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Hulk
Bruce Banner
Marvel's benchmark for scaling strength: his output rises with anger rather than sitting at a fixed ceiling, which is why he has no stable upper limit.
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1 (1962), Marvel Comics
Powers
Across continuities
One canonical record, many iterations. A version is this character in a different continuity; a variant is a separate in-fiction instance inside one. Everything below resolves back to this page.
| Iteration | Type | Continuity | Performed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hulk (Earth-616) | Version | no performer on file |
Key issues
Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.
- First appearance · 1962
The Incredible Hulk #1 Marvel Comics
Debut.
Runs
Recorded as ranges rather than one row per issue — the question a reader actually asks, without claiming a completeness we cannot verify.
| Series | Issues | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Incredible Hulk | 1- | lead |
On screen
Canonical productions only. Parody and fan work is classified and excluded — Wikidata makes no such distinction, so without it these lists fill with material that is not canon.
| Performer | Production | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Tatasciore | Ultimate Avengers | 2006 |
| Gary Martin | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 | 2017 |
Has appeared with
Every character who has shared a production with this one. Wikis are organised by character, not by encounter, so this question is close to unanswerable elsewhere — it exists here only because co-occurrence is recorded at the moment an appearance is.
| Character | Where | Shared |
|---|---|---|
| Captain America | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, Ultimate Avengers | 2 |
| Hank Pym | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, Ultimate Avengers | 2 |
| Iron Man | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, Ultimate Avengers | 2 |
| Doctor Strange | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 | 1 |
| Sandman | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 | 1 |
| Spider-Man | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 | 1 |
| Thor | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 | 1 |
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed The Hulk has a maximum strength level that can be looked up.
Actually His strength rises with his anger, so it is a function rather than a value. Any single tonnage figure for the Hulk is a snapshot, not a cap.
The feat ledger
Strength rises with his anger, which is why the character is written with no stated upper ceiling
Strength increases with anger, with no stated ceiling
Recovers within moments from injuries that would kill a human
Returns from death repeatedly, which the series makes its central premise
Supports the weight of a mountain range collapsing on him
Regenerates destroyed tissue rather than merely closing wounds
Leaps distances measured in miles rather than flying
Cannot be permanently killed by conventional means
Withstands artillery and orbital re-entry without penetration
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Earth-616 — The main Marvel Comics continuity
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version