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ChrisIII
11-05-2007, 09:45 AM
Somebody had to do it :)


Anyway, here's the various major incarnations of the Hulk:


-The Gray Hulk. The Hulk's original incarnation in the first issue, he was revived in the 80's, where after fighting the Leader he became a Vegas bouncer, and has appeared here and there since then.

-The "Grayvage" Hulk. Pretty much the Hulk for a large chunk of the sixties, this Hulk was green but still had a lot of the personality of the Gray Hulk. Sort of 'evolved' into the Savage Hulk.

-The Savage Hulk. The 'classic' Hulk, with low intellect and lots of rage, this Hulk was the core of the title for pretty much the entirety of the 70s and the early 80s. Interestingly he hasn't shown up a lot since then, as the spotlight has shifted to other Hulk incarnations.

-Banner Hulk-Hulk in the early 80s when Banner was able to control the monster. Didn't last too long though....

-Mindless Hulk-a Completely mute hulk, essentially the Hulk's rage without the moderating personality of Banner. Technically, there are too mindless Hulks-one created when Nightmare's manipulations 'killed' the Banner personality, and another when Banner was seperated physically from the Hulk for a time (Rejoining Banner to the creature resulted in the Gray Hulk).

-Rick Jones Hulk-during a nutrient bath accident, which turned Banner back into the Grey Hulk, Rick Jones absorbed some of the radiation and became pretty much a variation of the Savage Hulk. Didn't last long though. (Rick has also become the Hulk in some earlier issues, alternate timelines and what ifs?)


-Merged Hulk/The "Professor"-Originally thought to be a merged version of Banner/the Savage Hulk/Gray Hulk, it was later retconned to be a seperate personality (Not sure if it was retconned back). This Hulk was the main Hulk of the book for most of the early 90's.

-Shrapnal Hulk-Pretty much a darker version of the Professor prior to Onslaught. Called himself the "maestro" for a short time too (See below).


-Alternate future Hulk-A Hulk from the future who showed up during Post-Onslaught. Not much known about him.


-Heroes Reborn Hulk-basically the savage Hulk but with Long hair, from the "Heroes Reborn" universe. Technically at this point there were two Hulks, this one and the Bannerless....

-Post-Onslaught Hulk-Once again seperated from Banner, but not mindless, this Hulk took on many of the traights of the "Grayvage" Hulk.

-Planet Hulk/Green scar-Similar in personality to the Grayvage/Post-onslaught Hulks, this Hulk is the current incarnation.

-Red Hulk-Soon to be introduced, it's not entirely certain if this is Bruce Banner.





-Guilt Hulk-a Huge, "Aliens"-like Hulk that lurks in Banner's subconsciousness, possibly the mental form of the Mindless Hulk. From Paul Jenkin's run.

-Devil Hulk-Bruce's Dark side in the Hulk's subconsciouss. From Paul Jenkin's run.

-The Maestro. A Dark future version of the Hulk, possibly of the Professor persona, from the "Future Imperfect" storyline and some post-onslaught issues. Interestingly there's a possibility for him to return(He was last seen buried under an avalanche, but he's the Hulk!) but no writer has really dealt with the possibility (Although he did appear recently in Captain Marvel, it was before Future Imperfect)

-The Thing: AOA version of the Hulk.
Green King
11-07-2007, 07:12 AM
My favorite incarnations are:

1.)Gravage Hulk/World War Hulk

2.)Grey Hulk ("Mr. Fixit")
cable guy
11-07-2007, 07:26 AM
The Savage Hulk.
steve2275
11-07-2007, 07:54 AM
-Merged Hulk/The "Professor"-Originally thought to be a merged version of Banner/the Savage Hulk/Gray Hulk, it was later retconned to be a seperate personality (Not sure if it was retconned back). This Hulk was the main Hulk of the book for most of the early 90's.
question answered:D
Barnaby
11-07-2007, 06:32 PM
Savage "Sal Buscema" Hulk.
hulahulk
11-07-2007, 10:22 PM
Prof first, then a tie between Savage and Grey.

And I have not read any of PH or WWH, but I'm sure that the current dude would trump all of them IMO.
Green King
11-08-2007, 05:14 AM
Savage "Sal Buscema" Hulk.

True dat. Sal's drawings allowed me to tolerate Savage's dialogue. My favorite Buscema trademark on the Savage Hulk: The shadow eyes (which I think inspired the people who started the TV series to make the Hulk's eyebrows exaggeratedly long and thick).

Eventually I grew tired of the Savage Hulk as I approached my 18th birthday (that was about the time that Sal stopped drawing the Savage Hulk and went to other comic ventures).
reddog
11-08-2007, 05:36 PM
Mr. Fixit and the Dale Keown era for me.
Drdmx
11-08-2007, 05:48 PM
The professor got me reading. The art + writing was perfect. I think it was ish 390 where he's holding 2 huge guns and wearing pink bunny slippers.. the whole trans-abal business with the pantheon.


In any event, the Green Scar has become my favorite by far. In particular the attitude of "Never stop making them pay." I love it, and it fits alot of things that you see in the world today. What goes around comes around Illuminatti, even though the Hulk isnt really going to get a full measure of revenge that you deserve, I'm glad he's got the ball rolling pretty well.
dabig2
11-08-2007, 07:08 PM
Fix-it was great. His general banter was just....great. Especially when he disses Thing and other heroes.

Next up would be the Professor. Again, some funny and hilarious moments from him.
stingerman
11-08-2007, 10:17 PM
-Merged Hulk/The "Professor"-Originally thought to be a merged version of Banner/the Savage Hulk/Gray Hulk, it was later retconned to be a seperate personality (Not sure if it was retconned back). This Hulk was the main Hulk of the book for most of the early 90's.



Separate personality? Where'd that happen? (last time I collected Hulk was in the early 90s, now I started with around iss 100)
Hulk Strongest One
11-12-2007, 01:04 PM
Before readers get confused with the minutia of multitudes, there're three basic personalities:

1. Savage Hulk -- "Hulk smash". (The "mindless" falls under this, even if technically slightly different.)

2. Banner Hulk -- Bruce Banner's mind in the Hulk's body. Has difficulty getting angry, and thus stronger.

3. Mr. Fixit -- Green or gray Hulk with normal-to-high-Banner intelligence, with a nasty streak. Gets angry, and thus stronger, fairly easily, and not afraid to "sanction" somebody (recent Cho nonsense aside.) The current Hulk is in this category. It's been Hulk's personality more or less for the last 15 years or so.


The third has proven immeasurably popular as the savage one got tiring (to some, not me!) after a few decades, and the Banner one always felt broken.
Soulfire2
11-12-2007, 01:09 PM
The Grey Hulk was by far my least favorite. I hated how he sometimes walked around in a trench coat with a hat. I liked the Savage Hulk the best.
Hrungr
11-12-2007, 01:40 PM
The Gravage / WWH is my clear favorite, he's actually very much like the original Hulk in personality. He hits just the right mix of intelligence, craftiness and power while still capable of going into berserker-like rages. The Grey Hulk is my 2nd favorite followed by the "Professor" Hulk.

The Savage Hulk (read: The Great Green Moron) is by far my least favorite. While it can be fun to read the old issues from a nostalgic POV, I'd never want to see him again in modern continuity.
ivesaidway2much
11-13-2007, 12:31 PM
Are Savage Hulk and Child-like Hulk two different personalities? I haven't read a lot of the pre-Peter David Hulk stories, but in some of the earliest I have read Savage Hulk doesn't seem very child-like at all.
Mike Smash!
11-13-2007, 12:35 PM
Are Savage Hulk and Child-like Hulk two different personalities? I haven't read a lot of the pre-Peter David Hulk stories, but in some of the earliest I have read Savage Hulk doesn't seem very child-like at all.
Same incarnation. He's childlike in his intelligence and understanding and reasoning power. He also has a soft spot for children and animals. And like a child, he throws tantrums.
Drdmx
11-13-2007, 01:07 PM
Is the incarnation that defeated Onslaught considered the plain Savage Incarnation, or something entirely different since Jean "turned banner off"?
CapnCaveman
11-13-2007, 01:35 PM
Savage Hulk. I really liked the 70's Hulk on many levels. It takes away from it for me when he is too rational. The whole idea of the Hulk is that he is angry savage, but with some compassion and heroic tendencies.

Hulk smash (insert some characteristic of bad guy) man!
Mike Smash!
11-13-2007, 02:19 PM
Is the incarnation that defeated Onslaught considered the plain Savage Incarnation, or something entirely different since Jean "turned banner off"?The Savage Hulk defeated Onslaught.
beetheb
11-13-2007, 02:22 PM
The Savage Hulk defeated Onslaught.Well, I actually think it was a bit more convoluted than that. Apparently Onslaught wanted Hulk to crack his armor for some asinine reason or another, which was really all Hulk did.

My fav. is still The Gray Hulk/Fixit. It's reading those old Fixit stories that got me into comics in the first place. If I hadn't encountered PAD's Gray Hulk, I certainly doubt I'd be here posting now.
Don't pee in the (Dead)pool
11-13-2007, 06:20 PM
My favourite Hulk is the current mad-as-hell version. Prime example being when he faces Black Bolt on the moon in WWH#1: " i wanna hear you scream! "...
beetheb
11-13-2007, 08:08 PM
My favourite Hulk is the current mad-as-hell version. Prime example being when he faces Black Bolt on the moon in WWH#1: " i wanna hear you scream! "...We're still not sure if that was Black Bolt or Skrull Bolt.

Judging by the ease in which Hulk dispatched him, I'm guess it was Black Skrollt.
hulahulk
11-13-2007, 09:23 PM
Well, I actually think it was a bit more convoluted than that. Apparently Onslaught wanted Hulk to crack his armor for some asinine reason or another, which was really all Hulk did.



Onslaught did not necessarily want that to happen. But because the end result of that happening was him going non-corporeal and therefore more difficult to deal with, Onslaught felt as though he gained the upper hand. Which, he did not, because the non-mutant heroes sacrificed themselves and subsequently forced millions of readers to suffer through "Heroes Reborn".

But the Hulk did physically defeat Onslaught.
ForeverTaskmaster
11-14-2007, 05:50 AM
My favorite would be Mr Fixit. That was one mean and funny mofo. WW Hulk is the meanest mofo I have ever seen. The Maestro knew how to party. The Savage Hulk (Bill Mantlo and Buscema version) was awesome. Most incarnations I like but Mr Fixit is the coolest.
Soulfire2
11-14-2007, 07:39 AM
Onslaught did not necessarily want that to happen. But because the end result of that happening was him going non-corporeal and therefore more difficult to deal with, Onslaught felt as though he gained the upper hand. Which, he did not, because the non-mutant heroes sacrificed themselves and subsequently forced millions of readers to suffer through "Heroes Reborn".

But the Hulk did physically defeat Onslaught.

I would call it more of a draw since the resulting explosion seperated Hulk from Banner and knocked him out.
Taskmaster
11-14-2007, 08:42 AM
Gptta go with the Merged Hulk here, and I do mean the merged version and not the horrible Professor version with a pony tail introduced during Jenkins' run. He is the only Hulk that i've ever found interesting enough to continually read (other than World War Hulk, but that's not so much about the hulk as the story itself on my part)
Holdyourfireal
11-14-2007, 07:12 PM
The Sal Buscema child-like Hulk. The "savage" monicker is stupid.