


Lee gave the Hulk's alter ego the alliterative name "Bruce Banner" because he found he had less difficulty remembering alliterative names. Hyde in the Hulk's creation, while Kirby recalled as inspiration the tale of a mother who rescues her child who is trapped beneath a car. Lee cited influence from Frankenstein and Dr. The Hulk first appeared as a comic book character in The Incredible Hulk #1 ( cover dated May 1962), written by Stan Lee, penciled and co-plotted by Jack Kirby, and inked by Paul Reinman.
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Ruffalo voices several alternate versions of Banner in the animated series What If.?. Ruffalo reprised the role in the television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022). The character has been generally well-received by critics and audiences alike, but Norton's recasting and the inconsistent characterization of the character in latter films have some criticism. After the Avengers succeed, Banner himself restores trillions of lives across the universe using the Stones in a specially made gauntlet.Īs of 2022, Banner has appeared in nine films after being introduced in the titular film The Incredible Hulk (2008). In the years after Thanos erases half of all life, Banner learns to retain the Hulk form with his mind still intact, and he is instrumental in the Avengers' mission to use time travel to obtain the Infinity Stones from the past. Following the conflict with Ultron, Banner is unintentionally transported to Sakaar, where he remains the Hulk for a number of years until eventually returning to Earth to participate in the battle against Thanos. Over time, Banner demonstrates an increasing ability to control the transformation, and he becomes a founding member of the Avengers. As the Hulk, he possesses superhuman abilities including increased strength and durability.
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Banner is depicted as a genius physicist who after a failed experiment to replicate a super soldier program using gamma radiation, transforms into a large, muscular creature with green skin whenever his heart rate goes above 200 beats per minute or when facing mortal danger. Bruce Banner is a fictional character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise originally portrayed by Edward Norton and subsequently by Mark Ruffalo-based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name-known commonly by his alter ego, the Hulk.
