When Pinkie finally caught up with Hulk, she found him sitting by a riverside alone. His knees were drawn in and his arms were resting on them. Much to her surprise, she found a number of birds on him and multiple animals had surrounded him, as if they didn't care that he was a monster. She wasn't sure if he was sleeping or not, when Hulk growled at her and stood up, startling the birds and animals who ran off and hid. His growling at her had at least showed her that he was paying attention.
"What puny pony want?" Hulk growled, but there was no rage behind it.
"I just want to ask, what was that now?" Pinkie said with a smug smile. "Why'd you save those ponies and their teacher? I thought Hulk hated 'annoying' ponies and didn't care whether we lived or died."
"Hulk don't care. Hulk just..."
"Hulk just what? Doesn't like watching innocents getting hurt? Hulk doesn't like it when bullies hurt those weaker than them? I talked to Pipsqueak, the colt you helped out," Pinkie said with a smile when Hulk looked at her, wondering how she'd known. "I may be crazy, but I'm starting to think that Banner might have the wrong idea about you. That...I might have had the wrong idea about you."
"Puny not have wrong idea! Puny pony think Hulk a monster," Hulk said, this time with the rage behind his voice. "All ponies think Hulk a monster! Hulk is a monster!"
"Oh really?" Pinkie asked him, reaching over and pulling out a couch for her to sit on. "Let's recap then: You saved the ponies of Ponyville from a massive snake, named Susie. Then, you battled it out with TWO Ursa's and managed to keep all of the ponies alive as you did it. You then protected Pipsqueak from some bullies, even though you said that he was 'annoying'. And just moments ago, you saved a whole class full of ponies (whose school you destroyed) from a massive dam that burst and flooded the valley near here. Besides Lyra, I don't think that anyponies have been harmed since you got here."
"Is puny pony saying that Hulk a hero?" he said with a laugh. "Hulk is monster! Hulk is no hero."
"I beg to differ," Pinkie said, looking over the rim of her glasses that Hulk hadn't seen her put on. "Yes, you roar and yell a lot, but since you got here, ponies have only been saved by your actions."
"Hulk said, Hulk not hero!" Hulk roared at her, getting his face dangerously close to hers. Pinkie didn't bat an eye. "Now pony be quiet or Hulk-"
"Or Hulk what? Smash me?" she asked with a chuckle. Then she walked right up to him and stood close to his fist. "Go ahead, do it. I won't even move." Hulk looked at her in disbelief, not believing that she wouldn't move. He raised his fist into the air...then stopped. He just....couldn't do it. It wasn't Banner stopping him, Banner hadn't been heard from in days. Hulk just couldn't bring himself to hurt her. Hulk growled and then slammed his fist down right next to Pinkie. She looked at the crater he had made with a smile.
"I knew it. With all your yelling and threats, you actually can't hurt us," she said with a smug grin. "Or rather, you won't."
"That not true! Hulk throw cowardly pony into space!" Hulk argued.
"Yes, you threw a PEGASUS into the air, the only pony that can fly," Pinkie reminded him. "I'm fairly certain that you knew that she could stop herself from falling if needed. And for all your threats about smashing us, you haven't done it yet. If you were going to smash us, why haven't you? You could have done it to so many of the ponies that annoyed you."
"Hulk would smash ponies, but Hulk no feel like it," he argued, but Pinkie sighed.
"Do you even hear yourself? You've had so many chances to do it, but didn't," she said. "You could have smashed Twilight, but didn't. You could have torn Fluttershy apart, but chose to show her the planet from above. Celestia didn't stand a chance against you, but you let her and the others go. A monster wouldn't do that. Would a monster have stopped a massive snake from killing hundreds? Would a monster stop two bears that attacked a small town that no pony would miss. Would a monster hold up a bucking flood to save the lives of only a few children?!"
"Hulk-"
"And another thing. You always say that you're a monster and you want to be alone, but whenever a pony needs help, you're more than willing to fight for them. But if another tries to be nice or help you, you fly into a rage and yell at them!" she screamed herself, her own emotions getting a hold of her. "Why? Why do you hate friends so much? Why don't you want anypony to get close to you?"
"BECAUSE HULK SMASH ALL WHO GET CLOSE TO HIM!" he practically screamed, shaking the ground with his rage and his eyes flashing dangerously. "ALL HULK'S FRIENDS HURT HULK! HULK HURT ALL HULK'S FRIENDS! HULK IS TIRED OF SMASHING, TIRED OF BEING ATTACKED!...Hulk just wants to be alone." Finally, she had gotten to the root of the problem, and it wasn't that far from what she had guessed.
"I get it now," she said with understanding, all her fake rage draining out of her. "You're afraid to be close to others because you're afraid that either they'll either try to hurt you...or you'll crush them in one of you rages. Am I right?" Hulk looked at her for a minute before closing his eyes and looking away, not knowing how to answer--or wanting to. He walked back over to the stream and sat down, Pinkie joining him.
"Hulk have no friends," he said quietly, which scared Pinkie more than his rage ever had. "So Hulk stay alone, Hulk always alone. Hulk's friends try to hurt him or Hulk smash them. Hulk has no friends. Hulk a monster." Pinkie wanted to tell him that he wasn't a monster, but she knew it wouldn't work. So faster than most ponies could move, she ran back to Ponyville only to return a minute later with two foals on her back.
"Remember these two?" she asked as she showed him Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake.
"Why pony bring little ponies here?"
"To show you that you're not a monster. Hold out your hand." Hulk did as she asked and she put the two foals in his hand, indicating for him to bring them closer to his face. Hulk did so and looked at the foals who looked back up at him with interest. Hulk braced himself for the crying, the reaction all gave when they saw him. Then the two began to giggle and started to climb all over him. Pound Cake flew up on his head and started playing with his hair while Pumpkin started levitating herself up to his face so she could grab it.
"The foals never lie," Pinkie said with a smile as she took the two back from the Hulk and placed them on the ground, smiling as they started to try and catch bugs. "I've found that babies are a better judge of character than anypony I've met. And they don't see you as a monster, they see you as somepony they could trust. Just like I've come to do. I want to be your friend Hulk, please give me a chance."
"Hulk would smash you. Hulk always smashes."
"Please. You already tried to smash me and it didn't work, remember?" she said with a grin, elbowing him. When Hulk didn't respond, Pinkie tried something else. "And if you're afraid of us trying to hurt you, don't be. Even if we wanted to, I'm not sure we could. You're kinda stronger than anything I've ever seen." Hulk didn't answer and Pinkie once again waited as they both looked out over the river.
"Why you want to be Hulk's friend so bad?" Hulk eventually asked her.
"Because silly, nopony should be without friends, no matter who they are," she said with a smile. "So, do you want to be my friend? I won't try to hurt you. Cross my heart, hope to fly and stick a cupcake in my eye." Hulk watched her movements with uncertainty, not knowing what to do. He had tried this before, tried to make friends with someone, hoping they wouldn't try to hurt him. But they always did. But was the pony different? Would she stay true to her word?
"Why pony care for Hulk so much--after everything Hulk did?"
"Because I know that deep down you are good and I forgive you for what you've done here or in the past. You helped us out even after we treated you the way we did, after the way I treated you. I know you probably won't want to be friends with us, but can you give me one chance? Please, give me a chance to be your friend." Hulk sighed and closed his eyes, his knowledge of the past battling with his desire for those who would accept him. And when the battle ended...
"I'd also...like to apologize for the way me and my friends have treated you since you got here. It was wrong of us to treat you the way we did just because we saw you as different. I shouldn't have treated you the way I did and I'm sorry. I realize now that you are, and don't tell Twilight this, just as good or even a better pony than Banner is. Can you forgive me for judging you so harshly?" Hulk didn't answer since he was still going over it in his mind,. How many times had he heard the same promise before, the same lines? How many times had it all ended in pain from his so-called friends? But then...how tired was he of being alone? He knew that she was telling the truth, he could see it in her eyes. And that meant that she really was sorry and wanted to try and be his friend. Could he trust her...?
"Please Hulk, let me make it up to you."
"Hulk don't want friends," Hulk said with a growl, causing Pinkie's eyes to well up with tears. "But...Hulk will consider a friend." Pinkie smiled and jumped up to hug Hulk, who caught her in the air and put her back down on the ground. Hulk looked back at the foals as Pinkie shouted in triumph to the sky, the two looking up at him with curious eyes. Hulk picked them up gently and placed them in the palm of his hand, smiling slightly at them. Then much to Pinkie's surprise, they began to laugh.
"Wow, it takes me hours to get them to laugh, yet you did it without doing anything," she said with amazment, stretching her face and making silly noise, but the foals ignored her and continued to laugh at Hulk. "You might have a special talent for making others smile." Hulk didn't know how to answer, how could he? He'd spent his whole existence being a monster of pain and agony, but she was saying he could cause others to smile? Hulk was saved from answering when a massive lightning bolt struck the center of Ponyville.
---=-=---
"And he literally held up a massive rock in order for the water to pass over you and your class?" Twilight asked the still wet Cheerilee, who had come back into Ponyville to drop the class off. Twilight had been speaking with Applejack and Rainbow Dash about what they should do with the Hulk when Cheerilee had walked into the tree house, hoping that Twilight would know what was going on. "And it was the Hulk? You're certain of this?"
"As certain as Celestia will raise the sun," she responded with a sneeze. "Unless you know of another creature that's green, muscular and has a temper problem?"
"So it was the Hulk," Twilight said with a sigh, thinking of all sorts of questions that she would need to ask the Hulk. "So, do you know the reason why the dam burst. I know this isn't the first time it's burst, but after the last time I personally reinforced it with double the normal magical shielding."
"I'm not sure," she replied, placing her hoof under her chin. "I thought I saw the Hulk break the dam, but he looked...odd."
"Odd how?" Rainbow Dash asked her.
"He looked...darker than usual and he didn't roar or anything. He just walked up to the dam and punched it," she explained, the explanation causing Twilight to frown. "I would have actually thought it was him if the green version hadn't shown up only moments later to save us."
"Could there be two Hulks?" Twiligth asked herself, not liking the sound of it. "Alright, the three of us will go check it out. You get back home and go to bed. You've had a rough day." The four ponies left the library, with Cheerilee heading for home while the other three headed for the dam.
"What do we do if there's another Hulk?" Applejack asked with worry. "We can't even deal with one Hulk, how could we contend with two?"
"We just have to hope that it's not another Hulk and just a mistake on her part," Twilight said with a growl. "I just wish that I could have been there. Maybe then I could have-"
KKKAAAABBBBOOOOOMMMMM!!
Twilight and the girls shrieked as a massive sphere of lighting appeared in the center of town, blinding all who looked at it. A cloud of dust was what came next after the lighting finally died down, which gave way to a creature that caused the ponies to gasp. In the center of the hole the lighting had made was a creature down on one knee that they had never seen before. It was similar to Hulk in shape, but was covered in red and gold armor. It had a glowing circle where its heart should have been and was a lot sleeker than any armor they had seen. Steam was coming off the armor as it stood up and stretched.
"Ugh...Jarvis, why did the shielding for teleportation not come into effect?" it said to somepony, but none of the ponies knew of a Jarvis. "What do you mean they were damaged in the trip? I built them, so there's no way they could-"
"Um, hello there." The metal man looked down to find Twilight staring up at him, her horn glowing warily. Unknown to her, the internal system of the suit was already scanning the ponies, telling the operator that she was a magic-based creature. That didn't make it any more weird.
"Jarvis, did that horse just talk to me?" he asked the computer.
'Yes sir.'
"...Jarvis, what's my blood alcohol level?"
'The normal level, sir.'
"Well, I'm not drunk anyhow," he muttered to himself as he got down on one knee to be eye level. "Hello there. Can you understand me?" he asked her slowly.
"I understand you just fine," Twilight grumbled, hating being talked 'down to'. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
"I am Tony Stark, a.k.a Iron Man," he said in a booming voice, standing up and firing his repulsors into the air, causing ponies to panic. "And I'm looking for someone."
"And who are you looking...No way," she muttered as it dawned on her. "Are you looking for the-"
"METAL MAAAANNNNNNNN!!"
"Oh hell," Iron Man muttered right before the Hulk slammed to the ground behind him, seething with rage. "Hey big guy, how ya-" Hulk grabbed Iron Man by the leg and started to slam him back and forth on the ground, yelling as he did so.
"Metal man lie to Hulk, told Hulk that he wouldn't ship Hulk off to another world! But metal man lie to Hulk again! NOW HULK RIP METAL MAN IN TWO!" he roared as he repeatedly slammed him on the ground.
"I...didn't...know...that...would..." Iron Man yelled between hits, but the Hulk wasn't listening. Hulk lifted Iron Man up by the leg and grabbed his head, preparing to pull Tony out of the suit.
"HULK! DROP HIM!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she arrived on the scene, hoofing the two babies over to their parents as she did so. Hulk looked at her for a minute before growling and throwing Iron Man into the ground. Tony gave a little "ow" as he hit. Pinkie then walked over to the damaged suit and offered it her hoof. "Sorry about that, still working on getting his anger under control."
"No...problem," Iron Man moaned as he sat up, running a scan to make sure nothing was broken. He then looked around at the town where he was sitting, amazed that ponies had seemed to build it and even more amazed that Hulk hadn't ripped it apart.
"I see that you and the Hulk are already aquantied," Rainbow Dash said to him with a smile.
"Oh yeah, best of buds," Iron Man replied as he got back to his feet. "I've spent days trying to lock onto where he vanished and what thanks do I get? The guy grabs me and uses me as a fly swatter. See if I ever save his big green ass again."
"Metal man be quiet," Hulk growled as he took a step forward, but Pinkie put a hoof to his leg to stop him.
"You said that you've been tracking the Hulk," Twiight began, hoping that Iron Man would be a little more reasonable than the Hulk. "Why were you tracking him exactly?"
"You know, I'm asking myself that exact question right now," he said in a mocking tone, causing Twilight to frown. "And I don't think it would be the best idea to tell what looks like a radioactive pony where I come from and what I'm doing."
"We're not radioactive!" Applejack yelled.
"Have you taken a look at yourself?" he asked smugly. "You're all covered in gamma rays. But if you must know, and you must, we lost the Hulk about five or six days ago during a massive battle over our home planet, when the alien ship retreated with him on board. Naturally we thought that we'd find him on their home world, but it seems he fell off during his flight. After a few days of scanning the multi-verse, I found him here, surrounded by talking ponies who use magic."
"Wait, you said Hulk was fighting with you? How did you get him to agree to that?"
"We didn't, we got Banner to. Speaking of which," Iron Man began, turning towards the Hulk. "I want to speak to Banner, so change back. Hurry up, chop chop."
"Banner no here any more," Hulk replied with a grin. "Only Hulk here. And Hulk no like metal man."
"Okay that's not good," Iron Man said with a bit of fear. "That's actually bad. Very, very bad."
"Why is that so bad?" Pinkie asked.
"Because, without Banner there is no way to control the Hulk and he'll run rampant," Iron Man explained. "Except you haven't. Why haven't you been all 'Hulk smash'?"
"How do you know so much about Hulk and Banner?" Twilight asked. "Are you his friend?"
"Banner's, yes. Hulk's, nooooo. You see, Hulk doesn't have any friends because he has anger managment issues."
"I'm his friend," Pinkie said very seriously.
"Hulk said consider."
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that," Iron Man said with a chuckle. "Alright Hulk, we've wasted enought time here and Steve's worried about you, so let's get on back to-"
"Hulk not go back. Hulk staying," Hulk said. Iron Man and the ponies all looked at him like he was nuts.
"There must be metal in my ears from when you slammed me into the ground," Iron Man said as he slapped the side of his helmet. "Did you just say you want to stay?"
"Hulk like it here. Puny ponies no try to hurt Hulk," Hulk said with a grunt. "If Hulk go back, puny humans will attack Hulk, try to hurt Hulk. Hulk have no friends there, only people that want to be smashed. Here, Hulk not attacked by ponies and Hulk may even have friend." If the ponies could have seen Iron Man's face, they would have seen an expression of incredible disbelief--not that their own faces didn't look exactly the same.
"Hulk--Big Guy, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you can't stay here," Iron Man said. "This always happens, you try to find a home in a new world and then everything goes to hell. Come on, let's get you home and see if we can get Banner out of-"
"Hulk not going back," Hulk said in a dangerous tone, narrowing his eyes at Stark. "Unless metal man want to try and make Hulk."
"I would have to say no to that offer," Iron Man replied with a sigh. "Look, I know you think that you're going to be happy or at least alone here, but it will end the same way all the other worlds have. And when you realize this," Iron Man said as he tossed Hulk a massive transmitter. "Just push the button on that and the Avengers will pick you up. Jarvis, activate the transporter." The lightning bolt returned and Iron Man vanished in a flash. Hulk watched him go with a scowl, looking down at the transmitter before tossing it aside. Pinkie caught it as Hulk jumped off into the distance.
--------=-=---------
Far away from all the commotion, a pile of metal lay strewn across the ground in the middle of a forest. Most of it had been ripped apart by a certain green monster and it was beyond normal means of repair. Normal means.
"Well what do we have here?" Discord asked himself as he looked down at all the scrap metal that reflected the setting sun. "This could be of use if brought back together. And while the princess pony and all her stallions may not be able to put it back together, I can." Discord snapped his fingers and watched with a smile as the pieces began to re-form, becoming the metal robot Gyro again. "Now go my creation, sew the seeds of chaos on that town." The robot nodded and headed for Ponyville, while a snickering Discord snapped his fingers and vanished.
DISCORD! F*CK YOU, MAN! F*CK YOU!
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hey, atleast it's not a hypernuclear, space-able engine.
Dammit Discord! Can't wait to see his snaggle tooth get kicked in
huh,
bring out the green scar, please.
I was expecting for Tony to try to force the Hulk back to what I assume is Earth-616. Thankfully, he picked up on Hulk being rather reasonable and apparently friendly with the pink pony.
Unless Discord gives it a powerup, Hulk should make quick work of Gyro once again.
GOD DAMNIT, IRON MAN!!! The Hulk finally calms down and then you come and fuck everything up. Now, TO KILL THE BITCH THAT IS DISCORD!!!!
And the town shall be destroyed again for the fourth time.... I really don't understand why anyone lives in Ponyville anymore. The place is a death trap....
nice you made hulk a guy who'll protect his friends and gave him a personality that he isn't just some one who'll smash every thing in sight
"Caught in the blast of gamma radiation, brilliant scientist Bruce Banner is cursed to transform in times of stress into the living engine of destruction known as THE INCREDIBLE HULK. "
Contents
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1. Childhood Trauma
2. Man or Monster
3. Friends and Foes
4. Multiple Personality Disorder
5. Pantheon
6. Harmless to Horseman
7. Devastating Loss
8. Planet Hulk
9. World War Hulk
10. The Coming of the Red Hulk
11. Defenders / Offenders War
12. Fall of the Hulks
13. World War Hulks
14. Dark Son
15. Total Chaos
Childhood Trauma
Robert Bruce Banner was the son of an alcoholic who deeply hated him. Banner's mother showed much affection for her child, who returned her love, but this only served to fuel his father's rage. Dr. Brian Banner was an atomic physicist who worked on producing clean nuclear power as an energy source, but he was afraid his exposure to it mutated his son's genes. Bruce showed signs of high intelligence at an early age which strengthened his father's belief. Brian became abusive to Bruce and when his mother intervened, Brian murdered her. He frightened Bruce to keep quiet, but his own bragging landed him in a psychiatric institute.
As a child Bruce was withdrawn, possibly developing a split personality to help deal with his pain and rage. His only happiness came from spending time with his cousin Jennifer Walters. Bruce found it hard to develop friendships and often found himself on the receiving end of physical abuse at the hands of school bullies. One such incident sparked him to build and plant a bomb in the basement of his school. The bomb was a dud, and Bruce was expelled, but the military took notice of his genius. Eventually, Bruce earned a doctorate in nuclear physics and started a career with them.
Man or Monster
File:Acotilletta2--Hulk beginning 2.jpgSupervising the trial of an experimental gamma bomb that he designed for the U.S. Defense Department at a nuclear research facility in New Mexico, Bruce selflessly rushed to the rescue of an ignorant teenager who had wandered onto the testing field as the countdown ticked inexorably toward zero. After shoving young Rick Jones to safety in a nearby ditch, Bruce was struck full-force by the bomb blast. He survived, but was irradiated by the deadly gamma energy.
At first, Banner would transform into the brutish gray Hulk only at sunset, and revert to human form at dawn. Eventually, his changes into the childlike green Hulk came to be triggered by the release of adrenaline when he was intensely excited, no matter what time of day. The green Hulk possesses little of Banner's memory and intelligence, and is easily enraged; making him a menace to society.
Since Banner's initial transformation into the Hulk, military forces commanded by the implacable General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross – Bruce's one-time benefactor – have hunted him continually. Hulk continued to make more enemies within the military such as Major Glenn Talbot as he and Bruce constantly competed for the affections of Ross' daughter, Betty.
For a short time, Banner successfully treated his condition with radiation and was able to maintain enough of his own personality when he became the Hulk to control himself in that form. Subsequently, he earned the government's favor by destroying the alien Metal Master and received a presidential pardon.
Friends and Foes
A founding member of the Avengers
Not long after Hulk was baited into a trap by the Asgardian trickster, Loki, into destroying a train trestle. This would lead to the first instance where Hulk became a team player. Beside the occasional group endeavors, Hulk has teamed-up with many others that didn't think he was so bad. Spider-Man, Power Man and Iron Fist have partnered with Hulk on several occasions. Even brutes like the Thing and scrappers like Wolverine identified with Hulk and have allied with him almost as many times as they've fought against him. Not only has Hulk befriended those in the super-hero community, but he has managed to form bonds with regular people such as "Crackajack" Jackson and Jim Wilson.
Unfortunately for the Hulk, there are many who used his limited intelligence against him and attempted to manipulate him for their own selfish means. Vile menaces like the Leader, Tyrannus, and Captain Omen. When Hulk proved to be too hard to control, they sent their minions like Aquon and Mogol to confront him physically. Enemies came in all shapes and sizes, ranging in power levels. From mere humans like Devastator, to evolved beings like the Inheritor, to monstrous powerhouses like Glob, Hulk always found a way to prevail – even against those who masqueraded as friends such as his old physics professor, Geoffrey Crawford – later known as Ravage.
Multiple Personality Disorder
Gamma-powered psychiatrist Leonard "Doc" Samson captured the Hulk and successfully separated Banner and his alter ego. Without Banner's psyche to restrain him, the Hulk became a greater danger than ever before. Realizing there was only one way to reign in the Hulk, Banner agreed to merge with the monster. But the stress of the re-integration fractured Banner's subconscious, creating the street-smart gray Hulk. During this time, he spent several years in Las Vegas, sometimes operating as an enforcer calling himself Mr. Fixit (or "Joe Fixit.") The smart-mouth Fixit was an ill-tempered, wise-cracking, thuggish brute whose personality resembled that of his father and the fraternity boys who surrounded him in college. It was also at this time that Joe Fixit began his a short-lived relationship with the future wife of Rick Jones, Marlo Chandler. In this state of the Hulk, Banner again found himself changing into the Hulk at night and into his human form in the light of the day.
Soon after, the swirling mess of persona and mentalities took their toll on the ever-flustered mind of Dr. Banner, and a battle for supremacy and control took place in Banner's subconscious. With assistance by the Ringmaster and his hypnotic abilities, Doc Samson tapped into the subconscious of Banner and reached his separate incarnations. Through this hypnosis, Banner, the green Hulk, and the grey Fixit all aligned to face their true inner demons-- Banner's unresolved issues with his abusive father and the murderer of his mother. With this realization, Banner was able to fuse these mentalities together, finding peace of mind. However, a green but intelligent version of the Hulk emerged. He had the mentality of Dr. Banner but the body and abilities of the Hulk – later nicknamed the Professor. Although Banner had his dominant personalities merged together, there were a number of other personas running through his mind including that of a "Devil-Hulk."
Pantheon
Trial of Agamemnon
It was during this time the Professor was recruited into the Pantheon, a group determined to end war, famine and pestilence on the Earth. His exploits with the team ranged from posing as gangsters in Las Vegas, taking down individuals like the enigmatic Mr. Frost, to renewing old grudges with powerful foes such as Madman while forming new enemies as the amphibious android, Piecemeal, to battling enemies from beyond the stars. During this time, Hulk also traveled forward in time and met his future self, the Maestro. However, once it was discovered Agamemnon, immortal founder of the Pantheon, betrayed them to an alien race called the Troyjans, Hulk quit the group. Sometime later, the Pantheon was hired by Henry Gyrich to capture the Hulk, but they secretly wanted him to join their ranks again. They faked the Hulk's death as a show of good faith, but he still declined their invitation.
Harmless to Horseman
As War
When Dr. Banner realized he must once again keep his temper in check, he triggered a fail-safe within his subconscious. Any time he let his rage loose, the mentality of the savage green Hulk would soon take over, albeit in the form of Banner's human body. Without the strength of the Hulk and filled with the Green Goliath's rage and belief of his old abilities, he proved to be a great danger only to himself. This was, however, not to last. During the assault of the being known as Onslaught, the Hulk asked Jean Grey to let the green Hulk loose from its mental prison in order to use his maximum potential and abilities to defeat the menace. In a strange twist, Banner became divided. Half physically went away to a parallel world created upon Onslaught's defeat, where he once again became the savage green Hulk. The other half that remained on Earth was a cold, somewhat unfeeling but intelligible version of the jade monster. This version of the Hulk also found himself allied with Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur), who made Hulk into War – one of his Four Horsemen. This only lasted until War injured Rick Jones, and Hulk's guilt rejected Apocalypse's programming.
Devastating Loss
The surly version of the Hulk remained in this state, never changing until much later when the two Hulk fragments re-merged, and Banner and Hulk split their time and existence. The Maestro returned after absorbing enough radiation to re-form his body after suffering a previous defeat from Hulk, but was beaten again. He reestablished a connection to his wife, Betty, but was left a broken man after her death due to radiation poisoning. Banner blamed himself, believing it was Betty's prolonged exposure to him that caused her death, but he discovered the Abomination had injected her with his radioactive blood. Hulk would later bludgeon his archenemy into a bloody pulp, nearly killing him.
Planet Hulk
After the events of the M-Day, Banner sought refuge and peace in Alaska, where he lived as a hermit loosely connected to the town community. He was eventually tracked down by Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D., who required his help in defeating the Hydra space weapon called the Godseye which could detonate all the nuclear bombs in the world. Sent up as the Hulk, he discovered that the Godseye was actually a rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. weapon that could match the strength of any enemy. In the ensuing battle, the Godseye found that though it could try, it could not match the increasing power of the Hulk, and it exploded.
A S.H.I.E.L.D. commissioned space shuttle was sent to retrieve the Hulk, or so he believed. Seizing the opportunity to be rid of the Hulk, a group of superheroes known as the Illuminati decided to jettison the shuttle into space, to a planet with no intelligent life forms. Unfortunately, there was a navigation error, and the Hulk landed on Sakaar, a place full of barbarian tribes, gladiator battles and ruled over by a corrupt empire. The planet was situated near a portal, which gave it access to several different cultures and technologies. The trip made him vulnerable, and it wasn't long before he was subjugated by the Red King. Hulk was forced to fight, but he eventually brought peace to the savage planet.
Hulk was proclaimed the Green King, and all those on Sakaar worshiped him and his Queen, Caiera. She told her king that she would bear him a child, and it seemed that the Hulk's life of running and fighting was over. However, the Hulk was not destined for a happy ending as the ship that brought him to that world soon exploded, seemingly killing both his wife and unborn child sending Banner into a rage like no other. He and his Warbound journeyed to Earth seeking revenge on the planet's heroes for their part in Sakaar's destruction.
World War Hulk
Once they arrived, the Hulk crushed Black Bolt on Attilan and took the city of New York as his battleground. Iron Man, Mister Fantastic and Doctor Strange all fell before the Hulk and his Warbound too. Even old sparring partners such as the X-Men as well as new threats like the Gamma Corps couldn't even slow the Hulk's rampage. Iron Man called upon the combined power of various satellites to finally put an end to Hulk's war. Banner was taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody and was placed three miles below the Mojave Desert. The Warbound was also placed in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, but they escaped after saving New York from being split in half by an expanding chasm the Hulk created.
The Coming of the Red Hulk
While Banner was incarcerated at Gamma Base, a new mystery revealed itself when long-time Hulk foe, the Abomination, was found murdered in his homeland of Russia. A team comprised of Iron Man, General Ross, Samson, She-Hulk and Commander Maria Hill went to investigate only to determine the only suspect that could have done this was the Hulk. The perpetrator soon revealed himself on a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, and it was indeed a massive creature referring to itself as the Red Hulk. This new incarnation of the Hulk decimated the likes of She-Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and even Rick Jones in his new powered up identity named A-Bomb. Banner was set free when the conflict between the Red Hulk and A-Bomb caused a big enough earthquake to damage his prison. The potential threat to Banner's life triggered his transformation into the Green Goliath, and the Hulk wasted no time in confronting his new nemesis. The Hulk was caught unprepared for the Red Hulk's fighting style. He was defeated in their first meeting - suffering a broken arm in the process - but the outcome was much different during their second clash. The Hulk found a potential weakness in the Red Hulk and exploited it. Once the Red Hulk was beaten, the Hulk left before he could find out the Red Hulk's true identity. However, Banner had been spending his time trying to track down the Red Hulk before he can do anymore damage. On his journey, Banner ended up in Las Vegas where the Hulk had to team up with Sentry, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight and even Brother Voodoo to quell a pack of Wendigos from devouring everyone inside a casino.
Defenders / Offenders War
Grandmaster's Defenders
Collector's Offenders
The Grandmaster came to Hulk with a proposition: if Hulk chose to participate in a game and won, Grandmaster would bring his love, Jarella, back to life. Hulk agreed and was told he could pick a group of allies to aid him in the game. Hulk chose his former teammates in the Defenders: Namor, Doctor Strange, and Silver Surfer. When the time came to meet their opponents, the Collector appeared with the Red Hulk, and his team: Baron Mordo, Terrax and Tiger Shark - now known as the Offenders. With the game underway, a member of each team was paired up on separate battlefields, but each couple was too evenly matched. In an unexpected turn of events, the Red Hulk impaled the Hulk on a trident, killing him. Grandmaster would eventually resurrect the Hulk to attend to an out of control Red Hulk, but he would still be left broken-hearted over the loss of his beloved Jarella – much to the satisfaction of his red nemesis.
Fall of the Hulks
Banner became a captive of M.O.D.O.K. and the Intelligencia, and quartet of heroes attempted to infiltrate the underground base to free him. They uncovered that at the end of Hulk's war with the heroes of Earth, the satellites Stark used to end the Hulk's rampage were hacked into by M.O.D.O.K. for the sole purpose of interfacing with Banner's irradiated cells. With this information, and the help of a seemingly traitorous General Ross, M.O.D.O.K. intended to create an army of gamma-powered soldiers. They already caused Doc Samson to develop an evil split personality, transformed Rick Jones into the monstrous A-Bomb, and created the Red Hulk. When Samson turned on his group and attacked She-Hulk, leaving Ben Urich and Peter Parker to fend for themselves against the Red Hulk, an enraged Banner released his alter-ego to save them. The battle between the Hulks left the base in ruins, but it appeared it would be the last time these behemoths would ever clash again. The Red Hulk used his power to absorb radiation to drain Hulk dry, leaving Banner unable to ever transform into the Green Goliath again. Taking Hulk out of the equation so soon wasn't initially part of the plan, but that was only the start of the Intelligencia's master stroke.
World War Hulks
Hulks strike back
Unable to summon his incredible strength to combat his foes, Banner had to rely mainly on his son, Skaar, to do as he was told. Skaar had come to Earth to kill his father but without Hulk around, he wound up aiding Banner. Amadeus Cho, She-Hulk, A-Bomb, his recently discovered daughter, Lyra, and a bevy of other heroes were also working with Banner to defeat the Intelligencia. An unforeseeable event occurred when the Intelligencia put their plan in motion and transformed an army of A.I.M. soldiers into Hulks and marched them into the nation's capitol – the ray used to transform the soldiers also created "Hulked-Out Heroes." Following a chaotic battle, Banner and the rest of the world's smartest men managed to revert the all of the Hulks and M.O.D.O.K. back to normal humans, but the cost was too high. The radiation taken from the soldiers' bodies was brought back to the Intelligencia's ship, the Hellcarrier, but its machinery couldn't contain it for long. The only thing on the planet able to absorb it all was Banner. Samson attempted to help undo some of the damage he caused and sacrificed himself in the process. Immediately following the absorption process, Banner became the Hulk once again, and Skaar was finally going to get the fight he'd been longing for. During the brawl Skaar accidentally placed several innocents at risk. Hulk saved their lives, proving he wasn't the monster Skaar or Banner made him out to be. Father and son finally reconciled and decided to act as a family.
Dark Son
With the threat of the Intelligencia behind him Banner began to make amends with his makeshift family, but Betty wanted no part of it. The more Bruce pushed the more she spurned his advances and eventually transformed into her Red She-Hulk persona and vaulted away. Banner followed suit and pursued as the Hulk which only led to a clash titanic enough to grab the attention of Steve Rogers and his Avengers. It was at this time Hulk discovered he had another son – Skaar’s twin brother, Hiro-Kala, who was racing toward Earth with the planet K’ai in tow. The Hulk took his family into space to stop Hiro-Kala before the planets collided, killing everyone on both. While Hulk’s allies dealt with Hiro-Kala’s forces, Hulk confronted his son with the hope he could reason with him. He soon found out his second son was evil and cruel, and the only thing he understood was violence. Still, Hulk could not bring himself to kill his own flesh and blood, so Skaar sealed Hiro-Kala in a rock tomb, leaving him imprisoned on K’ai for the foreseeable future. K’ai was brought back to its point of origin, the Microverse, by Arcturus Rann and the Enigma Force.
Total Chaos
As Hulk was dealing with his errant son the Chaos King was busy trying to plunge the universe back to the nothing before time and space began. Only Hercules and a select few had the power to oppose him, but they were rapidly losing ground. Dr. Strange appeared before Hulk and requested aid. The Hulk returned to Earth and was immediately assaulted by an enemy long-thought dead – the Abomination, now a servant of the Chaos King. To make matters worse Dr. Strange fought at Abomination’s side, possessed by Zom, and the two were seeking Marlo Chandler, A-Bomb’s ex-wife and the only person on Earth to have been touched by death and live. The dead had returned as servants of the Chaos King to fight the Hulk, but fallen allies rose to help him. Samson, Jarella and even Banner’s mother stood by his side, but one parent’s return signaled the resurrection of his father. Hulk had to face his personal demons alone as his new family contended with an army of undead enemies, but before long they were all united in defending Marlo. It almost seemed as if the Chaos King’s forces would overwhelm the heroes until Marlo tapped into the power within her and returned all of the Chaos King’s allies to the grave, and Hercules restored the universe to the way it was before the assault. After seeing how some of the heroes were rewarded for their assistance, Hulk was angered his family did not receive anything for their service. He journeyed to the new Mount Olympus where the Greek gods were restored to power and challenged Zeus, demanding his family be given the opportunity to live normal lives as their reward for their part in saving existence. Zeus gladly accepted the challenge but once he realized Hulk was only looking to sacrifice his own life for the lives of others, Zeus stopped fighting and decided to teach hulk a lesson through torture. Hulk was saved by Hercules and his family, but having to live with his own tortured soul proved to be punishment enough.
More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/universe/Hulk_(Bruce_Banner)#ixzz2cA6ys0kA
Apparently the Illuminati sent Hulk to Sakaar. I thought it was the Avengers, who knew? I only saw the movie
3056433 DON'T JYNX IT, MAN!
Wait, "normal" for humans in general, or "normal" for Tony Stark? Maybe he is hallucinating all of this.
But we've seen it, so... if Tony sobers up, we all disappear.
Also, some day a crossover will give Hulk a red lantern ring. "Darkseid is... going to hide."
*epic facehoof* should have sent steve, seriously out of all the avengers you send the one who has betrayed him the most?
hulk has two people in the hero community he trusts, he might not call them 'friends' but he trusts them.
steve roger - cap who honestly might just as well admit hulk is better off.
peter parker - spidey who isn't and avenger and probably wouldn't agree to help bring hulk back anyway.
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Copy and paste is a wonderful thing, but linking the wiki would be easier for everyone.
I'm hoping Hulk and Banner can come to an agreement of sorts in the near future. It's nice to see Hulk finally making some friends, but having it effectively come at the cost of Banner's life isn't so great.
Ehh... Another uncreative use of swarm of heroes. This probably end up with shitton of unnecessary enemies/allies. this is the reason I dont like superheroes, they always introduce some unnecessary shit just because they cant think of anything good.
I wonder what drunken hallucinations Stark has had in the past?
3056622 banner not dead. probably just dormant.
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There is very little effective difference if the dormancy is permanent.
3056818 eeee...got a point..but lets hope having friends will help hulk care more and let banner out..might not unless banner agrees to not try to cure himself of hulk..gunna have to get a pinkie promise on it tho.
3056766 id like to think elves and flying monkeys
3056766 Personally, I'd rather not know.
Why do I get an impression that in this little scene, Hulk was towering over Stark (even in his 'Hulk' armor - don't remember the name of it), glaring down on him, and huffing like a raging bull, stem from nostrils and all that stuff?
3056875 Hulk Buster... Extinction thought you might like to know.
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too late.
Something's telling me this is going to be a Hulk/Pinkie ship fic...
I'll probably be wrong, but my gut's shouting at me...
*Sigh* Poor Hulk, the guy just can't Catch a break huh?
http://marvel.com/universe/Hulk_(Bruce_Banner)#Harmless_to_Horseman
Here comes another one way battle, man, even if Discord can do all this shit, he sure is acting like a tool, I mean really, he's helping with Nightmare Moon, for eternal Night thus, no in the open based pranks or change of day and night gig he plans for his Chaos town.
Discord, you moron!
Hulk killed that thing once already. What could you posibly do to it that he cn't kill it again.
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Low rent cost?
My goodness, this has become quite the epic story. I mean, I just found this and after I read the first chapter I was completely hooked and I wound up reading the whole thing in one go. I'm not even that big of a Hulk fan, more of a Spider-man fan really, but this is written so well that it sucked me right in.
3060654 Still dosen't make sense.
Best of buds! Let's sing!
I can safely say, I would've done the same.
Discord...
3060657 Ok, let me explain. They know that Banner turns into that, but they don't know that what he turns into is called the hulk. so, they still called him Dr.Banner. Any more questions?
3060714 Why did she ask if 'The Hulk' saved them except Banner? And how would they know just who she was referring to?
3056875 Hulk-buster. news.toyark.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/03/Iron-Man-Hulk-Buster-Stark-Tech-by-sabretoothe_1331649219.jpg
3060717 You know what? Ask Onomonopia, not me.
3060745 Or Pinkie Pie.
You have bring iron man there...
you are my new hero
...Humpty-dumpty quote?
"you battled it out with TWO Ursa's" should be "you battled it out with TWO Ursas"
"So, do you know the reason why the dam burst." should end with a question mark.
I'm surprised Tony didn't lift his visor at all to talk to the ponies.
Does Hulk ever eat? Does he need to eat, or pee?
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Red Lantern... Hulk...
Well, it's been nice knowin' ya, but we gotta say goodbye to the universe.
"Which on-"
ALL OF THEM!
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More friendship, than relationship...
And now that "Hulk" and "Relations" have entered my head, I can't get a certain other version of a sun-raising pony giving hulk less than wholesome deja-vu, out of my head.
Thanks a lot.
static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hitler_and_Baby_01_4020.jpg Remember...babies are usually not good judges of character.
So why hasn't anyone noticed that there is a statue missing in the gardens yet?
3139623 Even worse they accepted Obama.
3139623 well Hitler did kill Hitler's so you know not 100% bad
All of this stories kind of feel like they would end to soon, I mean this is one of his first, but the one with Spiderman felt the same, only that this being focused on battles makes slightly more sense to me since Hulk kind of lives for that.
Damn! Pinkie's thirsty!