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* The last six months of the original ''The Incredible Hulk'' imprint in 1998-99, where the Abomination set up Betty Ross's death.
* The [[FriendToAllLivingThings Savage Hulk]]. No matter how many times he saves the world, how many people he helps, how many monsters he defeats, he can never find a place where he belongs, where people don't fear or hunt him.
* The ending of ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk''; the panel where Hulk holds Caiera's corpse in his hands as she begins to turn to dust and blow away on the wind is the single saddest image anyone can ever see in a comic book.
** The Hulk is then left in a pool of lava surrounding him, reflecting on the irony of surviving the ship's detonation, and Sakaar's destruction, only getting stronger and madder, only for everyone around him, including his wife, to die. It's one of the rawest shows of grief that the Hulk has ever shown, and from a personality that wasn't exactly the nicest, makes it more poignant:
-->'''Hulk:''' (''throws a massive molten rock''') '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis GIVE...THEM...BACK!]]''''' (quietly) Give her back.
* The ending of ComicBook/HulkTheEnd. After having what he claimed he has always wanted, after winning his battle against Bruce Banner and surviving in a world where humanity has destroyed itself, Hulk is finally alone. [[ImColdSoCold And he feels cold.]]
-->'''Hulk:''' Banner... is gone, now. Got rid of him last night. Banner tried to... make Hulk die. But Hulk was too smart. Hulk was too strong. Hulk will never let Banner come back, because if Hulk does, then Hulk will die. And Hulk does not ever want to die. Not ever. Because then... then everyone who kept trying to kill Hulk... will win. [[{{Determinator}} And Hulk can't ever let them win. Even though they are gone... Hulk must still win. Hulk must never lose.]] And Hulk... Hulk doesn't miss Banner at all. [[BlatantLies Hulk is... happy to be alone. Yes, Hulk is... happy. Hulk never needed Banner. Never needed any of them.]] [[LoveIsAWeakness Because if Hulk needed someone... then Hulk would be weak.]] [[StoicWoobie And Hulk must... must never be weak. Never.]] Because Hulk is... Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....''[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]''.
** This gets even sadder when you realize that the last word Hulk says, "cold", is in all lowercase. Everything he says-- even normal speech-- in the comics is usually in all caps, even words spoken in sadness or despair. Hulk is so broken on the inside, that his last word was written in all lower case.
** And the reason Hulk refuses to let Banner die of a heart attack is on-par with FrankensteinsMonster for motivation.
--->'''Banner''': Hulk... don't... please... [[WhoWantsToLiveForever I'm almost there]]... you can come with me... it will be wonderful... all your friends will be there, and there will be peace... please...\\
'''Hulk''': Hulk doesn't want friends.\\
'''Banner''': Hulk... God in heaven, listen to me...\\
'''Hulk''': [[ShutUpKirk No!]] For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life]]! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!\\
'''Banner''': It'll be different, Hulk! You'll have peace... friends...\\
'''Hulk''': Hulk doesn't want friends, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer because friends will hurt him]]. Everyone hurts him. [[StoicWoobie Everyone hurts Hulk]].
* "Betty can't take it, so it's all up to me." says [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Red She-Hulk]].
* "Heart of the Monster" -- Comicbook/DoctorStrange and Bruce Banner realizing that Hulk will finally be happy if they leave him in the Dark Dimension, eternally breaking and restoring the world in a constant battle with Red She-Hulk... even though it means "Bruce" will fade away.
* As vile as he is, [[EvilCounterpart the Abomination]] is arguably as tragic as the Hulk himself. Unlike Banner, he's trapped in his monstrous mutated form and [[TheResenter hates Bruce/Hulk]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal because he can at least appear human.]] What makes it even sadder is that Blonsky ''has'' tried to make peace with the Hulk before, but his hatred and resentment inevitably drove him back to his destructive feud, [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon eventually leading to his murder of Betty Ross.]]]]
** Blonsky breaking into MirthlessLaughter after finding out he spent ''two years'' in a coma after a fight with the Hulk that ended in him falling to Earth from orbit is so heartwrenching that it even disturbs the Hulk, who notes that Blonsky's "laughter" sounds like crying.
* Bruce Banner's early childhood. His father Brian was an abusive alcoholic who believed that his son was a monster due to his incredible intellect at a young age, and would constantly beat on him and his mother Rebecca. When she tried to take her son and leave Brian he found out and killed her by literally slamming her head onto the curb.
* An old issue has Hulk befriending Crackerjack Jackson, an old hermit who gives him food, and even teaches him how to write his own name. Not too far away, an alien breaks two violent criminals out and gives them super strong handcuffs that power them up, but keep them together. The two convicts hate each other, but do well in taking down the Hulk. It turns out one criminal is Jackson's son, and because he was always working, his son blames him for leaving him alone and turning to crime, and accidentally kills his own father. Before either criminal can respond, Hulk goes berserk and destroys the powered band. Then he buries his new friend, and crudely writes his name on a tombstone.
* "Amazing Grace." Hulk is taken to Cygnet VII, where he sees that the "Reds" are oppressing the "Greens." Hulk fights with the Greens and helps overthrow the "Reds." On his way back to Earth, he uses the ship's technology to monitor what is happening on Cygnet VII. He sees that the Greens learned nothing and that they are now oppressing the Reds.
* Jarella's death. The Hulk goes through his usual fit of rage after finding out that ComicBook/TheDefenders can't bring her back. Then it finally sets in that she's really gone, and he starts quietly sobbing.
* The Savage Hulk with his defenses down in ''Immortal Hulk'' #12:
-->Hulk... Hulk ''hurts''. All the time hurts. All the time ''always''. <''crying''> Why? Why Hulk have to hurt so much?
* Indestructible Hulk has a scene where Banner is trying to finish building a revolutionary technology only for his intellectual compatriots to beat him to the punch every time. The kicker though? Bruce ''could'' have finished all those and reaped the glory before them despite having much lesser resources, '''if not for the time he spend on superheroics'''. BeingGoodSucks doesn't describe it. Banner eventually loses it and smashes his work.
* In issue #165, the Hulk fights his way free of a MadScientist named Captain Omen and leads the mutated deep-sea dwelling children of Omen and his followers to the surface they have been denied their entire lives. It's initially a happy scene, with the mutates reveling in the sun and wind, and Hulk enjoying a rare moment of pride and contentment, literally musing that he has done a good thing... and then the revelry changes to shock and horror as the mutates [[PopGoesTheHuman start exploding into bloody kibble]]. It turns out that Captain Omen and his crew forbid their children from returning to the surface because the same mutant physiology that lets them survive the incredible pressure at the ocean's floor makes them biologically incompatible with the lighter pressure of the surface -- [[PoorCommunicationKills they just never told their children this]]. The last survivor, Captain Omen's son, lasts long enough to flee back to his father's submersible and beg to be allowed back inside, but is refused; Captain Omen and the other crew are are all sick from the temporary pressure change themselves, and if the environment inside is disturbed again, they'll die. So the sub sinks back into the ocean whilst the last mutate bangs at the door, thinking to himself that his father has ''got'' to change his mind and let him in, he ''won't'' just let his only son die... but he's dead wrong. The last shot is of the Hulk, alone on a gore-slick beach, scared and confused, completely unable to comprehend how it all could have gone so wrong.
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* The last six months of the original ''The Incredible Hulk'' imprint in 1998-99, where the Abomination set up Betty Ross's death.
* The [[FriendToAllLivingThings Savage Hulk]]. No matter how many times he saves the world, how many people he helps, how many monsters he defeats, he can never find a place where he belongs, where people don't fear or hunt him.
* The ending of ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk''; the panel where Hulk holds Caiera's corpse in his hands as she begins to turn to dust and blow away on the wind is the single saddest image anyone can ever see in a comic book.
** The Hulk is then left in a pool of lava surrounding him, reflecting on the irony of surviving the ship's detonation, and Sakaar's destruction, only getting stronger and madder, only for everyone around him, including his wife, to die. It's one of the rawest shows of grief that the Hulk has ever shown, and from a personality that wasn't exactly the nicest, makes it more poignant:
-->'''Hulk:''' (''throws a massive molten rock''') '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis GIVE...THEM...BACK!]]''''' (quietly) Give her back.
* The ending of ComicBook/HulkTheEnd. After having what he claimed he has always wanted, after winning his battle against Bruce Banner and surviving in a world where humanity has destroyed itself, Hulk is finally alone. [[ImColdSoCold And he feels cold.]]
-->'''Hulk:''' Banner... is gone, now. Got rid of him last night. Banner tried to... make Hulk die. But Hulk was too smart. Hulk was too strong. Hulk will never let Banner come back, because if Hulk does, then Hulk will die. And Hulk does not ever want to die. Not ever. Because then... then everyone who kept trying to kill Hulk... will win. [[{{Determinator}} And Hulk can't ever let them win. Even though they are gone... Hulk must still win. Hulk must never lose.]] And Hulk... Hulk doesn't miss Banner at all. [[BlatantLies Hulk is... happy to be alone. Yes, Hulk is... happy. Hulk never needed Banner. Never needed any of them.]] [[LoveIsAWeakness Because if Hulk needed someone... then Hulk would be weak.]] [[StoicWoobie And Hulk must... must never be weak. Never.]] Because Hulk is... Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....''[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]''.
** This gets even sadder when you realize that the last word Hulk says, "cold", is in all lowercase. Everything he says-- even normal speech-- in the comics is usually in all caps, even words spoken in sadness or despair. Hulk is so broken on the inside, that his last word was written in all lower case.
** And the reason Hulk refuses to let Banner die of a heart attack is on-par with FrankensteinsMonster for motivation.
--->'''Banner''': Hulk... don't... please... [[WhoWantsToLiveForever I'm almost there]]... you can come with me... it will be wonderful... all your friends will be there, and there will be peace... please...\\
'''Hulk''': Hulk doesn't want friends.\\
'''Banner''': Hulk... God in heaven, listen to me...\\
'''Hulk''': [[ShutUpKirk No!]] For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life]]! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!\\
'''Banner''': It'll be different, Hulk! You'll have peace... friends...\\
'''Hulk''': Hulk doesn't want friends, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer because friends will hurt him]]. Everyone hurts him. [[StoicWoobie Everyone hurts Hulk]].
* "Betty can't take it, so it's all up to me." says [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Red She-Hulk]].
* "Heart of the Monster" -- Comicbook/DoctorStrange and Bruce Banner realizing that Hulk will finally be happy if they leave him in the Dark Dimension, eternally breaking and restoring the world in a constant battle with Red She-Hulk... even though it means "Bruce" will fade away.
* As vile as he is, [[EvilCounterpart the Abomination]] is arguably as tragic as the Hulk himself. Unlike Banner, he's trapped in his monstrous mutated form and [[TheResenter hates Bruce/Hulk]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal because he can at least appear human.]] What makes it even sadder is that Blonsky ''has'' tried to make peace with the Hulk before, but his hatred and resentment inevitably drove him back to his destructive feud, [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon eventually leading to his murder of Betty Ross.]]]]
** Blonsky breaking into MirthlessLaughter after finding out he spent ''two years'' in a coma after a fight with the Hulk that ended in him falling to Earth from orbit is so heartwrenching that it even disturbs the Hulk, who notes that Blonsky's "laughter" sounds like crying.
* Bruce Banner's early childhood. His father Brian was an abusive alcoholic who believed that his son was a monster due to his incredible intellect at a young age, and would constantly beat on him and his mother Rebecca. When she tried to take her son and leave Brian he found out and killed her by literally slamming her head onto the curb.
* An old issue has Hulk befriending Crackerjack Jackson, an old hermit who gives him food, and even teaches him how to write his own name. Not too far away, an alien breaks two violent criminals out and gives them super strong handcuffs that power them up, but keep them together. The two convicts hate each other, but do well in taking down the Hulk. It turns out one criminal is Jackson's son, and because he was always working, his son blames him for leaving him alone and turning to crime, and accidentally kills his own father. Before either criminal can respond, Hulk goes berserk and destroys the powered band. Then he buries his new friend, and crudely writes his name on a tombstone.
* "Amazing Grace." Hulk is taken to Cygnet VII, where he sees that the "Reds" are oppressing the "Greens." Hulk fights with the Greens and helps overthrow the "Reds." On his way back to Earth, he uses the ship's technology to monitor what is happening on Cygnet VII. He sees that the Greens learned nothing and that they are now oppressing the Reds.
* Jarella's death. The Hulk goes through his usual fit of rage after finding out that ComicBook/TheDefenders can't bring her back. Then it finally sets in that she's really gone, and he starts quietly sobbing.
* The Savage Hulk with his defenses down in ''Immortal Hulk'' #12:
-->Hulk... Hulk ''hurts''. All the time hurts. All the time ''always''. <''crying''> Why? Why Hulk have to hurt so much?
* Indestructible Hulk has a scene where Banner is trying to finish building a revolutionary technology only for his intellectual compatriots to beat him to the punch every time. The kicker though? Bruce ''could'' have finished all those and reaped the glory before them despite having much lesser resources, '''if not for the time he spend on superheroics'''. BeingGoodSucks doesn't describe it. Banner eventually loses it and smashes his work.
* In issue #165, the Hulk fights his way free of a MadScientist named Captain Omen and leads the mutated deep-sea dwelling children of Omen and his followers to the surface they have been denied their entire lives. It's initially a happy scene, with the mutates reveling in the sun and wind, and Hulk enjoying a rare moment of pride and contentment, literally musing that he has done a good thing... and then the revelry changes to shock and horror as the mutates [[PopGoesTheHuman start exploding into bloody kibble]]. It turns out that Captain Omen and his crew forbid their children from returning to the surface because the same mutant physiology that lets them survive the incredible pressure at the ocean's floor makes them biologically incompatible with the lighter pressure of the surface -- [[PoorCommunicationKills they just never told their children this]]. The last survivor, Captain Omen's son, lasts long enough to flee back to his father's submersible and beg to be allowed back inside, but is refused; Captain Omen and the other crew are are all sick from the temporary pressure change themselves, and if the environment inside is disturbed again, they'll die. So the sub sinks back into the ocean whilst the last mutate bangs at the door, thinking to himself that his father has ''got'' to change his mind and let him in, he ''won't'' just let his only son die... but he's dead wrong. The last shot is of the Hulk, alone on a gore-slick beach, scared and confused, completely unable to comprehend how it all could have gone so wrong.
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** Blonsky breaking into MirthlessLaughter after finding out he spent ''two years'' in a coma after a fight with the Hulk that ended in him falling to Earth from orbit is so heartwrenching that it even disturbs the Hulk, who notes that Blonsky's "laughter" sounds like crying.



* Indestructible Hulk has a scebe where Banner is trying to finish building a revolutionary technology only for his intellectual compatriots to beat him to the punch everytime. The kicker though? Bruce ''could'' have finished all those and reaped the glory before them despite having nuch lesser resources, '''if not for the time he spend on superheroics'''. BeingGoodSucks doesn't describe it. Banner eventually loses it and smashes his work.

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* Indestructible Hulk has a scebe scene where Banner is trying to finish building a revolutionary technology only for his intellectual compatriots to beat him to the punch everytime. every time. The kicker though? Bruce ''could'' have finished all those and reaped the glory before them despite having nuch much lesser resources, '''if not for the time he spend on superheroics'''. BeingGoodSucks doesn't describe it. Banner eventually loses it and smashes his work.work.
* In issue #165, the Hulk fights his way free of a MadScientist named Captain Omen and leads the mutated deep-sea dwelling children of Omen and his followers to the surface they have been denied their entire lives. It's initially a happy scene, with the mutates reveling in the sun and wind, and Hulk enjoying a rare moment of pride and contentment, literally musing that he has done a good thing... and then the revelry changes to shock and horror as the mutates [[PopGoesTheHuman start exploding into bloody kibble]]. It turns out that Captain Omen and his crew forbid their children from returning to the surface because the same mutant physiology that lets them survive the incredible pressure at the ocean's floor makes them biologically incompatible with the lighter pressure of the surface -- [[PoorCommunicationKills they just never told their children this]]. The last survivor, Captain Omen's son, lasts long enough to flee back to his father's submersible and beg to be allowed back inside, but is refused; Captain Omen and the other crew are are all sick from the temporary pressure change themselves, and if the environment inside is disturbed again, they'll die. So the sub sinks back into the ocean whilst the last mutate bangs at the door, thinking to himself that his father has ''got'' to change his mind and let him in, he ''won't'' just let his only son die... but he's dead wrong. The last shot is of the Hulk, alone on a gore-slick beach, scared and confused, completely unable to comprehend how it all could have gone so wrong.
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* The one time he ''did'' [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk find a home and family]], it blows up in his face. Literally. He even loses another wife.
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* The ending of ''Planet Hulk''; the panel where Hulk holds Caiera's corpse in his hands as she begins to turn to dust and blow away on the wind is the single saddest image anyone can ever see in a comic book.

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* The ending of ''Planet Hulk''; ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk''; the panel where Hulk holds Caiera's corpse in his hands as she begins to turn to dust and blow away on the wind is the single saddest image anyone can ever see in a comic book.
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* Indestructible Hulk has a scebe where Banner is trying to finish building a revolutionary technology only for his intellectual compatriots to beat him to the punch everytime. The kicker though? Bruce ''could'' have finished all those and reaped the glory before them despite having nuch lesser resources, '''if not for the time he spend on superheroics'''. BeingGoodSucks doesn't describe it. Banner eventually loses it and smashes his work.
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* As vile as he is, [[EvilCounterpart the Abomination]] is arguably as tragic as the Hulk himself. Unlike Banner, he's trapped in his monstrous mutated form and [[TheResenter hates Bruce/Hulk]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal because he can at least appear human.]] What makes it even sadder is that Blonsky ''has'' tried to make peace with the Hulk before, but his hatred and resentment inevitably drove him back to his destructive feud, [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon eventually leading to his murder of Betty Ross.]]]]
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'''Hulk''': [[ShutUpKirk No!]] [[spoiler: For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life]]! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!]]\\

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'''Hulk''': [[ShutUpKirk No!]] [[spoiler: For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life]]! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!]]\\nothing!\\



'''Hulk''': [[spoiler: Hulk doesn't want friends, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer because friends will hurt him]]. Everyone hurts him. [[StoicWoobie Everyone hurts Hulk]].]]
* "[[spoiler:Betty]] can't take it, so it's all up to me." says [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Red She-Hulk]].

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'''Hulk''': [[spoiler: Hulk doesn't want friends, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer because friends will hurt him]]. Everyone hurts him. [[StoicWoobie Everyone hurts Hulk]].]]
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* "[[spoiler:Betty]] "Betty can't take it, so it's all up to me." says [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Red She-Hulk]].
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** [[spoiler:This gets even sadder when you realize that the last word Hulk says, "cold", is in all lowercase. Everything he says-- even normal speech-- in the comics is usually in all caps, even words spoken in sadness or despair. Hulk is so broken on the inside, that his last word was written in all lower case.]]

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** [[spoiler:This This gets even sadder when you realize that the last word Hulk says, "cold", is in all lowercase. Everything he says-- even normal speech-- in the comics is usually in all caps, even words spoken in sadness or despair. Hulk is so broken on the inside, that his last word was written in all lower case.]]
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-->Hulk... Hulk ''hurts''. All the time hurts. All the time ''always''. <''crying''> Why? Why Hulk have to hurt so much?

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-->Hulk... Hulk ''hurts''. All the time hurts. All the time ''always''. <''crying''> Why? Why Hulk have to hurt so much?much?
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* The [[FriendToAllLivingThings Savage Hulk]]. No matter how many times he saves the world, how many people he helps, how many monsters he defeats, can never find a place where he belongs, where people don't fear or hunt him.

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* The [[FriendToAllLivingThings Savage Hulk]]. No matter how many times he saves the world, how many people he helps, how many monsters he defeats, he can never find a place where he belongs, where people don't fear or hunt him.



* The ending of ''Planet Hulk'', the panel where Hulk holds Caiera's corpse in his hands as she begins to turn to dust and blow away on the wind is the single saddest image anyone can ever see in a comic book.

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* The ending of ''Planet Hulk'', Hulk''; the panel where Hulk holds Caiera's corpse in his hands as she begins to turn to dust and blow away on the wind is the single saddest image anyone can ever see in a comic book.



* The ending of Hulk: The End. After having what he claimed he has always wanted, after winning his battle against Bruce Banner and surviving in a world where humanity has destroyed itself, Hulk is finally alone. [[ImColdSoCold And he feels cold.]]

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* The ending of Hulk: The End.ComicBook/HulkTheEnd. After having what he claimed he has always wanted, after winning his battle against Bruce Banner and surviving in a world where humanity has destroyed itself, Hulk is finally alone. [[ImColdSoCold And he feels cold.]]



* Bruce Banners early childhood. His father Brian was an abusive alcoholic who believed that his son Bruce was a monster due to his incredible intellect at a young age and would constantly beat on him and his mother Rebecca. When she tried to take her son and leave Brian he found out and killed her by literally slamming her head onto the curb.
* An old issue has Hulk befriending Crackerjack Jackson-- an old hermit who gives him food, and even teaches him how to write his own name. Not too far away, an alien breaks two violent criminals out and gives them super strong handcuffs that power them up, but keep them together. The two convicts hate each other, but do well in taking down the Hulk. It turns out one criminal is Jackson's son, and because he was always working, his son blames him for leaving him alone and turning to crime, and accidentally kills his own father. Before either criminal can respond, Hulk goes berserk and destroys the powered band. Then he buries his new friend, and crudely writes his name on a tombstone.

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* Bruce Banners Banner's early childhood. His father Brian was an abusive alcoholic who believed that his son Bruce was a monster due to his incredible intellect at a young age age, and would constantly beat on him and his mother Rebecca. When she tried to take her son and leave Brian he found out and killed her by literally slamming her head onto the curb.
* An old issue has Hulk befriending Crackerjack Jackson-- Jackson, an old hermit who gives him food, and even teaches him how to write his own name. Not too far away, an alien breaks two violent criminals out and gives them super strong handcuffs that power them up, but keep them together. The two convicts hate each other, but do well in taking down the Hulk. It turns out one criminal is Jackson's son, and because he was always working, his son blames him for leaving him alone and turning to crime, and accidentally kills his own father. Before either criminal can respond, Hulk goes berserk and destroys the powered band. Then he buries his new friend, and crudely writes his name on a tombstone.



* Jarella's death. The Hulk goes through his usual fit of rage after finding out that ComicBook/TheDefenders can't bring her back. Then it finally sets in that she's really gone, and he starts quietly sobbing.

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* Jarella's death. The Hulk goes through his usual fit of rage after finding out that ComicBook/TheDefenders can't bring her back. Then it finally sets in that she's really gone, and he starts quietly sobbing.sobbing.
* The Savage Hulk with his defenses down in ''Immortal Hulk'' #12:
-->Hulk... Hulk ''hurts''. All the time hurts. All the time ''always''. <''crying''> Why? Why Hulk have to hurt so much?
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* Bruce Banners early childhood. His father Brian was an abusive alcoholic who believed that his son Bruce was a monster due to his incredible intellect at a young age and would constantly beat on him and his mother Rebecca. When she tried to take her son and leave Brian he found out and killed her by literally slamming her head onto the curb.
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* The one time he ''did'' [[PlanetHulk find a home and family]], it blows up in his face. Literally. He even loses another wife.

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* The one time he ''did'' [[PlanetHulk [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk find a home and family]], it blows up in his face. Literally. He even loses another wife.
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-->'''Hulk:''' Banner... is gone, now. Got rid of him last night. Banner tried to... make Hulk die. But Hulk was too smart. Hulk was too strong. Hulk will never let Banner come back, because if Hulk does, then Hulk will die. And Hulk does not ever want to die. Not ever. Because then... then everyone who kept trying to kill Hulk... will win. [[{{Determinator}} And Hulk can't ever let them win. Even though they are gone... Hulk must still win. Hulk must never lose.]] And Hulk... Hulk doesn't miss Banner at all. [[BlatantLies Hulk is... happy to be alone. Yes, Hulk is... happy. Hulk never needed Banner. Never needed any of them.]] [[StoicWoobie Because if Hulk needed someone... then Hulk would be weak. And Hulk must... must never be weak. Never.]] Because Hulk is... Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....''[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]''.

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-->'''Hulk:''' Banner... is gone, now. Got rid of him last night. Banner tried to... make Hulk die. But Hulk was too smart. Hulk was too strong. Hulk will never let Banner come back, because if Hulk does, then Hulk will die. And Hulk does not ever want to die. Not ever. Because then... then everyone who kept trying to kill Hulk... will win. [[{{Determinator}} And Hulk can't ever let them win. Even though they are gone... Hulk must still win. Hulk must never lose.]] And Hulk... Hulk doesn't miss Banner at all. [[BlatantLies Hulk is... happy to be alone. Yes, Hulk is... happy. Hulk never needed Banner. Never needed any of them.]] [[StoicWoobie [[LoveIsAWeakness Because if Hulk needed someone... then Hulk would be weak. ]] [[StoicWoobie And Hulk must... must never be weak. Never.]] Because Hulk is... Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....''[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]''.
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* An old issue has Hulk befriending an old hermit who gives him food and even teaches him how to write his own name. Not too far away an alien breaks two violent criminals out and gives them super strong handcuffs that power them but keep them together. The two convicts hate each other but do well in taking down the Hulk. It turns out one criminal is the old man's son and because he was always working his son blames him for leaving him alone and turning to crime and accidentally kills his own father. Before either criminal can respond Hulk goes berserk and destroys the powered band. Then he buries his new friend and crudely writes his name on a tombstone.

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* An old issue has Hulk befriending Crackerjack Jackson-- an old hermit who gives him food food, and even teaches him how to write his own name. Not too far away away, an alien breaks two violent criminals out and gives them super strong handcuffs that power them up, but keep them together. The two convicts hate each other other, but do well in taking down the Hulk. It turns out one criminal is the old man's son Jackson's son, and because he was always working working, his son blames him for leaving him alone and turning to crime crime, and accidentally kills his own father. Before either criminal can respond respond, Hulk goes berserk and destroys the powered band. Then he buries his new friend friend, and crudely writes his name on a tombstone.
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** [[spoiler:This gets even sadder when you realize that the last word Hulk says, "cold", is in all lowercase. Everything in even normal speech in comics is usually in all caps, even words spoken in despair are usually in all caps. Hulk is so broken on the inside, his last word was written in all lower case.]]

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** [[spoiler:This gets even sadder when you realize that the last word Hulk says, "cold", is in all lowercase. Everything in he says-- even normal speech speech-- in the comics is usually in all caps, even words spoken in despair are usually in all caps. sadness or despair. Hulk is so broken on the inside, that his last word was written in all lower case.]]
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-->'''Hulk:''' Banner... is gone, now. Got rid of him last night. Banner tried to... make Hulk die. But Hulk was too smart. Hulk was too strong. Hulk will never let Banner come back, because if Hulk does, then Hulk will die. And Hulk does not ever want to die. Not ever. Because then... then everyone who kept trying to kill Hulk... will win. [[Determinator And Hulk can't ever let them win. Even though they are gone... Hulk must still win. Hulk must never lose.]] And Hulk... Hulk doesn't miss Banner at all. [[BlatantLies Hulk is... happy to be alone. Yes, Hulk is... happy. Hulk never needed Banner. Never needed any of them.]] [[StoicWoobie Because if Hulk needed someone... then Hulk would be weak. And Hulk must... must never be weak. Never.]] Because Hulk is... Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....''[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]''.

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-->'''Hulk:''' Banner... is gone, now. Got rid of him last night. Banner tried to... make Hulk die. But Hulk was too smart. Hulk was too strong. Hulk will never let Banner come back, because if Hulk does, then Hulk will die. And Hulk does not ever want to die. Not ever. Because then... then everyone who kept trying to kill Hulk... will win. [[Determinator [[{{Determinator}} And Hulk can't ever let them win. Even though they are gone... Hulk must still win. Hulk must never lose.]] And Hulk... Hulk doesn't miss Banner at all. [[BlatantLies Hulk is... happy to be alone. Yes, Hulk is... happy. Hulk never needed Banner. Never needed any of them.]] [[StoicWoobie Because if Hulk needed someone... then Hulk would be weak. And Hulk must... must never be weak. Never.]] Because Hulk is... Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....''[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]''.
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-->'''Hulk:''' Banner... is gone, now. Got rid of him last night. Banner tried to... make Hulk die. But Hulk was too smart. Hulk was too strong. Hulk will never let Banner come back, because if Hulk does, then Hulk will die. And Hulk does not ever want to die. Not ever. Because then... then everyone who kept trying to kill Hulk... will win. And Hulk can't ever let them win. Even though they are gone... Hulk must still win. Hulk must never lose. And Hulk... Hulk doesn't miss Banner at all. [[BlatantLies Hulk is... happy to be alone. Yes, Hulk is... happy. Hulk never needed Banner. Never needed any of them.]] [[StoicWoobie Because if Hulk needed someone... then Hulk would be weak. And Hulk must... must never be weak. Never.]] Because Hulk is... Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....''[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]''.

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-->'''Hulk:''' Banner... is gone, now. Got rid of him last night. Banner tried to... make Hulk die. But Hulk was too smart. Hulk was too strong. Hulk will never let Banner come back, because if Hulk does, then Hulk will die. And Hulk does not ever want to die. Not ever. Because then... then everyone who kept trying to kill Hulk... will win. [[Determinator And Hulk can't ever let them win. Even though they are gone... Hulk must still win. Hulk must never lose. ]] And Hulk... Hulk doesn't miss Banner at all. [[BlatantLies Hulk is... happy to be alone. Yes, Hulk is... happy. Hulk never needed Banner. Never needed any of them.]] [[StoicWoobie Because if Hulk needed someone... then Hulk would be weak. And Hulk must... must never be weak. Never.]] Because Hulk is... Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....''[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]''.

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* The one time he ''did'' [[PlanetHulk find a home and family]] it blows up in his face. Literally. He even loses another wife.

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* The one time he ''did'' [[PlanetHulk find a home and family]] family]], it blows up in his face. Literally. He even loses another wife.



-->'''Hulk:''' (''throws a massive molten rock''') [[PunctuatedForEmphasis GIVE...THEM...BACK]]!!! (quietly) Give her back.
* The ending of Hulk: The End. After having what he claimed he has always wanted, after winning his battle against Bruce Banner and surviving in a world where humanity has destroyed itself, Hulk is finally alone. And he feels cold...
-->''"Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]."''

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-->'''Hulk:''' (''throws a massive molten rock''') [[PunctuatedForEmphasis '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis GIVE...THEM...BACK]]!!! BACK!]]''''' (quietly) Give her back.
* The ending of Hulk: The End. After having what he claimed he has always wanted, after winning his battle against Bruce Banner and surviving in a world where humanity has destroyed itself, Hulk is finally alone. [[ImColdSoCold And he feels cold...
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cold.]]
-->'''Hulk:''' Banner... is gone, now. Got rid of him last night. Banner tried to... make Hulk die. But Hulk was too smart. Hulk was too strong. Hulk will never let Banner come back, because if Hulk does, then Hulk will die. And Hulk does not ever want to die. Not ever. Because then... then everyone who kept trying to kill Hulk... will win. And Hulk can't ever let them win. Even though they are gone... Hulk must still win. Hulk must never lose. And Hulk... Hulk doesn't miss Banner at all. [[BlatantLies Hulk is... happy to be alone. Yes, Hulk is... happy. Hulk never needed Banner. Never needed any of them.]] [[StoicWoobie Because if Hulk needed someone... then Hulk would be weak. And Hulk must... must never be weak. Never.]] Because Hulk is... Hulk...
strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....[[{{despair ''[[{{despair event horizon}} cold]]."''cold]]''.



'''Hulk''': [[ShutUpKirk No]]! [[spoiler: For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life]]! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!]]\\

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'''Hulk''': [[ShutUpKirk No]]! No!]] [[spoiler: For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life]]! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!]]\\
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'''Hulk''': [[spoiler: Hulk doesn't want friends, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer because friends will hurt him]]. Everyone hurts him. [[IronWoobie Everyone hurts Hulk]].]]

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'''Hulk''': [[spoiler: Hulk doesn't want friends, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer because friends will hurt him]]. Everyone hurts him. [[IronWoobie [[StoicWoobie Everyone hurts Hulk]].]]
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'''Hulk''': [[ShutUpKirk No]]! [[spoiler: For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!]]\\

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'''Hulk''': [[ShutUpKirk No]]! [[spoiler: For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life! life]]! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!]]\\
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'''Hulk''': [[BigNo No]]! [[spoiler: For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!]]\\

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'''Hulk''': [[BigNo [[ShutUpKirk No]]! [[spoiler: For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's friends, talking about how Hulk ruined Banner's life! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!]]\\

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** And the reason Hulk refuses to die? [[spoiler: Because for all of his existence, all he'd ever heard was how much he'd ''ruined'' Bruce Banner's life, and how Bruce and his friends were searching for a cure that would, effectively, kill off the Hulk]]. It's a ''hell'' of an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, right up there with [[{{Literature/Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's monster]].

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** And the reason Hulk refuses to die? let Banner die of a heart attack is on-par with FrankensteinsMonster for motivation.
--->'''Banner''': Hulk... don't... please... [[WhoWantsToLiveForever I'm almost there]]... you can come with me... it will be wonderful... all your friends will be there, and there will be peace... please...\\
'''Hulk''': Hulk doesn't want friends.\\
'''Banner''': Hulk... God in heaven, listen to me...\\
'''Hulk''': [[BigNo No]]!
[[spoiler: Because for all of his existence, all he'd ever heard was how much he'd ''ruined'' Bruce For years... forever... Hulk has listened to Banner, and Banner's life, and friends, talking about how Bruce and his Hulk ruined Banner's life! Hulk made Banner's life! Banner was nothing before Hulk... nothing!]]\\
'''Banner''': It'll be different, Hulk! You'll have peace... friends...\\
'''Hulk''': [[spoiler: Hulk doesn't want friends, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer because
friends were searching for a cure that would, effectively, kill off the Hulk]]. It's a ''hell'' of an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, right up there with [[{{Literature/Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's monster]].will hurt him]]. Everyone hurts him. [[IronWoobie Everyone hurts Hulk]].]]
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** And the reason Hulk refused to die? [[spoiler: Because for all of his existence, all he'd ever heard was how much he'd ''ruined'' Bruce Banner's life, and how Bruce and his friends were searching for a cure that would, effectively, kill off the Hulk]]. It's a ''hell'' of an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, right up there with [[{{Literature/Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's monster]].

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** And the reason Hulk refused refuses to die? [[spoiler: Because for all of his existence, all he'd ever heard was how much he'd ''ruined'' Bruce Banner's life, and how Bruce and his friends were searching for a cure that would, effectively, kill off the Hulk]]. It's a ''hell'' of an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, right up there with [[{{Literature/Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's monster]].

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