Bruce Banner (Earth-616)

Doctor **Robert Bruce Banner**, M.D., Ph.D., is a renowned scientist and a an American theoretical physicist, famed for his work in the fields of nuclear physics and gamma radiation. He was recruited by the U.S. Army to develop the first Gamma Bomb. During its first live test he was bombarded with a massive dose of gamma rays while saving a kid who had made his way onto the test site.

The great doses of radiation mutated him into a green behemoth, the living personification of rage, as a result, the mild-mannered scientist found that when angered, provoked or excited, his body and brain would transform into a huge, rage-fueled, primitive-minded creature known as the incredible **Hulk**.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Childhood

Robert Bruce Banner was born on 1969, in Dayton, Ohio. As he grew up, he started going by his middle name. During his youth, Banner had an estranged relationship with his father Brian, since he has suffered physically abusing by his father. One of the people who helped Bruce cope with Brian's tantrums was his mother Rebecca until she died leaving Bruce alone to the point the abuse got worse, even tough he still have a love of his dad and was hoping one day to be able to impress him. Some years later he move out to New York where he study at college. In his student days, Banner worked at Stanley's Pizza Parlor as he met Betty Ross while in college, where they fell in love and eventually began dating.

#### Becoming the Hulk

Sometime later Banner was recruited by the government to created the first gamma bomb he was present in the the test site for the first underground test detonation of the Gamma Bomb. Observing that a civilian had breached security and entered the restricted test area, Banner told his colleague to delay the countdown while he tried to escort the civilian to safety. His colleague did nothing, confident that Banner was exaggerating. Either way, he would still reaching the civilian, who turned out to be a kid who was playing there, Banner threw him into a protective trench.

Before Banner could get himself to safety, the Gamma Bomb detonated, and intense waves of radiation reached the surface. Banner was irradiated with highly charged radioactive particles. The great amounts of radioactive particles began mutated Bruce's body, causing him to frequently transform into the vastly powerful, green-skinned, humanoid monster every time he got any negative feelings such as anger gaining nickname as the Hulk.

#### Life as the Hulk

As the Hulk, Bruce began running away from the government and the law because he was threatened due to his power and violent actions. By keeping his identity as the Hulk a secret, he would face many enemies while trying to hide from the people who want to capture him because he thinks he is a threat to society. At the same time, he decided to distance himself from the rest of his loved ones to avoid hurting them due to his primitive transformation. A few years after becoming the Hulk. Bruce would meet the superhero Spider-Man, even though he didn't have a good start, Hulk and Spider-Man would put their differences aside to defeat a single threat, eventually becoming close friends and allies.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Ally and Friend

## Trivia

* Bruce Banner/ The Hulk in the *Spider-Verse* saga is the third incarnation of the character to appear in a theatrical film, after two live-action incarnations played by Eric Bana, Edward Norton and Mark Ruffalo, respectively.
	+ He was supposed to appear in the flashback of Peter B. Parker in Into the Spider-Verse. However, he was ultimately cut for copyright reasons.