Avengers: Secret Wars

Phase 6’sAvengers : Secret Warsis the unadulterated place to have Smart Hulk transform back into theMCU ’s original , bother Savage Hulk , and the source material prove it . Ever sinceHulk ’s MCU origin storywas hint at inThe Incredible Hulk ’s opening credits , Bruce Banner has had to deal with his alter ego one way or another , whether that be forcefully keep the beast at bay , making peace with it , weaponize it , or combine with it . Bruce Banner and the Hulk did n’t see each other for years , but luckily for them — or at least for Banner — the man and the Gamma monster found balance inAvengers : Endgame , which introduced Smart Hulk .

Smart Hulk allows Bruce Banner to utilise part of Hulk ’s strength and keep on his human consciousness . In central , Smart Hulk ca n’t get at Hulk ’s full power , and he needs to break a special inhibitor if he wants to return to his human form . However , Smart Hulk ’s MCU journey is n’t over yet , otherwise he would already have received a proper send - off . With monolithic crossing issue likeAvengers : DoomsdayandAvengers : Secret Warsapproaching inthe MCU ’s approaching movie slating , there ’s a chance Smart Hulk will have to revert his fusion for fight Robert Downey Jr. ’s Doctor Doom — pay homage to the comic along the way .

Savage Hulk Could Return To Save All Secret Wars Heroes From A Falling Mountain

Secret Wars Includes One Of Hulk’s Biggest Feats Of Strength In Marvel Comics

In Marvel Comics ' original 1984Secret Warsstoryline , Molecule Man drops a 150 - billion - ton mountain on the Avengers . To everybody ’s surprise , Hulk singlehandedly stops the mountain from crush his fellow heroes , holding it long enough to allow Mister Fantastic and Iron Man to find a way out . The panel depicting Hulk as he holds the mountain with his arms and back is an iconic Hulk - centrical here and now in the comics , as it displays the Jade Giant ’s honest power level . Now , the same feat could be adjust inthe MCU’sAvengers : Secret Warsin order to bring Savage Hulk back .

It seems likeAvengers : Secret Warswon’t feature an adaptation of Molecule Man , whose use in the flop of multiple timeline seems to take the form of anchor beings in the MCU . Still , the same scene could still pass thanks to Doctor Doom . Smart Hulk already carry through a similar effort inAvengers : Endgame , where he help retain the cave in Avengers base in place to keep Rocket Raccoon and War Machine from being squelch . But inAvengers : Secret Wars , Smart Hulk could resort to transforming into Savage Hulk to quicken hisSecret Warsmountain - holding second .

Hulk’s Angry Hulk Transformation In Secret Wars Would Redeem Infinity War’s Best Deleted Scene

Hulk Missed His Chance To Showcase His Full Strength In A Previous MCU Crossover

Despite being one of the Avengers ' founding members , Hulk did n’t participate inAvengers : Infinity WarorAvengers : Endgame , at least not in his full glory . Thanos beat Hulk to a pulp magazine at the beginning ofAvengers : Infinity War , contribute Hulk to hide inside Banner ’s consciousness . Hulk refuse to come out all throughout the conflict , and by the timeAvengers : Endgamerevisited Banner five old age after Thanos ' Snap , he had already achieved his Smart Hulk fusion . Butoriginally , Avengers : Infinity Warwas going to feature Hulk bursting out of the Hulkbuster in Wakanda , quick to fight in the final conflict against Thanos .

Hulk ’s deleted Hulkbuster sceneexplains why dawdler forAvengers : eternity Warfeatured Hulk ladder alongside the Avengers in sure shots .

retaliator : Infinity WarandAvengers : Endgameleft Hulk out of the game to equilibrize the characters ' world power floor . Otherwise , it would have been rather easy for Hulk to slit through Thanos ' ground forces and defeat some members of the Black Order . However , Avengers : DoomsdayandAvengers : Secret Warsmay not reiterate the same trick again . or else , they could do the accurate opposite . Savage Hulk ’s on - screen translation would flip Hulk ’s Phase 3 role and make him a fundamental eccentric in the Avengers ' struggle against Doctor Doom , not only narratively but also in term of sheer power .

Angry Hulk growls in Avengers Age of Ultron and God Emperor Doom sits on his throne in Marvel’s Secret Wars

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Why Avengers: Secret Wars Is The Best Place To Bring Back Savage Hulk

Bruce Banner’s On-Screen Hulk Transformation Is Long Overdue In The MCU

Savage Hulk has been absent from the integrality of the Multiverse Saga . He was abstracted fromAvengers : Endgameand only appear at the beginning ofAvengers : Infinity War . Therefore , Bruce Banner ’s original Hulk persona has n’t appeared in the MCU in seven yr , and he will have been absent for nine whole years by the timeAvengers : Doomsdayarrives . What ’s more , Hulk ’s last on - screen transformation occur in 2012’sThe Avengers , fifteen days beforeAvengers : cloak-and-dagger Wars . It ’s certainly time for the MCU to shine the spotlight on Hulk once again , at least for one last meter before his potential retreat .

With an all - out war between macrocosm set to take place in Avengers : Secret Wars , the MCU is set to face a telephone number of threat they ca n’t cover .

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