Top 10 ALTERNATE VERSIONS OF THE HULK PART 3
Welcome back nerd squad, my name is Roya Destroyaa and this is Top 10 Nerd. There is no shortage
of Hulk all across the board in Marvel storylines. He is so prominent that not only has he inspired
many alternate versions of Bruce Banner, but also several spinoff characters who have developed
their own story arcs and adventures. So let’s take a look at the top 10 alternate
versions of the Hulk, AND THIS IS PART 3. BACK TO THAT DRINKING GAME, GUYS!
In the number 10 spot we have EXILES HULK. This verison of the Hulk was featured in the
Exiles series, and acted as a replacement to Colossus on the Weapon X team. He had one
job. To defeat Hyperion. He failed miserably at that job. But I’ll be damned if I don’t
mention how stunning that mesh shirt and hair do were on the big guy. In case you didn’t
catch it, I’m being sarcastic. This guy’s look was laughable at best. But sometimes
that’s what you need in an extremely violent comic book.
Coming in at number 9 is SHE HULK. This new character first made her debut in her own
series, Savage She-Hulk. She isn’t a different version of Bruce by definition, she is her
own character with different versions, but she shares a part of him literally. Jennifer
Walters received a blood transfusion from Bruce Banner, leading her to acquire some
of that fun green stuff. She, however, retains her emotional control and her transformation
has become permanent in later comics. Plus, she works as a lawyer. So you know she’s
scary.
Next, at number 8 we got SPIDER HULK. In the storyline of the secret wars, there is a mini
series focused on Spider Island. And there is a character in this story known as Spider
Hulk who, you guessed it, is a Hulkish version of spiderman. He works as a minion for the
spider queen, who has unleashed a spider virus across Manhattan to gain control over the
city. And Spider Hulk would have stayed her minion if it wasn’t for his transformation
to the next Hulk on our list.
In the number 7 spot is LIZARD HULK. Yes, two Hulks in one story, very exciting stuff.
You can tell I don’t have a lot in my life to be excited about. In order to free Spider
Hulk of the spider queen’s control, Agent Venom, Spiderwoman, and Vision provide him
with a serum made from Lizard, which transformed him into, surprise! A lizard Hulk! Luckily,
despite the terrifying appearance, he was on board to get a little revenge on the queen
for enslaving him.
Coming in at number 6 we have THE END HULK. Hulk: The End was a singular comic book that
followed the story of Bruce Banner, who was the last human left on Earth after a nuclear
holocaust. He’s depressed and, as Bruce Banner, only wishes to die. But this proves
a little difficult when the Hulk stops him each and every time he tries to off himself—the
reason behind that being the Hulk still wishes to prove himself the strongest being on Earth.
To who, exactly?
Next up, at number 5 is APE HULK. You could say this hulk was pretty bananas. Marvel Apes
was a 4-part series that gave a new and fuzzy spin on some of our favorites, Hulk included.
He didn’t get a fun pun for a name, but he did get to turn into a giant green gorilla
who liked to smash things. He was a part of the group called Prime Eight, led by Nick
Furry. I would have loved to work on this series.
Up next at number 4 is BULLET POINTS HULK. The Hulk from the Bullet Points series was
actually Peter Parker this time around. After the death of Ben Parker before he could give
him the good ol responsibility line, no one else apparently taught him what responsibility
was, so Peter turns into a misguided trouble maker. He steals a jeep on a desert field
trip at one point and comes across a test site just as a gamma bomb so happens to go
off. Lo and behold, parker becomes the Hulk.
In the number 3 spot, we have XEMNU. Xemnu the Hulk was a character who first appeared
in Journey into Mystery #62 and is a different character to hold the moniker of the Hulk,
the other being Glop who we explored in our part 2. Xemnu was an alien criminal who could
control others telepathically. He was later renamed Xemnu the titan to avoid confusion,
and this was especially helpful when he became an enemy of the Hulk that we are familiar
with.
Coming in at number 2 is TYRONE CASH. In the Ultimate universe, Tyrone Cash is credited
with being the Hulk before Bruce Banner. As Dr Leonard Williams he s a university proff
who is confined to using crutches to help him get around. He worked with a younger Bruce
Banner to create a super soldier serum, and taught Banner everything he knew. After an
incident he goes missing, he takes the serum and resurfaces as Tyrone Cash, a ruthless
Hulk, gangster, and murderer.
And finally, in the number 1 spot, we’ve got RED HULK. Though not the Hulk himself,
the red version of the Hulk only exists because of Bruce Banner’s transformation, and the
quest to shut him down. Introduced in Hulk #1, Thunderbolt Ross’ origin is similar
to that of years before, as he is Bruce Banner’s supervisor on the gamma explosion. Ross became
obsessed with tracking down and ending the Hulk, somewhere along the lines through gamma
radiation and cosmic experimentation becoming the thing he hated the most. Funny how that
works.
So those were the top 10 alternate versions of the hulk PART 3. Let me know in the comment
section down below who you want alternate versions of next. My name is Roya Destroyaa,
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