Page 8 - Marvel Studios character book

Character Designed
By

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

First appearance

The Incredible Hulk
May 1962

ABOUT

The Hulk is portrayed as a large green hu-
manoid that possesses superhuman strength
and invulnerability, attributes that grow more
potent the angrier he becomes. Hulk is the
alter ego of Bruce Banner, a socially with-
drawn and emotionally reserved physicist
who physically transforms into the Hulk under
emotional stress and other specific circum-
stances. The character has been portrayed
in multiple media features by different actors.
Hulk was first portrayed in film played by Eric
Bana in Ang Lee’s Hulk (2003). Subsequent-
ly, the character has been portrayed in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe initially by Ed-
ward Norton in The Incredible Hulk (2008).