Халк

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Брюс Баннер Халк
Обложка выпуска комиксов The Immortal Hulk # 20 (июль 2019 г.) Искусство Дейла Киоуна и Питера Штайгервальда
Информация о публикации
Издатель	Комиксы Марвел
Первое появление	Невероятный Халк # 1 (май 1962 г.)
Создано	Стэн Ли Джек Кирби
Информация в истории
Полное имя	Роберт Брюс Баннер
Разновидность	Человек мутирует
Принадлежность к команде	Мстители Защитники Всадники Апокалипсиса Фантастическая четверка Пантеон связанный с войной РАЗГРОМИТЬ Тайные Мстители
Партнерство	Женщина-Халк
Известные псевдонимы	Джо Фиксит, Разрушитель Миров, Бессмертный Халк / Дьявольский Халк, Нефритовый Гигант, Нефритовые Челюсти, Док Грин, Вина Халк/Вина , Война
Способности	В роли Брюса Бэннера/Дока Грина: гениального уровня Интеллект Опытный учёный и инженер Как исправлено Халком/Джо: Сверхчеловеческая сила, скорость, выносливость и долговечность. Расширение возможностей гнева Регенерация Генерация ударной волны Гамма-излучение и манипуляции Способность видеть призраков

Халк издаваемых — супергерой, появляющийся в американских комиксах, Marvel Comics . Созданный писателем Стэном Ли и художником Джеком Кирби , персонаж впервые появился в дебютном выпуске «Невероятного Халка» (май 1962 года). В своих появлениях в комиксах персонаж, страдающий диссоциативным расстройством личности (ДРИ), в первую очередь представлен альтер-эго Халком, зеленокожим, неповоротливым и мускулистым гуманоидом, обладающим безграничной степенью физической силы, и альтер-эго доктором. Роберт Брюс Бэннер , физически слабый, социально замкнутый и эмоционально сдержанный физик, оба из которых обычно обижаются друг на друга.

После случайного воздействия гамма-лучей во время спасения жизни Рика Джонса во время взрыва экспериментальной бомбы, Бэннер физически превращается в Халка, когда подвергается эмоциональному стрессу, по его воле или против него. Эта трансформация часто приводит к разрушительным буйствам и конфликтам, которые усложняют гражданскую жизнь Бэннера. Уровень силы Халка обычно пропорционален уровню его гнева. Обычно изображаемый как разъяренный дикарь, Халк изображался и с другими альтер-эго: от бездумной, разрушительной силы ( Война ) до блестящего воина ( Разрушитель миров ), ненавидящего себя защитника ( Дьявол/Бессмертный ), гения учёный ( Док Грин ) и гангстер ( Джо Фиксит ).

Несмотря на стремление Халка и Бэннера к одиночеству, у персонажа большой состав второго плана. Сюда входит любовный интерес Бэннера Бетти Росс , его лучший друг Рик Джонс , его кузина Женщина-Халк , а также терапевт и союзник Док Самсон . Кроме того, у альтер-эго Халка есть множество ключевых второстепенных персонажей, таких как его сооснователи супергеройской команды Мстители , его королева Кайера , соратники-воины Корг и Мик , а также сыновья Скаар и Хиро-Кала . Однако его неконтролируемая сила привела его к конфликту с другими героями и другими людьми. Несмотря на это, он изо всех сил старается поступать правильно, сражаясь с такими злодеями, как Лидер , Мерзость , Поглощающий Человек и другими.

Ли заявил, что создание Халка было вдохновлено сочетанием Франкенштейна , доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда . Хотя окраска Халка менялась на протяжении всей истории публикации персонажа, обычный цвет — зеленый.

Один из самых знаковых персонажей популярной культуры. персонаж появлялся на различных товарах, таких как одежда и предметы коллекционирования, вдохновил на создание реальных построек (например, аттракционов тематических парков) и упоминался в нескольких средствах массовой информации. Баннер и Халк были адаптированы в живом исполнении, анимации и видеоиграх. Персонаж впервые был сыгран вживую Биллом Биксби и Лу Ферриньо в телесериале 1978 года «Невероятный Халк» и его последующих телевизионных фильмах «Невероятное возвращение Халка» (1988), «Испытание Невероятного Халка» (1989) и «Смерть Невероятный Халк (1990). В фильме персонажа сыграл Эрик Бана в «Халке» (2003). В кинематографической вселенной Marvel (MCU) персонаж сначала был изображен Эдвардом Нортоном в фильме «Невероятный Халк» (2008), а затем Марком Руффало в более поздних появлениях во франшизе.

История публикаций

Дополнительная информация: Список названий Халка.

Концепция и создание

Халк впервые появился в «Невероятном Халке №1» ( обложка датирована маем 1962 года), написанном писателем-редактором Стэном Ли, написанном карандашом и совместно с Джеком Кирби. и подписано Рейнманом Полом . Ли ссылается на влияние Франкенштейна и доктор Джекил и мистер Хайд в творении Халка:

Было совершенно очевидно, что [чудовищный персонаж] Существо был самым популярным персонажем в [недавно созданной командой супергероев Marvel] Фантастической четверке . ... В течение долгого времени я осознавал тот факт, что люди с большей вероятностью отдают предпочтение тому, кто не идеален. ... Можно с уверенностью сказать, что вы помните Квазимодо , но легко ли вы сможете назвать кого-нибудь из героических, красивых и гламурных персонажей « Горбуна из Нотр-Дама» ? А еще есть Франкенштейн... В моем сердце всегда была слабость к монстру Франкенштейну. Никто никогда не мог убедить меня, что он плохой парень. ... Он никогда не хотел никому причинить вреда; он просто пробирался мучительным путем через вторую жизнь, пытаясь защитить себя, пытаясь прийти к соглашению с теми, кто стремился его уничтожить. ... Я решил, что могу также позаимствовать у доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда - наш главный герой будет постоянно менять свою нормальную личность на свое сверхчеловеческое альтер-эго и обратно.

Халк комикс логотип

Кирби также выразил вдохновение Франкенштейна, заявив: «Я написал историю под названием «Халк» — небольшой полнометражный фильм, и он сильно отличался от Халка, которого мы знаем. Но я чувствовал, что у Халка есть возможности, и я взял этого маленького персонажа. из маленькой особенности, и я превратил ее в Халка, которого мы знаем сегодня. Конечно, я экспериментировал с этим. Я подумал, что Халк может быть симпатичным Франкенштейном. Я чувствовал, что в каждом из нас есть Франкенштейн; Я видел это продемонстрированным. И я чувствовал, что в Халке есть элемент правды, и для меня все, что содержит элемент правды, имеет силу, и читатель это понимает. А если драматизировать, читателю это понравится». Кирби также прокомментировал свое влияние на рисование персонажа и вспомнил, как он вдохновился тем, как стал свидетелем истерической силы матери, поднимающей машину со своего пойманного в ловушку ребенка.

Ли также сравнил Халка с Големом из еврейской мифологии. В «Науке супергероев » Греш и Вайнберг рассматривают Халка как реакцию на холодную войну. и угроза ядерного нападения — интерпретацию, которую разделяет Вайнштейн в книге « Вверх, вверх и Ой Вей» . Эта интерпретация соответствует другим популярным вымышленным средствам массовой информации, созданным в этот период времени, которые воспользовались преобладающим среди американцев мнением о том, что ядерная энергия может производить монстров и мутантов.

В дебюте Ли выбрал для Халка серый цвет, потому что ему нужен был цвет, не напоминающий какую-либо конкретную этническую группу. Однако у колориста Стэна Голдберга возникли проблемы с серой окраской, в результате чего в номере были разные оттенки серого и даже зеленого. Увидев первый опубликованный выпуск, Ли решил изменить цвет кожи на зеленый. Зеленый использовался в пересказах происхождения, причем даже перепечатки оригинальной истории перекрашивались в течение следующих двух десятилетий, пока не вышел том «Невероятный Халк» . 2, № 302 (декабрь 1984 г.) вновь представил Серого Халка в воспоминаниях, действие которых происходит близко к истории происхождения. Исключением является раннее издание в мягкой обложке « Происхождение комиксов Marvel » 1974 года, в котором объясняются трудности с сохранением единообразия серого цвета в прологе, написанном Стэном Ли, и перепечатывается история происхождения, сохраняющая серый цвет. С декабря 1984 года перепечатки первого выпуска имели исходный серый цвет, а в вымышленном каноне указывалось, что кожа Халка изначально была серой.

Lee gave the Hulk's alter ego the alliterative name "Bruce Banner" because he found he had less difficulty remembering alliterative names. Despite this, in later stories he misremembered the character's name and referred to him as "Bob Banner", an error which readers quickly picked up on. The discrepancy was resolved by giving the character the official full name "Robert Bruce Banner."

The Hulk got his name from a comic book character named The Heap who was a large green swamp monster.

Series history

The Hulk's original series was canceled with issue #6 (March 1963). Lee had written each story, with Kirby penciling the first five issues and Steve Ditko penciling and inking the sixth. The character immediately guest-starred in The Fantastic Four #12 (March 1963), and months later became a founding member of the superhero team the Avengers, appearing in the first two issues of the team's eponymous series (Sept. and Nov. 1963), and returning as an antagonist in issue #3 and as an ally in #5 (Jan.–May 1964). He then guest-starred in Fantastic Four #25–26 (April–May 1964), which revealed Banner's full name as Robert Bruce Banner, and The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964).

The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). Cover art by Jack Kirby and Paul Reinman.

Around this time, co-creator Kirby received a letter from a college dormitory stating the Hulk had been chosen as its official mascot. Kirby and Lee realized their character had found an audience in college-age readers.

A year and a half after The Incredible Hulk was canceled, the Hulk became one of two features in Tales to Astonish, beginning in issue #60 (Oct. 1964).

This new Hulk feature was initially scripted by Lee, with pencils by Steve Ditko and inks by George Roussos. Other artists later in this run included Jack Kirby (#68–87, June 1965 – Oct. 1966); Gil Kane (credited as "Scott Edwards", #76, (Feb. 1966)); Bill Everett (#78–84, April–Oct. 1966); John Buscema (#85–87); and Marie Severin. The Tales to Astonish run introduced the super-villains the Leader, who would become the Hulk's nemesis, and the Abomination, another gamma-irradiated being. Marie Severin finished out the Hulk's run in Tales to Astonish. Beginning with issue #102 (April 1968) the book was retitled The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, and ran until 1999, when Marvel canceled the series and launched Hulk #1. Marvel filed for a trademark for "The Incredible Hulk" in 1967, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the registration in 1970.

Len Wein wrote the series from 1974 through 1978, working first with Herb Trimpe, then, as of issue #194 (December 1975), with Sal Buscema, who was the regular artist for ten years. Issues #180–181 (Oct.–Nov. 1974) introduced Wolverine as an antagonist, who would go on to become one of Marvel Comics' most popular characters. In 1977, Marvel launched a second title, The Rampaging Hulk, a black-and-white comics magazine. This was originally conceived as a flashback series, set between the end of his original, short-lived solo title and the beginning of his feature in Tales to Astonish. After nine issues, the magazine was retitled The Hulk! and printed in color.

In 1977, two Hulk television films were aired to strong ratings, leading to an Incredible Hulk TV series that aired from 1978 to 1982. A huge ratings success, the series introduced the popular Hulk catchphrase "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry", and broadened the character's popularity from a niche comic book readership into the mainstream consciousness.

Bill Mantlo became the series' writer for five years beginning with issue #245 (March 1980). Mantlo's "Crossroads of Eternity" stories (#300–313 (Oct. 1984 – Nov. 1985)) explored the idea that Banner had suffered child abuse. Later Hulk writers Peter David and Greg Pak have called these stories an influence on their approaches to the character. Mantlo left the series for Alpha Flight and that series' writer John Byrne took over The Incredible Hulk. The final issue of Byrne's six issue run featured the wedding of Bruce Banner and Betty Ross. Writer Peter David began a 12-year run with issue #331 (May 1987). He returned to the Roger Stern and Mantlo abuse storylines, expanding the damage caused, and depicting Banner as suffering dissociative identity disorder (DID).

In 1998, David killed off Banner's long-time love Betty Ross. Marvel executives used Ross' death as an opportunity to pursue the return of the Savage Hulk. David disagreed, leading to his parting ways with Marvel. Also in 1998, Marvel relaunched The Rampaging Hulk as a standard comic book rather than as a comics magazine. The Incredible Hulk was again cancelled with issue #474 of its second volume in March 1999 and was replaced with a new series, Hulk the following month, with returning writer Byrne and art by Ron Garney. New series writer Paul Jenkins developed the Hulk's multiple dissociative identities, and his run was followed by Bruce Jones with his run featuring Banner being pursued by a secret conspiracy and aided by the mysterious Mr. Blue. Jones appended his 43-issue Incredible Hulk run with the limited series Hulk/Thing: Hard Knocks #1–4 (Nov. 2004 – Feb. 2005), which Marvel published after putting the ongoing series on hiatus. Peter David, who had initially signed a contract for the six-issue Tempest Fugit limited series, returned as writer when it was decided to make that story the first five parts of the revived (vol. 3). After a four-part tie-in to the "House of M" storyline and a one-issue epilogue, David left the series once more, citing the need to do non-Hulk work for the sake of his career.

Writer Greg Pak took over the series in 2006, leading the Hulk through several crossover storylines including "Planet Hulk" and "World War Hulk", which left the Hulk temporarily incapacitated and replaced as the series' title character by the demigod Hercules in the retitled The Incredible Hercules (Feb. 2008). The Hulk returned periodically in Hulk, which then starred the new Red Hulk. In September 2009, The Incredible Hulk was relaunched as The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #600. The series was retitled The Incredible Hulks with issue #612 (Nov. 2010) to encompass the Hulk's expanded family, and ran until issue #635 (Oct. 2011) when it was replaced with The Incredible Hulk (vol. 3) (15 issues, Dec. 2011 – Dec. 2012) written by Jason Aaron with art by Marc Silvestri. As part of Marvel's 2012 Marvel NOW! relaunch, a series called Indestructible Hulk (Nov. 2012) debuted under the creative team of Mark Waid and Leinil Yu. This series was replaced in 2014 with The Hulk by Waid and artist Mark Bagley.

A new series titled The Immortal Hulk, written by Al Ewing and drawn by Joe Bennett, was launched in 2018 and ran for 50 issues. The series had a spin-off one-shot Immortal She-Hulk and a spin-off series about Gamma Flight in June 2021.

In November 2021, Donny Cates became the new writer of Hulk, with Ryan Ottley joining as artist. In May 2022, the series did a crossover with the Thor series, also written by Cates, entitled Hulk vs Thor: Banner of War. The series ran for 14 issues, with Ottley taking over as writer for the last 4 issues afters Cates left the book.

In March 2023, it was announced that a new volume of The Incredible Hulk would launch in June 2023, written by Philip Kennedy Johnson and drawn by Nic Klein.

Characterization

Fictional character biography

Hulk, as he appeared on a pin-up from the comic book issue Fantastic Four Annual #1 (July 1963). Art by the character's co-creator Jack Kirby.

Robert Bruce Banner's psyche was profoundly affected by his troubled childhood, in which his father, Brian Banner, regarded him as a monster due to his seemingly unnatural intellect from a young age. These experiences caused Bruce to develop a dissociative identity disorder and repress his negative emotions as a coping mechanism. After Brian killed Bruce's mother in a fit of rage, Bruce lived with several relatives up until his high school years, when his intelligence caught the attention of the United States Army. Banner was recruited to develop nuclear weapons under the authority of General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, and soon developed a relationship with the General's daughter Betty Ross.

During the experimental detonation of a gamma bomb, Banner saves teenager Rick Jones, who was dared onto the testing field; Banner pushes Jones into a trench to save him, but is hit with the blast, absorbing massive amounts of gamma radiation. He awakens later seemingly unscathed, but he begins transforming into a powerful and destructive creature upon nightfall, which a pursuing soldier describes as a "hulk". Banner's attempts to cure himself of these transformations alter their conditions, causing Banner to transform as a response to rage or fear. The Hulk is a founding member of the Avengers, but quickly leaves the group due to their distrust of him. Banner maintains the secret of his dual identity with Rick's aid, but Rick reveals his secret following his assumed death, forcing Banner to become a fugitive.

Psychiatrist Doc Samson captures the Hulk and manages to physically separate Banner and the Hulk, allowing Banner to marry Betty. However, Banner and the Hulk's molecular structure destabilized and threatened to kill them, requiring Samson to reunite them with the aid of Vision. Samson is later able to merge elements of Banner's fractured psyche to create Professor Hulk, an intelligent but egocentric variation of the Hulk. Professor Hulk soon becomes a key member of the Pantheon, a secretive organization of superpowered individuals. His tenure with the organization brings him into conflict with a tyrannical alternate future version of himself called the Maestro, who rules over a world where many heroes are dead. The Professor Hulk construct ultimately proves unstable, and Banner's psyche eventually splinters once more.

In "Planet Hulk", the Illuminati decide the Hulk is too dangerous to remain on Earth and send him away by rocket ship which crashes on Planet Sakaar. The Hulk finds allies in the Warbound and marries alien queen Caiera, a relationship that bears him two sons: Skaar and Hiro-Kala. After the Illuminati's ship explodes and kills Caiera, the Hulk returns to Earth with his superhero group Warbound and declares war on the planet in "World War Hulk". However, after learning that Miek, one of the Warbound, had actually been responsible for the destruction, the Hulk allows himself to be defeated, with Banner subsequently redeeming himself as a hero as he works with and against the new Red Hulk to defeat the new supervillain team the Intelligencia.

Later, the Hulk turns to Doctor Doom to physically separate himself and Banner, with Doom surgically extracting the elements of the Hulk's brain uniquely belonging to Banner and inserting them into a clone body. Banner eventually re-combines with the Hulk when his cloned body is destroyed in an attempt to recreate his original transformation. Following this, Bruce willingly joins the spy organization S.H.I.E.L.D., allowing them to use the Hulk as a weapon in exchange for providing him with the means and funding to create a lasting legacy for himself. When Banner is shot in the head by an assassin, Tony Stark saves him with a variant of the Extremis virus. This procedure creates a new intelligent persona named Doc Green, who concludes that the world is in danger by Gamma Mutates and thus need to be depowered. He creates a cure and depowers A-Bomb, Skaar and Red Hulk. Eventually, Doc Green's intellect fades and his normal Hulk form is restored.

When the vision of the Inhuman Ulysses shows a rampaging Hulk standing over the corpses of many superheroes, Banner gives Hawkeye special arrows capable of killing him during a transformation, which Hawkeye accomplishes. The Hulk was first revived by the Hand, then by Hydra, and finally by the Challenger for a contest against the Grandmaster.

Personality

Like other long-lived characters, the Hulk's character and cultural interpretations have changed with time, adding or modifying character traits. The Hulk is typically seen as a hulking man with green skin, hair, and eyes, wearing only a pair of torn purple pants that survive his physical transformation as the character progressed. As Bruce Banner, the character is about 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall and weighs 128 lbs (58.05 kg), but when transformed into the Hulk, the character stands between 7 and 8 ft (2.13 - 2.43 m) tall and weighs between 1,040 and 1,400 lbs (471.73 - 635.02 kg). The Gray Hulk stands 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall and weighs 900 lbs (408.23 kg); the Merged Hulk stands 7 ft 6 in (2.28 m) tall and weighs 1,150 lbs (521.63 kg); the Green Scar stands 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) tall and weighs 2,400 lbs (1.08 ton). The Immortal Hulk is roughly the same size as Sasquatch, standing around 9 or 10 ft (2.74 / 3.04 m) tall and weighing roughly 2,000 lbs (907.18 kg). Following his debut, Banner's transformations were triggered at nightfall, turning him into a grey-skinned Hulk. In Incredible Hulk #2, the Hulk started to appear with green skin, and in Avengers #3 (1963) Banner realized that his transformations were now triggered by surges of adrenaline in response to feelings of fear, pain or anger. Incredible Hulk #227 (1978) established that the Hulk's separate identity was not due to the mutation affecting his brain, but because Banner was suffering from dissociative identity disorder, with the savage Green Hulk representing Banner's repressed childhood rage and aggression, and the Grey Hulk representing Banner's repressed selfish desires and urges.

Identities

Bruce Banner

During his decades of publication, Banner has been portrayed differently, but common themes persist. Banner, a physicist who earned his Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), is sarcastic and seemingly very self-assured when he first appears in Incredible Hulk #1, but is also emotionally withdrawn. Banner designed the gamma bomb that caused his affliction, and the ironic twist of his self-inflicted fate has been one of the most persistent common themes. Arie Kaplan describes the character thus: "Robert Bruce Banner lives in a constant state of panic, always wary that the monster inside him will erupt, and therefore he cannot form meaningful bonds with anyone." As a child, Banner's father Brian often got mad and physically abused both Banner and his mother, creating the psychological complex of fear, anger, and the fear of anger and the destruction it can cause that underlies the character. Banner has been shown to be emotionally repressed, but capable of deep love for Betty Ross, and for solving problems posed to him. Under the writing of Paul Jenkins, Banner was shown to be a capable fugitive, applying deductive reasoning and observation to figure out the events transpiring around him. On the occasions that Banner controlled the Hulk's body, he applied principles of physics to problems and challenges and used deductive reasoning. It was shown after his ability to turn into the Hulk was taken away by the red Hulk that Banner has been extremely versatile as well as cunning when dealing with the many situations that followed. When he was briefly separated from the Hulk by Doom, Banner became criminally insane, driven by his desire to regain the power of the Hulk, but once the two recombined he came to accept that he was a better person with the Hulk to provide something for him to focus on controlling rather than allowing his intellect to run without restraint against the world.

Hulk

The traditional Hulk, often called "Savage Hulk", was originally shown as grey and average in intelligence. He roamed aimlessly and became annoyed at "puny" humans who took him for a dangerous monster. Shortly after becoming the Hulk, his transformation continued turning him green, coinciding with him beginning to display primitive speech. By Incredible Hulk #4, radiation treatments gave Banner's mind complete control of the Hulk's body. While Banner relished his indestructibility and power, he was quick to anger and more aggressive in his Hulk form. He became known as a hero alongside the Avengers, but his increasing paranoia caused him to leave the group. He was convinced that he would never be trusted.

Originally, the Hulk was shown as simple-minded and quick to anger. The Hulk generally divorces his identity from Banner's, decrying Banner as "puny Banner." From his earliest stories, the Hulk has been concerned with finding sanctuary and quiet. He is often shown to quickly react emotionally to situations. Grest and Weinberg call Hulk the "dark, primordial side of Banner's psyche." Even in the earliest appearances, Hulk spoke in the third person. Hulk retains a modest intelligence, thinking and talking in full sentences. Lee even gives the Hulk expository dialogue in issue #6, allowing readers to learn just what capabilities Hulk has, when the Hulk says, "But these muscles ain't just for show! All I gotta do is spring up and just keep goin'!" In the 1970s, Hulk was shown as more prone to anger and rage, and less talkative. Writers played with the nature of his transformations, briefly giving Banner control over the change, and the ability to maintain control of his Hulk form. Artistically and conceptually, the character has become progressively more muscular and powerful in the years since his debut.

Joe Fixit

Originally, Stan Lee wanted the Hulk to be grey. Due to ink problems, Hulk's color was changed to green. This was later changed in the story to indicate that the Grey Hulk and the Savage Hulk are separate dissociative identities or entities fighting for control in Bruce's subconscious. The Grey Hulk incarnation can do the more unscrupulous things that Banner could not bring himself to do, with many sources comparing the Grey Hulk to the moody teenager that Banner never allowed himself to be. While the grey Hulk still had the-madder-he-gets, the-stronger-he-gets part that is similar to the Savage Hulk, it is on a much slower rate. It is said by the Leader that the Grey Hulk is stronger on nights of the new moon and weaker on nights of the full moon. Originally, the night is when Bruce Banner became the Grey Hulk and changed back by dawn. In later comics, willpower or stress would have Banner turn into the Grey Hulk. During one storyline where he was placed under a spell to prevent him turning back into Bruce Banner and publicly presumed dead when he was teleported away from a gamma bomb explosion that destroyed an entire town, the grey Hulk adopted a specific name as Joe Fixit, a security expert for Las Vegas casino owner Michael Berengetti, with the grey Hulk often being referred to as Joe after these events. Joe Fixit later gained the ability to transform into his version of Red Hulk form when in the Below-Place.

Merged Hulk

Convinced that unaided, the Banner, Green Hulk, and Grey Hulk identities would eventually destroy each other, Doc Samson uses hypnosis to merge the three to create a new single identity combining Banner's intelligence with the Grey Hulk's and Banner's attitudes and the Green Hulk's body. This new Merged Hulk, Professor Hulk, or simply The Professor, considered himself cured and began a new life, but the merger was not perfect, and the Hulk sometimes still considered Banner a separate person, and when overcome with rage the Merged Hulk would transform back into Banner's human body while still thinking himself the Hulk. The Merged Hulk is the largest of the three primary Hulk incarnations. While in a calm emotional state, the Merged Hulk is stronger than Savage Hulk when he is calm. Unlike the Savage Hulk and the Grey Hulk, Banner subconsciously installed a type of safeguard within this incarnation. The safeguard is that when the Merged Hulk gets angry, he regresses back to Banner with the mind of the Savage Hulk.

Doc Green

A variation of the Merged Hulk identity takes on the name Doc Green as the result of Extremis fixing Hulk's brain, becoming powerful enough to destroy Tony Stark's mansion with one thunderclap. This form was also known as Omega Hulk. It was theorized by Doc Green that this form was an earlier incarnation of his possible future form Maestro.

The Devil/Immortal

The Devil Hulk or Immortal Hulk, or simply the Devil or Immortal, is the result of the Hulk needing a father figure. While the character's physical appearance varies, he is always depicted as having glowing red eyes and reptilian traits. The new form of the Devil Hulk is the result of Banner and Hulk having been through different deaths and rebirths. This incarnation is articulate, smart, and cunning, and does merciless attacks on those who do harm. Unlike the other Hulk incarnations, the Devil Hulk is content with waiting inside Bruce. If Bruce is injured by sunset, the Devil Hulk will emerge with his transformation being limited to night-time. Thanks to the Devil Hulk side and Banner working together, the Devil Hulk can maintain his form in sunlight.

Other identities

The Gravage Hulk is the result of Banner using the Gamma Projector on himself which merged his Savage Hulk and Grey Hulk identities. This form possesses the raw power of the Savage Hulk and the cunning intellect of the Grey Hulk. While he does not draw on anger to empower him, the Gravage Hulk identity draws on dimensional nexus energies to increase his strength.

The Dark Hulk identity is the result of Hulk being possessed by Shanzar. This form has black skin and is viciously strong.

The Guilt Hulk is a malevolent representation of Banner's abusive father, Brian Banner, that manifests itself in Banner's childhood memories.

The Green Scar identity is unleashed on Sakaar and is an enraged version of the Gravage Hulk. In addition, he is an expert in armed combat like the use of swords and shields. Green Scar is also a capable leader and an expert strategist.

Kluh is a personality of Hulk who is described as the "Hulk's Hulk". This form sports a white mohawk, black skin, and red lines on him.

Titan is a more monstrous and malicious form of Hulk who stands at 30 ft., has black skin, rock-like spikes on his shoulders, and possesses the ability to shoot lasers from his eyes. This personality was born when it was planted in Hulk by D'Spayre.

Powers and abilities

Bruce Banner

Considered to be one of the greatest scientific minds on Earth, Banner possesses "a mind so brilliant it cannot be measured on any known intelligence test." Norman Osborn estimates that he is the fourth most-intelligent person on Earth. Banner holds expertise in biology, chemistry, engineering, medicine, physiology, and nuclear physics. Using this knowledge, he creates advanced technology dubbed "Bannertech", which is on par with technological development from Tony Stark or Doctor Doom. These technologies include a teleporter and a force field that can protect him from the attacks of Hulk-level entities.

After becoming a fugitive from the law, Banner is forced to go on the run and over the years learns various skills in order to both survive and remain under radar of those who are hunting him. Banner's most frequent method of travel includes hitchhiking, train hopping or simply just walking as he is unable to travel legally via planes, passenger ships or buses due to being in several travel watchlists. Banner is generally on the move and rarely ever stays in one place for very long and only does so if there's a possibility of curing himself. He will only ever stay in one place for an extended period of time if it provides him with complete solitude and privacy where the Hulk can do little to no harm.

To avoid being tracked, Banner does not use cell phones, debit or credit cards and will only use payphones or cash. He will often use fake identities when staying at motels or working jobs that require identification. Having been on the run for years, Banner can normally tell when he is being followed and will generally make a run for it when he is discovered. Having traveled across the globe, Banner is able to sneak over borders without being detected and can get by, by either knowing or learning the local language. Often traveling light, Banner has little to no possessions that he carries in either a satchel or backpack. Often losing everything he owns after transforming into the Hulk, Banner avoids keeping anything of personal value to him so that he can easily replace the items and clothes that were lost or destroyed.

To support himself financially, Banner will work quick part-time jobs and will only accept payments in cash. These jobs have varied from simply working in low pay diners to working as local doctor. Banner's work ethic as well as his vast knowledge and skillset in science, medicine and engineering often help him get hired rather quickly. Unless desperate, Banner will generally avoid jobs that are high stress due to the potential danger of transforming into the Hulk.

Banner has little to no memories of the Hulk's actions aside from his initial transformation which he described as being extremely painful. Banner's lack of memories often terrifies him as he has often transformed back to witness the devastating aftermath of the Hulk's battles which both saddens and encourages him to find a way to understand his condition so that he won't cause anymore destruction or harm. During his travels, Banner has developed several different techniques to help suppress or control his transformations when he becomes a little angry or upset. Among the techniques he has learned over the years include meditation and hypnotherapy. While they have helped him to better understand and suppress his transformations, none of techniques Banner has learned have helped him to gain full control over the Hulk.

The Hulk

The Hulk possesses the potential for seemingly limitless physical strength that is influenced by his emotional state, particularly his anger. This has been reflected in the repeated comment "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets." The cosmically powerful entity known as the Beyonder once analyzed the Hulk's physiology, and claimed that the Hulk's potential strength had "no finite element inside." Hulk's strength has been depicted as sometimes limited by Banner's subconscious influence; when Jean Grey psionically "shut Banner off", Hulk became strong enough to overpower and destroy the physical form of the villain Onslaught. Writer Greg Pak described the Worldbreaker Hulk shown during World War Hulk as having a level of physical power where "Hulk was stronger than any mortal—and most immortals—who ever walked the Earth" and depicted the character as powerful enough to completely destroy entire planets. His strength allows him to leap into lower Earth orbit or across continents, and he has displayed superhuman speed. Exposure to radiation has also been shown to make the Hulk stronger. It is unknown how he gains biomass during transformation but it may be linked to the One-Below-All.

His durability, regeneration, and endurance also increase in proportion to his temper. Hulk is resistant to injury or damage, though the degree to which varies between interpretations, but he has withstood the equivalent of solar temperatures, nuclear explosions, and planet-shattering impacts. Despite his remarkable resiliency, continuous barrages of high-caliber gunfire can hinder his movement to some degree while he can be temporarily subdued by intense attacks with chemical weapons such as anesthetic gases, although any interruption of such dosages will allow him to quickly recover. He has been shown to have both regenerative and adaptive healing abilities, including growing tissues to allow him to breathe underwater, surviving unprotected in space for extended periods, and when injured, healing from most wounds within seconds, including, on one occasion, the complete destruction of most of his body mass. His future self, the "Maestro", was even eventually able to recover from being blown to pieces. As an effect, he has an extremely prolonged lifespan.

He also possesses less commonly described powers, including abilities allowing him to "home in" to his place of origin in New Mexico; resist psychic control, or unwilling transformation; grow stronger from radiation or dark magic; punch his way between separate temporal or spatial dimensions; and to see and interact with astral forms. Some of these abilities were in later years explained as being related; his ability to home in on the New Mexico bomb site was due to his latent ability to sense astral forms and spirits, since the bomb site was also the place where the Maestro's skeleton was and the Maestro's spirit was calling out to him in order to absorb his radiation. He is also shown to have a separate memory to Bruce Banner - when Spider-Man has the knowledge of his secret identity erased during Spider-Man: One More Day, the Hulk later asks how Peter is doing, not Spider-Man; upon questioning, he enigmatically states "Banner forgot. But I don't forget."

In the first Hulk comic series, "massive" doses of gamma rays would cause the Hulk to transform back to Banner, although this ability was written out of the character by the 1970s.

Supporting characters

Main article: List of Hulk supporting characters

Over the long publication history of the Hulk's adventures, many recurring characters have featured prominently, including his best friend and sidekick Rick Jones, love interest and wife Betty Ross and her father, the often adversarial General "Thunderbolt" Ross. Both Banner and Hulk have families created in their respective personas. Banner is son to Brian, an abusive father who killed Banner's mother while she tried to protect her son from his father's delusional attacks, and cousin to Jennifer Walters, the She-Hulk, who serves as his frequent ally. Banner had a stillborn child with Betty, while the Hulk has two sons with his deceased second wife Caiera Oldstrong, Skaar and Hiro-Kala, and his DNA was used to create a daughter named Lyra with Thundra the warrior woman.

The Fantastic Four #12 (March 1963), featured the Hulk's first battle with the Thing. Although many early Hulk stories involve Ross trying to capture or destroy the Hulk, the main villain is often a radiation-based character, like the Gargoyle or the Leader, along with other foes such as the Toad Men, or Asian warlord General Fang. Ross' daughter Betty loves Banner and criticizes her father for pursuing the Hulk. General Ross' right-hand man, Major Glenn Talbot, also loves Betty and is torn between pursuing Hulk and trying to gain Betty's love more honorably. Rick Jones serves as the Hulk's friend and sidekick in these early tales. The Hulk's archenemies are the Abomination and the Leader. The Abomination is more monstrous-looking, twice as strong as the Hulk at normal levels (however, the Abomination's strength levels do not increase when he gets angry) and wreaks havoc for fun and pleasure. The Leader is a gamma-irradiated super-genius who has tried plan after plan to take over the world.

Cultural impact

Hulk-figure at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas

The Hulk character and the concepts behind it have been raised to the level of iconic status by many within and outside the comic book industry. In 2003, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine claimed the character had "stood the test of time as a genuine icon of American pop culture." In 2008, the Hulk was listed as the 19th greatest comic book character by Wizard magazine. Empire magazine named him as the 14th-greatest comic-book character and the fifth-greatest Marvel character. In 2011, the Hulk placed No. 9 on IGN's list of "Top 100 Comic Book Heroes", and fourth on their list of "The Top 50 Avengers" in 2012.

Analysis

The Hulk is often viewed as a reaction to war. As well as being a reaction to the Cold War, the character has been a cipher for the frustrations the Vietnam War raised, and Ang Lee said that the Iraq War influenced his direction. In the Michael Nyman edited edition of The Guardian, Stefanie Diekmann explored Marvel Comics' reaction to the September 11 attacks. Diekmann discussed The Hulk's appearance in the 9/11 tribute comic Heroes, claiming that his greater prominence, alongside Captain America, aided in "stressing the connection between anger and justified violence without having to depict anything more than a well-known and well-respected protagonist." In Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics, Les Daniels addresses the Hulk as an embodiment of cultural fears of radiation and nuclear science. He quotes Jack Kirby thus: "As long as we're experimenting with radioactivity, there's no telling what may happen, or how much our advancements in science may cost us." Daniels continues, "The Hulk became Marvel's most disturbing embodiment of the perils inherent in the atomic age."

In Comic Book Nation, Bradford Wright alludes to Hulk's counterculture status, referring to a 1965 Esquire magazine poll amongst college students which "revealed that student radicals ranked Spider-Man and the Hulk alongside the likes of Bob Dylan and Che Guevara as their favorite revolutionary icons." Wright goes on to cite examples of his anti-authority symbol status. Two of these are "The Ballad of the Hulk" by Jerry Jeff Walker, and the Rolling Stone cover for September 30, 1971, a full color Herb Trimpe piece commissioned for the magazine. The Hulk has been caricatured in such animated television series as The Simpsons, Robot Chicken, and Family Guy, and such comedy TV series as The Young Ones. The character is also used as a cultural reference point for someone displaying anger or agitation. For example, in a 2008 Daily Mirror review of an EastEnders episode, a character is described as going "into Incredible Hulk mode, smashing up his flat." In September 2019, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to The Hulk in an interview with the Mail On Sunday, as political pressure built on him to request an extension to the date of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.

The Hulk, especially his alter ego Bruce Banner, is also a common reference in hip hop music. The term was represented as an analogue to marijuana in Dr. Dre's 2001, while more conventional references are made in Ludacris and Jermaine Dupri's popular single "Welcome to Atlanta".

The 2003 Ang Lee-directed Hulk film saw discussion of the character's appeal to Asian Americans. The Taiwanese-born Ang Lee commented on the "subcurrent of repression" that underscored the character of The Hulk, and how that mirrored his own experience: "Growing up, my artistic leanings were always repressed—there was always pressure to do something 'useful,' like being a doctor." Jeff Yang, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, extended this self-identification to Asian American culture, arguing that "the passive-aggressive streak runs deep among Asian Americans—especially those who have entered creative careers, often against their parents' wishes."

There have been explorations about the real-world possibility of Hulk's gamma-radiation-based origin. In The Science of Superheroes, Lois Grest and Robert Weinberg examined Hulk's powers, explaining the scientific flaws in them. Most notably, they point out that the level of gamma radiation Banner is exposed to at the initial blast would induce radiation sickness and kill him, or if not, create significant cancer risks for Banner, because hard radiation strips cells of their ability to function. They go on to offer up an alternate origin, in which a Hulk might be created by biological experimentation with adrenal glands and GFP. Charles Q. Choi from LiveScience.com further explains that, unlike the Hulk, gamma rays are not green; existing as they do beyond the visible spectrum, gamma rays have no color at all that we can describe. He also explains that gamma rays are so powerful (the most powerful form of electromagnetic radiation and 10,000 times more powerful than visible light) that they can even convert energy into matter – a possible explanation for the increased mass that Bruce Banner takes on during transformations. "Just as the Incredible Hulk 'is the strongest one there is,' as he says himself, so too are gamma-ray bursts the most powerful explosions known."

Other Marvel Comics characters called the Hulk

Prior to the debut of the Hulk in May 1962, Marvel had earlier monster characters that used the name the "Hulk", but had no direct relation.

• In Strange Tales #75 (June 1960), Albert Poole built an armor he called the Hulk. In modern-day reprints, the character's name was changed to Grutan.
• In Journey into Mystery #62 (Nov. 1960) was Xemnu the Living Hulk, a huge, furry alien monster who went by the name of the Hulk. Coincidentally, the character's debut story was also illustrated by Jack Kirby. The character reappeared in issue #66 (March 1961). Since then the character has been a mainstay in the Marvel Universe, and was renamed Xemnu the Living Titan.
• A huge, orange, slimy monster called the Hulk was featured in a movie titled The Hulk in Tales to Astonish #21 (July 1961). In modern-day reprints, the character's name was changed to the Glop.

Alternative versions of Hulk

A number of alternate universes and alternate timelines in Marvel Comics publications allow writers to introduce variations on the Hulk, in which the character's origins, behavior, and morality differ from the mainstream setting. In some stories, someone other than Bruce Banner is the Hulk.

In some versions, the Hulk succumbs to the darker side of his nature: in "Future Imperfect" (December 1992), a future version of the Hulk has become the Maestro, the tyrannical and ruthless ruler of a nuclear war-irradiated Earth, and in "Old Man Logan" (2008), an insane Hulk rules over a post-apocalyptic California and leads a gang of his inbred Hulk children created with his first cousin She-Hulk.

Age of Apocalypse

In the Age of Apocalypse alternative setting, Bruce Banner was never exposed to gamma radiation. Therefore, he did not become the Hulk. Instead he became a member of the Human High Council, where he was a scientist and became a weapons designer. However he also yearns to gain knowledge and power, something Apocalypse was willing to help with, and so Bruce sold himself to Mikhail Rasputin, one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse, to give him mutants as test subjects. He succeeds in his experiments and can now transform into a creature resembling the Grey Hulk. He was used as a mole in the council, but was discovered by Susan Storm and Ben Grimm because the patterns of Bruce's injuries were identical to those sustained by the Hulk.

Later, Banner attempted to redeem himself by jumping out of the Human High Council ship in an effort to prevent it from getting struck by a gamma missile of his own creation. The missile detonated, allowing the Human High Council to escape Earth. He fell back to Earth, landed in the Colosseum, and emerged as the Green Hulk. There were no further mentions of the Hulk in the Age of Apocalypse material.

Age of X

In the "Age of X" reality, Bruce Banner was a scientist who was under contract from the United States government to build a device that would depower any mutant. However, during the testing phase one of the mutant volunteers began to panic. Her powers caused the machine to go off prematurely while still in the gamma spectrum. The mutants were killed and Banner was bombarded by gamma radiation. The combination of the radiation and the fact that some of the mutants' genes were imprinted on him as well, caused Banner to transform into the Hulk. Because of his exposure to mutant genes, Banner holds a deep murderous resentment for all mutants to the point that he volunteered for a suicide mission to detonate a chemical bomb that would destroy the entire mutant stronghold, forcing his former teammates to sacrifice their lives to detonate the bomb early. He was incinerated by his own bomb when one of his former teammates named Redback (this reality's Spider-Woman) uses Steel Corpse's (this reality's Iron Man) severed glove to destroy the bomb.

Amalgam Comics

The Skulk is a hero of the Amalgam Universe. He is amalgamation of the Hulk and DC Comics' Solomon Grundy.

Bruce Banner was a scientist working with gamma rays. He was testing his gamma bomb out in the desert, but a tall figure walked out into the testing area. When Banner went out to see who it was, the man turned out to be Solomon Grundy. The bomb went off fusing Grundy and Banner together. When Banner gets angry he becomes Grundy, but the creature made a name for itself, calling itself Skulk.

Breaker-Apart

In a potential future, the One Below All is able to destroy Bruce Banner's soul and possesses the body of the Hulk. After which, it went on to kill Franklin Richards, Galactus, Mister Immortal, and many others until it was the only being left in the universe. Taking on Bruce's appearance, the One Below All encounters the Sentience of the Eighth Cosmos/Metatron and is able to trick and devour him, absorbing his powers. In the newly formed Ninth Cosmos, the One Below All used its newly acquired powers to transform Hulk into a Galactus-like being named the 'Breaker-Apart'. 10 billion years later, the Breaker-Apart has destroyed all light, all life, and all planets in the Multiverse. When Par%l tried to make contact and reason with it, the alien instead meets the abstract form of the One Below All which told hir it wanted to "Make all hollow as I, dark and dead as I" and killed Par%l and hir's planet, O%los.

Bullet Points

In the Bullet Points mini-series, Peter Parker finds himself on the test site for a Gamma bomb and absorbs a large dose of gamma radiation, becoming the Hulk. In a further twist, later in the series, in an attempt to find a cure for Peter, Dr. Bruce Banner examines specimens taken from the test site and is bitten by a radioactive spider, becoming Spider-Man. Parker is killed by Galactus and Banner is killed by an Inheritor during the Spider-Verse event.

Deadpool: Samurai (Earth-346)

In the Deadpool: Samurai manga series, which takes place on Earth-346, Bruce Banner removes a control collar from the singer Neiro Aratabi, who had been saved from a deranged fan by Deadpool. Banner then attempts to transform into the Hulk to help Deadpool stop HYDRA agents from retrieving the Gateway Controller, which had been hidden under the Tokyo Dome, but he was knocked unconscious by a piece of falling debris before he could finish his transformation. Banner did gradually regain consciousness and he then completed transforming into the Hulk, but he was quickly defeated by Thanos, who had been summoned by the Hydra agents.

Earth X

The Earth X series featured a vastly different take on the character, one in which the Hulk and Bruce Banner have finally achieved separation. However, they still rely on each other with Banner becoming a blind child who sees through the Hulk's eyes. In an interview in Comicology Volume I: The Kingdom Come Companion, Alex Ross said that the design of Earth-X Banner and Hulk was based on the appearance of Moon-Boy and Devil Dinosaur.

Exiles

Numerous alternate versions of the Hulk have been present in the Exiles series.

• A crazy version of the Hulk was seen attacking Canada. He was stopped by the Exiles and Alpha Flight. This battle featured the first appearance of the rogue reality jumpers known as Weapon X. The crazy Hulk was presumed dead after this encounter.
• Another visually different Hulk appeared in this universe. This version had a long ponytail and wore a "Peace Out" costume, but he still retained his gamma-irradiated appearance, strength and his famous smashing abilities. He teamed up with an evil Firestar and was recruited by the Timebroker to stop an evil Hyperion. The plan succeeded and they both joined Weapon X. When Hyperion had gone even crazier than before, Hulk attacked and Weapon X began to fight with each other. This version of The Hulk was killed when Hyperion brutally fought him until he was in a weakened state, Hyperion then used his heat vision on The Hulk, melting and destroying him. His body is sent back to his reality, where his funeral is held. Some time after Hulk's death, Firestar committed suicide when she incinerates herself and a teammate.
• A conqueror version of the Hulk, in his gladiator outfit, killed Annihilus, most of the superhumans, took full control of the Annihilation Wave, and decimated Earth. He has been apparently knocked unconscious by the Exiles. It is unknown if he survived this incident. This version is even more insane than the other alternate versions of the Hulk. While the Exiles had been dealing with Proteus, Hulk's Annihilation Wave killed many of the superhumans which should not have happened if not for Proteus. A new version of the Exiles have been present showing the surviving superhumans and they all have one goal: to stop Hulk and his Annihilation Wave, in which they apparently succeeded.

Hulk: Chapter One

In the Hulk 1999 Annual, writer John Byrne revised the Hulk's origin, much like his Spider-Man: Chapter One. In the revised origin, the Gamma Bomb that was being tested is now a gamma laser, and a Skrull was responsible for Rick Jones' presence on the base during the gamma test. The Skrull also disguised himself as Igor Rasminsky (Drenkov in the original stories), a fellow scientist working on the project. The contemporary setting removes the Cold War context of the original story, and serves as a tie-in to the Marvel: The Lost Generation maxi-series created by Roger Stern and Byrne, which also brought the origins of many Marvel characters out of the 1960s and into contemporary times. The storyline is currently designated as set on Earth-9992, and is not part of mainstream Marvel continuity (Earth-616).

The Last Avengers Story

In the 1995 Two Issues mini series The Last Avengers Story, Hulk was amongst those who joined Thor, The Thing and Hercules in a mysterious conflict known as the "Great Cataclysm" which threatened Olympus and Asgard. The event ended with Hulk holding Hercules's golden mace and his skin temporarily turned grey, suggesting that the Hulk was the only survivor of this conflict. After the Event Hulk was recruited alongside Mockingbird, Tigra, Wonder Man and Hawkeye to fight Ultron However Hulk had been seemingly corrupted by the events of the Great Cataclysm, Hulk turned on his allies, ripping Tigra in half and puncturing Wonder Man, Wonder Man unleashed his energy against the Hulk, seemingly killing them both and accidentally blinding Hawkeye. Hulk is finally defeated by Thor, which ends the chaos.

House of M

In the House of M reality, Bruce Banner disappears in Australia, where he befriends an Aborigine tribe, and attempts to control his dark side. When the mutant rulers of the Earth attack his tribe he retaliates, and eventually conquers Australia with the aid of Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.).

Infernal Hulk

In one alternative reality, Bruce Banner and the Hulk were magically separated. Bruce became the new Sorcerer Supreme, and the Hulk was cast into hell. However, while in hell, the Hulk became corrupted by the demonic beings he encountered, transforming him into a demon himself. Now completely evil, he escaped from hell and attempted to kill Banner. With help from the mainstream Hulk, Banner tricked the "infernal" Hulk into shattering the Eye of Agamotto, causing him to be thrown back into hell.

Maestro

Main article: Maestro (comics)

Set in a post apocalyptic future, the Hulk has mutated into the dictator Maestro ruling the remains of humanity with an iron fist. Ruthless, sadistic, violent, and tyrannical, the Maestro was shown to be an example of what would happen if the Hulk ever embraced his darker roots. Maestro was known to be an enemy of the Hulk, as the two alternate versions fought each other on Maestro's world.

Marvel 2099

For the Marvel 2099 imprint, Gerard Jones and Dwayne Turner created a new version of the character. First appearing in 2099 Unlimited #1, John Eisenhart, a selfish film producer in "LotusLand" (future Hollywood) is inadvertently exposed to gamma radiation by the Knights of the Banner (a cult worshipping the original Hulk) who intend to create a Hulk of their own. As the Hulk, Eisenhart finds himself representing freedom to a closed-off society. A Hulk 2099 series was published for 10 issues.

The unified Marvel Noir reality of Earth-2099 featured a version of Hulk 2009. In addition, there was a 2099 version of Grey Hulk who was a member of the 2099 version of the Avengers until he was among those who were killed by the 2099 version of the Masters of Evil. The 2099 version of Moon Knight survived the massacre and formed the 2099 version of the New Avengers with Hulk 2099 as one of its members as they avenged Grey Hulk 2099 and the fallen Avengers by defeating the Masters of Evil and having them remanded to a prison on the planet Wakanda.

Marvel Comics 2

In another take, The Hulk is shown to still be active in the alternative future of the MC2 universe. There, he is shown as an amalgamation of his three main transformations; He has the strength of the Savage Hulk, the attitude of the Grey Hulk, and the intelligence of the Professor Hulk.

He's also shown to have fathered a son named David by an unknown spouse.

He was later seen within the pages of Last Hero Standing, where Loki manipulated him into attacking the heroes. When he was freed of his manipulation he was critical in punishing Loki by forcing him into the voided dimension that Thor had opened a rift into, Hulk informing Loki that he was ruined on Earth because of Loki's actions and he therefore had nothing to lose by ensuring that Loki would be punished for eternity.

Marvel Zombies

Marvel Zombies: Dead Days

In the series Marvel Zombies, the Hulk has been infected with a virus which makes him into an undead zombie (he is actually infected by the zombie Fantastic Four). Although he still retains his strength and invulnerability, he no longer heals, is losing weight because of his now-deteriorating tissue, does not feel pain and now craves human flesh. The zombie Hulk's transformations are physically controlled purely by his appetite — after feeding, he transforms back into Banner, who is also a zombie, until the hunger returns. When Hulk first transforms back into Banner, his stomach starts to burst. He is directly responsible for killing the Silver Surfer by biting off his head. Later he joins Spider-Man, Iron-Man, Giant-Man, Wolverine and Luke Cage as the Galacti after killing and consuming Galactus.

Marvel Zombies 2

Forty years later, the zombie Hulk, along with the other zombies, had eaten or converted most of the universe, prompting them to return to Earth to try to recover the dimensional transporter. Although the other zombies managed to beat their hunger by going without food for a time, the Hulk's raw hunger was too great for him to be convinced to stop, resulting in him killing the zombified but "cured" Iron Man, Jean Grey, Hawkeye, and Firelord. Once he feeds and returns to Bruce Banner, he is finally killed by Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Giant-Man, recognizing that there is no other way to stop the Hulk from feeding again.

Marvel Zombies 3

Hulk makes a cameo appearance in Marvel Zombies 3' when Machine Man, Ultron, and Jocasta travel to Earth 2149, killing winged zombies (zombie Beak, Angel, Vulture, and Falcon altogether). He also makes another cameo appearance when Vanessa Fisk explains to the 3 androids how the Silver Surfer died, and how the zombie Kingpin, who is, surprisingly, her husband, created a zombie empire forming a huge alliance.

Marvel Zombies Return

A second Hulk appears in the reality the Marvel Zombies of the original series are teleported to, known as Earth-Z. This version's life appears identical to his core counterpart up until the events of World War Hulk. When he reaches the Moon to attack the Inhumans, he is infected by the zombie Giant-Man, and his allies killed. Oddly hungry, he heads back to Earth and begins eating people, and ultimately infecting the Sentry, who sets about forming a team of Zombie Avengers to eat humanity and wipe out any competition or resistance from other heroes, infected or otherwise dead. After the Sentry tries to kill Hulk to eliminate the competition as the two are the only creatures capable of challenging each other, Hulk is later cured of his hunger by the Zombie Spider-Man and joins his New Avengers. The team succeeds in killing the Zombie Avengers and ending their plan to eat the multiverse, sacrificing themselves in the process. Ultimately, the nanite infused Sandman killed Hulk.

Old Man Logan

Old Man Logan is set 50 years into an apocalyptic future. The world is in ruin and shadow following a massive conflict. A large coordinated force of super villains has killed a majority of the heroes and seized control of the United States splitting it into sections. Bruce Banner is said to have gone mad from radiation sickness, possibly from nuclear weapons that may have been used during the conflict or this and other changes may be the long-term result of his famous gamma radiation accident. Bruce's personality and powers seem altered, in human form he now has little empathy and possesses superhuman strength. Banner and his cousin Jennifer Walters have mated and produced offspring that possess their green skin and a little of their strength. They form the hillbilly-like "Hulk Gang" that rule the entire west coast of the country dubbed "Hulkland", a domain formerly held by the Abomination until Banner killed him. Banner, along with his children and grandchildren, live in a collection of caves and trailers, forcing those that live on the west coast to pay them rent in order to be allowed to live.

There were two versions of the Hulk that appear:

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"Pappy" Bruce Banner's family threaten Logan's family over rent due to the Banners. Logan accompanies Clint Barton on a cross country delivery to source the rent money. When Logan returns and finds the bodies of his family, killed by the Banners, he kills the Hulk Gang and attacks Pappy Banner who admits that he set all of this into motion because he missed their old brawls. Banner gets angry when Wolverine calls him a redneck SOB and drives his claws through his chest. He transforms into The Hulk. Hulk overpowers Logan and eats him. Logan's mutant healing factor then allows him to recover and slash his way out of Hulk's stomach, killing him. Logan spots Banner's son, Bruce, Jr. and spares him. Logan takes the boy to raise in an effort to someday help combat the various villains that still rule the country.

Old Man Logan found that Pappy Banner's head was placed on a gamma-powered robot made from Adamantium by Tinkerer. He used it in his revenge on Old Man Logan. Before Old Man Logan can be finished off by Pappy Banner, he is suddenly attacked by Bruce Banner Jr. who separated Pappy Banner's head from the Adamantium armor. Rather than kill his head, Old Man Logan buried it and planted a tree over him so that its roots can slowly dig into his skull.

Earth-21923

Pappy Banner's history on Earth-21923's history was still intact up to his death at the hands of Old Man Logan. When Old Man Logan uses Asmodeus' help to return to this future to rescue Bruce Banner Jr., he finds that the time has been altered in which Maestro appears in the place of Pappy Banner. This unidentified version of Maestro has rounded up the remaining members of the Hulk Gang as he makes plans to help them build a paradise for all Hulks on Earth-616. With help from the Cambria Banner, Logan and Hawkeye of Earth-616 were able to defeat Maestro and the surviving members of the Hulk Gang went their separate ways.

Otto Banner

During the "Devil's Reign" storyline, Doctor Octopus started forming his Superior Four that includes a Hulk that has four extra arms growing from his back. His real name is Otto Banner of Earth-8816 and he was also abused by his Earth's version of Brian Banner.

Ruins

In the Warren Ellis series Ruins, a dark flip to the Kurt Busiek tale Marvels, the accidents, experiments and mutations that led to the creation of Super Heroes and super humans, instead led to terrible deformations and painful deaths. Here, Bruce Banner's story goes exactly the same as his 616 counterpart, but when he is caught in the middle of the gamma bomb explosion, instead of transforming into the Incredible Hulk, his whole body opens up from the gigantic tumors that appear inside it, pushing most of his organs and skull outside his body and giving Rick Jones cancer. He did not die, and was put in an underground vault by the CIA, codenamed "the Hulk".

Secret Wars (2015)

During the Secret Wars storyline, different versions of Hulk reside in each Battleworld domain.

• The Battleworld domain of Greenland is filled with an assortment of Hulks ranging from Tribal Hulks (a group of Hulks that live like a tribe), Bull Hulks (a group of gamma-irradiated cattle), Sand Hulks (who evoke the traits of Hulk and Sandman), and a Sea Hulk. This land is a recreation of Earth-71612 where it was rendered into a Hulk-filled land by a gamma bomb strike by A.I.M. It was stated that Bruce Banner had started Bannertech Industries and his fate has not been mentioned since A.I.M.'s gamma bomb strike. In addition to the various type of Hulks and a variation of a Red Hulk that rules Greenland as the Red King", a variation of Steve Rogers that was sent into Greenland by God Emperor Doom and Sheriff Strange encountered another variation of Steve Rogers that operated as Doc Green.
• The Battleworld domain of Spider-Island that was based from the remnants of Earth-19919 told an alternate version of the Spider-Island storyline where Hulk was mutated into Spider-Hulk and served as one of Spider-Queen's minions. However, Agent Venom uses Curt Connors' Lizard Formula to mutate Hulk into a giant lizard monster, which broke him free from the Spider Queen's control.
• The Battleworld domain of Marville that was based from the remnants of Earth-71912 featured a child version of Hulk that is a member of the Avengers.
• The Battleworld domain of the Kingdom of Manhattan is based from the remnants of Earth-61610 where variations of characters from Earth-616 and Earth-1610 co-exist on the combined version of both reality's Manhattan. In this case, a variation of Hulk's Doc Green form co-exists with a variation of Earth-1610's Hulk.
• The Battleworld domain of Bug World that was based from the remnants of Earth-22312 features an anthropomorphic insect version of Hulk called Roly-Poly Hulk.
• Домен Battleworld в городе-крепости Нью-Йорка, основанный на остатках Земли-21722, представляет собой версию Халка, который является членом Мстителей, где они являются союзниками стороны ЩИТА в городе-крепости Нью-Йорка.

Паук-Геддон

В сюжетной линии « Паук-Геддон », продолжении « Паучьих стихов », Робби Бэннер — панк с Земли-138, который является союзником Паука-Панка и может превращаться в Халка, слушая музыку «Атомной бомбы». Он помог Пауку-Панк и Капитану Анархии сражаться с U-Foes в Клубе Адского Пламени, помог Пауку-Панк и MC Стрэнджу вытеснить Вселенскую Церковь Истины из Квинса и сражался с Гидрой на улицах. Получив кассету «Атомная бомба» от Капитана Анархии, Паук-Панк посетил Робби, чтобы получить его помощь, но последний не хотел слушать кассету. Когда Конгломератор Канг пошел в атаку, Робби неохотно прослушал запись и превратился в Халка, чтобы помочь Панку-Пауку сразиться с Кангом.

Конец

В других сказках было показано возможное будущее персонажа. Используя постапокалиптическую пустошь в качестве фона, Питер Дэвид написал « Невероятный Халк: Конец». В одном кадре пожилой Брюс Бэннер изображен как последний выживший житель Земли, Халк прятался в пещере во время ядерной войны, пока его не освободил Регистратор послан, чтобы подтвердить кончину человечества. После того, как Брюс путешествовал по Земле, превращаясь в Халка по ночам и подвергаясь нападению мутировавших тараканов , которые являются единственными выжившими формами жизни на Земле, история заканчивается тем, что Бэннер умирает от сердечного приступа, оставляя Халка последним живым. находясь на планете, Халк размышляет, что он теперь «единственный, кто есть», добившись своего желания остаться в покое, но осознавая, что он умрет, если снова превратится в Бэннера.

Абсолютное Марвел

Во вселенной Ultimate Marvel Халк впервые появляется в Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #2 (2001), написанном Брайаном Майклом Бендисом и нарисованном Филом Хестером . В серии Ultimates Брюс Бэннер работает на ЩИТ , пытаясь воссоздать формулу суперсолдата, создавшую Капитана Америку .

Доктор Роберт Брюс Баннер был одним из ведущих ученых США. был учёный по имени Леонард Уильямс . Его учителем

Позже он был среди ученых, которые воссоздали формулу суперсолдата, создавшую Капитана Америку . Показано, что Брюс Бэннер был нанят правительством США и генералом Ником Фьюри в рамках проекта по тайному воссозданию сыворотки суперсолдата. В секретной лаборатории в Дувре, штат Нью-Джерси , Брюс работает вместе с коллегами-учёными Хэнком Пимом, Франклином Стормом , отцом Сью и Джонни Сторм , и Ричардом Паркером , отцом Питера Паркера . Брюс считает, что придумал правильную формулу сыворотки, но ему необходимо ее проверить. Стремясь опробовать свои результаты на человеке, Баннер синтезирует сыворотку и вводит ее себе. Сыворотка впервые превращает его в Халка. Баннер неистовствует внутри лаборатории и в конечном итоге разрушает весь комплекс, почти убивая Ричарда Паркера вместе с его женой Мэри, которая привела с собой младенца Питера, чтобы навестить Ричарда. Спустя годы Халк опустошил Челси Пирс, смог его покорить прежде чем Человек-паук и взять под стражу.

Бэннер и Генри Пим были наняты ЩИТОМ для создания постчеловеческих солдат для Ultimates ЩИТА : Бэннер сосредоточился на формуле Суперсолдата, ответственной за Капитана Америку, а Генри Пим экспериментировал со своей формулой Человека-Гиганта. В то время как Пим добился успеха и известности благодаря « Человеку-гиганту », Бэннер обнаружил, что не может раскрыть формулу суперсолдата. Считая себя неудачником и страдая от насмешек со стороны Пима, Бэннер взял немного недавно обнаруженной крови Капитана Америки, объединил ее со своей формулой Халка и ввел ее. Баннер рационализировал свое решение, заявив, что превращение себя в монстра дало Ultimates злодея, с которым нужно сражаться, тем самым оправдывая их существование в то время, когда их обвиняли в огромной многомиллиардной трате государственных ресурсов. Однако, прежде чем впасть в бессознательное состояние, Баннер признался, что «чистая правда» в том, что он просто «просто скучал по тому, чтобы быть большим».

Вскоре после этого Бэннер превратился в серокожего Халка-социопата, который направлял и усиливал скрытые эмоции Бэннера, раскрывая самые темные глубины его личности . Халк начал выслеживать и преследовать Бетти Росс, объект привязанности Брюса Бэннера, которая из-за проблем в отношениях с Бэннером в ту ночь добивалась расположения голливудской кинозвезды Фредди Принца-младшего и случайно хвасталась этим перед Бэннером. телефон незадолго до его трансформации. Во время своей ярости и преследования убегающей Бетти Росс через город Халк сообщил Бетти, что он «чертовски возбужден» и уничтожил все на своем пути, без разбора убивая при этом сотни людей. После того, как Человек-Гигант потерял сознание и одолел Железного Человека , Капитана Америку и Тора , которые были отправлены, чтобы остановить его неистовство, Халк снова превратился в Баннера после того, как Оса проникла в его череп через ушной канал и выпустила свое биоэлектрическое жало напрямую. в его мозг. Придя в сознание, Бэннер сразу же потерял сознание, был связан и отправлен в ЩИТ, связь между ним и Абсолютным Халком была скрыта. Позже, после того, как он был побежден Ultimates, исследование крови Бэннера показало, что последняя формула суперсолдата, которую он принял, оказала на Бэннера более постоянный эффект. «Клетки Халка» не исчезали, как это было после первой трансформации Бэннера, показывая, что новая Формула Суперсолдата, которую взял Бэннер, навсегда сохранит Халка внутри него.

После своего неистовства Бэннер провел несколько месяцев в камере, специально предназначенной для того, чтобы противостоять ярости Халка, где ему постоянно вводили сыворотку Анти-Халка. В разгар нападения Читаури на Землю и захвата ими ЩИТА и Вооружённых Сил США , генерал Фьюри быстро мобилизовал армию и атаковал базу инопланетян в Аризоне . Во время битвы с герром Клейзером , агентом Читаури, способным поглощать и наносить огромный физический урон, Капитан Америка, исчерпав все другие тактические возможности, отдал приказ «Оружие последней надежды» и дал «Разрешение травмировать Бэннера», который находился в вертолете в сопровождении военного эскорта, зависавшего над полем боя ЩИТА. Деликатная процедура травмирования 90-фунтового ученого просто сводилась к выбрасыванию его из вертолета в надежде, что его гнев преодолеет действие сыворотки против Халка, текущей по его венам. Первым действием Халка было швырнуть Капитана Америку о бетон, чтобы отомстить ему за то, что он сломал челюсть Бэннеру после первой трансформации Халка на Манхэттене. Капитан Америка немедленно указал на герра Кляйзера, заявив, что он «объездил Бетти», пока Бэннер находился в своей одиночной камере. Халк, которого не мог затмить тощий немецкий нацист, быстро избил Клейзера до полусмерти и даже съел его. Пока Халк обедал на Клейзере, Капитан Америка снова манипулировал им, позвав его, сказав Халку, что инопланетный флот Читаури назвал его «неженским мальчиком», и спросил, намерен ли Халк позволить инопланетянам сойти с рук с таким оскорблять. В наиболее энергичной защите своей гетеросексуальности Халк прыгнул на милю в воздух, разорвав на части весь воздушный флот инопланетян, затуманивающий небо, при этом провозглашая: «Халк, не Сисси-мальчик... ХАЛК ПРЯМОЙ!» Даже после уничтожения всего флота и спасения того, что осталось от дня, Халк был полон адреналина и ярости, и его нужно было успокоить. Соколиный глаз , стрелок, был вызван, чтобы убить его с помощью шприца с адамантиевым наконечником, полного сыворотки против Халка. Соколиный глаз сделал это, но ему это едва удалось, поскольку Халк, казалось, был невосприимчив к противоядию, выпущенному Соколиным глазом в Халка, прежде чем он наконец потерял сознание. Пока Бэннер приходил в норму во время содержания в ЩИТЕ, его смотрители внимательно следили за ним. Из-за способностей герра Кляйзера изменять форму Баннера , испражнения были собраны и правильно утилизированы после битвы, чтобы исключить возможность того, что Кляйзер воссоздает себя хитрым, хотя и отвратительным способом.

Когда Магнето атаковал камеру Трискелиона во время серии « Абсолютная война », на всем объекте отключилось электричество. Говорят, что Халк в хаосе съел шестерых медсестер.

Во время мини-сериала « Ultimate Six » Трискелион подвергся нападению Электро и Зелёного Гоблина , но позже Железный Человек сообщил, что Бэннер «заснул, читая журнал», и на всякий случай ему сразу же ввели успокоительное на неделю.

Баннер оставался в своей камере в течение года, с очень небольшим количеством эпизодов с Халком; во время одной из таких трансформаций он сидел на диване и смотрел «Умерь свой энтузиазм», пока не превратился обратно. Среди немногих посетителей, которых он принял, был Хэнк Пим, демонстрирующий свою новую технологию «Человека-муравья». Вскоре после этого он узнал из национальных новостей, что кто-то слил в прессу сверхсекретную информацию о связи Халка и Бэннера. Щ.И.Т. нанял адвоката Мэтта Мердока, чтобы попытаться избежать смертной казни за более чем 800 убийств, рассказывая о важных вещах, которые Бэннер сделал в интересах национальной безопасности, и о своей работе на Ultimates. Во время заседания присяжных Баннера посетил генерал Ник Фьюри, который сообщил ему, что дело прекращено, и подарил ему бутылку шампанского. С нетерпением выпив свой первый напиток на свободе, Бэннер потерял сознание - Хэнк Пим накачал бутылку наркотиками по просьбе Фьюри - и проснулся намного позже на палубе авианосца, рядом с ядерным оружием мощностью в одну мегатонну. К счастью для своего благополучия, он превратился в Халка прямо перед тем, как взорвалось ядерное устройство. Позже Бэннер анонимно звонит Пиму с телефона-автомата, чтобы поблагодарить его за то, что он намеренно испортил дозу, прежде чем Бэннер решил скрыться. Неясно, намеренно ли Пим испортил дозу или был просто некомпетентен в своих исследованиях.

Брюс Бэннер позже появляется в Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия, перед одним из гигантских дубликатов Багрового Динамо , позволяя ему наступить на него, все время бормоча себе о том, что он «на связи со своим внутренним социопатом». Халк появляется на следующей панели, поднимает робота обеими руками, а затем разрывает его пополам, заканчивая выпуск заявлением «СЕЙЧАС НАЧИНАЙТЕ!» Затем он продолжает помогать Ultimates против Освободителей, побеждая, расчленяя и, наконец, съедая Мерзость .

Через некоторое время после исчезновения Бэннера на страницах « Абсолютного Росомахи против Халка » появились сообщения о странных происшествиях по всей Европе и Азии. Генерал Фьюри начал собирать воедино доказательства и пришел к выводу, что, несмотря на их расстояние друг от друга, все они были родственниками. Обнаружение фекалий Баннера в Тибете подтвердило, что он пережил казнь. Поскольку Щ.И.Т. отвечал за публичную казнь Бэннера, они действовали, чтобы скрыть свою ошибку, наняв Джеймса «Логана» Хоулетта ( Росомаха ) на выслеживание и устранение Бэннера. Логан приезжает в сельскую деревню в Тибете и обнаруживает, что все женщины были похищены. В конце концов он добирается до красивого, но заброшенного дворца. Халк (одетый в тибетские одежды и четки) поселился здесь, а похищенные женщины стали его наложницами . Халк раздражен тем, что его прерывают, и они с Росомахой сражаются. После напряженной борьбы Халк физически разрывает тело Росомахи пополам и швыряет его ноги на четыре мили вверх по горе, оставляя туловище Логана замерзать в снегу.

В выпуске №2 в воспоминаниях показано, что Брюс Бэннер после путешествия по Франции, Ирландии и Индии наконец отправляется в Тибет, чтобы найти мудрость Панчен -ламы , который, как он надеется, сможет раскрыть истинные отношения Бэннера и Халка. Именно здесь проживал Халк до вторжения Логана.

Затем он появился вместе с Железным Человеком в их собственном мини-сериале под названием Ultimate Human , в котором основное внимание уделяется Брюсу Бэннеру, который обращается к Тони Старку по поводу возможности использования нанитов Железного Человека для управления трансформациями Халка. Лидер представлен как Пит Уиздом , учёный, проливший кровь обоих мужчин, для использования в создании сверхчеловека. В этом сериале физиология Халка изображена как почти бесконечно адаптируемая к неблагоприятным условиям, включая моделирование враждебной внеземной среды, такой как поверхность планеты Венера . В нем также описывалось, что он генерирует углеродные фуллерены в структуре своей кожи, что увеличивает его долговечность.

Голый Халк заходит в ресторан и требует еды. Принцесса Зарда , которая уже находится в ресторане, сражается и побеждает Халка. После ссоры они сближаются и идут в другой ресторан, прежде чем снять номер в мотеле и заняться сексом .

Во время сюжетной линии « Ультиматума » Халк появляется в Нью-Йорке, и Человек-паук убеждает его помочь ему спасти людей. Когда начинают появляться демоны, они идут в дом Доктора Стрэнджа только для того, чтобы узнать, что его тело было одержимо Кошмаром . Затем он начинает их пытать. Халк в ответ нагревает Сферу Акмантаты, что вызывает взрыв. Он выживает, и его нанимают оставшиеся Ультимейтс и Люди Икс, чтобы остановить Магнето. В Цитадели Магнето ему и Колоссу поручено уничтожить часть оборудования цитадели. Они пытаются помешать Мистик и Саблезубому сбежать, но терпят неудачу. Халк переживает Ультиматум и позже его можно увидеть в Ultimate Comics: X в бесплатной столовой в роли Брюса Бэннера в Нью-Йорке. убеждает его Карен Грант стать их «инфорсером» в новой команде, спонсируемой бывшим директором Ником Фьюри.

убедил Халка Во время европейского кризиса, связанного с «Детями завтрашнего дня», агент ЩИТА Флумм напасть на «Детей завтрашнего дня» в обмен на безопасность Бетти Росс, которая в настоящее время находится под стражей. Халк был выпущен на волю на Детской базе под названием «Город», но Создателю удалось его успокоить и убедить, что его используют. В этот момент правительство США начало неэффективную ядерную атаку на Город, а Дети в ответ взорвали бомбу из антивещества в Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия. Когда Ультимейтс, наконец, переломили ситуацию, Создатель ввел Халку сыворотку Человека-Гиганта, превратив его в гигантского джаггернаута, хотя он был побежден и снова помещен под наркоз под Трискелионом.

Брюс был освобожден загадочной женщиной по имени Канг и убедил его украсть Камни Бесконечности, с помощью которых он сражался с Ультимейтами. После прибытия беглеца Рида Ричардса герои сбежали, но Капитан Америка решил остаться, чтобы остановить злодеев, хотя и был побеждён Тором.

Когда Создатель объединил все реальности, чтобы помочь Вечности сражаться с Первым Небесным сводом, Халк оказался среди возрожденных членов Ultimates. Было показано, что Халк не сохранил свой интеллект и говорил о себе в третьем лице. Когда Ультимейты Земли-616 прибыли на Контр-Землю , чтобы противостоять Создателю за его действия, он заставил Ультимейтов Земли-1610 сразиться с Ультимейтами Земли-616, где Халк был выброшен из здания Синим Марвелом . В конце концов, Халк и остальные Ультимейты Земли-1610 решили, что нет причин сражаться с Ультимейтами Земли-616, в результате чего Создатель убил Капитана Америку с Земли-1610. После того, как Халк помог Ультимейтам Земли-616 дать Вечности силу победить Первый Небесный свод, Халк и остальные Ультимейты Земли-1610 отправились преследовать Создателя.

После того, как Земля-1610 была восстановлена, Халка видели вместе с Мстителями, где они помогали Человеку-Пауку сражаться с Зеленым Гоблином.

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Во время сюжетной линии « Ultimate Invasion » Создатель посещает Землю-6160 и переделывает ее по своему образу. Одной из вещей, в которых он не смог преуспеть, было предотвращение происхождения Халка, который позже обретет личное «просветление». Он и его собратья-монахи из Детей Вечного Света позже присутствовали на международном мероприятии, проводимом Создателем в городе в Латверии в рамках его Совета . Выясняется, что Халк и Дети Вечного Света правят Индией и некоторыми частями Азии.

Выражая соболезнования Говарду Старку в связи со смертью Обадии Стейна , Халк объясняет искусственный характер военной экономики, практикуемой властными блоками Совета, поскольку Старк назначается управлять Северо-Американским Союзом в прежней роли Стейна. Халк и другие лидеры позже обсуждают закрытие Города на два года с Создателем внутри. Поскольку Говард Старк тоже заперт внутри, Халк и другие планируют разделить Союз между собой.

Халку и остальным позже сообщают о набеге Железного Парня на латверианские хранилища. Выражая соболезнования Анри Дуггари в связи с его ранами, Халк заявляет, что Тони Старк «подарил им Америку», поскольку Совет использует орбитальный спутник Старка/Стейна для проведения атаки под ложным флагом на Башню Старка, в результате чего в ее секции погибли тысячи людей. Манхэттена. Он предлагает представить Старка и его союзников террористами, поскольку они укрепляют контроль над американскими территориями.

Позже показано, что Брюс Бэннер был директором проекта «Замок Гамма», создав «гамма-бомбу Баннера -Улама » и взорвав ее над островом в Тихом океане, что привело не только к его превращению в Халка, но и к массовому заражению, связанному с жители острова, отражающие реальные события в замке Браво и последствия событий на Маршалловых островах . Утверждается, что Баннер, возможно, намеренно спланировал результаты, а также пытался скрыть остров от остального мира и сделать невозможным добраться до него в настоящее время. Пока члены Ultimates Железный Парень, Тор и Сиф заключают соглашение с уроженцем гамма-силы по имени Леджори Закария , Баннер наблюдает со скрытой камеры, как он приказывает своим подчиненным из Детей Вечного Света собрать Бессмертное Оружие в качестве команда начинает его «злить».

В других СМИ

Основная статья: Халк в других СМИ

Персонажа играли вживую и в анимации различные актеры. Персонаж впервые был сыгран вживую Биллом Биксби и Лу Ферриньо в телесериале 1978 года «Невероятный Халк» и его последующих телевизионных фильмах «Невероятное возвращение Халка» (1988), «Испытание Невероятного Халка» (1989) и «Смерть Невероятный Халк (1990) и Эрик Бана в фильме «Халк» (2003). В кинематографической вселенной Marvel (MCU) персонаж сначала изображался Эдвардом Нортоном в фильме «Невероятный Халк» (2008), а затем Марком Руффало в более поздних появлениях, включая фильмы «Мстители» (2012), «Железный человек 3» (2013). ), Мстители: Эра Альтрона (2015), Тор: Рагнарёк (2017), Мстители: Война бесконечности (2018), Капитан Марвел (2019), Мстители: Финал (2019), а также Шанг-Чи и легенда десяти колец (2021), а также телесериалы «Женщина-Халк: Адвокат» (2022) и «Что, если...?» (2021).

Прием

Халк занял первое место в списке персонажей-монстров Marvel Comics в 2015 году.

В 2018 году сайт CBR.com поставил Существо (Брюс Баннер) на 2-е место в своем списке «Эра Апокалипсиса: 30 самых сильных персонажей в самом крутом альтернативном мире Marvel».

В 2022 году Screen Rant включил Халка в свой список «10 самых могущественных злодеев Геркулеса в комиксах Marvel».

См. также

• Список дебютов супергероев Marvel Comics

Внешние ссылки

• Халк в вики вселенной Marvel
• Халк в базе данных комиксов (архив из оригинала )
• Халк в базе данных Grand Comics
• Халк в Керли
• Халк на IMDb
• Брюс Бэннер в базе данных Marvel , Marvel Comics вики