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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
iirc that was initially what Professor Hulk was, just Bruce Banner in control of Hulk's body. At some point it was revealed (retconned?) that professor wasan intelligent alternative personality of the hulk that was separate from all the others for some reason.
Edited by dcutter2 on Jun 22nd 2022 at 2:22:10 PM
I've brought it up before but the easiest way to actually put that back into focus would be to have him regress. Make him need to tap into the rage again, make him lose control, maybe even take advantage to shatter him further so you get all the different personas.
It's one of those things I'm fine with because Professor Hulk is a plateau, both in terms of power ABC in terms of character development. Without that instability he's just The Big Guy in a universe with several other strong tough dudes.
That said yeah it is pretty telling how much Moon Knight leans into that aesthetic though it's a very easy thing to differentiate, between the Marc/Steven/Jake system and either the Jekyll & Hyde with Banner and Hulk or the full-on mess of all the personals. The Immortal Hulk would honestly be a good source to mine for that.
That's what the comics do with all previous runs of the Hulk, once a new writer with a new interpretation for the character takes over. The current Hulk just becomes a named Hulksona that can be referenced as a separate entity by later writers.
The Hulk collects variant identities the way Tony Stark collects suits, and they're used pretty much the same way.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Jun 22nd 2022 at 7:01:47 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Bruce: “alright, time for a house party! Dammit Joe, shoes off the couch!”
Forever liveblogging the AvengersYeah I think she just gets mad
Even the Savage portrayal in Avengers the comic made it clear that bigger buffer She Hulk was still Jen, just angrier and having a harder time articulating
Forever liveblogging the AvengersIn so many ways Professor Hulk just wouldn’t last long term
Not least of which is that it intended to “fix” Bruce forever
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI find it funny that Professor Hulk is kinda like this science adventure hero. A sort of Jack of all Trades Hulk where he may not be as strong as Savage Hulk but is still strong enough that that plus his high intelligence makes him a force to be reckoned with.
But movie Professor kinda comes across as rather lethargic, almost passive. Like doing stuff is too much work for him even if it’s just a little bit of smashing. His movements are slower even, which is why he comes across as appearing really weak.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."RE the note about Moon Knight on the last page, I was giving it some thought and really does have weight beyond a surface level.
Because the idea of Marc having the different personalities before he gets his powers, and being tied to parental abuse are pretty frequently used elements of Banner's characterization.
And although Moon Knight didn't make this link explicit as of yet, it seems to frame a seemingly Ax-Crazy and "evil" personality as really being a childhood protector, along the lines of the "Devil Hulk" in some comics.
I'm just glad that MCU decided not to get silly with the Hulk's strength.
Sometimes, I just feel like several writers simply use the character as their platform to concoct Beyond the Impossible feat contests or to beat up other characters they dislike.
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianThe only time "Hulk does Beyond the Impossible shit with his strength" worked for me was in Immortal Hulk, and Hulk's eldritch strength was very much played for horror in that. The "strongest one there is" phrase actually becomes incredibly ominous in the context of that series. It's not a good thing.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Though in this case we get weak Hulk who doesn't do anything strong.
So it's kind of the opposite extreme there amusingly enough.
Honestly it's kinda worse. At least the strongest there is stuff has Hulk doing shit, but here he doesn't do anything cool so he's just puny and forgettable.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."And, while that has only tangentially to do with the character itself, certain Hulk fanboys are pretty much on par with the more obnoxious part of DBZ fans when it comes to "My favorite character can beat up yours!"
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% Scandinavian
But...how? Didn't No Way Home end at Christmas? There's no snow in Sacred Timeline New York in Multiverse of Madness, so that seems weird.
Unless MoM takes place in November in which, man that's a quick turnaround to go from solving Peter's shit to going to Christine's wedding and then dealing with the events of that film...
"I'm Mr. Blue, woah-woah-ooh..."

The comics-panel effects were interesting, but aside from that the movie wasn't that great.
Disgusted, but not surprised