you would not like him when he’s angry
or maybe a would he’s actually really
popular welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we will explore the comic book
origins of Bruce Banner also known as
the Hulk don’t make me angry you
wouldn’t like me when I’m angry
as with most comic book characters
they’re often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the original
storyline which unfolded in 1962 s The
Incredible Hulk
number one Bruce Banner was a brilliant
scientist working at an army base in the
desert on a top-secret project the G
bomb just as the bomb was about to be
tested however banner noticed that a
teenaged boy had driven into the test
area selflessly running to his aid
Banner was able to save the boy but
could not escape the blast zone himself
instead of dying banners body was bathed
in gamma rays after regaining
consciousness back at the army base
banner noticed a nearby Geiger counter a
device used to measure radiation as the
clicking of the device intensified
banner suddenly transformed into a large
gray figure with his newfound strength
he broke through a brick wall and
destroyed a truck carrying soldiers that
tried to attack him
dubbed the Hulk by one of the soldiers
banner tried to reach the cabin where he
lived in order to find a formula to
reverse the transformation reaching the
cabin the Hulk happened upon a man named
Igor who is rummaging furiously through
the drawers when Igor turned around and
saw the Hulk
he drew a gun and fired upon him
shrugging off the bullets and crushing
the gun like it was a toy The Hulk
knocked Igor out cold unbeknownst to the
Hulk the boy that he saved Rick Jones
had followed him back to the cabin and
arrived as he tangled with the Igor as
the Hulk noticed a photo of himself as
Bruce Banner on the table Jones reminded
him that he was Bruce Banner before he
had transformed although the Hulk
recognized this photo of his previous
form he declared that he was happy the
transformation happened preferring to be
the strong imposing Hulk rather than the
weak Bruce Banner just as the Hulk was
about to turn on Jones the Sun came up
and the Hulk transformed back into his
human form
it was at this moment that the army
arrived having also followed the Hulk
back to his cabin believing it to be
impossible that banner could be the Hulk
however the soldiers left to continue
their search but they took the
unconscious egor with them as they
believed him to be a spy finally alone
banner confided in Jones that he feared
that he would switch back into the Hulk
when the Sun set meanwhile Igor awoke in
a prison cell using a transistor hidden
on his fingernail he was able to send a
message over the iron curtain to the
gargoyle the most feared man in all of
Asia the gargoyle fearing that the Hulk
may be as powerful as him decided to
travel to America to capture or kill him
just as the gargoyle landed in America
banner once again transformed into the
Hulk as the Sun went down the gargoyle
found the Hulk and confronted him with a
weapon of his own invention attempting
to make the Hulk into his slave the
gargoyles weapon proved effective as the
drug-filled bullet turned the Hulk into
a docile prisoner after being loaded
onto a jet bound for the USSR however
daylight struck and the Hulk was once
again transformed back into Bruce Banner
recognizing that Banner and the Hulk
were the same person the initially
dumbfounded gargoyle begged banner to
transform him back into a regular man
banner agreed to help the gargoyle and
used radiation to transform him back
into his normal self no longer a slave
to the USSR the gargoyle used a rocket
to send banner back to America the
gargoyle now just a man refused to be
captured by his former Soviet masters
and blew himself up as banner made his
escape
there were several changes made to the
Hulk to make him more like the Beast we
know today in the Incredible Hulk number
two the Hulk’s color was changed from
grey to green this was because the
colorist Stan Goldberg had difficulty
keeping the gray color consistent in the
first issue and decided to switch to
green for the second issue another
revision dealt with how Bruce Banner
changed into the Hulk
originally he changed into the Hulk at
dusk and reverted to human form at
sunrise you know werewolf rules this
transformation was eventually changed so
that it would be caused by emotional
reactions usually when Banner was angry
or upset
this emotional trigger was first
detailed when the Hulk battled ant-man
in tales to astonish number 59 he was
also during these storylines of the Hulk
became less articulate and more
childlike in his Hulk form rarely using
full sentences or proper grammar the
Hulk would also eventually become a
founding member of the Avengers here he
was initially framed by Loki who tricked
the Hulk into destroying a railroad
bridge fearing that the Hulk was on
another rampage for ant-man Iron Man and
the wasp all attempted to stop him
eventually Thor discovered that Loki had
framed the Hulk and working with the
other heroes defeated Loki and agreed to
form a team called The Avengers like
almost all of the founding members the
Hulk would have an on-again off-again
relationship with the Avengers over the
years and would frequently leave and
rejoin the team like all comic book
heroes The Hulk has gone through
numerous reimagining perhaps none more
prominent than in the ultimate storyline
which intended to be a modernized
version of the Avengers in this series
Bruce Banner is hired by shield to
recreate the super-soldier formula that
created Captain America in an attempt to
test the formula banner injects himself
with the serum and transforms into the
Hulk he then rampages through New York
until he’s eventually stopped by The
Ultimates aside from the comics the Hulk
has appeared in various media in the
1960s he starred in his own segment of
the animated series the Marvel
superheroes from 1978 to 1982 The Hulk
received his own live-action series with
Bill Bixby starring as David Banner and
Lou Ferrigno playing the Hulk
recently The Hulk has been portrayed on
the big screen by Eric Bana Edward
Norton
and finally Mark Ruffalo I’m always in
are you a fan of the Hulk for more comic
book origins be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com it’s over the nightmare is
over welcome back doc
or maybe a would he’s actually really
popular welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we will explore the comic book
origins of Bruce Banner also known as
the Hulk don’t make me angry you
wouldn’t like me when I’m angry
as with most comic book characters
they’re often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the original
storyline which unfolded in 1962 s The
Incredible Hulk
number one Bruce Banner was a brilliant
scientist working at an army base in the
desert on a top-secret project the G
bomb just as the bomb was about to be
tested however banner noticed that a
teenaged boy had driven into the test
area selflessly running to his aid
Banner was able to save the boy but
could not escape the blast zone himself
instead of dying banners body was bathed
in gamma rays after regaining
consciousness back at the army base
banner noticed a nearby Geiger counter a
device used to measure radiation as the
clicking of the device intensified
banner suddenly transformed into a large
gray figure with his newfound strength
he broke through a brick wall and
destroyed a truck carrying soldiers that
tried to attack him
dubbed the Hulk by one of the soldiers
banner tried to reach the cabin where he
lived in order to find a formula to
reverse the transformation reaching the
cabin the Hulk happened upon a man named
Igor who is rummaging furiously through
the drawers when Igor turned around and
saw the Hulk
he drew a gun and fired upon him
shrugging off the bullets and crushing
the gun like it was a toy The Hulk
knocked Igor out cold unbeknownst to the
Hulk the boy that he saved Rick Jones
had followed him back to the cabin and
arrived as he tangled with the Igor as
the Hulk noticed a photo of himself as
Bruce Banner on the table Jones reminded
him that he was Bruce Banner before he
had transformed although the Hulk
recognized this photo of his previous
form he declared that he was happy the
transformation happened preferring to be
the strong imposing Hulk rather than the
weak Bruce Banner just as the Hulk was
about to turn on Jones the Sun came up
and the Hulk transformed back into his
human form
it was at this moment that the army
arrived having also followed the Hulk
back to his cabin believing it to be
impossible that banner could be the Hulk
however the soldiers left to continue
their search but they took the
unconscious egor with them as they
believed him to be a spy finally alone
banner confided in Jones that he feared
that he would switch back into the Hulk
when the Sun set meanwhile Igor awoke in
a prison cell using a transistor hidden
on his fingernail he was able to send a
message over the iron curtain to the
gargoyle the most feared man in all of
Asia the gargoyle fearing that the Hulk
may be as powerful as him decided to
travel to America to capture or kill him
just as the gargoyle landed in America
banner once again transformed into the
Hulk as the Sun went down the gargoyle
found the Hulk and confronted him with a
weapon of his own invention attempting
to make the Hulk into his slave the
gargoyles weapon proved effective as the
drug-filled bullet turned the Hulk into
a docile prisoner after being loaded
onto a jet bound for the USSR however
daylight struck and the Hulk was once
again transformed back into Bruce Banner
recognizing that Banner and the Hulk
were the same person the initially
dumbfounded gargoyle begged banner to
transform him back into a regular man
banner agreed to help the gargoyle and
used radiation to transform him back
into his normal self no longer a slave
to the USSR the gargoyle used a rocket
to send banner back to America the
gargoyle now just a man refused to be
captured by his former Soviet masters
and blew himself up as banner made his
escape
there were several changes made to the
Hulk to make him more like the Beast we
know today in the Incredible Hulk number
two the Hulk’s color was changed from
grey to green this was because the
colorist Stan Goldberg had difficulty
keeping the gray color consistent in the
first issue and decided to switch to
green for the second issue another
revision dealt with how Bruce Banner
changed into the Hulk
originally he changed into the Hulk at
dusk and reverted to human form at
sunrise you know werewolf rules this
transformation was eventually changed so
that it would be caused by emotional
reactions usually when Banner was angry
or upset
this emotional trigger was first
detailed when the Hulk battled ant-man
in tales to astonish number 59 he was
also during these storylines of the Hulk
became less articulate and more
childlike in his Hulk form rarely using
full sentences or proper grammar the
Hulk would also eventually become a
founding member of the Avengers here he
was initially framed by Loki who tricked
the Hulk into destroying a railroad
bridge fearing that the Hulk was on
another rampage for ant-man Iron Man and
the wasp all attempted to stop him
eventually Thor discovered that Loki had
framed the Hulk and working with the
other heroes defeated Loki and agreed to
form a team called The Avengers like
almost all of the founding members the
Hulk would have an on-again off-again
relationship with the Avengers over the
years and would frequently leave and
rejoin the team like all comic book
heroes The Hulk has gone through
numerous reimagining perhaps none more
prominent than in the ultimate storyline
which intended to be a modernized
version of the Avengers in this series
Bruce Banner is hired by shield to
recreate the super-soldier formula that
created Captain America in an attempt to
test the formula banner injects himself
with the serum and transforms into the
Hulk he then rampages through New York
until he’s eventually stopped by The
Ultimates aside from the comics the Hulk
has appeared in various media in the
1960s he starred in his own segment of
the animated series the Marvel
superheroes from 1978 to 1982 The Hulk
received his own live-action series with
Bill Bixby starring as David Banner and
Lou Ferrigno playing the Hulk
recently The Hulk has been portrayed on
the big screen by Eric Bana Edward
Norton
and finally Mark Ruffalo I’m always in
are you a fan of the Hulk for more comic
book origins be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com it’s over the nightmare is
over welcome back doc
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