The fantasy of the authors of the Marvel Universe knows no bounds. Readers of comics were convinced of this in the early 60s - another character with an incredible fate and abilities appeared on the pages of magazines in drawings. The Hulk, far from being Dr. Banner's secret alter ego, has outperformed many graphic novel denizens. According to IGN, the humanoid creature is ranked 9th in the list of the 100 most recognizable heroes.
Story
Compared to many Marvel comic book characters, Hulk is a newcomer, having been introduced to graphic novels by artist Jack Kirby and writer in 1962. Over the almost 60-year history, the authors have changed, but the common motives have been preserved. The character carried a social meaning, this is a fantasy about experiments in nuclear science.
“While we are experimenting with radioactivity, it is not known what can happen or how much our achievements may cost us,” Kirby noted.
Hulk's real name is Bruce Banner. This is a genius, a nuclear physicist, born in the family of a mentally unbalanced scientist Brian Banner, who was jealous of his wife for his son. As a result, his father killed his mother and ended up in a psychiatric hospital, and Bruce was taken in by his aunt.
The young man graduated from a scientific school, where he learned the basics of nuclear physics, and also in his treasury of achievements is a doctoral degree from the California Institute. After graduation, Dr. Banner joined the US military base and started creating a gamma bomb. Once, during a weapon test, he ran to save a teenager who happened to be at the training ground. The bomb exploded, covering Bruce in a wave of radiation. At sunset on the same day, the doctor turned into the Hulk.
At first, the ability to take the form of a huge monster disappeared by dawn, but subsequently Bruce Banner began to transform into a humanoid creature with incredible strength at any time due to strong negative emotions - anger or fear. Unfortunately, the Hulk completely lost the intellect of a brilliant scientist and was filled with anger.
In fact, these are two separate personalities - the monster despised the weak and pathetic Bruce. In order to somehow keep control over the alter ego, the scientist tried to irradiate himself with radiation. When I had to come to terms with the fact that the diagnosis was “not curable” and the Hulk would not just disappear, I decided to use the image of a monster to protect people and the Earth.
The “werewolf” from his very birth began to be pursued by the military, and the Hulk had to hide, although the giant just wanted solitude.
Scientific progress does not stand still: Banner was separated from the Hulk more than once, but the “lonely” monster destroyed everything, so Bruce was in a hurry to reunite with him. In one of these cases, the Hulk turned out to be the main one in this dual union - the entity acquired intelligence. In the future, Banner managed to become a man without an alter ego due to the fact that gamma radiation was removed from the body, though not for long. In the battle, the doctor again absorbed the dangerous radiation, and the Hulk returned.
The next attempts to undress the personality were not crowned with success. As the new millennium dawned, the writers were combining several personalities in the body, fighting for mind control. In the latest Marvel comics released in 2016, the Hulk died at the hands of the superhero Hawkeye. But the monster was resurrected by black magic, revealing to the world an essence that now serves evil.
Image
Thin, medium height - Dr. Banner turned into a huge muscular Hulk, whose height reached 2.6 m. The original giant appeared before comic book readers in gray, but due to printing features, the hero later turned green.
The Hulk takes the place of one of the strongest creatures on the planet, the strength depends on the degree of rage - the higher the level of anger, the more powerful the hero. He is able to hold a mountain and a neural star on his shoulders, and the impact waves pierce through several dimensions.
The speed of reactions of the Hulk also deserves admiration. When angry, the character gains hypersonic speed - movements cannot be seen with the naked eye. The ability to jump is a separate issue. The Hulk has such pumped up leg muscles that he easily overcomes five kilometers with a jump.
The giant's body is endowed with an inhuman degree of protection, conventional weapons do not injure the skin and eyes, nuclear explosions also do not cause damage. The character is afraid only of means of destruction, created from special metals vibranium and adamantine. However, the resulting wounds heal immediately after the appearance.
The Hulk easily adapts to the environment, for example, he physically felt great in outer space. The hero is helped by psychic abilities: he sees astral entities and inhabitants of other worlds.
A half-dressed Hulk in lilac pants defeats enemies with his bare hands. But after all, the frightening giant from time to time returns to his "native" body, and this is a completely different matter - Banner is not so hardy and strong, so the doctor carries with him the necessary set of tools and weapons.
Genius uses a mobile operating system that opens any device. Bruce's protection and assistant is a shield of gamma radiation, which allows him to walk on water, lift a huge weight, and thanks to the energy of the device, wounds on the body heal instantly.
The doctor navigates the terrain, armed with a scanner with "intelligence", moves in space with the help of a teleport bag. The scientist invented matter from unstable molecules that does not break when he turns into the Hulk. And also always with Bill a special suit that helps to survive in extreme conditions - breathe underwater, withstand temperature and pressure.
Friends and Enemies
Throughout the history of existence on the pages of graphic novels, Marvel Hulk managed to face almost all the heroes and villains. The character was included in the founding group of the Avengers team. Together with Wasp and Ant-Man, he defeated the evil god. But soon he left the ranks of the organization, giving way to the head. After that, the "Avengers" moved into the category of enemies of the green mutant. However, sometimes the Hulk teamed up with the team, for example, against the X-Men.
Another team that has adopted a humanoid is the Defenders. Its leader warmly treated the Hulk and even allowed him to live in his house. The character was also friends with the Sentinel, who is able to pacify a friend. And Bruce Banner's heart belonged to Betty Ross, daughter of General Thaddeus Thunderbolt.
The Hulk fought alien creatures that attempted to land on Earth, with Chinese and Russian villains, prevented the invasion of the toad people on the planet, opposed the ruler of the underworld.
Films
Hulk in the title role appeared on television in 1977, held the attention of the audience for five years. The success of the continuation of the tape was repeated in 1988 - the series was delayed on blue screens for two years. The dual nature was played by Bill Bixby (Bruce Banner) and Lou Ferrigno (Hulk).
Children also fell in love with the green mutant - the artists placed him in a dozen full-length cartoons:
- 2006 - "Ultimate Avengers"
- 2006 - "Ultimate Avengers 2"
- 2008 - New Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
- 2009 - "Hulk vs. Wolverine"
- 2009 - Hulk vs Thor
- 2010 - "Planet Hulk"
- 2013 - "Iron Man and Hulk: Alliance of Heroes"
- 2013 - "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel"
- 2014 - Iron Man and Captain America: Alliance of Heroes
- 2014 - Avengers X-Files: Black Widow and the Punisher
- 2015 - "Adventures of superheroes. Frosty fight»
- 2016 - "Hulk: Where the Monsters Dwell"
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has created six films where the Hulk either plays the lead or takes a supporting role.
Fans of cinema, based on comic book plots, expect the seventh film with the participation of the giant in 2018. Edward Norton. And since 2012, the Hulk appears in the face.
Developing romantic lines, the writers decided to give Bruce's heart to the superheroine Black Widow. The romance between the characters, embodied by Mark Ruffalo and, broke out in the Avengers: Age of Ultron film. In the film next year, the love story will continue.
- To show the power of the Hulk's jumps, the comic book writers once almost sent the hero off the Earth - that's how far he jumped.
- Fans of graphic novels figured out that if the Hulk needed shoes, they would be size 87.
- 69 artists, 35 web designers and 41 animators worked on the humanization of the green monster in the film "Hulk" (2003).
- Bruce Banner is absent from the Planet Hulk cartoon for the first time.
The incredible Hulk (The Incredible Hulk) appeared in comics in 1962, and since then his story has managed to throw many surprises to readers. He got smarter, dumber, changed color, became a gangster, took control of Bruce Banner, or passed under his control, defended the Microverse, fought inner demons, managed to become a gladiator, king and conqueror, but for most readers he remains the embodiment of strength and fury .
Bruce Banner was born into the family of a feisty, perennial scientist, Brian Banner, and his wife, kind and loving Rebecca. Brian hated his son. He was jealous that his son was getting more attention than he was, and suspected that because of his work with radiation, his son was born a mutant. As a result, Brian killed his wife and was put in a psychiatric hospital, and Bruce was raised by a kind aunt. He went to college, where he began to study radiation. There he met Tony Stark (future Iron Man) and Walter Langkowski (future Sasquatch). He subsequently took a job at a military base under the command of General Thaddeus Ross, where Bruce began developing the gamma bomb.
While testing a gamma bomb, a young guy, Rick Jones, went to the test site. Bruce ran to remove him from the landfill, instructing an employee, Igor Starsky, to hold back the report. But, being a Soviet spy, Igor did not stop the countdown, hoping that Bruce would die in the explosion and the project would be frozen. Something went wrong. The bomb exploded, Bruce managed to push Rick into the ditch, but he himself received a powerful charge of gamma radiation. And that same evening he turned into the Hulk. Gray. Later, the authors and artists decided that green looks cooler.
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At first, Bruce turned into the Hulk at night. The Hulk was still a brawler, so Bruce hid in the evening in a cave with an armored door that the Hulk could not overcome. But over time, Bruce's body mutated in such a way that the Hulk appeared after an adrenaline rush, most often after an outburst of anger. However, it worked both ways: angry - he became the Hulk, even more angry - he became Banner again. The uncertainty was only exacerbated by the fact that Bruce deliberately continued to irradiate himself with gamma radiation in order to turn into the Hulk when he needed it. True, he was not really able to control the Hulk, it was, in fact, a separate person who despises Bruce for his weakness and craving for control.
Most of the time, the Hulk just wanted to be left alone, but he always ran into trouble. The aliens will try to take over the Earth. Then supervillains from China, Russia and other countries of potential opponents will attack. Then the heroes will be set against him (Ben Grimm from the Fantastic Four became the Hulk's constant rival). It was the Hulk who, having become Loki's pawn, became the reason for the creation of the Avengers team. He became one of the founders of the team, but left it rather quickly, as the rest of the team did not particularly trust him.
The Hulk ran up against both villains and heroes, he was repeatedly tried to use as a pawn (and later regretted it) villains like the Mandarin or the Leader. He was driven by the army, the Avengers and X-Men ran into him, he opposed the rulers of the underworld. In one of the adventures, he shrunk and ended up in the microverse, where he fell in love (quite mutually) with Princess Jarella. She did not live long after that. But the Hulk became a classic member of the Defenders team. (The Defenders), along with Doctor Strange, the Silver Surfer and Namor.
Bruce Banner and the Hulk broke up multiple times, scientifically or magically, it was possible to separate the Hulk from Bruce. But each time it ended with the fact that, deprived of Banner's moralism, the Hulk began to destroy everything around, and Bruce had to get out to reunite. One such way didn't so much separate Bruce and the Hulk as it made the Hulk the dominant side. The Hulk stopped turning into Bruce Banner, his skin turned gray, he wised up and moved into gangsters.
marvel comics Taking on the nickname "Joe Fixit", Hulk worked for a casino owner for a while. The end of his criminal career came due to the machinations of a mafia organization known as the Maggia. Soon after this, the Hulk began to be torn apart by internal conflicts - his civilized, gray side was at war with a wild green essence. However, with the help of hypnosis, the mind of the Gray Hulk was combined with the power of the Green Hulk, resulting in a smart and strong monster. The Hulk then temporarily joined the Pantheon. (Pantheon), a team of demigods.
Questions of self-control in the life of the Hulk rose when he had a chance to fight the Maestro - the Hulk from the future, in which he killed all the heroes and became a tyrant. After that, Bruce began to be afraid of losing control, he did not want to turn into a Maestro. Several times, when Betty, his wife, was injured, he reached the boiling point. So much so that from a smart Hulk he turned into Bruce Banner with a human body and the mind of a wild, dumb Hulk. Subsequently, the Hulk sacrificed himself during the battle with Onslaught and was reborn in a pocket universe where all the heroes were a little "not like that." But then everything went back to normal.
After Betty's death due to Abomination's blood transfusion (Abomination replaced the Hulk's blood with his own), Bruce went insane and tried to commit suicide. Repeatedly. All to no avail - before his death, he turned into the Hulk, and the suicide did not work out. Having abandoned unsuccessful suicide attempts, Bruce went to live as a hermit in Alaska. However, Nick Fury tracked him down and begged him to go into space and deactivate the Hydra weapon, capable of detonating all the world's atomic bombs at the same time. Yes, the trouble is - the shuttle that was sent for the Hulk did not go back to Earth, but into the depths of space - the Illuminati superhero company decided to take the opportunity to remove the green monster away from Earth.
The shuttle with the Hulk got to the planet Sakaar, passing through a wormhole, which greatly weakened the Hulk. There he was forced to become a gladiator, but gradually regained his strength and led a rebellion, as a result of which he became the new ruler of the planet. Shortly thereafter, the Hulk's shuttle exploded, killing several million of his subjects (and his pregnant wife), and enraged, the Hulk traveled to Earth seeking revenge. He pretty much piled on a bunch of heroes, but eventually deflated and was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. Not for long - he escaped, managed to fight with the new, Red Hulk, and take part in a space battle. In one of the battles, the Red Hulk pumped out all the gamma radiation from Bruce Banner's body, making him a normal person. Not for long, of course - during the confrontation with the AIM organization, Bruce had to absorb an incredible amount of gamma radiation, and he again became the Hulk.
marvel comics When the Hammers of the Worthy fell on Earth, the Hulk found one of them and turned into Nul, the Breaker of Worlds. (Nul, Breaker of Worlds) . He made a bit of a brawl, but he didn’t have time to figure out real problems - Thor threw Nul into orbit. After landing in Romania, Nul went to face off against Dracula. There, the Hulk overcame Nul's influence and once again decided to get rid of Banner. To do this, he turned to Doctor Doom, removed a piece of the brain with Bruce's consciousness and transplanted it into a cloned body of Bruce that was not irradiated with gamma radiation. The Hulk went to live underground, and Bruce went crazy and began to experiment, trying to turn into the Hulk.
It turned out that without Banner, the Hulk gets smarter, and without the Hulk, Banner goes crazy. In another conflict, Bruce Banner died, and his consciousness returned to the body of the Hulk. At the same time, the Hulk became a dominant personality - it was not Banner who turned into him out of anger, but he turned into Bruce when he calmed down. The Hulk helped the Avengers fight the X-Men, and began helping S.H.I.E.L.D., both as the Hulk and as a genius inventor.
Bruce Banner was seriously injured when he was shot by an organization believing that his existence in the future would harm space and time. Tony Stark cured him with the Extremis virus. After that, the Hulk became incredibly smart, began to call himself "Doc Green", and decided to rid the world of gamma-mutated creatures such as himself. He developed a serum and set off to deprive allies and enemies of gamma forces, but in the end he realized that it was possible to turn into a Maestro in this way, and scored on this idea. Subsequently, he had to absorb excess radiation from the reactor that began to fail, and he was threatened with the possibility of exploding. Excess radiation (and the personality of the Hulk) was pumped out of Bruce and pumped into himself by the young genius Amadeus Cho, thus giving readers the Asian Hulk.
In the latest comics, a young Inhuman showed up, able to see the future. Carol Danvers is busy fixing the future by arresting criminals before they break the law. Another vision showed how the Hulk kills superheroes. Carol and the whole team went to Banner's house, and while Bruce tried to explain that this was a mistake, he was killed with a special arrow that he gave Hawkeye in case the Hulk suddenly got out of control.
How and when did the Hulk appear:
The Hulk (Dr. Robert Bruce Banner; Eng. Hulk, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner) is a fantasy superhero appearing in Marvel Comics publications. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). He has since become one of the most recognizable Marvel Comics characters. In the first issue, the Hulk was not green, but gray. Marvel writer and editor-in-chief Lee wanted a color that didn't suggest any ethnic group. Colorist Stan Goldberg, however, insisted that the color technology of the time could not represent gray clearly or consistently, causing the release to have varying shades of gray and even green. From issue #2 (July 1962) onward, Goldberg dyed the Hulk's skin green.
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Bruce Banner
The basis of the Hulk, Bruce Banner has been portrayed in different ways by different writers, but common themes persist. Banner is a genius, but devoid of emotion in most of his portrayals. He developed the gamma bomb that caused his misfortune, and the ironic twist of his self-inflicted fate was one of the most recurring common themes. Ari Kaplan describes the character this way: "Bruce Banner lives in a constant state of panic, always afraid that the monster inside him will break free, and thus he cannot form significant bonds with anyone."
In the process of publishing the Hulk story, the writers continued to frame Bruce Banner in these tones. For various authors, his fractured personality has led to transformations into different versions of the Hulk. These transformations are usually unintentional, and often authors have associated the transformation with emotional triggers such as rage and fear. As the series progressed, various writers reworked the Hulk, altering his personality to reflect changes in Banner's physiology or psyche. The writers also refreshed and changed some aspects of Banner's personality, showing him emotionally depressed, but capable of deep love for Betty Ross and resolution of his problems. Written by Paul Jenkins, Banner was shown to be a capable fugitive who uses the deductive method to figure out the events going on around him. When Banner controlled the Hulk's body, he applied the principles of physics to problems and challenges and used deductive reasoning.
Hulk
During an experimental explosion of a gamma bomb, scientist Bruce Banner rushed to save a teenager who had arrived at the test site. After pushing the boy, Rick Jones, into the trench, Banner himself was caught in the explosion, receiving a massive dose of radiation. He later woke up in the infirmary, seemingly relatively unharmed, but at night transformed into a bulky gray form, crashed through the wall, and escaped. A soldier from the ensuing search party named the otherwise unidentified creature a "hulk" (eng. hulk). The Hulk possesses an incredible level of superhuman physical strength. His power is potentially limitless, as it increases in proportion to the level of emotional stress, anger in particular. The Hulk is capable of lifting over 150 billion tons if he gets angry enough, and that's not the limit. The Hulk is also resistant to physical poisons and drugs (such as sleep gas). The Hulk can withstand artillery fire and high temperatures without harming his body.
The Hulk uses his super strong leg muscles to jump great distances. The Hulk has been known to travel hundreds of miles in a single jump and somehow jumped nearly the length of Earth's orbit. The Hulk has shown a high resistance to physical damage almost regardless of the cause, and has also shown resistance to extreme temperatures (65,000°C), poisons, and disease in addition to regenerating damaged or destroyed areas of tissue.
The Hulk's body also contains a gland that makes "oxidized per fluorocarbon emulsion" which pressurizes the Hulk's lungs and effectively allows him to breathe underwater and move quickly between varying depths without problems with nitrogen poisoning or decompression.
Like Bruce Banner (and the Combined/Professor Hulk) he is considered one of the Earth's greatest minds. He is an expert in the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering and physiology and has a PhD in nuclear physics. He possesses "a mind so ingenious that it cannot be limited by any test of intelligence."
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Date of birth: unknown
Real name: Robert Bruce Banner
Aliases: Gray Hulk, Joey Fixit, Professor Hulk, Mr. Green, Jade Jaws, Green Goliath, Ol "Green skin), Incredible Hulk,Indestructible Hulk, La Mole
Relatives: Father (crazy) - Brian Banner, mother (deceased) - Rebecca Banner, aunt (possibly deceased) - Susanna (Susan Drake-Banner), aunt (deceased) - Elaine Banner- Walters (Elaine Banner-Walters), uncle - Morris Walters (Morris Walters), former father-in-law - Thaddeus Ross (Thaddeus Ross), mother-in-law (dead) - Karen Lee (Karen Lee), first wife (divorced) - Betty Ross (Betty Ross), second wife (deceased) - Caiera, cousin - Jennifer Walters, possible daughter - Carmilla Black, son - Skaar, son - Hiro-Kala ), daughter - Lara (Lyra), clone - Behemoth (Behemoth), clone (dead) - Bruce Banner (Bruce Banner),
Gender: Male
Height: 177 cm (Banner), 200 cm to 264 cm (Hulk)
Weight: 58 kg (Banner), from 350 kg to 1.000 kg. (Hulk)
Eye Color: Brown (Banner), Black/Green/Grey (Hulk)
Hair Color: Brown (Banner), Black/Brown/Green (Hulk)
Skin Colour: White (Banner), Grey/Green (Hulk)
Position: Changeable
Universe: Earth-616 (Earth-616)
Origin: Dayton, Ohio
First Appearance: Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Creators: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Description of the Hulk
Robert Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, is one of the most popular characters in Marvel comics. He first appears in The Incredible Hulk #1 in 1962. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character has gained a lot of popularity with readers since the very first issues.
The Hulk is the incarnation of Bruce Banner, a humanoid monster with developed muscle mass and enormous physical strength, depending on the degree of rage. Bruce Banner himself is a brilliant scientist, a nuclear physicist, who fell under a wave of radiation during an experiment on the explosion of a Gamma bomb and received a mutation as a result. The mutation allowed Banner to transform into the rampaging monster Hulk, which is a separate entity. During the existence of the hero, the color of the Hulk's skin changed more than once from gray to green. The very principle of transformation into the Hulk also changed. If at the beginning of the existence of the superhero the Hulk appeared at night, then later the reason for the transformation into a monster directly depended on the emotional state of Banner and the amount of adrenaline in his blood. However, the writers did not stop there and gave the Hulk many incarnations, embodying the different psychic sides of Bruce Banner. So, readers got acquainted with the Wild Hulk, the Gray Hulk, the United Hulk, the Devil Hulk, the Hulk of Guilt, the Green Hulk and others.
During its existence, the Hulk, perhaps, opposed almost all the superheroes and supervillains of Marvel comics. Currently ranked #9 on IGN's list of the 100 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time, Hulk has his own comic book series and is a favorite of many readers.
Biography of the Hulk
Robert Bruce Banner is the son of Dr. Brian Banner, an atomic physicist, and his wife, Rebecca. Despite the fact that Brian loved Rebecca and was attached to her, he hated his child. Brian was very jealous of his beloved son, seeing that he was the main object of her love. In addition, Brian believed that the radiation at work affected his DNA and that his son is a mutant. One day, Brian finally went crazy, beat Bruce and killed his wife. He was later sent to a psychiatric hospital. Despite the fact that Bruce knew the grief and anger of a crazy father in early childhood, he was a gifted boy, in fact - a child prodigy. The young man was given to the education of his aunt - Mrs. Drake.
After graduating from science school, Bruce studied nuclear physics in Navajo, New Mexico. He was one of the best students and later studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he met with Walter Langowski (Bigfoot). Bruce is pursuing his PhD in nuclear physics from the California Institute of Technology.
In the end, as a genius in the field of nuclear physics, Banner began work at the US Department of Defense at a military base in New Mexico. There he meets the commander of the base, General Feddeus Ross, later known as the Red Hulk. He also meets his daughter, Betty Ross, with whom he develops a mutual sympathy and later love. Banner worked on the creation of the "Gamma bomb" or "G-bomb" - a nuclear weapon with a high level of gamma radiation.
When the first tests of the Gamma bomb began, Banner supervised the process of underground detonation. After the start of the tests, it was found that the security regime was violated and an outsider got to the test site. It turned out to be a teenager Rick Jones. Banner instructed his colleague Igor Starsky to stop the countdown until the civilian was eliminated, after which he headed to the danger zone to Jones. Meanwhile, Igor Starsky, as it turned out, being a Soviet agent, did nothing to stop the countdown. Igor hoped that Banner would die during the explosion of the bomb, and experiments to create new weapons would come to a standstill. At this time, in the danger zone, Banner managed to find a civilian and throw him into a protective trench. The scientist himself did not have time to protect himself and ended up in the epicenter of the Gamma bomb explosion.
Strong gamma waves reached Bruce and heavily irradiated. Due to an unknown genetic factor in the scientist's body, he was not killed by the radiation. However, the beams caused a mutation in Banner's body, resulting in him transforming into a powerful, gray-skinned humanoid monster called the "Hulk".
In his first transformation, Banner became the Hulk at sunset and returned to his human form at dawn. Later, the mutation took on a slightly different character. The transformation began to take place with the release of adrenaline. As a rule, this happened when Banner was highly aroused, both during the day and at night.
Normally, the transformation into the Hulk would greatly reduce Banner's mental abilities and memory, while lowering his threshold for violent excitability. The Hulk's destructive behavior caused the military to try to contain and subdue him, but all their attempts ended in failure. The Hulk also had an assistant - Rick Johnson. The teenager felt responsible for the mutation that happened to the doctor and helped him hide from the military. Initially, the Hulk and Banner were different personalities, but from the first issues of the comics, the Hulk spoke of himself in the third person. Typically, apart from General Thaddeus' attempts to capture the Hulk, Banner had serious enemies based on radiation, such as the Warchief and the Gargoyle. Beloved Hulk - the daughter of General Thaddeus - Betty condemned her father for trying to catch him and tried to help Bruce.
In the following adventures, the Hulk's skin color was changed to green, and Bruce was given the ability to sometimes take mind control of the Hulk. In an attempt to control his transformations, Banner built his own gamma ray machine, which turned him into the Hulk but prevented him from transforming back.
In further comics, the Hulk faced various opponents. During his history, he opposed almost all the supervillains and superheroes of Marvel. The character has changed frequently. At one time, he was even returned to the classic gray skin color. Since 2000, the writers have decided to unite in the body many personalities who fought among themselves for the right to control the mind. It is believed that the Hulk's incarnations are various aspects of Banner's psyche. Consider the main incarnations known today.
Hulk incarnations
Bruce Banner
Is the main emotionally depressed personality. He has a genius intellect and can transform into different versions of the Hulk. At the same time, versions of the Hulk can only transform back into Bruce Banner.
Wild Hulk
The Wild Hulk is one of the most common versions of the Hulk. He has meager intelligence, the temperament of a child, and tends to refer to himself in the third person. He often claims that he is only looking for peace. Outwardly, he is usually depicted as a green humanoid monster with highly developed muscles and simian habits. The strength of such an incarnation of the Hulk comes from the degree of his rage and directly depends on it.
Gray Hulk
One of the smallest version of the Hulk. It has an average level of intelligence, great cunning and deceit. In most cases, the Gray Hulk performs at night. His powers depend on the phase of the moon and reach their peak at the new moon. Also, the Gray Hulk prefers to wear costumes and performs under the pseudonym Joey Fixit (Joe Fixit).
Mixed Hulk
It is the result of the fusion of the Gray and Wild Hulk. This mixture was obtained using a gamma projector, a device developed by Banner to control the transformations. This version of the Hulk is distinguished by the cunning of the Gray Hulk and the brute strength of the Wild Hulk.
United Hulk
The combined Hulk is believed to be the result of a merger between Banner, the Gray Hulk, and the Wild Hulk. The personality of the United Hulk was not just a mixture of all entities, but, a kind of ideal version of Banner. Not surprisingly, this incarnation often partnered with other superheroes, and sometimes led entire teams. This incarnation refers to himself as "The Professor" and is the largest of the three major versions of the Hulk. Even though the Combined Hulk has a higher level of power, he does have a subconscious limitation set by Bruce Banner. If the Hulk's rage level reaches a certain level, the Hulk will transform back into Banner. This feature makes the United Hulk a priori weaker than other incarnations.
Devil Hulk
The Devil Hulk is the embodiment of Banner's grief and resentment. The immoral personality of the Hulk is constantly trying to break out of control and destroy the entire world in retaliation for the experience.
Hulk Guilt
Another incarnation of Banner's personality based on his regret. Guilt Hulk originally appeared in Banner's mind as a father figure. It evoked negative childhood memories, forcing Bruce to relive those tragic events. Ultimately, Banner manages to suppress this incarnation, but it still returned in moments of strong emotional breakdown. This incarnation was distinguished by its enormous size and enormous physical strength. Also, this Hulk had claws, spikes all over his body and could breathe fire.
King Hulk (Green Hulk)
One of Banner's latest incarnations, the Green Hulk, exhibits the Wild Hulk's great intelligence and great strength. Also in the comics, he is shown to be as peaceful as Banner. It is later revealed that the Green Hulk is a mixture of Banner's personality and the Wild Hulk's. It's a kind of symbiosis, without trying to gain control over each other. The result is a version that has all the virtues of the Wild Hulk and Banner, and virtually no flaws or limitations. At first, this incarnation was weaker than the Wild Hulk, but later his strength and size increased so much that they surpassed all other versions.
Hulk's abilities
The Hulk is one of the strongest creatures on Earth, as his strength and abilities increase with his rage level.
Transformation
The process by which Bruce Banner usually transforms into the Hulk is presumably dependent on the catalyst, adrenaline. Like a normal person, Banner releases adrenaline in moments of fear, rage, or stress. In ordinary people, the release of adrenaline slightly increases physical abilities. But for Banner, this process causes complex chemical reactions, as a result of which he undergoes a transformation into the Hulk. The total transformation time can take from a few seconds to five minutes, depending on the amount of adrenaline and the level of the initial stimulus. After the transformation, the Hulk begins to slowly reduce the level of adrenaline without annoying factors. Despite being directly dependent on the amount of adrenaline, Banner's ability to transform is not fully known. There are cases when the transformation takes place without any increase in heart rate. This suggests that the true nature of the transformation depends more on Bruce's psychological state.
Superhuman strength
The Hulk has almost limitless physical strength. However, each of the Hulk's incarnations has a base level of strength. So, the Gray Hulk in a calm state can lift about 70 tons, and the Wild Hulk lifts 90 tons. A higher level of power is achieved by increasing the level of anger/excitement/stress. In some incarnations, Banner manages to keep the Hulk at bay and his rage level cannot rise above a certain level, but in most cases, the Hulk's power potential is limitless. So, once he was seen holding a falling mountain weighing 150 billion tons.
Superhuman ability to jump
The Hulk can use his developed leg muscles to jump long distances. During a big rage, he can jump up to three miles. However, at a higher level of rage, the Hulk showed a jump and 1000 miles. Once the Hulk made a high jump and almost flew out of the Earth.
Superhuman Stamina
The Hulk's body is able to counteract the poison that is produced during physical activity. Physical stamina can keep the Hulk alive for several days, but it is also affected by rage and can be greatly increased.
Superhuman durability
In addition to great strength, the Hulk's body has a high degree of protection. The Hulk's skin is impenetrable to conventional weapons. Adamantine and vibranium are among the few metals capable of harming the Hulk. The invulnerability extends to his eyes as well. The Hulk is able to withstand a direct eye shot from a sniper rifle, a massive explosion, high pressure, and even a fall from orbital altitude. There were cases when the Hulk was able to survive being in the midst of a nuclear explosion.
Regeneration
Despite being highly resistant to physical damage, the Hulk is sometimes injured. At such moments, the regeneration process is activated, which allows you to quickly heal wounds, internal organs and even limbs. The healing rate is so fast that the Hulk's injuries heal immediately after they are applied.
Immunity to diseases and viruses
The Hulk is immune to all known earthly diseases and viruses.
Durability
Thanks to gamma energy and the ability to regenerate, the Hulk's aging process is significantly slowed down. When confronted by an alternate Hulk from the future, it was implied that he could even live forever.
Adaptation to the environment
There have been instances in the comics where the Hulk has been in outer space for extended periods of time. During this time, he not only did not experience suffocation, but also fully functioned. Because of such cases, the theory has arisen that the Hulk can adapt to the environment in which he finds himself and successfully function in it.
extrasensory perception
The Hulk has a unique extrasensory perception trait. This allows him to observe astral forms invisible to the average person. This power has been demonstrated by him more than once in the comics. There is a theory that the Hulk developed this ability thanks to Banner. Bruce was subconsciously afraid of meeting his father's ghost and learned to view the "invisible world". Later it became clear that the ability belongs not only to Banner, but also to the Hulk, and in a much stronger form.
Possibility of homing to the place of creation
The Hulk has a mystical homing ability that allows him to locate the exact location in New Mexico when he first made the transformation after the G-bomb detonated. A similar flair works even when the Hulk is in another dimension.
Gamma radiation
After Banner makes the transformation, he immediately starts generating gamma energy around him. It is not known exactly how the Hulk emits and controls such energy, but his enemies in the comics have tried to take advantage of this feature on numerous occasions.
Hulk equipment
Despite the fact that the Hulk fights without weapons and special devices, his alter ego Bruce Banner wears many devices to help in different situations.
Mobile system
Banner has a mobile operating system with which he can hack various devices, as well as mentally give commands to his devices.
Energy Shield
Banner created an energy shield based on gamma radiation. With it, he can be protected from many creatures, heal injuries, move on the surface of the water and lift loads weighing several tons.
Teleport bag
Bruce created a special teleporter in the form of a bag. It is connected with the laboratory and allows you to get any thing out of it. Also, with the help of the device, he can teleport himself.
Automatic scanners
Banner carries scanners with him at all times, constantly scanning the area within a 50-foot radius. He can also send a special scanner robot to scan the area in more detail.
Shorts made of unstable molecules
Bruce wore special shorts made from unstable molecules. This thing was not torn when the transformation into the Hulk and the reverse transformation took place. The shorts came with a special belt that held Banner's main devices.
Banner Suit
Unlike the Hulk, Bruce Banner cannot survive in difficult human conditions. Therefore, he developed a special suit with which he could breathe oxygen under water and survive at high and low temperatures. Also, the suit is able to withstand a lot of pressure. An exhaustive list of suit properties is still unknown.
In contact with
As a child, Banner had a hard time, and it had a big impact on his psyche. The cruel father constantly called the boy a monster and beat his mother. As a result, Bruce had a split personality, and all the negativity accumulated in a separate part of his consciousness. Once, during a quarrel, Banner Sr. accidentally killed his wife, and since then Bruce has not lived at home, but with one or another relative. Over the years, his intellect developed more and more, the boy gradually turned into a real genius.
Hulk's first love
Growing up, Banner became a prominent scientist and was recruited by the US Army to help Bruce develop new weapons for it. He was sent under the command of General Thaddeus Ross, nicknamed the Thunderer.
Having met Thaddeus' daughter Betty, Banner realized that he had found a kindred spirit, and a romantic attraction arose between him and the girl.
Gamma Bomb and Hulk
Soon, Bruce developed a project for a gamma bomb - a device that hits targets with radiation.
On the day of the test, a teenager Rick Jones accidentally got to the site where the experiment was going on, who had no idea about the danger that threatened him.
Bruce barely had time to save the boy at the very last moment before the bomb went off.
But he had to pay a heavy price for this: Banner himself was exposed to radiation, and every cell of his body was now poisoned by radiation.
Army scientists could not figure out what happened to Bruce.
He felt completely normal, but it was soon discovered that now, during bouts of anger, Banner turns into a huge green monster called the Hulk (Eng. Hulk)!
For a long time, Bruce tried to find a cure for transformations and get rid of the giant's appearances.
At first, he managed to hide it from others, despite the fact that the military found out about the existence of the Hulk.
But eventually the world learned the truth, and Banner became a recluse trying to protect people from the threat lurking within him.
Hulk and Wolverine
The mind of a child in the Hulk
Over time, the Hulk has changed a lot. At first he considered all people miserable and worthless.
But then his consciousness became more childish and naive.
The giant didn't understand why people were after him, he just wanted everyone to leave him alone.
Eventually psychiatrist Dr. Samson figured out what was what: every Hulk personality was part of Banner's split consciousness.
For some time, the doctor even managed to restore it by creating the Hulk with the intellect of Bruce, but the patient did not stay in this state for long.
For many years, the Hulk proved that he was not only a destroyer, but also a good force.
The giant was one of the first members of the Avengers team, although he often quarreled with the heroes.
In addition, the green giant has repeatedly saved our planet from enemies, along with a detachment of Defenders. But most of the time, he prefers to be alone so as not to cause pain and suffering to anyone.
Planet Hulk
Soon the Hulk settled in Alaska far from all mankind.
His loneliness did not last long: Nick Fury found Banner and asked him to help SHIELD neutralize a deadly satellite orbiting the Earth.
He agreed, but after completing the mission, the ship was launched into the depths of space right with the Hulk on board.
This was the work of the Illuminati, who decided to get rid of Bruce.
As a result, he ended up on the planet Sakaar - a wild world inhabited by many extraterrestrial races. The Hulk was caught and sold into slavery, forced to serve the new masters.
Forced to become a gladiator in the arena of the Red King of Sakaar, the Hulk befriended other warriors and created the Battle Brotherhood, a team of the most powerful warriors on the planet and its environs.
As a result, he defeated the King in a fair fight.
One day, people saw the blood of the Hulk spill on the ground, and a flower bloomed on this place.
They immediately believed that the giant was the hero of a legendary prophecy about the son of Sakaar, who would lead the slaves to victory.
As a result, the Hulk rebelled against the Red King, took his throne and married his comrade-in-arms Cayera. He finally found peace of mind and even began to improve the lives of the Sakaarans, but soon the ship in which the Hulk arrived on the planet exploded and killed millions of people, including Cayera.
Hulk family
Hulk family
After the return of the hero to Earth, a new Red Hulk appeared (who was actually General Ross), and then Skaar arrived from Sakaar, the son of Cayera and the green giant, who dreams of finding and defeating his father.
