Has anybody just dropped a nuke on the Hulk?

[Philip33X]

I imagine some country at some time must have done this but I don't remember. You'd think they'd just get him out in the desert somewhere and drop a nuke right on his head.

Is Hulk pretty much immune to everything or is there anything that can kill him?

[hoffmandu]

No, he can be hurt. He gets wounded, he bleeds etc.. It's completely feasable to kill him off, just need to do enough damage at one time to negate the healing factor.

[Expletive Deleted]

I'm pretty sure it's been done.

As to what it takes to kill him . . . well, the best way would be a cheat of some sort. Magic, Power Cosmic, etc. Y'know, something that can change the rules of the game. Any approach involving physical force probably isn't going to cut it.

[Alan2099]

Yeah. It's been done before. Hulk used it as an excuse to lay low and let people think he was dead.

[Scott Evil]

I know neither are by definition 'nukes' but have been ineffective vs. the Hulk. In the Ultimates, Bruce Banner was strapped to some -million-odd Megaton bomb in the middle of the ocean. All it did was wake the beast w/in Banner and threw him a few hundred miles up and out.

In the Future Imperfect story (which is 616 cannon I think) Professor Hulk figured that throwing the Maestro (future, more powerful, yet insane Hulk) back at the original Gamma blast would do the trick. It did temporarily, in what looked like the Maestro getting disintegrated. It turned out that he was ok, just needed a few years of subliminally atracting the HUlk, and absorbing some of the younger Hulk's essence.

So either way, the Hulk's walked away from a couple of BMFB's (big mother f'n bombs!) w/o even a scratch..

[marshal99]

It has been done , and Hulk was fighting with Thor at that time , he just punch Thor clear before the nuke hits.

http://www.incrediblehulk.com/nukeresistance.html

[maniacmatt]

I'm pretty sure it's been done.

As to what it takes to kill him . . . well, the best way would be a cheat of some sort. Magic, Power Cosmic, etc. Y'know, something that can change the rules of the game. Any approach involving physical force probably isn't going to cut it.

Prof X could have just shut down his mind. Or they could drown him. That would have gotten lots of murderous fanboys mad though...

[Dermie]

Prof X could have just shut down his mind. Or they could drown him. That would have gotten lots of murderous fanboys mad though...

It is also more easily said than done. Drowning him is difficult due to his lung capacity--he can hold his breath for a LONG time. As for shutting down his mind, telepaths have been able to affect Hulk in the past--but they do seem to have difficulty with him, either due to his intense rages blocking their ability to get through, or his multiple personalities making it difficult to get a solid mental grasp on him, etc.

[the invincible ironfran-cis]

That's how he got his powers, isn't it? A gamma bomb. Don't know if that'll undo it, or just make him worse.

[dingo]

He was also at ground zero of a gamma bomb explosion in a recent FF arc

[drwho]

Would Hulk die if you cut his head off or would his body just grow back?

[the invincible ironfran-cis]

Would Hulk die if you cut his head off or would his body just grow back?


You can't cut hulks head off--he's indestructible. Of course: this kind of leads us back to the whole Cap's shield thing.

Perhaps one coudl magically remove hulks head; in which case I don't think it would grow back. I don't even think the Lizard could do that.

[Mick Martin]

Hulk also survived a nuclear explosion in an issue of the original Defenders series. It was somewhere between issue 53 and 56, I don't remember which.

I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but in Hulk #94 (part of Planet Hulk), The Hulk survived something like a nuke, and he was holding it. It wasn't called a nuke. It was called a "Deathfire Bomb." There's no way to definitively say whether or not it was more or as powerful as a nuke, but considering that it was from an advanced alien technology, used by a species more physically powerful than humans, I'm guessing it was at least close to a nuke-level blast. He recovered a few minutes later and tore a bunch of Death's Heads guards apart.

As far as being drowned, in PAD's recent "Tempest Fugit" story, it was shown that the Hulk could adapt and survive underwater without holding his breath, and in "Prelude to Planet Hulk," it was shown that he could adapt to an environment (space) without any atmosphere.

In Incredible Hulk: The End, all of his flesh, including his eyes, was eaten by a bunch of super-cockroaches, and he healed. In PAD's "Ghosts of the Past" storyline (TIH #397-400), the Hulk survived all of his flesh being flayed from his bones by Vector of the U-Foes, and healed in a matter of moments. And as has already been mentioned, the Maestro was able to heal himself even after being reduced to nothing but bones.

So, yeah, he's pretty durable, and I'm guessing he could survive decapitation.

[Kevinroc]

Incredible Hulk #460

http://img84.exs.cx/img84/4021/resurrect3xx.jpg

Incredible Hulk (current volume) #77:

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/1765/underwater28ss.jpg

Incredible Hulk (current volume) #90:

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4947/vacuum9ll.jpg

Well, I think that answers that question.

Alright, one more.

Here's The Hulk passing through the wormhole that took him to the alien world where Planet Hulk occurs. (Hulk, current volume, #92)

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6396/durabilityih92a5hk.jpg

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2415/durabilityih92b4uv.jpg

Here's what happened when The Silver Surfer passed through either the same wormhole or a similar wormhole (Hulk #95)

http://img433.imageshack.us/img433/5096/durwormholeih952ku.jpg

[Leebenhouse]

As long as you don't get him at ground zero he could survive, at least according to the Maestro in Future Imperfect. He'd just soak up the radiation. Also there's some kind of spell on him that saved him back when he was the Grey Hulk and got nuked by a Gamma Bomb.

[Mick Martin]

As long as you don't get him at ground zero he could survive, at least according to the Maestro in Future Imperfect.

But Maestro even came back from that.


Also there's some kind of spell on him that saved him back when he was the Grey Hulk and got nuked by a Gamma Bomb.

That isn't a permanent spell that stays with him. A bunch of wizards from Jarella's world magically teleported him to their world at the last minute so he wouldn't die. That isn't a spell that just automatically kicks in whenever he's nuked. It was just that one time.

[THANOS/WOLVERINE]

Prof X could have just shut down his mind. Or they could drown him. That would have gotten lots of murderous fanboys mad though...


Drowing won't work, becuase he adapted to being underwater in Tempist Fugit.

[ninjapeps]

I know neither are by definition 'nukes' but have been ineffective vs. the Hulk. In the Ultimates, Bruce Banner was strapped to some -million-odd Megaton bomb in the middle of the ocean. All it did was wake the beast w/in Banner and threw him a few hundred miles up and out.
not entirely accurate. he woke up and changed into the Hulk before the bomb actually hit. besides, this is Ultimate Hulk and his stats are different from 616 Hulk.

[whassup_bun]

I've only seen the movie and that's all I know about the Hulk. Well that and the Ultimate Hulk. So what can kill Hulk then? It seems like nothing can. How about the day when Banner is so old that he died of natural cause? Does Hulk die with him as well?

[C.O. Jones]

I've only seen the movie and that's all I know about the Hulk. Well that and the Ultimate Hulk. So what can kill Hulk then? It seems like nothing can. How about the day when Banner is so old that he died of natural cause? Does Hulk die with him as well?


That would make a great 'Hulk: The End' story---the stress of him dying by natural causes could trigger the change that would make him the Hulk forever.

[Loestal]

616 Hulk is much more powerful than Ultimate. As for what can kill him, not a whole lot honestly. It's hard to even kill Banner because of the transformation process. If you shoot Banner point blank in the face, he would turn into Hulk BEFORE the bullet hit his brain and would kill him. It's faster than fast, faster than what nerves can carry the signal to the brain. Banner can't even commit suicide because he would change. So if they dropped a nuke on Banner, he would live because he would turn into Hulk before the nuke could completely destroy Banner.

The only way to really kill him is as others have said, cosmic forces which usually are limitless, magic or some sort of mental attack. But the kicker with Hulk is, his strength is limitless so you better do it the first time or you won't get another chance.

[whassup_bun]

That would make a great 'Hulk: The End' story---the stress of him dying by natural causes could trigger the change that would make him the Hulk forever.

Yeah:D But I'm not sure about him being the Hulk "forever", what's interesting about the character is really his double personality isn't it?

The only way to really kill him is as others have said, cosmic forces which usually are limitless, magic or some sort of mental attack.
Ah right. So Dr. Strange could do the job?

[Loestal]

Yeah:D But I'm not sure about him being the Hulk "forever", what's interesting about the character is really his double personality isn't it?


Ah right. So Dr. Strange could do the job?


Eh...maybe, I don't know. I suppose he has the power to unless he has tried and failed before.

[King Alpha]

That would make a great 'Hulk: The End' story---the stress of him dying by natural causes could trigger the change that would make him the Hulk forever.

I don't have the "Hulk: The End" story around, so I may be wrong, but I thought the ending to that story was Banner actually dying, leaving Hulk "alone" like he always wanted, which was to be left alone. So Hulk lived on while Banner ceased to exist.

[Leebenhouse]

I don't have the "Hulk: The End" story around, so I may be wrong, but I thought the ending to that story was Banner actually dying, leaving Hulk "alone" like he always wanted, which was to be left alone. So Hulk lived on while Banner ceased to exist.
Yup. Read it when it was reprinted yesterday in that Giant Size Hulk. Peter David beat you guys to it. LOL

But that book wasn't really the end of the Hulk, since he was alone, and a bit depressed at the end. But it wasn't like he could die.

I could see the Hulk roaming the spaceways forever. I'd be suprised that the Silver Surfer hadn't come to visit him in all that time. Or Galactus even, he could easily come eat Earth and utilize the Hulk as another new Herald.....

[Frank]

If I remember correctly, during the PAD/McFarlane years he was officialy nuked again by a gamma bomb. Not a cop-out Hulk was caught in a nuclear bomb blast..and that sent him into another Universe.

I think the energies in Hulk`s body are pretty powerful and the original blast literaly tapped into another Universe. And when he becomes Banner again those energies return to that Universe everytime.

[LordSplendor]

Back when the Hulk was with the Pantheon some one shot bad guy actually "killed" him. Blew a hole right through his chest. Now mind you the hulk healed up after like an hour and was right as rain. But if the guy would of taken his time and burned hulks body to bits instead of just burning one hole through him he could of killed him.

The hulk has almost died in space a couple of times but someone rescued him. So a teleported could just teleport him into space or the sun. Turning his brain off would work. I seem to remember Enchantress controlling him, so she could just make him kill himself. Sersi while a good guy I think once changed him into a frog or turtle.

[ChrisIII]

The Hulk does have a weakness to gas, if I remember correctly.

[CyberCoyote]

He also suffered little but singed hair from the Torch's Nova recently. although I think the team was unsure as to what his Nova was since it didn't even melt the road in the scene :)

[ninjapeps]

Eh...maybe, I don't know. I suppose he has the power to unless he has tried and failed before.
if Strange can beat back Shumma Gorath, the Hulk should be within his power.