Summary

While theHulkis one of the base phallus of theAvengers , his personal storey go far beyond his relationship with Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes . This is a necessary point to make give the specific circumstance of Hulk ’s darkest fortune in one Marvel Comics story chronicling the final chapter of the Avengers as fans know them . In that story , the Hulk see his endin a way that perfectly bookends hisAvengershistory , but does an absolute disservice to his own .

InAvengers#1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , the Hulk is used by the nefarious God of Mischief Loki in his plot of ground to conquer the Earth . Loki manipulated Hulk ’s feeble mindwith his potent dark thaumaturgy , force him into a violent disorder so far-flung that every superhero on Earth at the prison term had no choice but to link power against him . finally , the Hulk snapped out of Loki ’s trance , and fall in with his fellow heroes against the villain . This chain of events lead to the lasting organization of the Avengers , mean Loki was technically creditworthy for creating his heavy foes . However , years later , Loki decide he ’d attempt to unmake what he did inAvengers#1 with a familiar plan of onrush : the Hulk .

Hulk’sAvengersStory Comes Full Circle, But His Personal Growth Suffers

InLast Hero Standing#5 by Tom DeFalco and Pat Olliffe , Loki once again cook the Hulk ’s mind with his menacing spells , thrust him to go on a rampage that the other poor boy of Earth can not ignore . In this plot line , Loki is deliberately trying to pass over out the Avengers to make up for accidentally create them so many years sooner . The fact that he ’s using the Hulk to do so is n’t lose on him either , as he wants to undo the monumental mistake of his past times in every heed - which includes controlling the Hulk successfully this sentence . Unfortunately for Loki , his malefic efforts end the same style . The Hulk is freed from his ascendance and forthwith rejoins his fellow heroes against Loki . However , this clip things are taken to a more final level . When Loki is effectively beat out , Thor opens up a hepatic portal vein to limbo where he means to trap Loki for all eternity . As Loki tries to escape his fate , the Hulk tackles him and falls into limbo with Loki , both check his horrific end while also tragically share it .

Clearly , the ending of Hulk and Loki’sAvengersjourney is a poetical one . They start the Avengers together , and their last fates in a comic that chronicle the effective end of the Avengers are shared . However , as previously stated , the Hulk is so much more than just a fellow member of the Avengers , and was - in fact - barely a extremity to begin with . Sure , he joined them after he was done being manipulated by Loki , but he was pretty much excommunicated from the Avengers in the very next issue . Plus , there is n’t one defining Hulk story withinAvengerscontinuity , specially when compared to those that take spot in his own strip . In fact , it ’s when the Avengers are against the Hulk that his tales are the most exciting and iconic , such asFear Itself , Immortal Hulk , and - of course -World War Hulk . So , for him to be lost to an eternity in oblivion for the sake of a complete Avengers arc is a full disservice to his panoptic character , which mostly has nothing to do with the Avengers at all .

The ontogenesis Hulk and Bruce Banner experience in their own chronicle go far beyond anything shown in an Avengers book . Therefore , whileHulk ’s darkest fate is the complete ending toAvengerslore afford his connectedness to Loki in that first publication , it ’s a horrendous one for his own .

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Hulk and the Avengers.

Hulk sharing Loki’s dark fate in the Avengers.