very strong. The World Breaker Hulk's power was deployed
during his war against the earth, he became so mad that he caused
multiple earthquakes in North America and almost completely destroyed
the eastern seaboard along with the earth with a single footstep. We saw
the return of the World Breaker Hulk in Vegas, when he was fighting
against Armageddon, but fortunately the Hulk was able to hold back his
power. Without holding back, Hulk was easily able to destroy the planet
in the dark dimension and absorb gamma radiation to the point where he
became 80 feet for a short period of time.
Reed Richards
later states that Banner is actively suppressing the aspect of himself
dubbed the Green Scar (later renamed by the Green Scar persona himself
as the World-Breaker).
Squared Hulk
When
traveling back in time, Hulk gets doses with the same gamma radiation
which had originally turned Banner into the hulk, so the extra radiation
had therefore given birth to a completely new version of the Incredible
Hulk. Since banner originally became the "strongest there is", one can
only how powerful this new version will be.
The Uberhulk is eventually lost in time when the regular one breaks the time barrier.
Alternate Realities
Mangaverse
In this Universe, Bruce Banner discovered The Negative Zone
, but afterward he was tricked by HYDRA to build the the Energy wall in
Order to Drain it's Energy for their weapon of mass destruction, but
then the weapon was launched in created an EMP that cause a blackout for
24 hours and killed thousands. During this time Namor attacked the
surface world but was ultimately defeated by iron man. Tony rescued
banner later and erased his every memory of ever being involved with
Cerebral driver. however during the well reaction banner gained the
ability summon gods because he was exposed to gamma radiation. Unlike
the 616 Hulk, this version can call upon the Hulk when he desires, and
he is also 500 feet tall, which makes him far taller than 616 Hulk and
the tallest version of the Hulk ever.
Age of X
In
this alternate universe, Bruce Banner was a military sanctioned
scientist set with the task of helping cure mutants of their
'affliction'. A group of test volunteers was established to undergo a
Gamma-pulse type of machine that would potentially 'cure' the volunteers
of their mutant abilities. During the calibration process, one of the
mutants panicked, causing the machine to malfunction, killing the
volunteers and irradiating Banner. The malfunction and the deaths of the
mutants sent 'shrapnel' of the volunteers into Banner, so that he will
always have them as a part of him. During his transformation, Banner
became uncontrollable at first, killing his best friend and his fiance.
Banner has since become obsessed with exterminating mutants and joined a
group of 'Avengers' set upon the task of capturing/killing the outlaws.
Banner was hired by stark industries years later to reconstruct "The
Energy Wall"
Marvel 2099 (Earth-928)
In
this alternate future, a film producer named John Eisenhart was exposed
by gamma radiation by a cultist who worshiped the original Hulk called
the Knights of Banner. For more information go to: Hulk 2099
Age of Apocalypse (Earth-295)
In
this universe, where Apocalypse rule all of North America, Bruce was
never exposed to the gamma radiation, therefore, he did not became the
Hulk. In stead he became a member of the Human High Council, where he is
a scientist and weapons designer. He yearns to become a mutant so he
sold himself to Mihkail Rasputin,
one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse, to give him mutant experiments to
test on to gain superpowers. He succeed in his experiments and he can
now transform in the Thing, a creature resembling the Grey Hulk. So he
was used as a mole in the Council, but was discovered by Susan Storm and
Ben Grimm because the patterns of his injuries that was the same as the
Thing. Eventually Grey Hulk tried to stop Tony Stark and Gwen Stefany
but he couldn't.
Earth X (Earth-9997)
In
this universe, the Hulk and Bruce Banner are finally separated due to
prolonged exposure to gamma radiation. But they seem to share a mutual
relationship as they need each other to survive. Bruce has become a
child but is also blind and can only see through the Hulk's eyes. The
Hulk has become an ape-like creature that has become mentaly slow, but
still angrier than ever.
House of M (Earth-58163)
In this universe, where Magneto
rules the world, mutants are the ruling population and the humans are
the minority, Bruce is in Australia where he met a tribe of Aborigines
who will help him control his rage. When the mutants attack the tribe,
Bruce turns into the Hulk and defeats them. He later conquered the whole
continent with the help of AIM. After that, he became a father to one of the scientist of AIM, having a daughter.
Future Imperfect (Earth-9200)
In
this alternate future, nuclear war has killed all the super-humans and
the Hulk is the only one that remained. In this universe, Hulk has
become old and is ruling a city called Dystopia where he ruled in a
malevolent manner.
Marvel Zombie-verse (Earth-2149)
In
this universe, the Hulk is one of the superheroes that becomes affected
by the zombie virus. When the Silver Surfer arrives on earth he is
attacked by the zombie heroes and villains. Silver Surfer manages to
fend them of for a while but eventually he get's overwhelmed. Hulk
proceeds to eat part of the Surfer's body and therein gains a portion of
the power cosmic. When Galactus appears to eat the earth, Hulk and the
other zombie superheroes try to defeat him and devour him with the use
of the power cosmic. After eating whats left of Galactus, they set out
to other planets to try to satisfy their never-ending hunger. After
eating a planet full of skrulls,
they came back to earth where the Hulk turns back to Bruce Banner. The
other zombies try to subdue him, unfortunately Bruce turns back into the
Hulk and ate the other zombies, including Wasp.
Distraught about the loss of Janet, Sentry asked the Hulk to eat him to
put him out of his misery. Hulk eats Sentry and turns into Banner once
again. Bruce feels guilty for eating Sentry, he ask the other zombies to
kill him before he can harm more people as the Hulk.
MC2 (Earth-982)
In
this alternate future, the Hulk is now a combination of his 3
persona's; the strength of the savage hulk, the attitude of the Grey
hulk, and the intelligence of the professor. When Loki
mind controlled the majority of the old heroes, Hulk was one of them
and he was brainwashed to attack the other heroes. When he was freed and
Loki was banished to hell by Thor, Hulk joined and made sure that he
will make Loki's life worse than hell.
Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)
In
this universe, Bruce Banner is a scientist working for SHIELD. When he
combined his super soldier serum with his blood and injected it into his
system, it turned him into The Hulk. Ultimate Hulk was part of Nick
Fury's team The Ultimates.
In Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk, he was also seen tearing people apart
and literally eating them. This version of The Hulk was also taller than
his 616 counterpart, he was classified as 8'1". This version of The
Hulk gained full control of himself when he traveled to Tibet. Ultimate
Hulk however returned to his savage state and lost full control over
himself. He was shown to have also killed, dismembered and eaten The
Abomination. recently, Hulk attacked the Children of tomorrow, however
the Maker( reed) convinced that he was being used turned him against
S.H.I.E.L.D .
Personality
Unlike
his 616 counterpart, this version of the Hulk was also a lot more brutal
and violent, he was have said to have killed hundreds of civilians, and
62 of them being children. This version also has cannibalistic
tendencies, he has been seen eating people without hesitation before.
Ultimate Hulk is not a misunderstood hero, he is in fact, a monster, in
and out.
Larval Universe (Earth-8311)
In this universe, Hulk is turned into a rabbit named Hulk Bunny.
Marvel 1602 (Earth-311)
In
this universe, David Banner is the adviser of King James when he
inherited the throne. He was given the task to kill Sir Nicolas Fury.
During his mission, he was exposed with a strange energy that
transformed him into the Hulk of that reality.
Mutant X (Earth-1298)
In this reality, Yellow Jacket and Stingray
commented that Bruce has found a cure to his condition and is no longer
the Hulk or even a member of the Avengers. The Hulk in this reality is
actually Mystique impersonating the Hulk.
What If? (Earth-774)
In
this version where the Hulk has the intellect of Bruce Banner, he was
able to live a normal life and eventually got married to Betty Ross. He
also helps Mr. Fantastic on his research on returning Ben Grimm in his
normal state. They were successful and Ben's transformation resulted in
the Fantastic Four disassembling. With the help of Professor X, they created a machine more powerful than Cerebro
which they used to defeat Galactus. The victory came at a cost. They
lost their powers and Ben regressed into a less intelligent version of
the Thing.
What If? (World War Hulk)
In
this reality, the satellite bombardment that stopped the Sentry/WWH
fight destroyed Manhattan and all of the heroes within its range. The
island is now a wasteland, containing too much residual radiation for
anyone to enter. Bruce Banner survived and because of the Hulk he is
immune to the radiation surrounding him. He has buried what bodies he
could find and is setting a grave for himself when the Vision finds him.
Vision enlists Hulk in fighting for the resistance against the Skrulls,
who've invaded all aspects of life on Earth. A surprise attack lays
waste to the resistance fighters, but Hulk again survives. The Silver
Surfer responds to a beacon set off by Hulk and the Hulk forces the Silver Surfer
to summon Galactus to destroy the world, the Skrulls, and himself.
Reluctantly, the Surfer obliges and Galactus arrives to consume the new
Skrull home-world. Again, Hulk is the only living thing to survive
Galactus' onslaught. Galactus is in need of a new herald and offers to
wipe the Hulk's memories away, granting him the Power Cosmic. The Hulk
becomes the World Breaker, the "mightiest" herald of Galactus.
Earth-70105 (Bullet Points)
Doctor Banner felt personally responsible for Peter Parker's
transformation, having been one of the original inventors of the Gamma
Bomb. He worked night and day to try to find the origin of the Hulk, and
came to the conclusion that he needed a blood sample to cure him. When
he proposed this idea to Doctor Richards, he was refused, since SHIELD couldn't afford to lose him in a run-in with the Hulk.
Upset
and distracted, Banner went back to work, while beginning to dissect a
spider that survived the same blast that Peter did. The spider bit him,
altering his DNA. Since he was bitten as an adult, his body was unable
to cope, and he went on a rampage, escaping the military installation
and SHIELD's grasp for two years. After years of being in custody, along
with gene therapy, and heavy medication, Doctor Banner became the
newest member of the SHIELD family, Spider-Man.
Earth-691
In this reality, Hulk is one of the heroes that fought and died during the invasion of the Martians.
Earth-12
Earth-8545
In this reality, the Hulk is one of many heroes that have been infected by the mutated Legacy Virus combined with Warlock's technarch.
Earth-9511
In this reality, Hulk along with Thor and Thing help Hercules in the fight in Olympus. They never returned.
Earth-42777
In
this reality, Hulk was killed by Iron Man by detonating a highly
concentrated Gamma Bomb, but it also turned Wonder Man into the Hulk
which is more powerful than Bruce.
Earth Charnel (Earth-9939)
Hulk is one of the few survivors in Earth Charnel, he protects a small group of survivors in the wastelands as a member of the X-Saviors
Earth-873
Hulk was unhinged from time and he joined Time-broker's team Weapon X.
Space Punisher
His
origin in this reality is the usual one just that the accident happed
in space. Banner grew in to a green-skinned Hulk with four arms and
without the piece of trousers. He's considered the second worst threat
after Galactus. Travelers can't take a trip to Venus without
encountering him. He killed the Fantastic Four (all of them were knocked
out while Thing's arm was ripped off).
A-Babies vs. X-Babies
When
Cyclops stole Bucky Bear from Captain America, Hulk was one of the
first A-Babies assembled in response. Hulk and many other A-Babies got
into a large fight with the X-Babies and – during the ensuing chaos –
Hulk came across Bucky Bear after throwing Wolverine into space. Hulk
showed great affection for the bear but lost it when he was hit by
Mjolnir (which was returning to Thor.) Hulk was last seen staring in awe
at Jean Grey with the Phoenix and presumably ended up safely in bed
like Captain America.
Other Media
Television
The Incredible Hulk
One
of the most famous portrayals of the character was in the live action
television show where he was played by Bill Bixby (Banner) and Lou
Ferringo (Hulk). The character went through some changes during the
transition from comics to the television. For instance Bruce Banner was
renamed to David Banner and the Hulk was far weaker and less bulky. The
name change was due to a combination of Universal believing that Bruce
sounded like a "gay name" and the creator of the series, Kenneth
Johnson, desired to honor his late son by renaming Banner after him. The
de-powering of Hulk was most likely due to the restrictions of budget
and relatively poor special effects of the time.
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
The
Hulk is one of the main protagonists of the show, along with captain
America, Black Panther, Iron Man, Wasp, Ant-Man/Giant-Man and Thor.
Together they are the Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He is physically the
strongest member of the Avengers.
Hulks personality in
The Show is very similar to his attitude in comics. For all reasons,
hulk is a hero, and even though people hate him, he spends most of his
time trying to help, but despite his heart, he methods are very brutal,
especially to those who have wronged him, he has almost squeezed the
life out of black widow with one hand, and has brought major beat downs
on heavy hitters such as absorbing man and abomination. Though his
attitude isn't much to speak of either, in fact he usually acts like a
jerk around the other avengers, with the exception of wasp and hawkeye.
His personal feuds also goes towards Thor, this is because of the fact
that thor is among the big guns, there for it is natural for them to
fight over whose the strongest. However, this in no way means that they
hate each other, in fact, when It was believed that ultron had killed
thor, Hulk remarked that his fury towards the robot menace was " for Thor!". They have also acknowledged each others power before, after thor sustains a major injury hulk remarks that " Goldilocks is tough , he'll be ok" and thor has even stated that hulk is a foe to whom he does not wish to face in battle.
Avengers Assemble
Hulk is going to be one of the avengers members in the the upcoming animated series called Avengers Assemble.
Ultimate Spider-Man
The
Hulk appears in the Ultimate spider-man episode exclusive, were he and
Spider-man fight Zzzax, while spider-man also tries to project
Mary-Jane, who is filming for the daily bugle. He appears again in the
episode Homesick Hulk, where he is infected by the phalanx. Spider-man
cares for the hulk in his home while hiding him from SHEILD and his aunt
may. When the hulk recovers, the two heroes destroy the phalanx base.
In this episode, Hulk and Spider-man become good friends, with
spider-man revealing his identity to the hulk, and the Hulk agreeing to
work with Nick Fury and SHEILD because of Spider-man's advice- although
he later told Peter he did so on the promise of food.
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H
Hulk
is the main character in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. In this
series his personality is different from any other series. This hulk is
in full control of himself, and is introspective and brooding rather
than angry. He is also much more intelligent. This hulk is seemingly
Bruce Banner in Hulks body, as he has remenniced with she-hulk about
events from banners past. He is also a mature, wise, and capable leader
for the agents of S.M.A.S.H. Despite this maturity he is still short
fused and flies of the handle easily, especially where Red Hulk is
concerned.
Movies
Hulk
In 2003 movie titled Hulk
we see the story of Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic
past, who suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging
green monster when he gets angry. This connects with Bruce Banner's
father, David Banner,
who experimented on himself several years before, in search of a way to
improve the Human DNA. Bruce Banner is portrayed by Eric Bana, while
the Hulk was motion captured by the Director Ang Lee.
The Incredible Hulk
In 2008 we had a reboot of the movie version of the character with The Incredible Hulk,
this movie portraits Bruce Banner as a fugitive from the USA after his
first transformation into the Hulk led to the hospitalization of his
love Betty Ross. Bruce eventually will have to return to the United
States in his search for a cure, while trying to avoid confrontations
with the U.S Army led by General Thaddeus Ross. This movie was directed
by the french director Louis Leterrier and stars Edward Norton as Dr.
Bruce Banner.
The Avengers
In The Avengers film, directed by Joss Whedon,
Bruce Banner, who is played by Mark Ruffalo, is still a fugitive, and
at the start of the film, he is a doctor in India, and the last incident
he faced was a year ago. Pursued by Black Widow, he teams up with
S.H.I.E.L.D in the search for the Tesseract, and eventually will join as the Hulk in the fight against Loki and the Chitauri.
The Avengers 2
Hulk is set to appear in the next Avengers film to be released in 2015.
Planet Hulk
Hulk was the main character in this animated movie adaptation of Greg Pak's Planet Hulk story arc.
Hulk Vs. Thor
Loki, god of mischief, kidnapped Bruce Banner and brought him to destroy Asgard as The Hulk.
Hulk Vs. Wolverine
Wolverine and Weapon X encounters Hulk in this animated movie.
Video Games
In
video game format the character is a staple when Marvel characters are
involved and has appeared in Fantastic Four, Hulk: Ultimate Destruction,
Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, The Incredible
Hulk, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Super Hero Squad Online and several
fighting games since Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter to the
Marvel vs. Capcom series (Clash of Heroes, 2: New Age of Heroes and 3:
Fate of Two Worlds), he is also a playable character in the free-to-play
MMO Marvel Heroes and Disney Infinity.
Fuente: comicvine
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