Hulk |
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Portrayed by Ewan McGregor |
Statistics |
Full Name |
Bruce Banner |
Age |
37 |
Height |
6'0" (B) | 8'2"-10'6" (H) |
Build |
Average (B), Titanically Muscled (H) |
Eyes |
Green |
Hair |
Brown (B), Black-Green (H) |
Factions |
None |
Occupation |
Scientist / Fugitive / Walking Disaster |
Alignment |
Anti-Hero |
Claim to Fame
Bruce Banner is known as a scientist, MacArthur Grant recipient and ingenious thinker. Hulk is known as a destructive monster that's wreaked havoc and destruction in an unstoppable, if intermittent, rampage over the last five years.
Reputation
Banner has great respect among his peers for his intellect, contributions to science and attention to detail. Since his little accident, Bruce has received a great deal of sympathy from fellow scientists, although the larger public has often questioned the way in which Banner pushed the limits of scientists and put the world at risk in the name of knowledge. Because of the destruction Hulk has committed, Banner also bears the weight of his alter ego's sins. Hulk, meanwhile, has become an international boogeyman and one of the true terrors of the heroic age. While some argue that Hulk has often fought against evil, the devastation left in his wake usually leaves little room for shades of grey. Both sides of this gamma-irradiated coin are, of course, wanted men and fugitives.
Biography
Bruce Banner endured an extraordinarily abusive childhood. His father's mental illness created chaos, constant beatings and, in time, the death of Bruce's mother at his father's hand. Finishing his developing years with impersonal relations, Bruce graduated high school at fourteen and received a full scholarship to Cal Tech, eventually pursuing graduate work at MIT to receive Ph.D.s in Particle Physics, Applied Nuclear Technology and Computer Programming and Systems all before he turned 24. Along the way, he covered up his blackouts and mental breaks, maintaining a mousy and unobtrusive exterior that hid the chaos within.
Government contracts and top secret projects followed, including Bruce's pet project of creating an infinite energy source utilizing gamma radiation. While fighting with a supervising general attempting to weaponize the project, an accident soaked Banner in high intensity gamma radiation. The resulting mutation freed Bruce's darkside, and the Hulk emerged, a massive monster erupting from Bruce's form in times of anger, pain, stress and fear. The two persona have warred for control, run from the government and battled monsters and soldiers alike. Spending years as a fugitive, Bruce attempted suicide innumerable times (Okay, he counted, 37), always to no avail. Tormented by guilt, Bruce has done a lot of soul searching amidst the wreckage. Where the future leads is unknown.
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Character Details
Bruce Banner possesses multiple personalities, a result of genetic predisposition and a nightmarish upbringing. For most of that time, Bruce has been the dominant persona. Bruce buried his emotions deep inside himself (the seedling that eventually grew into Hulk), and projected scientific dispassion and objectivity. A stereotypical 'nerd', he was known for being awkward, socially inept and hyperfocused on his work. Years of the fugitive life and a great deal of introspection, however, have resulted in changes to Bruce's dominant personality. Years of fear, deprivation and self-hatred have pushed Bruce to the edge, creating a more fatalistic, chaotic and unpredictable Bruce Banner, a desperate man driven to desperate measures, most of his shy, self-effacing mask worn away.
The Hulk is a creature of pure passion, mostly manifested in the form of uncontrollable rage. Hulk's intellect is mostly housed in Banner, and so his intelligence is almost childlike, his language limited. Contrary to popular belief, Hulk is not constantly raging and screaming, and is capable of docile and even tender moments, although that side is usually reserved for children or perhaps someone Hulk came to truly trust. Hulk is paranoid, however, and constantly assumes humans and most especially Banner are out to get him and destroy him.
Hulk Up |
In times of rage, pain, stress or fear, Bruce Banner's sublimated persona takes over and physically transforms him into the Hulk. This transformation usually takes somewhere between twenty and forty seconds, depending on situation, although it will occur instantaneously in life-threatening circumstances or damage, the resultant adrenaline spike triggering self-preservation instincts. The latter is how the Hulk has survived Banner's multiple suicide attempts. Hulk's size varies depending on his level of rage, from a relatively calm 8'2" to a savagely nasty 10'6". His massive lungs allow him to hold his breath for over two hours, if needed, and his resilience allows him to walk with ease on the floor of the ocean. |
Strength |
Hulk's strength is based on his rage, drawn from the simple equation "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets". Even a relatively docile Hulk is a physical powerhouse almost beyond measure, capable of throwing tanks for miles, knocking down fifteen story buildings with a single blow, or creating shockwaves capable of levelling entire streets. A truly frenzied Hulk possesses virtually infinite strength, able to pound entire mountains into gravel or lift entire aircraft carriers. He is the only being known to have ever dented adamantium. |
Toughness |
Hulk's body is hyperdense and thick-skinned, meaning many forms of damage simply bounce harmlessly off his skin. Conventional bullets and blades, fire, brute force impacts up to several dozen tons, none of these will breach his hide or do a lick of damage to the tissues within. Even his eyes are bulletproof. |
Regeneration |
Bruce has theorized, perhaps spitefully, that the Hulk is like a cancer, and the monster's regenerative capability is the best evidence for that theory. Hulk's cells spread and grow and heal almost instantaneously (and, in fact, some of his toughness may result not from sheer density, but from healing so fast as to seem invulnerable). If Hulk were to suffer even mortal wounds to his spine or brain, his body's hyper-healing would restore him in a matter of seconds, his gamma powered healing immune to all but the most egregious forms of harm. Certain chemical burns, energy weapons or anti-gamma attacks have to heal more slowly. Should his gamma energies be leaked or drained from his cells, his healing factor would radically reduce until disappearing entirely (likely resulting in a return to Banner form). |
Cool Tricks |
Hulk can create a powerful concussive shockwave, displacing air hard enough to create a sonic boom like thunder. This shockwave can travel for up to a mile and will annihilate cars, brick walls or even entire houses in its path. He can create a similar shockwave in the earth by stomping or smashing it with his hands, creating directed earthquakes with similar range and brute power. |
Leaping |
Hulk's primary way of moving around is good old fashioned jumping. Hulk's typical leap will traverse around ten miles at a time, allowing him to eat up ground quite quickly. In a single leap, he can double that distance if pressed, up to around twenty miles. |
Scientific Genius |
Bruce Banner is a multi-discipline genius, specialized in particle physics, computers and applied technologies. He's capable of inventing complex device and machines, and repairing the same. He can grasp complex scientific theories and apply his intellect to taking those ideas to the next level. His understanding of radiation, nuclear physics and energy is perhaps competely unparalleled. Most recently, he's become deeply fascinated by chaos theory and its applications to energy theory. |
Smashing |
Hulk has no fighting technique because he doesn't need any. He smashes. He pummels. He destroys. He annihilates. Straight ahead, raw pure violence from one of the strongest creatures on Earth doesn't require a great deal of subtlety and has proven quite successful. Banner's not much of a fighter, but life on the run has toughened him up a little, and he can at least throw a decent left hook, even if he'll probably go down fighting. |
Hackmaster |
Bruce got early kicks as a computer hacker dating back to his college days, the outwardly shy kid living it up online under the hacker alias "Elite". While he'd largely left it behind, fugitive life has brought Elite back to the wires. Bruce has incorporated modern technology, notably smart phones and pads into his repertoire, and can hack even quite sophisticated security systems, craft and defeat viruses, and generally unleash all kinds of digital havoc. |
Fugitive |
Bruce has been on the run for several years now, and has applied his intellect to ways to keep himself hidden and safe. He's learned how to forge documents, jump borders and lie convincingly to someone's face. He can scrounge for food and shelter in harsh conditions, both urban and natural, and has endured deprivation in both food and water at times. He's also relatively stealthy, capable of keeping to the shadows and has even done a decent bit of breaking and entering. Obviously, as Hulk, all of these skills disappear, but, then, they're equally unnecessary to him. |
Intelligencia |
Bruce is regarded as one of the world's foremost intellects and, while disgraced in some ways, he remains as known and respected quantity among those he has known. Also, he's directly worked or corresponded with some of the great minds of the age and could once even count some of them as friends. |
Inner Chaos |
Hulk's ravaged mind is particularly treacherous for telepaths seeking to reach deeper into his mind. While surface thoughts or impulses can be easily read, any attempts to plunge deeper into his psyche can be dangerous. Hulk's personality especially is a maelstrom of raw emotion and brutality and can be extremely uncomfortable. |
MPD |
Bruce Banner has multiple personality disorder, his mind fractured into multiple identities as a result of his childhood of abuse and neglect. Bruce Banner and the Hulk are united in mutual loathing, often waging psychic war against one another for control of their shared shell. This constant inner battle is both mentally wearying and often distracting, allowing him to be caught up in his internal difficulties and losing concentration on the world around him. There is also the possibility that those two aren't the only things lurking in Banner's splintered subconscious… |
Rage |
Hulk's power stems from his rage, but it's also a weakness. Hulk's temper is incredibly short, overreacting to the most miniscule slight or injury with overwhelming vitriol. In a full frenzy, his actions are completely out of control, lashing out at everything near, friend or foe, and creating massive collateral damage. Most of Hulk's troubles have come from people hunting him down after a rage blackout created incredible destruction. |
Brute |
Virtually all of their shared mind's intellectual capacity is lodged in Banner, leaving little in the way of cognitive energy for Hulk. As a result, he's fairly limited in intelligence, with a double digit IQ and an inability to grasp complex ideas or abstractions. He tends to take things literally and has no head for strategy or planning. Impulsive, he tends to just react in the moment and doesn't fully understand the consequences of his actions. |
Hated |
Even if Hulk someday makes peace with some form of governmental authority (and, as a useful monster, he probably will), there are those from whom Hulk can expect no quarter or forgiveness. Hulk's rampages have snuffed out many innocent lives. Many want revenge against him and will hate him to the end of his days. Some of those include factions of the U.S. military, embarrassed after years of losing to the monster, along with a variety of villains who've crossed his path only to have their schemes thwarted. Hulk has no shortage of enemies in the world. |
Untrustworthy |
Even Hulk's friends cannot trust him. His mercurial nature and uncontrolled rage make it difficult to fight alongside him, knowing that he could turn on you at any moment. Even as Banner, he sometimes gets sidelong glances. People wonder if it really was an accident…or if perhaps the Hulk isn't as wild as Banner claims. |
Weapon |
Like many government projects gone wrong, the Hulk has incredible military applications. Just as there are those looking to kill him, there are many looking to use him, trying to control or manipulate the Hulk onto their side for victory or profit. |
Radiation |
Hulk's power derives from the gamma radiation charging and constantly radiated from his cells. Were that energy to be drained off or removed, he would revert to Banner form until his energies were replenished or returned (including losing all of his regeneration capabilities). |
Limits |
Although there may be no limits to his strength or even regeneration, Hulk's ability to withstand certain things does have limits. His massive lung capacity allows him to hold his breath for long periods of time, but he still does ultimately need to breathe. He would survive much longer in the vacuum of space than most, but not indefinitely. While he might potentially survive at the center of a fission-based nuclear blast, fusion based energies such as those in the sun could fully annihilate his cells and disintegrate him. |
Adrenaline |
Hulk's powers are largely activated by adrenaline surge. If Banner's adrenaline is impeded or he is in some way drugged or unable to raise his heart rate, his transformation can be prevented. While mortal harm or danger would likely override such, he could still be easily imprisoned or rendered docile for an indeterminate period of time. |
Relationships
Image |
Name |
Relation |
Information |
[image http://comux.wdfiles.com/local--files/cast%3Ashift/Shift%202.png] |
Shift |
Associate |
Shift occasionally contacts Bruce when he's in need of scientific expertise or advice. He will also occasionally get Bruce to provide support or backup on missions, although Bruce usually does so reluctantly given the obvious risks of transformation involved. Still, Bruce wouldn't leave Shift out to dry, since Kwabena's the closest thing Bruce has to a friend. |
Character Gallery
Logs
An Unlikely Duo
October 21st, 2014: Bruce Banner tracks down Melody Kenway, and an unlikely partnership formed. Operation: Steal Stark's Jibblets is a go.
(log: 20141021-an-unlikely-duo | tags: hulk rant | posted: 22 Oct 2014 02:10)
Psy what?
October 19, 2014: Aspect finds some trouble in Metropolis. Hulk's all washed up. Things get worse.
(log: 20141019-psy-what | tags: aspect columbia hulk metropolis miss-america | posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:38)
Rats in Bed-Stuy 1
September 15, 2014: Barton convinces Sam and tricks Amy into accompanying him into an abandoned subway station to clear out a nasty rat infestation, but it turns out there are bigger beasties living below Bed-Stuy.
(log: 20140915-rats-in-bed-stuy-1 | tags: amy falcon hawkeye hulk midnighter nyc redwing-npc | posted: 17 Sep 2014 13:56)
Burning Human '14: Part 2
August 30, 2014: The Burning Human Festival has gone mostly peacefully. That ends tonight.
(log: 20140830-burning-human-14:part-2 | tags: burning_human colossus daredevil hulk iceman loki lunair metal shift skaar the-smooth | posted: 01 Sep 2014 03:25)
The Smooth: Concoction
August 19, 2014: Bruce Banner delivers some findings based on his analysis of a 'smooth' sample. They also encounter Corvinus, who offers to join Kwabena's mission.
(log: 20140819-the-smooth-concoction | tags: corvinus hulk shift the-smooth | posted: 20 Aug 2014 13:21)
The Smooth: A Drug Deal of Sorts
August 11, 2014: Shift tracks down (with a bit of help) an old acquaintance (of sorts), and asks Bruce Banner for help learning more about The Smooth
(log: 20140811-the-smooth-drug-deal-of-sorts | tags: darce hulk shift the-smooth | posted: 13 Aug 2014 01:12)
The House Of Mystery: Pyramid Power
August 06 2014: Constantine and the House gather a grab bag of adventurers to recover a scroll from a pharaoh's tomb.
(log: 20140806-the-house-of-mystery:pyramid-power | tags: constantine corvinus eight fenris hulk pepper_potts | posted: 09 Aug 2014 21:41)
You Ain't My Mother
July 6, 2014>: At the safe house, Aspect and Seraph call for help, but do they get it?
(log: 20140706-you-ain-t-my-mother | tags: aspect deadzone hulk partisan seraph | posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:28)
You Shook Me All Night Long
May 23, 2014: Earthquake knocking down the Indian Point Energy Center! We Need Heroes!
(log: 20140523-you-shook-me-all-night-long | tags: hawkeye hulk huntress nocturne wonder_man wonder_woman | posted: 30 May 2014 20:16)
Do Not Annoy Mister Green
April 10, 2014: Bad things happen when someone puts a hit out on the Hulk.
(log: 20140410-do-not-annoy-mister-green | tags: domino hawkeye hulk iron-man | posted: 28 Apr 2014 14:54)
STEM is So Exciting!
March 10, 2014: A number of unique individuals are gathered at the Metropolis University for a science expo.
(log: 20140310-stem-is-so-exciting | tags: black_widow emma_frost engineer hulk metropolis metropolis_university pepper_potts shift | posted: 11 Mar 2014 13:58)
Doctor Grindlewelt's Blackmail
March 10, 2014: Shift picks up a lead on one Doctor Marcus Grindlewelt, who is being blackmailed by bad people. He picks up two stragglers, one telepathic, and doesn't realize just what he's walking into.
(log: 20140310-doctor-grindlewelt-s-blackmail | tags: emma_frost grindlewelt hulk metropolis shift | posted: 11 Mar 2014 16:03)
Clash Of The Titans
March 1, 2014: Thor and Superman take on a beast of mythic proportions.
(log: 20140301-clashofthetitans | tags: hulk superman thor | posted: 02 Mar 2014 02:38)
If there is a skylight, it must be broken
October 04, 2014 Spoiler, Ibn al Xu'ffasch, Oracle, Lunair, and Fantomex all descend upon the same warehouse for slightly different reasons. Bruce Banner will have a bit to say about things before the night is over.
(log: 2014-10-04-if-there-is-a-skylight-it-must-be-broken | tags: fantomex gotham hulk ibn_al_xu_ffasch lunair oracle spoiler | posted: 05 Oct 2014 02:48)
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