Hulk
TMDB
Fresh Start, Comics: Eldest uses the Hulk to free the Mother of Horrors on the Requiem Plain, creating the Infernal Hulk; Banner escapes with Betty.
Cinematic
Bruce Banner, a gamma physicist born in 1969, became the Hulk after a 2005 lab accident and was hunted by the army for years. He joined the Avengers in 2012, left Earth in 2015, spent two years as a gladiator champion on Sakaar, and helped evacuate Asgard before its destruction. After surviving the Snap he merged with the Hulk as Smart Hulk, undid the Snap in 2023, later trained his cousin She-Hulk, and was kidnapped by Doctor Doom.
Comics
Bruce Banner is a nuclear physicist from Dayton, Ohio, whose own gamma bomb test in New Mexico turned him into the Hulk. Pursued by the military and split among many Hulk personalities, he helped found the Avengers, drifted through the Defenders and S.H.I.E.L.D., ruled the planet Sakaar after being exiled, then returned for vengeance. He has died and returned many times through the Green Door, and later faces the Infernal Hulk.
Hulk (2003)
Gamma-radiation researcher raised in foster care after his father David caused a lab explosion. A nanomed accident at Berkeley triggers his transformation into the Hulk, which feeds on rage. He clashes with General Ross, the officer Talbot and his returned father, who is destroyed. Presumed dead, he is later found working as a doctor in the Amazon.
Incredible Hulk (1977)
David Banner is a physician and physicist who turns into the green Hulk under stress after a gamma radiation accident. Believed dead and blamed for a colleague's death, he travels under false names while reporter Jack McGee pursues him. He dies falling from an exploding plane, with his girlfriend Jasmin beside him.
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)
A nuclear physicist who becomes the Hulk when angry or stressed. In this reality he first appears in the 1981 Spider-Man series and fully in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, meeting the Spider-Friends on a bus to Hollywood and fighting Spider-Man during a Mysterio scheme. The Hulk also appears in the 1982 series.
Marvel Action Universe (1994)
Bruce Banner, a scientist turned into the Hulk by gamma radiation, shown across Iron Man, Fantastic Four and Incredible Hulk episodes. His origin differs between episodes. He gains a Grey Hulk persona, is hunted by General Ross, and is helped by Rick Jones and Tony Stark, while Doctor Doom and the Leader exploit him.
Ultimate Avengers
Scientist who survived a gamma explosion and turns into the Hulk when angry, once wrecking part of New York. He replaces Hank Pym as head of the super-soldier program and briefly controls the Hulk with Captain America's serum before turning on the Avengers. In the sequel he is imprisoned, then breaks out as the Hulk during a Chitauri attack and leaps away.
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Wolverine and the X-Men
A physicist transformed into the Hulk by a gamma bomb test. He is jailed in the Cube, helps stop the supervillain breakout, and becomes a founding Avenger, leaving and rejoining the team. He fights Wolverine, Kang, Ultron, the Masters of Evil, Korvac and Red Hulk, and later helps Wolverine cure the Wendigo.
Super Hero Squad Show
A gamma-mutated hero who grows stronger the angrier he gets. This version is more childish and simple than the mainstream Hulk and goes by "The Hulk" rather than Bruce. He serves on the Super Hero Squad and once appeared as the grey Mr. Fixit.
Planet Hulk
A gamma mutate exiled from Earth to the planet Sakaar by Iron Man and other heroes. Forced into gladiator fights, he joins the Warbound, takes up with Caiera, and leads a rebellion that kills the Red King, after which he rules Sakaar. Known there as the Sakaarson.
Marvel Animated Universe (2012 to 2018)
Scientist at a Defense Department base in New Mexico who was transformed by a gamma bomb test and hunted by General Ross. He befriends Spider-Man, joins the Avengers, and later leads the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., a team with She-Hulk, Red Hulk, Skaar and A-Bomb. He splits into several personalities over time, including Dark Hulk, Calm Hulk and the intelligent Hulk after a body swap.
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Bruce Banner became the Hulk through gamma rays and works from New York City, voiced by Fred Tatasciore. In the crossover special his powers are drained and briefly pass to Iron Man before the heroes travel to Danville.
Iron Man and Hulk, Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United
An American gamma mutate who meets Iron Man while Iron Man investigates a blackout, and joins him against Hydra.
Spidey and His Amazing Friends (Disney Junior)
A green, gentle giant who is always ready to smash and help Spidey fight evil. He speaks in full sentences and is calmer than other versions; the page notes producers call him a child despite his adult appearance.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
A nuclear physicist turned gamma-powered Hulk in the LEGO Marvel reality, who joins the Avengers after the Chitauri attack in New York. He fights Abomination and Sandman, helps stop the Raft breakout and Magneto, and helps defeat Galactus. Banner co-creates Ultron, is forced to rage by Wanda, and is later sent to Sakaar.
Timeline 28 events
- Silver · Comics: Banner is caught in the first Gamma Bomb test at Desert Base in New Mexico while saving Rick Jones and becomes the Hulk.
- Silver · Comics: Manipulated by Loki into fighting Thor, the Hulk joins the first Avengers lineup, then quits the team soon after.
- Silver · Comics: The Leader sends the Hulk to the home planet of Uatu the Watcher to steal the Ultimate Machine, after which he is returned to Earth.
- Silver · Comics: Loki transports the Hulk to Asgard, where he fights the Asgardians until Odin banishes him into deep space.
- Bronze · Comics: Psyklop shrinks the Hulk into the Microverse world of K'ai, where he meets and bonds with Jarella before being pulled back to Earth.
- Bronze · Comics: The Beyonder teleports the Hulk and other heroes to Battleworld.
- Modern · Comics: As leader of the Pantheon, the Hulk attacks the Troyjan homeworld, where Trauma is accidentally killed.
- Modern · Comics: After the heroes sacrifice themselves to stop Onslaught, Banner is reborn on Franklin Richards' Counter-Earth pocket dimension while the Savage Hulk stays on Earth.
- Modern · Comics: The Illuminati exile the Hulk in a shuttle that lands on Sakaar, where he becomes a gladiator, overthrows the regime and becomes king.
- Modern · Comics: Caiera dies when the shuttle explodes on Sakaar; the Hulk and the Warbound sail to Earth, stop at the Moon and devastate New York in World War Hulk.
- Secret Wars · Comics: Doc Green dies in the final incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610 and is restored when Reed Richards rebuilds the Multiverse.
- Secret Wars · Comics: Hawkeye kills Banner with a specially built arrow at his own request, after a precognitive vision foretold an onslaught.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Banner passes through Stark's Project A.R.K. portal, visits Earth-122 and Sakk-Reen, fights Thor, and is sent to Asgard where Mjolnir purges the gamma energy from Thor.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Banner travels to Sakaar to mourn his son Hiro-Kala and joins the Galactic Council war against the Skrulls at the Fulcrum and Wakanda Prime.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Eldest uses the Hulk to free the Mother of Horrors on the Requiem Plain, creating the Infernal Hulk; Banner escapes with Betty.
- 2005 · Cinematic: A gamma-radiation experiment at Culver University, meant to recreate the super soldier serum, turns Banner into the Hulk and he goes on the run from the army.
- 2012 · Cinematic: Recruited by Natasha Romanoff to help track the Tesseract, Banner attacks the Helicarrier and then fights with the Avengers in the Battle of New York.
- 2015 · Cinematic: Hulk is forced to rampage in Johannesburg by Wanda Maximoff, fights Iron Man in the Hulkbuster, and joins the Battle of Sokovia against Ultron.
- 2015 · Cinematic: After the Ultron fight Hulk takes a Quinjet off Earth, passes through a wormhole and crashes on Sakaar, where he becomes the Grandmaster's champion.
- 2017 · Cinematic: Hulk fights Thor in the Grand Arena, then Banner resurfaces and the two escape Sakaar with Valkyrie and Loki after a revolution.
- 2017 · Cinematic: Back on Asgard, Hulk beats Fenris, watches Surtur destroy the realm, and sails with the surviving Asgardians on the Statesman.
- 2018 · Cinematic: Thanos attacks the Statesman and beats Hulk, and Heimdall sends him by Bifrost to the New York Sanctum on Earth.
- 2018 · Cinematic: Banner fights in the Hulkbuster at the Battle of Wakanda, which ends with Thanos completing the Snap.
- 2018 · Cinematic: Banner and the surviving heroes find Thanos on the Garden three weeks later, where Thor kills him but the stones are already destroyed.
- 2023 · Cinematic: Banner joins the Time Heist and uses the Nano Gauntlet to reverse the Snap, injuring his right arm, then fights in the Battle of Earth.
- 2024 · Cinematic: A car accident passes Banner's blood to his cousin Jennifer Walters, making her She-Hulk, and he trains her at his island home in Mexico.
- 2025 · Cinematic: Banner leaves Earth in a Sakaaran courier craft, learns on Sakaar that he has a son named Skaar, and later brings him to Earth.
- 2028 · Cinematic: As a professor at Empire State University, Banner is enthralled by Jean Grey, attacks Damage Control, is stopped by Spider-Man and Punisher, and is later kidnapped from military custody by Doctor Doom.
allied with
Thor, Heimdall, Valkyrie, Korg, Iron Man, Steve Rogers, Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Hawkeye, Betty Ross, She-Hulk, Rick Jones, Namor, Doctor Strange, Elaina Marks, Janet van Dyne, Caiera, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Skaar, Nick Fury, Miek, Wolverine (Logan), Daredevil, Katy Chen, Harper, Donald Blake, Maggie Shaw, Hiroim, Elloe Kaifi
enemy of
Iron Man, Thaddeus Ross, Abomination, Ultron, Hela, Thanos, Jean Grey, Doctor Doom, David Banner, Glenn Talbot, Jack McGee, Thor, Nick Fury, Kang the Conqueror, Loki Laufeyson, Annihilus, Red Skull, Talos, Grandmaster, Cull Obsidian, Surtur, Skurge, Miek, X-23 (Laura), Juggernaut (Cain Marko, conjectured), Rockslide, Stepford Cuckoos, Punisher, Zzzax
parent of
Skaar, David Banner, Edith Banner
travels to
Sakaar, Asgard, Earth, Quantum Realm, The Moon, Dark Dimension, Negative Zone
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