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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Perhaps this is a difference between Marvel Comics and the MCU. As I understand it, Hulk in the comics is stronger in a pure physical sense than anyone else; or more properly he is infinitely strong when he is infinitely angry. Perhaps the MCU doesn't specifically obey that rule.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It's been mentioned, but it doesn't look like MCU Hulk gets stronger as he gets angrier. MCU Hulk's physical strength is a static level. Honestly, kind of disappointing, since Hulk getting stronger through rage is kind of his whole thing, I've been wanting them to make that his thing in the MCU for a long time.
Yeah, but then he starts punching metaphysical concepts like Time and things get trippy. You can do that in comics because who cares, but it's really hard to do well on film.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Hulk suffers a bit from never having a proper origin story in the MCU. The only specifics we know about him are "very strong and kinda stupid" and "Banner turns into him when angry (or stressed out)". His getting stronger when angrier has never been explicitly stated, though it could always be addressed in a later film, like "Peter's tingle" (which everybody suspected Spiderman had before Far from Home established that he was barely beginning to control it).
Edited by C105 on Feb 21st 2020 at 7:05:12 PM
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.Hulk was the strongest avenger in Avengers 1 and 2 back when Thor hadn’t gotten his epiphany power up and before Scarlet Witch took several levels in kickass
And in AOU it can be seen how hard it is to knock out a truly rampaging Hulk
But without much focus on him he’s kinda been rendered so last season
He’s always going to be stronger than your more street level heroes like Cap, Widow, Falcon, Hawkeye but the upper bound keeps rising
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI'm pretty sure that was just a Hand Wave to explain why Hulk's size was so inconsistent, though.
Hulk in the MCU definitely isn't the strongest character, Thanos made that clear.
As for the comics, even in there it is anything but consistent if Hulk really has "unlimited" strength.
And even if he had, it would be a fallacy in and on itself, since it is drawn to his anger, and anger cannot be "infinite", it also has some kind of finite level.
Edited by Forenperser on Feb 21st 2020 at 7:41:11 PM
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% Scandinavian"Perhaps this is a difference between Marvel Comics and the MCU. As I understand it, Hulk in the comics is stronger in a pure physical sense than anyone else; or more properly he is infinitely strong when he is infinitely angry. Perhaps the MCU doesn't specifically obey that rule."
Hulk has no infinite strength, that's "No Limit Fallacy" that many of his fans use.
In fact Thanos is much stronger than most versions of Hulk.
Edited by JoLuRo075 on Feb 21st 2020 at 10:48:01 AM
Hulk, like most comic characters, suffers from the case that he is as strong as the plot needs.
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If we talk about MCU Hulk, Hulk is a classic case of strong but unskilled.
In the comics, World War Hulk was strong and skilled and that made him so dangerous.
But then his personality was retconned to make him unskilled again.
Edited by JoLuRo075 on Feb 21st 2020 at 10:54:22 AM
Technically, I think Dormammu is currently the strongest MCU character. Of course, that determines how exactly you measure "stength" (striking potential, lifting strength, durability, etc). And yeah, Strange beat Dormammu, but that was by outsmarting him by introducing an outside element Dormammu didn't have a counter too. From what we've seen, Dormammu is capable of consuming entire realms and controls almost every aspect of his home dimension. Time is just concept that's completely alien to him.
Edited by chasemaddigan on Feb 21st 2020 at 1:53:27 PM
I don't know how canon it is, but wasn't it established in Ao S that Robbie Reyes, in his Ghost Rider form, is stronger than Hulk? What with him being able to get out of that box that could hold Hulk and all.
I thought what made Immortal Hulk dangerous is that he's an unkillable zombie?
I haven't read the comic so I just know about it through osmosis.
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Ok, I just found the transition between "I rig the fight so that he loses against the Hulk" and "let's put them in the same room together" a bit brutal, that's all. I mean I can find a lot of explanations for that one but I found it strange to have no hint onscreen. At least it would have given another funny scene from the Grandmaster.
When was it established that Hulk was the strongest character in the MCU anyway? I know he usually is in the comics (except when a writer wants to tone him down a little), but I don't think anybody stated that he's the strongest in the movies (apart from Tony, but that was just Tony being Tony).
Edited by C105 on Feb 21st 2020 at 6:58:48 PM
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.