The Hulk these days is considered to be one of the strongest super heroes.
His strength is almost unparalleled, his rage is the source of his power including his strength
and stamina with no finite limits, he’s incredibly resistant to almost all energy
attacks, he can survive a nuclear attacks, and even as Bruce Banner with his genius level
intellect, it’s real hard to take him down.
He’s come a long LONG way since his first appearance in 1962.
So for this list, we’re taking a look at some of the theories as to why some people
out their on the grand ol inter webs still want to argue why the Hulk should actually
be considered as weak.
Aside from the fact that he’s been given a whole lot of plot muscle.
10 Plot Muscle Let’s start this list off by talking about
the plot muscle.
When we were first introduced to the Hulk in 1962, he would transform into the hulk
at sunset and revert back to Bruce at dawn.
Since then, writers have increased his abilities from beyond superhuman strength and superhuman
durability, like his ability to see astral projections and spirits, or his ability to
bunch his way between temporal or spatial dimensions.
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9 Weak against Celestial and God-like characters While the Hulk can arguably kick some major
butt when it comes to most of the heroes or villains in the Marvel universe, he doesn’t
stand a chance against the likes of characters with the power cosmic or god-like abilities.
When he faced off against Zeus, he was punched so hard that green came out of his mouth.
Literally.
And Silver Surfer, beat him too - he has the power to whip out tricks like removing Banner’s
gamma radiation.
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8 Regular heroes can take him on too While that title seems absolutely absurd,
let’s do a little case study here.
Back in the Acts of Vengeance story arc, Spider-Man took on the Hulk and kicked his butt.
Now, I’m not saying Spider-man is by any means normal; his abilities are partially
the reason why he’s as impressive as he is.
But on a regular day it’d be really difficult for him to take on the hulk from an offensive
stance.
This time around though, Captain Universe had bestowed Spidey with cosmic powers and
abilities.
And he punches the Hulk into outer space.
Who he then saves and brings back down to earth, and the hulk is like yeah cool I won’t
mess with you.
7 Can Be Manipulated While he’s incredibly powerful, and in more
recent canon story arcs can resist the psychic abilities the likes of Charles’ Xavier’s,
he’s not prone to manipulation.
For example, the story arc we just mentioned with Spider-man - Hulk attacking Peter happened
because he was manipulated by villains to do so.
While Bruce Banner is a literal genius, his calm logic is nowhere to be found when the
Hulk is angry and present.
Hulk is also not invulnerable to reality altering attacks, which, if done correctly, can potentially
hinder him or disarm him of his powers.
6 Only one power If your one power is strength, you don’t
have versatility in battle on your side.
All his powers derive from that strength, and while that’s gotten him pretty damn
far, it gives him a disadvantage when facing off against heroes or villains of higher strength
(remember, his rage makes him stronger, so the longer they fight, the stronger he gets).
If he’s up against someone like the Silver Surfer who can de power him using power cosmic,
well, sometimes it’s nice to have more than one trick up your sleeve.
5 Speed While strength might be the defining factor
of the Hulk, strength is no good when you’re dealing with someone whose incredibly fast.
Fast enough to throw you into an alternate reality, perhaps?
Or trap you in the Speed Force?
Okay yes, I know, mixing universes here, and the Hulk would never have to encounter the
DC created Speed Force and it’s favourite users, the Scarlet Speedsters of the Flash
Family, but hypothetically speaking, if he did, The Flash has many a resource that could
take him on.
4 He Wouldn’t Fair Well in the DC Universe Speaking of The Flash, let’s take a look
at the DC universe as a whole.
Yes, the Hulk is perhaps one of the strongest heroes if you don’t count those celestial
and god-like heroes we mentioned earlier, but up against the likes of other heroes who
have been collecting plot armour since the golden age, well, it’s a little harder to
come out on top.
We’re talking Superman, Doctor Manhattan, the Green Lantern corps, hell, even Batman
with his tons and tons of plot armour stands one hell of a chance against him.
And yes, I know, that sounds like a petty contest where everyones whipping their dicks
out in pretentious one-up-ing tactics, some writers have explored this cross over of companies,
and Superman just has much more plot armour, or muscle perhaps, than the Hulk does.
Sigh.
3 Needs to Sustain his Anger Sure you won’t like him when he’s angry,
but how about when he’s calm?
Much easier to deal with.
If the Hulk isn’t able to sustain his anger, or get angry in the first place, he can’t
access his potential for surreal power.
In 1984’s Secret Wars #4, the Hulk has to keep a whole 150 billion ton mountain range
held up so that his fellow heroes won’t die, causing his allies to try to keep him
as angry as possible so his strength won’t waver and drop it.
A little problematic there, eh?
2 Puppies SHIELD used puppies to calm him down once.
I’ll just leave it at that.
1 Bruce Banner While it has been proven in the past that
Bruce Banner was still capable of transforming into the Hulk while under sedation, let’s
take a look at a hypothetical argument.
Say someone approached Bruce, being totally cool and friendly, and then out of nowhere
when he wasn’t paying attention just blasted him in the head with power so strong that
it borderlines on Zeus’, and it immediately kills him before he can transform.
Because yes, he can regenerate.
And yes, his future self Maestro can regenerate from dust.
And yes, he’s tried to shoot himself but the Hulk stopped him from dying, spitting
the bullet out.
Anyway, Banner is a tad of a liability for the hulking monster, as proven when Jean Grey
psionically “shut Banner off” which increased the Hulk’s abilities significantly when
fighting Onslaught.
There we have it friends!
Hope you guys aren’t too triggered by that list.