History TearJerker / IncredibleHulk

** 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 he 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]].

* 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 and then buries his new friend and crudely rights his name as a tombstone. Darn.

* 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 this troper has ever seen in a comic book.

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

* "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.

* 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 and then buries his new friend and crudely rights his name as a tombstone. Darn.

* "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.

-->''"Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....[[{{despaireventhorizon}} cold]]."''

-->''"Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....[[{{despairevenhorizon}} cold]]."''

-->''"Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....[[{{despairevenhorizon}} cold]."''

-->''"Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....[[despairevenhorizon cold]]."''

-->''"Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....cold."''

->''"Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk, ''[[LonelyAtTheTop only]]'' [[LonelyAtTheTop one there is]]...Hulk feels....cold."''

->''"Hulk strongest one there is...Hulk, [[LonelyAtTheTop only one there is]]...Hulk feel cold..."''

* "Heart of the Monster" -- 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.

* "[[spoiler:Betty]] can't take it, so it's all up to me." says [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Red She-Hulk]].

* The [[FriendToAllLivingThings Childlike 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.

* 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...

* The Childlike 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.

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

** 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 this troper has ever seen in a comic book.

* The 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.

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

* The 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.

* The last six months of the original ''The Incredible Hulk'' imprint in 1998-99, where the Abomination set up Betty Ross's death.