Incredible Hulk Profile

Full name: Robert Bruce Banner.

Robert Bruce Banner

Aliases

Since turning into the Hulk, Bruce Banner has been feared and hounded by Law Enforcement Agencies (Police, Armed Forces, etc), super villains, you name it.

So to keep a low profile, Banner has often used aliases. Those aliases include:

David Banner
David Bannon
Bruce Barnes
Bruce Baxter
Bruce Green
Robert Blake
David Bixby
Bruce Jones
Bruce Roberts
Bruce Ross
Bruce Smith
Bruce Bixby
Glenn Summers
Bruce Davidson
Bob Danner
Bruce Bancroft

He is also the Incredible Hulk!

Hulk

Hulk is best known as "The Strongest One There Is", but he has aliases too. They include:

Green Scar
Green King
Green One
Eye of Rage
Holku
Sakaarson
Two-Minds
World Breaker
Jade Jaws
Jade Giant
Green Goliath
Ol’ Greenskin
Doc Green
Maestro
Professor
Joe Fixit
Mr. Fixit
War
Two-Hands
Mr. Green
Once-Savage
Mighty Bob
Green Golem

Hulk has also been referred to in many different ways. Some of them are offensive; others, just funny. For example:

Thousand pound mass of bottled rage
Green-skinned galoot (Bruce Banner)
Misshapen man-beast (Psyklop)
Feeble-minded monster (Psyklop)
Great-bodied lump (K'ai rebel)
Gross freak (Lord Visis)

Places of Birth

Bruce Banner was born in Dayton, Ohio (United States of America, USA).

He is a legal citizen of the United States, and his identity is publicly known.

Banner first transformed into the Hulk in a New Mexico desert, thus considered the place of birth for Hulk.

New Mexico desert
New Mexico desert

Origin

Incredible Hulk #1
(May 1962)

The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962)

Hulk Creators:

Stan Lee (script) and Jack Kirby (artwork)

Appearaces of the Hulk in comics

Physical Description

Banner and Hulk

Differences in the Hulk’s height and weight depend on the Hulk persona.

Note: Hulk personas are the different incarnations of the Hulk. There were many incarnations, and the most known are the Gray Hulk, and the Savage (Green) Hulk.

Height

As Banner:
5’ 9” 1/2 (1.77 meters)
As Hulk:
Hulk's height varies. Aproximate range:

6’ 6” (1.98 meters)
to 8’ (2.44 meters)

Weight

As Banner:
Official Marvel Handbooks specify that Banner’s weight is 128 lbs (58 Kilograms).

But according to how he looks in the comics and movies, Banner’s weight ranges from:

160 lbs (72 Kg)
to 180 lbs (80 Kg)
As Hulk:
Hulk's height varies. Aproximate range:

900 lbs (408 Kg)
to 1,400 lbs (635 Kg)

Movies

The Incredible Hulk has appeared in the following films from the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe):


The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)

The only film where Bruce Banner is played by Edward Norton. Hulk confronts the Abomination.

Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
Marvel's The Avengers (2012)

Actor Mark Ruffalo now plays Bruce Banner. Hulk single-handedly defeats Loki.


Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Bruce Banner and Black Widow start dating. Hulk is instrumental in the Avengers defeating Ultron. He casts himself out to space to prevent hurting those he cares about.

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Hulk is a gladiator champion in planet Sakaar. After fighting Thor, they join forces to defeat the Asgardian's evil sister, Hela.


Avengers Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Hulk has a short stint. Defeated by Thanos (because he was wielding the Power stone), it was then up to Bruce Banner to save the day!

Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Hulk and Bruce Banner have merged. After helping the Avengers recover the Time stone, Hulk snapped a gauntlet of Tony's invention to return all who "died" during the Thanos snap.


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