O.K. it's nerd time! Warning: if you do not enjoy the Marvel Universe, geeky topics, superheroes and/or make believe people, then this is probably where you should stop reading.
Today I'm going to explain why the Hulk is so awesome, and that basically only cosmic beings such as Galactus, Silver Surfer, the Beyonder, the Stranger, Madame Web and so on, are really the only ones who have a chance to beat the Hulk. People really only pay attention to the Hulk in the movies, but really the sad thing about the movies is that they don't even come close to displaying the Hulk's full power and people just don't get to see how strong he is. Another misconception is that Hulk is "only" super strong, that is a false statement. The Hulk has a super adaptive ability, or the ability to adapt to his every situation, which include being able to breathe in space and underwater for an extended amount of time due to an aparatus that covers his lungs while in these conditions.
I'd like to give a few examples of his intense powers. During the Secret Wars, which involved several super heroes trying to stop Dr. Doom, Hulk was forced to lift a mountain that weighed over one-hundred million tons above his head. Hulk held an entire planet together with his bare hands while its core was collapsing upon itself and destroying the planet. Once, in his weaker forms, he was asked to destroy a Jupiter sized meteor that was hurtling towards Earth, and did so without a problem. A heat controling super villian scorched Hulk until he was nothing but bare bone and he quickly regenerated his entire body. Hulk was able to crack the armour of an evil entity that no other hero could come close to damaging. He stopped the supposedly unstoppable Juggernaut in his tracks, made Dr. Strange's magic worthless, stopped the powerful Professor X from entering his mind, beat Wolverine to a pulp, outsmarted Reid Richards and Tony Stark, stompped Black Bolt, the second most powerful hero in the Marvel Universe, into moon dust, destroyed an entire army who had Adamantium bullets and defeated every Marvel hero including one who is considered to be a celestial being.
To disprove popular arguement, Hulk cannot be defeated by Magneto, I am utterly tired of hearing people say that Magneto has the power to beat the Hulk. Magneto has one chance to stop the Hulk, reversing the magnetic flow of the gamma radiation and transforming him back into Bruce Banner, but he has to be standing completely still to be able to do that, and anyone who knows the Hulk knows that he doesn't stay in one spot for very long. As I mentioned before, Hulk can survive any situation inlcuding space and the ocean, which means that Magneto cannot force pieces of metal into Hulks body and send him hurdling away to another planet. He could, but Hulk would just come back and stomp him. There is no human or mutant or metahuman force that can stop the Hulk. His power is only limited by his rage, and his rage, is unlimited.
Well, there you go, that's why Hulk's awesome. Unbeatable, indestructible and all powerful, Hulk has the powers of a nuclear man-made god. No more contreversy, he is the strongest hero there is.
Wow, I didn't know all that about the Hulk. Hmm, though much of the things he seems able to do sounds more than far-fetched for just a science experiment gone wrong -- then again, I have yet to see any movie/show/comic book about him, so I lack knowledge about his situation. But just because he's unbeatable doesn't make him my FAVORITE hero. I mean while he's "only limited by a rage that is unlimited," it's the flaws, the imperfections that make the hero. Also, having that amount of power seems ridiculous -- being unstoppable is something reserved for God. As we know, unless one is a good, gracious, just, etc as God, then power generally corrupts those who have it in unlimited supply. It's the basis of the recent Batman movies. A idealistic legend is great and all, but Gotham needed something different -- something more, something real. Either you die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of the movie, it's symbolic when Morgan Freeman (with Bruce's permission) destroys the machine which would allow Batman to have complete control over the town he has sworn to keep safe. Why? Because no one should have that sort of power. No doubt, Batman could have done a lot of REAL good for the city, but power corrupts. What is good for one person is not good for them all. Forced submission for "peace" is still slavery. And Batman's very last act in The Dark Knight is to completely give up all power as a legend. To save the city by becoming an image of enemy. He doesn't deserve it, but he chooses to surrender an ideal, a power he owned, for the good side.
Either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Batman chose the former in a metaphorical sense. :)