There are heroes who are born with bread under their arms and have the approval of fans who quickly jump on the bandwagon of their adventures. That led the publisher, Marvel in this case, to create practically weekly content that fed the old newsstands with endless series of comics. Well, that was not exactly the example of this Bruce Banner who, when he got angry, ended up turning into the Hulk.
And it is that the beginnings of the Mass were not easy because it quickly became clear that he was not such an easy character to deal with as in the case of a Spider-Man or a Captain America. It was going to take a lot more resources to make the huge green man fit into the collective imagination. So if you are thinking of immersing yourself in his comic book universe, we are going to give you some small recommendations (not precisely in the order that we do it) so that you launch yourself into the adventure of knowing in depth the tragic existence of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of our times.
planet hulk
Greg Pak was responsible for some of the most remembered Hulk stories and in this one, he also plays with that classic resource of taking the character and placing him in a hostile world. The result is a conclave of superheroes who are worried about the devastation that the Mass produces in each intervention, so neither short nor lazy they put him in a space rocket bound for a new planet. The problem is that the plans don’t go as they should and the Hulk ends up lost in a place ruled by a despot who organizes gladiatorial battles with those he imprisons. Our hero will be called “The Green Scar” and we will not tell you more.
Imperfect future
It is very common in Marvel to find different versions of the same character. Sometimes to create paradoxes and all sorts of recurring twists and turns in the universe. The same thing happens here, with Peter David in charge, where we will see how the Hulk has to face a dark version of himself that has managed to conquer the world in an alternate future timeline. An apocalypse that is key to understanding some things in the universe that surrounds the character.
The incredible Hulk
For many, John Byrne is one of the most important authors of the 80s and his passage through the Hulk is one of the most remembered, especially because it is the one that marks a little the direction that the character will take in the following times, In this one, specifically, we will see how the two personalities separate and Bruce Banner goes out to hunt down the Hulk while the beast is taking more and more prominence and increasing its destructive power.
The Immortal Hulk
Al Ewing, as a screenwriter, and the cartoonist Joe Bennett, are responsible for these comics that are, for many, the best the character has seen and that, right from the start, he decides to kill Bruce Banner , which does not prevent all At night, the doctor revives as the Hulk. A character who is still green but who has ceased to become a public danger that destroys everything in his path: now, we find ourselves before a cold and calculating hero, practically immortal.