"Man is, on the whole, less good than he imagines himself or wants to be."
—Carl Jung, Psychology and Religion.
"I walk the earth. And I look for ways to use the power inside me. Ways to use...him...to bring a measure of justice to this world. Ways to atone for my sins.
—Bruce Banner
"See... I don't think there was a cover-up. I don't think it was a lie. Bruce Banner was dead. Bruce Banner can die. But then... there's that other guy."
— Detective Gloria Mayes
"My name is Bruce Banner. Years ago...I died. But I couldn't stop screaming. So I got up again. Something inside me was unlocked that day. A dark opposite. A shadow self. Stronger than me. Stronger than anyone. Too strong for death to claim.
—Bruce Banner
"...He needed a dad. Or something...something like a dad. Like a dad who loved him. But he didn't know what love was. I can't be out in the day. I don't come out unless I have to. Unless somebody hurts him. And then, I take it personal.
—Devil Hulk
"...Hulk hurts. All the time hurts. All the time always. Why. Why hulk have to hurt so much?
—Child/Savage Hulk
"...I'm...I'm not a bad person. Am I?...What do you think?"
—Bruce Banner
"And so I ask again.
What is the Hulk?
What will the Hulk be?
The accuser or the adversary? Khamael or Satan? Is he of Geburah or of Golachab?
Is he man or monster?
What will you become, Bruce Banner of Earth?
Who are you?
And who am I?"
What is the Hulk?
What will the Hulk be?
The accuser or the adversary? Khamael or Satan? Is he of Geburah or of Golachab?
Is he man or monster?
What will you become, Bruce Banner of Earth?
Who are you?
And who am I?"
—Metatron
"This is me."
—Red Harpy
"Unlike some, I don't think you'll put up a fight, will you? So I'm just going to take control, okay? Don't worry—it won't hurt. More than normal, anyway. You just hold still...and let me take the lead."
—The Leader
"There are two people in every mirror. There's the one you can see. And there's the other one. The one you don't want to."
— Opening Narration, issue #1
"I ain't a good guy. I ain't. We ain't. Are we? What do you think?"
—Joe Fixit
"I don't remember what happened in Hell. But I feel more confident, more assured— more myself. Did I somehow absorb the devil on my shoulder? Did I lay an old ghost to rest? Have my fellow alters worked out some differences? Or is it just the feeling of a door as old as gamma closing... and a new one opening wide? Whichever it is— I still have work to do. We have work to do. All the people who live in my mirror. Both the ones I can see... and the one I don't always want to. So. Are we good people? Well? What do you think?"
—Bruce Banner
