{"id":5425914,"date":"2022-04-27T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidepulse.dev\/2022\/04\/27\/marvel-comics-reveals-all-its-hulks-beyond-titan-original-hulk-bruce-banner-whos-missing\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T17:25:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T21:25:45","slug":"marvel-comics-reveals-all-its-hulks-beyond-titan-original-hulk-bruce-banner-whos-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidepulse.com\/2022\/04\/27\/marvel-comics-reveals-all-its-hulks-beyond-titan-original-hulk-bruce-banner-whos-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Comics Reveals ALL Its Hulks Beyond Titan & Original Hulk Bruce Banner?! Who’s Missing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marvel Comics Reveals ALL Its Hulks Beyond Titan and Original Hulk Bruce Banner?! Who’s Missing?<\/p>\n

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For its its current Hulk series (Volume 5) we have a new “starship” Hulk dynamic involving the original Hulk from Hulk #1 (full spoilers here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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In the recent Hulk #6 (full spoilers here<\/a>) we saw the “official” debut of his Titan Hulk persona.<\/p>\n

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Well, Marvel is now reminding you \/ us<\/a> that there are even more Hulks in the Marvel publishing universe.<\/p>\n

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Meet the Hulks of the Marvel Universe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To celebrate the newest addition to the Hulk family, take a look back at several of the Hulks from Marvel\u2019s history!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In 1962,\u00a0Stan Lee\u00a0and\u00a0Jack Kirby\u00a0introduced the world to Bruce Banner\u2019s alter ego, the\u00a0Hulk. For a while, Bruce was the only Hulk in the Marvel universe, but\u00a0She-Hulk,\u00a0Red Hulk,\u00a0Red She-Hulk, and so many others soon followed in his footsteps, which begs the question: why was Hulk the only one without a Hulk?<\/span><\/p>\n

In last week\u2019s\u00a0HULK #6<\/strong>, writer\u00a0Donny Cates\u00a0and artist\u00a0Ryan Ottley\u00a0introduced Titan, the Hulk\u2019s Hulk. As amazing as it sounds, even the Hulk has a limit before he reaches his breaking point and transforms into something else. We now know that Hulk is capable of becoming a kaiju-sized creature with untold power. It\u2019s too soon to say if Titan has a mind and a persona of his own, but he is clearly one of the most dangerous incarnations of the Hulk to date.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before we look to the future, though, it\u2019s time to revisit some of the other Hulks in the Marvel Universe!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jennifer Walters<\/span><\/h4>\n

Bruce Banner\u2019s cousin, Jennifer Walters, would have died in her first appearance if he hadn\u2019t given her an emergency blood transfusion. As seen in THE SAVAGE SHE-HULK (1980) #1, this gave Jennifer her own Hulk persona.<\/span><\/p>\n

At first, She-Hulk was a lot like the savage incarnation of Hulk, but over time, Jennifer retained more of her mind and personality in her She-Hulk state. Jennifer has had a rough time over the last few years, including a regression to a more savage iteration of her Hulk, but she is once again in control of herself in the pages of SHE-HULK (2022).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Betty Ross Banner<\/span><\/h4>\n

In hindsight, we should have known Betty Ross would have a Hulk. As established in\u00a0INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #162, Betty\u2019s close proximity to her future husband, Bruce, gave her an increased tolerance for gamma radiation. That\u2019s how\u00a0M.O.D.O.K. was able to transform her into the Harpy in that same issue. Years later, M.O.D.O.K. and the Intelligencia\u00a0resurrected Betty as Red She-Hulk. More recently in\u00a0IMMORTAL HULK, Betty has become Red Harpy, and her gamma-induced transformation is even more grotesque than before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Rick Jones<\/span><\/h4>\n

Without\u00a0Rick Jones, Bruce Banner would have never become a Hulk. All the way back in\u00a0INCREDIBLE HULK (1962) #1, Bruce saved Rick\u2019s life by tossing him in a ditch before the Gamma Bomb irradiated his body. Perhaps that event made Rick susceptible to gamma radiation as well, because in\u00a0INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #324-332, Rick became the second Hulk! He was eventually cured by a procedure that allowed the\u00a0Leader\u00a0to reclaim his lost gamma intellect.<\/span><\/p>\n

Years later, in\u00a0FALL OF THE HULKS: RED HULK #3, the Leader and M.O.D.O.K. turned Rick into a new version of the\u00a0Abomination. Fortunately, Rick retained enough of his personality that he became a hero instead of a villain. He also took the codename\u00a0A-Bomb\u00a0before he was cured by Hulk\u2019s Doc Green persona several months later.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rick\u2019s gamma nightmare resurfaced in\u00a0IMMORTAL HULK\u00a0when he was resurrected and forced to become an even more hideous version of the Abomination. Fortunately, as of\u00a0GAMMA FLIGHT #1-5, Rick is once again a normal human being.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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General Thaddeus E. “Thunderbolt” Ross<\/span><\/h4>\n

No one hated Hulk more than his father-in-law, General Ross. That\u2019s why it was so surprising when Ross turned out to be the Red Hulk who debuted in\u00a0HULK (2008) #1. He was also the most obnoxious Hulk to date, and he was even audacious enough to attack the\u00a0Watcher. Ross\u2019 identity as the Red Hulk was a closely guarded secret, helped in part by the mysterious disappearance of his facial hair after transforming. Ross was briefly stripped of his powers by Doc Green, but as of\u00a0CAPTAIN AMERICA (2018) #26, the Red Hulk is back in action.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Skaar<\/span><\/h4>\n

At first glance,\u00a0Skaar, the son of Hulk and\u00a0Caiera the Oldstrong, doesn\u2019t appear to have a Hulk \u2013 because he is a Hulk! Skaar vowed to hunt down and kill his father in a misguided quest for revenge. In\u00a0SKAAR: SON OF HULK #11, readers learned he did have a more vulnerable human incarnation that was closer to his true age. In this form, he was just a boy. Skaar and Hulk finally had their big battle in\u00a0INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #611, but they were able to overcome their issues, allowing Bruce to embrace his son for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like several others on this list, Skaar was briefly depowered by Banner\u2019s Doc Green persona, but as of\u00a0GAMMA FLIGHT #1-5, Skaar is once again able to transform into a Hulk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Amadeus Cho<\/span><\/h4>\n

From the start,\u00a0Amadeus Cho\u00a0idolized Bruce Banner and the Hulk. Perhaps that was one of the reasons why Amadeus became a Hulk. As revealed in\u00a0TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #2, Amadeus saved Bruce\u2019s life and took on the burden of the Hulk for himself, but Amadeus didn\u2019t initially see it as a burden. He accepted it as a blessing and took pride in being a better Hulk than Banner because he had control over his emotions and personality \u2013 or so he thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

In reality, every Hulk has to contend with their dark side; even Amadeus was not immune to that. In\u00a0INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #717, Amadeus voluntarily gave up the majority of his gamma powers, but retained enough Hulk strength to become Brawn.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Spider-Man<\/span><\/h4>\n

Years before\u00a0WORLD WAR HULKS,\u00a0Spider-Man\u00a0became the first Marvel hero outside of Hulk\u2019s immediate friends and family to become a Hulk. After accidentally being infected with Hulk\u2019s gamma radiation in\u00a0WEB OF SPIDER-MAN (1985) #69, Peter Parker became a full-fledged Spider-Hulk in\u00a0issue #70. It\u2019s worth noting Spider-Hulk\u2019s persona was very similar to the Savage Hulk\u2019s personality. That appears to make Hulks like She-Hulk and Amadeus Cho even more special, since not even Spidey\u2019s brilliant intellect could control his Hulk before he was cured.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Deadpool<\/span><\/h4>\n

Speaking of\u00a0WORLD WAR HULKS, many of Marvel\u2019s heroes briefly became Hulks in that crossover event. For example,\u00a0Deadpool\u00a0became Hulkpool, a gamma monster who was obsessed with killing Deadpool, as if he couldn\u2019t realize that he was Deadpool. In\u00a0HULKED OUT HEROES #1-2, Hulkpool went on a disastrous mission back in time to kill himself, but he only managed to make a mess out of history.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Hulk<\/span><\/h4>\n

It turns out that the Hulk had his own Hulk even before Titan came along. As seen in\u00a0AVENGERS & X-MEN: AXIS #4, the Hulk\u2019s Hulk is called Kluh, and he is everything that the Hulk isn\u2019t. Kluh is vicious, evil, and eager to destroy anyone in his way. It\u2019s worth noting that Kluh\u2019s physical form has some similarities to Titan, but only Titan can grow to 30 stories in height.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kluh was created by a spell gone wrong that reversed the moral compasses for several Marvel heroes and villains. Following the spell\u2019s end, Kluh was never seen again.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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To learn more about Titan, the newest addition to the Hulk family, check out HULK #6<\/a> by Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley, on sale now!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Looks like Marvel forgot about Lyra the Savage She-Hulk.<\/p>\n

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You may recall her from J. Scott Campbell’s She-Hulks interconnecting Fall of the Hulks: Savage She-Hulks #1 – 3 covers from 2010.<\/p>\n

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Did Marvel miss any other Hulks?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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