Bruce Banner (Earth-616)

## Bruce Banner/The Hulk

* Bruce Banner
* Baby
* Child
* Teenager
* Gray Hulk
* Savage Hulk
* Joe Fixit
* Professor Hulk
* Green Scar
* Nul
* Kluh
* Devil Hulk

**Dr. Bruce Banner** was an American scientist who specialized in radiation. Banner was contracted to develop a gamma bomb, but after an accident during the testing Banner was bombarded with radiation which transformed him into the monstrous **Hulk**.

## Biography

### Early Life

Bruce Banner got his doctorate in Nuclear Physics and contracted by the United States Government to create an experimental gamma bomb.

### Becoming the Hulk

In the deserts of New Mexico, Bruce, his assistant Igor Drenkov, and the United States Army were preparing to test the Gamma Bomb that Bruce developed. Igor was unhappy with Bruce as he had refused to divulge the secret behind the Gamma Bomb to anyone including him. General Thunderbolt Ross then arrived on scene and angrily demanded to know why there had been a delay in the testing of the bomb. Bruce explained that he wanted to make sure that every precaution was taken to make sure the bomb was tested safely because of the sheer power the bomb would have. Ross called Bruce a coward, but Ross' daughter Betty defended Bruce and apologized for her father's behavior.

With that dealt with, Bruce prepared to begin the countdown sequence but was waylaid by Igor who angrily demanded to know the secrets of the gamma bomb in order to check Banner's work but the countdown already started and Igor let the matter go. Banner then saw that a teenager was driving into the testing range. Banner told Igor to delay the launch while he drove out to tell the teenager to leave.

Bruce made it to the teen and told him about the bomb and escorted him to a protective trench. As Bruce shoved the teen into the trench, the bomb went off and Bruce was bombarded with gamma radiation. Bruce was in pain and screaming in a comatose state. Bruce came to in the medical ward, having been brought there by the teen whose name is Rick Jones. Bruce and Reed were quarantined in the ward, and a nearby Geiger counter kept ticking. As night fell, Bruce turned into a hulking, gray monster that broke through the wall. The creature was hit by a jeep sending the soldiers sent flying off to the ground, and the creature ran into the desert with Rick Jones following him.

The creature was hiding from soldiers that were hunting him down which refer to him as the Hulk. The Hulk attempted to make his way back to Bruce's house. Entering into the home, the Hulk witnessed Igor ransacking it in search of Bruce's notes on the gamma bomb. Igor shot the Hulk who in a rage grabbed the gun and crushed it, before grabbing Igor and slamming him on a table. The scuffle revealed the hiding spot of Bruce's notes and Rick took it with the intention of turning it in to the army for safe keeping. The Hulk saw a picture of Bruce, but was enraged from looking at it declaring that Bruce was a weakling. Rick attempted to get the Hulk to remember his origin. The Hulk remembered the gamma bomb and that he was Bruce Banner. The Hulk was happy with his transformation but realizing that Rick was the only one who knew his origin, The Hulk prepared to attack Rick, but daybreak came and the Hulk transformed back into Bruce. Bruce was happy with having returned to his human form and Rick came to assist him.

The military police suddenly stormed the house as they had tracked the Hulk to it. The MPs arrested Igor realizing he was the spy they had been searching for and believed him to be in league with the Hulk. The captain of the MPs questioned Bruce asking why he had left the ward and how he got injured, believing that he may be part of a conspiracy. Two soldiers chimed in stating they had seen the Hulk and that he had looked nothing like Bruce and offered their own theories on the nature of the Hulk. Bruce turned in his notes to the captain and sat down on a sofa. Betty attempted to comfort him, but Rick insisted that all Bruce needed was some alone time to recover. Bruce escorted Betty out of the house, before conversing with Rick about the Hulk. Bruce realized that he had transformed when night fell and only turned back when day broke, and was fearful that he would once again transform that night.

### The Gargoyle

That night, Bruce took a jeep and drove off into the desert in order to make sure the Hulk had less of a chance to destroy or hurt anyone and Rick was coming with him in order to make sure he stays away from people and property. Bruce began transforming in the car. As a result, the car crashed and the Hulk began wandering the desert. The Hulk realized that the Ross house was nearby and wanted to see Betty. The Hulk accosted Betty who was having a midnight walk to clear her head, and she fainted. Rick tried to get the Hulk to leave Betty alone but both were confronted by a notorious Russian agent known as the Gargoyle.

The Gargoyle pulled out a gun which fired a specialized bullet that forced both the Hulk and Rick to follow his will. The Hulk and Rick were transported to the coast and then to a jet on a submarine. As the jet flew in the outer atmosphere, daybreak came and the Hulk reverted to Bruce. Having landed on Russian soil, the Gargoyle was perplexed about the sudden disappearance of the Hulk and appearance of Bruce but realized who Bruce was and that he and the Hulk were the same person. The Gargoyle transported Bruce and Rick to his stronghold and questioned them in their cell. The Gargoyle suddenly had a breakdown as he believed that Bruce had intentionally mutated himself and couldn't fathom why as the Gargoyle himself had been mutated from radiation exposure and was distraught at his freakish appearance. Bruce explained that he had no choice in his transformation and knew no way to fix it, but he did know a way to cure the Gargoyle but explained the procedure would render the Gargoyle's intelligence to that of an average man rather than the scientific genius he became. The Gargoyle contended that such a sacrifice was one he was willing to make and that he would even be content with dying from the procedure if it meant he died a regular human once again. Bruce conducted the procedure which worked and reverted the Gargoyle to his human form. Having returned to human because of the work of an American rather than that of Russia, the Gargoyle decided to betray his homeland and help Bruce and Rick escape back to the United States. The Gargoyle escorted Bruce and Rick to his personal escape shuttle and had them fly back to the United States. As the pair flew home they witnessed the stronghold explode as the Gargoyle decided to destroy it.

### The Toad Men

A few weeks later, the Bruce turned into a green version of the Hulk and was wandering through a swamp when he was found by a man. The man alerted the nearest town who barricaded them selves, when the Hulk rampaged through. The Hulk smashed a car and fought several state troopers when Rick arrived and lured him away from the town.

Some time later, Bruce and Rick were preparing to work on a project they had come up with when Betty and General Ross arrived to speak with them. While Ross continued to insult Bruce, Betty continued to express her concern for his safety to which Bruce attempted to assuage her fears. Bruce and Rick then left and went into a cave that they hoped to use as a prison for the Hulk. After the pair finished setting up the mechanism and finished testing it, the pair were suddenly pulled to the wall and toad-like aliens confronted them. The Toad-Men brough the pair into their space ship as prisoners when the captain of the ship Torrak questioned them through a screen. Torrak explained that the Toad Men were preparing to invade the Earth but wanted to first know who advanced the planet was scientifically. The Toad Men wanted Bruce to answer their questions otherwise they would use their weapons to decimate the Earth. Bruce refused to cowtow to their demands, and when Rick spoke to reassure Bruce's choice, the Toad Men put him in a capsule and fired him back at Earth. Rick landed safely on Earth, however night time came and Bruce turned into the Hulk.

The Hulk began rampaging through the ship and attacking the Toad Men. The Hulk locked the Toad Men into confinement and began exploring the ship and discovered that the weapons on the ship were leagues above those on Earth. The Hulk decided that he would use the weapons to his advantage and vowed to become the hunter rather than the hunted. Before the Hulk could enact his plan, the ship was shot down by General Ross. Having landed, the Hulk reverted to Bruce but was surrounded by Ross' troops. Ross believed that Bruce was a traitor and as such had him arrested.

Bruce conversed with Rick from his jail cell, but was frightened by what would happen when night came. Night did come and Bruce once again transformed into the Hulk and broke himself out of jail before attacking some soldiers with part of train track. The Hulk continued to fight the army when he heard one of the soldiers mention Ross. The Hulk wanted revenge on Ross for imprisoning him and went to his house where he found Betty. The Hulk confronted Betty, and Ross led his troops to protect his daughter. Ross rammed into the house with a tank and confronted the Hulk. The soldiers were ordered to not fire in fear of shooting Betty, and Rick attempted to calm the Hulk down, but the Hulk knocked him away. The soldiers attempted to pile on the Hulk, but he shook them off before preceeding to take Betty as a hostage and escaping to Bruce's lab in the cave. The Hulk explained his motivations to Betty, but Rick entered and pleaded with the Hulk to deal with the Toad Men who escaped while Bruce was arrested. An earthquake knocked everyone on the ground and daybreak came and turned the Hulk back into Bruce. Rick explained what happened while Bruce was the Hulk, and Bruce decided to leave Betty (who was rendered uncouncisus from fear of the Hulk) in the safety of the lab.

Bruce came up with a plan to use a gamma gun to counter-act the magnetizing weapons of the Toad Men. Bruce and Rick snuck onto the base and began to power up the gamma gun, when Ross and his soldiers arrived to arrest them. Rick grabed a hose in order to keep them at bay for enough time for the gun to power on and hit the Toad Men's fleet which sent them into deep space. With the Toad Men defeated by Bruce's hand, he was cleared of all charges, however, Ross still disliked Bruce and believed there was a connection between him and the Hulk. That night, the Hulk is imprisoned in the prison that Bruce and Rick made and raging while Rick holds the door closed until daybreak comes.

### Banished to Space

One night, the Hulk was locked in the prison but was thrashing against the door, with Rick holding it shut. Some time later, the vault was opened and the Hulk broke out and began chasing Rick to the base. Rick (who had been contacted by Thunderbolt Ross to lead the Hulk to an experimental missile/rocket so that the Hulk could ride and test it) tricked the Hulk into entering the rocket, which then shot out into space.

Hurtling through space, the Hulk transfomed into Bruce however he was exposed to cosmic radiation. Because of Rick's manipulation of the control panel back at Earth, the Hulk's capsule landed back in New Mexico. The Hulk then bursted out of the capsule and began attacking Rick, with the Cosmic Radiation allowing the Hulk to manifest during the daytime. Before the Hulk had the chance to seriously hurt Rick, he suddenly stopped and Rick discovered that the two were linked because of the radiation allowing Rick to mentally command him. Rick then brought the Hulk to his home to sleep.

That night however, the Hulk broke out of the house and went on a rampage. Rick managed to subdue the Hulk and brough him to the prison and locked him in the vault once more so that the Hulk would be unable to escape in the event that Rick fell asleep.

### Circus of Crime

The next morning, Rick let the Hulk out but left him in the cave so he could bathe and eat. Rick also visited a circus, however the circus performers were criminals and the Ringmaster had a hat that could hypnotize the audience and steal all their valuables. Rick managed to send out a telepathic cry for help to the Hulk who leaped into the circus and began fighting the members. The Hulk was stunned and captured by the Circus of Crime and the Ringmaster decided to incorporate him into their show.

The Circus traveled to a new town, however Rick arrived with several FBI agents. Rick's presence caused the Hulk to go berserk but Rick managed to regain control of him and use him to capture the Ringmaster. The army then raided the circus, and the Hulk grabbed Rick and fled the circus with Thunderbolt Ross vowing to hunt the Hulk down no matter what happened.

## Personality

Bruce Banner is a timid but moral man. Bruce was also a genius in his field.

## Appearance

Bruce was a man of average height and weight. Bruce could be said to be rather handsome if a little plain.

The Gray Hulk was a massive gray skinned humanoid. In someways, the Gray Hulk looked a lot like Banner but larger, gray skin, and the extra height and weight shifted his facial features slightly. The same could be said for the green incarnations of the Hulk but with green skin rather than gray.

## Attributes

### Powers

**Altered Physiology**

* **Hulk Transformation**
	+ **Unlimited Strength**
		- **Leaping**
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**
	+ **Dynamic Durability**
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**
		- **Disease Immunity**
		- **Decelarated Aging**
	+ **Superhuman Speed**
	+ **Adaptivity**
	+ **Telepathic Resistance**