The Incredible Hulk has a huge cult following, despite struggling to hold onto a comic title or solo movie. He's been revamped in various colors and temperaments, with restarted titles and recast actors. The character has dozens of formats, from video games and films to animated series and alternate comic book versions. The Hulk appears in many forms of pop culture. We've compiled our favorite versions here. Do you prefer the Hulk solo or as part of a team? Classic or Ultimate Hulk? Bruce Banner or Thunderbolt Ross? Edward Norton or Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner? Vote up your favorite Hulk interpretations.
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A research scientist changes into a green monster when angry. He searches for an antidote.
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Dr. Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) is a brilliant scientist, but he has a bad condition. When his heart rate spikes, he turns into the Hulk, a green beast that causes chaos for him and others. This 2008 Marvel film, The Incredible Hulk, shows Banner seeking a cure for his monster problem. He evades General Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt), who wants to use this power for the military. A new enemy, the Abomination (Tim Roth), threatens destruction unmatched by any.
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When Loki (Tom Hiddleston) gets the Tesseract's power, Thor's evil brother, he starts a superhero recruitment drive with Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the S.H.I.E.L.D. director, to stop the huge threat to Earth. Fury's team includes Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).
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In Thor: Ragnarok, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) fights Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) in a deadly fight against his former ally. Stranded on planet Sakaar without his hammer, he races to Asgard to stop Ragnarok—the destruction of his home by Hela (Cate Blanchett). Taika Waititi directed this high-stakes adventure. Thor fights for survival and rallies against the coming doom. The journey involves unexpected allies, Marvel humor, and great visuals.
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The Maestro is a comic book supervillain in Marvel Comics. He is a Hulk version from a future. The Maestro mixes Bruce Banner's smarts with the Hulk's meaner sides.
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Dr. Bruce Banner tries to cure himself from turning into the Hulk.
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Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) jump-starts a dormant peacekeeping program. Things go terribly awry. This forces Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), and the rest of the Avengers to reassemble. The fate of Earth hangs in the balance. The team battles Ultron, a technological terror aiming for human extinction. They meet two mysterious, powerful newcomers: Pietro and Wanda Maximoff.
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She-Hulk is a Marvel Comics superheroine appearing in American comic books. Writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema created her; she first appeared in Savage She-Hulk #1. Walters once got an emergency blood transfusion from Dr. Bruce Banner when wounded. This gave her a milder Hulk condition. Walters becomes a large, powerful green She-Hulk, keeping her intelligence and emotional control, though she still turns into a Hulk.
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The Incredible Hulk Returns is a 1988 TV film. It adapts the Marvel Comics character, the Hulk. This film continues the Incredible Hulk TV series. Dr. David Banner, a scientist who turns into a green monster when enraged, thinks he found a cure. Thor, the arrogant warrior-god banished from Valhalla, interrupts him.
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A scientist fights to control his anger.
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World War Hulk: X-Men is a three-issue Marvel comics mini-series. It connects to the World War Hulk story arc. The story involves Professor Xavier's role in the Illuminati and the Hulk's exile into space. Xavier missed the Illuminati's decision to send the Hulk away. Thus, the Hulk goes to the X-Mansion seeking Xavier's guidance on his choices. This part of the World War Hulk storyline happened before, during, and after Endangered Species.
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A group of mutants must work together to protect the world's future.
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The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, released in 2005, is an action-adventure video game. Radical Entertainment made it. Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) published it. The game focuses on the Marvel Comics superhero, the Hulk. It features an open world with destructible environments. The story shows the Hulk unconsciously guided by his human alter-ego, Bruce Banner, and his psychotherapist, Leonard Samson. They push him to build a device. This device aims to heal Banner's mind and stop a darker personality from appearing.
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Framed David Banner (Bill Bixby) and the Hulk (Lou Ferrigno) have Daredevil (Rex Smith) as a blind ally in justice.
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The Incredible Hulk is a free-roaming, open-world game. Players wreak havoc on New York City streets while playing through the 2008 The Incredible Hulk film story.
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Some of Earth's mightiest heroes join a freedom fighting alliance.
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Chaos and destruction erupt as the Hulk (Fred Tatasciore) fights adversaries Wolverine (Steven Blum) and Thor.
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Iron Man leads a team. This team includes Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Falcon.
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This 1990 telefilm is the last of three revival telefilms from the 1978–1982 television show The Incredible Hulk. Bill Bixby reprises his role as Dr. David Bruce Banner, and Lou Ferrigno plays the Hulk. Filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow is a direct-to-video animated film. Marvel Animation produced this fifth animated film from Marvel Comics, brought to you by Lions Gate Entertainment. They released it on DVD and Blu-ray on September 2, 2008. The project started as Teen Avengers, then became Avengers Reborn. It was called Next Avengers before getting its final title. The title points to "A-Next," a similar team of Avengers children set fifteen years ahead in the MC2 line. A preview of the film appeared on the D
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Bruce Banner (Eric Bana), a genetics researcher with a sad past, nears a major discovery. His experiments use gamma radiation, a force with both promise and danger. An accident in his lab changes Bruce's life. He becomes the Hulk, a huge green creature fueled by rage (voiced by Lou Ferrigno). The movie shows Bruce fighting to control his alter ego while General Ross (Sam Elliott) relentlessly pursues him, trying to use the Hulk's power for the military. This 2003 film, directed by Ang L
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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 is the second game in the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series. It loosely follows the events of the Civil War comic book story. It offers more heroes and villains to play as, plus new ways to use your team in battle.
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Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds is a crossover fighting game made by Capcom and Eighting. The game includes characters from Capcom video games and Marvel Comics series. It launched on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February 2011. This is the fifth Marvel vs. Capcom game and the first using 3D character models instead of sprites. In Marvel vs. Capcom 3, players pick three characters to fight and try to knock out opponents. It features si
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Red Hulk is a name used by different Marvel Comics characters, mainly Thunderbolt Ross and Robert Maverick. Red Hulk has strength, toughness, and endurance equal to the Hulk's. However, unlike the Hulk, when he gets angrier, he does not get stronger; instead, he emits heat.
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Captain America (Justin Gross) falls into the Atlantic Ocean and freezes while fighting Nazis in 1945. Sixty years later, people find him and thaw him out to fight the Chitauri, shape-shifting aliens who helped the Germans in the war and still want to destroy America. Nick Fury (Andre Ware) leads Captain America, the Hulk (Michael Massee), Iron Man (Marc Worden), and other heroes against the aliens.
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Black Widow (Jennifer Carpenter) and Punisher (Brian Bloom) stop terrorists from selling stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology.
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