Editing Hulk (section)

===Fictional character biography===
[[File:Hulk (Marvel Comics character).png|thumb|upright|Hulk, as he appeared on a pin-up from the comic book issue ''Fantastic Four Annual'' #1 (July 1963). Art by the character's co-creator Jack Kirby.]]
Robert Bruce Banner's psyche was profoundly affected by his troubled childhood, in which his father, [[Brian Banner]], regarded him as a monster due to his seemingly unnatural intellect from a young age.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Mantlo, Bill |penciller=Mignola, Mike |inker=Talaoc, Gerry |story=Monster |title=The Incredible Hulk |volume=2 |issue=312 |date=October 1985}}</ref> These experiences caused Bruce to develop a [[dissociative identity disorder]] and repress his negative emotions as a coping mechanism. After Brian killed Bruce's mother in a fit of rage,<ref name="Hulk377">{{cite comic |writer=David, Peter |penciller=Keown, Dale |inker=McLeod, Bob |story=Honey, I Shrunk the Hulk |title=The Incredible Hulk |volume=2 |issue=377 |date=January 1991}}</ref> Bruce lived with several relatives up until his high school years, when his intelligence caught the attention of the [[United States Army]].<ref>{{cite comic |writer=David, Peter |penciller=[[Lee Weeks|Weeks, Lee]] |inker=[[Tom Palmer (comics)|Palmer, Tom]] |story=Tempest Fugit Conclusion |title=The Incredible Hulk |volume=3 |issue=81 |date=July 2005}}</ref> Banner was recruited to develop nuclear weapons under the authority of [[Thunderbolt Ross|General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross]], and soon developed a relationship with the General's daughter [[Betty Ross]].<ref name="Hulk1">{{cite comic |writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]] |penciller=[[Jack Kirby|Kirby, Jack]] |inker=[[Paul Reinman|Reinman, Paul]] |story=The Hulk |title=The Incredible Hulk |issue=1 |date=May 1962 |page=8}}</ref>

During the experimental detonation of a gamma bomb, Banner saves teenager [[Rick Jones (character)|Rick Jones]], who was dared onto the testing field; Banner pushes Jones into a trench to save him, but is hit with the blast, absorbing massive amounts of gamma radiation. He awakens later seemingly unscathed, but he begins transforming into a powerful and destructive creature upon nightfall, which a pursuing soldier describes as a "hulk".<ref name="Hulk1"/> Banner's attempts to cure himself of these transformations alter their conditions, causing Banner to transform as a response to rage or fear.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=[[Steve Ditko|Ditko, Steve]] |inker=[[George Roussos|Roussos, George]] |story=The Incredible Hulk |title=[[Tales to Astonish]] |issue=60 |date=October 1964}}</ref> The Hulk is a founding member of the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]],<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Kirby, Jack |inker=Ayers, Dick |story=The Coming of the Avengers! |title=[[The Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]] |issue=1 |date=September 1963}}</ref> but quickly leaves the group due to their distrust of him.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Kirby, Jack |inker=Reinman, Paul |story=The Avengers Battle... the Space Phantom |title=[[The Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]] |issue=2 |date=November 1963}}</ref> Banner maintains the secret of his dual identity with Rick's aid, but Rick reveals his secret following his assumed death to Major [[Glenn Talbot]] who subsequently informed his superiors, forcing Banner to become a fugitive upon returning from the future where he was actually thrown to.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Lee, Stan |penciller=Colan, Gene |inker=Colletta, Vince |story=Bruce Banner is the Hulk! |title=Tales to Astonish |volume=1 |issue=77 |date=March 1966}}</ref>

Psychiatrist [[Doc Samson]] captures the Hulk and manages to physically separate Banner and the Hulk,<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Byrne, John|penciller= Byrne, John|inker= Byrne, John; Williams, Keith|story= Freedom!|title= The Incredible Hulk|volume= 2|issue= 315|date= January 1986}}</ref> allowing Banner to marry Betty.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=[[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] |penciller=Byrne, John |inker=Byrne, John; [[Keith Williams (comics)|Williams, Keith]] |story=Member of the Wedding |title=The Incredible Hulk |volume=2 |issue=319 |date=May 1986}}</ref> However, Banner and the Hulk's molecular structure destabilized and threatened to kill them, requiring Samson to reunite them with the aid of [[Vision (Marvel Comics)|Vision]].<ref>{{cite comic |writer=[[Al Milgrom|Milgrom, Al]] |penciller=Milgrom, Al |inker=Barras, Dell; Bulanadi, Danny |story=Certain Intangibles |title=The Incredible Hulk |volume=2 |issue=323 |date=September 1986}}</ref> Samson is later able to merge elements of Banner's fractured psyche to create Professor Hulk, an intelligent but egocentric variation of the Hulk.<ref name="Hulk377"/> Professor Hulk soon becomes a key member of the [[Pantheon (Marvel Comics)|Pantheon]], a secretive organization of superpowered individuals.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=David, Peter |penciller=Keown, Dale |inker=Farmer, Mark |story=Moving On |title=The Incredible Hulk |volume=2 |issue=382 |date=June 1991}}</ref><ref>Manning "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 253: "The Hulk first met Agamemnon, the leader of the Pantheon team, in a story written by Peter David with art by Dale Keown."</ref> His tenure with the organization brings him into conflict with a tyrannical alternate future version of himself called the [[Maestro (character)|Maestro]], who rules over a world where many heroes are dead.<ref name="Imperfect">{{cite comic |writer=David, Peter |penciller=Perez, George |inker=Perez, George |story=Future Imperfect, Part 2 |title=Hulk: Future Imperfect |volume=1 |issue=2 |date=January 1993}}</ref> The Professor Hulk construct ultimately proves unstable, and Banner's psyche eventually splinters once more.

In "[[Planet Hulk]]", the [[Illuminati (comics)|Illuminati]] decide the Hulk is too dangerous to remain on Earth and send him away by rocket ship which crashes on Planet Sakaar. The Hulk finds allies in the [[Warbound]] and marries alien queen [[Caiera]], a relationship that bears him two sons: [[Skaar (character)|Skaar]] and [[Hiro-Kala]].<ref>''Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 3 #92-104. Marvel Comics.</ref> After the Illuminati's ship explodes and kills Caiera, the Hulk returns to Earth with his superhero group Warbound and declares war on the planet in "[[World War Hulk]]".<ref>''Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 3 #105. Marvel Comics.</ref> However, after learning that [[Miek]], one of the Warbound, had actually been responsible for the destruction, the Hulk allows himself to be defeated, with Banner subsequently redeeming himself as a hero as he works with and against the new Red Hulk to defeat the new supervillain team the Intelligencia.<ref>''World War Hulk'' #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Later, the Hulk turns to [[Doctor Doom]] to separate himself and Banner, with Doom surgically extracting the elements of the Hulk's brain uniquely belonging to Banner and inserting them into a clone body.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=[[Jason Aaron|Aaron, Jason]] |penciller=[[Whilce Portacio|Portacio, Whilce]] |inker=Martinez, Allen; Ketcham, Rick; Hanna, Scott |story=Hulk vs. Banner! Chapter Two: There Will Be Doom |title=The Incredible Hulk |volume=4 |issue=5 |date=April 2012 |publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref> Banner eventually re-combines with the Hulk when his cloned body is destroyed in an attempt to recreate his original transformation.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Aaron, Jason |penciller=[[Dalibor Talajić|Talajić, Dalibor]] |inker=Talajić, Dalibor |story=The Search for the City of Sasquatches |title=The Incredible Hulk |volume=4 |issue=11 |date=September 2012 |publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref> Following this, Bruce willingly joins the spy organization [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]], allowing them to use the Hulk as a weapon in exchange for providing him with the means and funding to create a lasting legacy for himself.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Mark Waid|Waid, Mark]]|penciller= [[Leinil Francis Yu|Yu, Leinil Francis]]|inker= [[Gerry Alanguilan|Alanguilan, Gerry]]|story= Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.|title= Indestructible Hulk|issue= 1|date= January 2013|publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref> When Banner is shot in the head by an assassin, Tony Stark saves him with a variant of the [[Extremis]] virus.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Waid, Mark |penciller=[[Mark Bagley|Bagley, Mark]] |inker=Hennessy, Andrew |story=Who Shot the Hulk #4 |title=Hulk |volume=3 |issue=4 |date=August 2014 |publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref> This procedure creates a new intelligent persona named Doc Green, who concludes that the world is in danger by Gamma Mutates{{efn|name=mutate}} and thus need to be depowered. He creates a cure and depowers A-Bomb (Rick Jones), Skaar, and Red Hulk. Eventually, Doc Green's intellect fades and his normal Hulk form is restored.<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Duggan, Gerry|penciller= Bagley, Mark|inker= Hennessy, Andrew|story= The Omega Hulk Chapter Twelve|title= Hulk|volume= 3|issue= 16|date= July 2015|publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref>

When the vision of the Inhuman [[Ulysses (comics)|Ulysses]] shows a rampaging Hulk standing over the corpses of many superheroes,<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Bendis, Brian Michael |artist=Marquez, David |story=How we looking, Friday? |title=Civil War II |issue=2 |date=August 2016 |publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref> Banner gives [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]] special arrows capable of killing him during a transformation, which Hawkeye accomplishes.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Bendis, Brian Michael |artist=Marquez, David; Coipel, Olivier |story=Mister Murdock, call your first witness |title=Civil War II |issue=3 |date=September 2016 |publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref> The Hulk was first revived by the [[The Hand (comics)|Hand]],<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Duggan, Gerry|penciller= Larraz, Pepe|inker= Larraz, Pepe|story= The Rebound|title= Uncanny Avengers|volume= 3|issue= 15|date= December 2016|publisher=Marvel Comics}}</ref> then by Hydra,<ref>''Secret Empire'' #6-7 (2017). Marvel Comics.</ref> and finally by the [[Challenger (comics)|Challenger]] for a contest against the [[Grandmaster (Marvel Comics)|Grandmaster]].<ref>''Avengers'' #679-688. Marvel Comics.</ref>