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Robert Bruce Banner was born the son of atomic scientist Dr. Brian Banner and Rebecca Banner in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Brian Banner was a renown atomic researcher, but also was an abusive alcoholic. Brian had also become convinced that, when he was still in the womb, that his exposure to radiation would give birth to an abomination. When Bruce was born, both he and the mother nearly died but were saved by a caesarian section (though Brian tried to prevent it. Though Rebecca loved Bruce, Brian attempted to drive the two apart by taking his wife on many social outings and leaving the young child with an abusive nanny. Both her and Brian's abuse left Bruce feeling unloved by his parents.
 
Robert Bruce Banner was born the son of atomic scientist Dr. Brian Banner and Rebecca Banner in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Brian Banner was a renown atomic researcher, but also was an abusive alcoholic. Brian had also become convinced that, when he was still in the womb, that his exposure to radiation would give birth to an abomination. When Bruce was born, both he and the mother nearly died but were saved by a caesarian section (though Brian tried to prevent it. Though Rebecca loved Bruce, Brian attempted to drive the two apart by taking his wife on many social outings and leaving the young child with an abusive nanny. Both her and Brian's abuse left Bruce feeling unloved by his parents.
   
Bruce also shown signs of great intelligence for his age, which spurred further delusional feelings of jealousy and fear from his father, who continued to leave him in isolation. In response, young Bruce found he only had himself to rely on. He did, however, meet his cousin [[She-Hulk|Jennifer Walters]], who he became close with. As Bruce got older, Brian became physically abusive with him. Fed up with the abuse, Rebecca eventually decided to leave but was caught by Brian before they could get away. Angered, Brian beat Rebecca to death in their driveway, which left Bruce traumatized and resulted in him repressing his emotions. Brian was arrested but the day before the trial young Bruce was coerced into testifying Rebecca's death was an accident.  Brian was originally exonerated, but he was shortly overhead gloating and bullying his son while revealing the truth, resulting in him being found guilty by reason of insanity and was placed in a mental asylum.
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Bruce also shown signs of great intelligence for his age, which spurred further delusional feelings of jealousy and fear from his father, who continued to leave him in isolation. In response, young Bruce found he only had himself to rely on. He did, however, meet his cousin [[She-Hulk|Jennifer Walters]], who he became close with. As Bruce got older, Brian became physically abusive with him. Fed up with the abuse, Rebecca eventually decided to leave but was caught by Brian before they could get away. Angered, Brian beat Rebecca to death in their driveway, which left Bruce traumatized and resulted in him repressing his emotions. Brian was arrested but the day before the trial young Bruce was coerced into testifying Rebecca's death was an accident. Brian was originally exonerated, but he was shortly overhead gloating and bullying his son while revealing the truth, resulting in him being found guilty by reason of insanity and was placed in a mental asylum.
   
 
Bruce was raised by his aunt Susan Drake, but while Susan attempted to give him a normal life, the trauma had affected Bruce who had become more withdrawn.
 
Bruce was raised by his aunt Susan Drake, but while Susan attempted to give him a normal life, the trauma had affected Bruce who had become more withdrawn.

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The Hulk

The Hulk

Real Name
Robert Bruce Banner
First Appearance
The Incredible Hulk (Vol. 1) #1 (May, 1962)
Creators
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Team Affiliations
Avengers, Defenders, Horsemen of Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Pantheon, Warbound
Aliases
Joe Fixit, War, World-Breaker, Doc Green
Base of Operations
Mobile
Powers
Superhuman strength, Superhuman durability
Skills and Abilities
Genius-level intellect [as Bruce Banner], Natural Fighting Talent [as Hulk]
Paraphernalia
None

The Hulk is a superhero/antihero in the Marvel Universe, known for both his super strength and his seemingly unstoppable rages.

Origin

When scientist Bruce Banner was testing a bomb he developed for the military, he discovered a young teen, Rick Jones, on the testing site, oblivious to the threat of the bomb. Bruce went out to help him got him to safety but was bombarded with the bomb's unique gamma radiation. Afterward, Bruce discovers whenever he is mad, scared, or under some similar form of stress, he becomes a violent monster. The monster, called the Hulk, simply wants to be left alone and lashes out at anyone he perceives as an enemy, but is also heroic, willing to fight for those he cares about.

Biography

Early Life

Robert Bruce Banner was born the son of atomic scientist Dr. Brian Banner and Rebecca Banner in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Brian Banner was a renown atomic researcher, but also was an abusive alcoholic. Brian had also become convinced that, when he was still in the womb, that his exposure to radiation would give birth to an abomination. When Bruce was born, both he and the mother nearly died but were saved by a caesarian section (though Brian tried to prevent it. Though Rebecca loved Bruce, Brian attempted to drive the two apart by taking his wife on many social outings and leaving the young child with an abusive nanny. Both her and Brian's abuse left Bruce feeling unloved by his parents.

Bruce also shown signs of great intelligence for his age, which spurred further delusional feelings of jealousy and fear from his father, who continued to leave him in isolation. In response, young Bruce found he only had himself to rely on. He did, however, meet his cousin Jennifer Walters, who he became close with. As Bruce got older, Brian became physically abusive with him. Fed up with the abuse, Rebecca eventually decided to leave but was caught by Brian before they could get away. Angered, Brian beat Rebecca to death in their driveway, which left Bruce traumatized and resulted in him repressing his emotions. Brian was arrested but the day before the trial young Bruce was coerced into testifying Rebecca's death was an accident. Brian was originally exonerated, but he was shortly overhead gloating and bullying his son while revealing the truth, resulting in him being found guilty by reason of insanity and was placed in a mental asylum.

Bruce was raised by his aunt Susan Drake, but while Susan attempted to give him a normal life, the trauma had affected Bruce who had become more withdrawn.

During the experimental detonation of a gamma bomb, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner rushes to save teenager Rick Jones, who has driven onto the testing field on dare. Banner pushes Jones into the safety trench to save him, but is himself caught in the blast. Absorbing massive amounts of gamma radiation, he awakens later in an infirmary, seeming relatively unscathed. But that night, Banner begins to feel sick. Things get worse when the scientist transforms into a lumbering, grey giant that breaks through the compound wall and escapes. A soldier in the ensuing search party dubs the otherwise unidentified creature a "hulk". The original incarnation of Banner transformed into the Hulk at sunset and reverted at sunrise. Banner was cured, but chose to restore Hulk's powers with Banner's intelligence. The gamma-ray machine needed to affect the transformation-induced side effects that made Banner temporarily sick and weak when returned to his normal state. But after using the machine to much he began changing to Banner and Hulk and vice versa. Then after S.H.I.E.L.D. began they started hunting Hulk and captured him bunch of times but escaped. Then when Graviton escaped The Cube, The Avengers (before they were a team) tried to stop him but at the end Hulk defeated him. And S.H.I.E.L.D. tried to capture him but Iron Man and Wasp intervened. Later, Loki tricked Hulk into attacking a train track, forcing Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, and Thor to go after him. However, Thor discovered Loki was behind the attack, and the heroes, alongside Hulk, defeated Loki, and thus, the Avengers were born. Due to an internal conflict, Hulk left the Avengers, who was immediately replaced by Captain America after being thawed out of his icy prison.

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The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Media

  • The Hulk has appeared in movies like The Incredible Hulk (2006), Avengers (2013), and will possibly appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
  • The green skinned goliath has also appeared in many TV series, such as Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H, Avengers Assemble, and The Incredible Hulk: The Animated Series.
  • The Hulk has been in multiple video games, like the movie video game from 2008, Marvel Heroes, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, and more.

Powers

The Hulk's powers include a seemingly unlimited strength factor which increases as he gets angrier, incredible durability and regeneration, an ability to eat anything, powerful leg muscles which allow him to leap a mile, incredible endurance, and the ability to slam his hands together to produce a sonic wave, which has been given the name Thunderclap.