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Warning : contain SPOILERS for The Incredible Hulk # 8!Body horror is arguably the cornerstone ofHulkmythos , as the very nature ofBruce Banner ’s superpower to transform into the Hulkand become a being of immense strength is gruesome and antic . And now , Marvel Comics has added a new layer of horror to this already grisly aspect of Hulk ’s powers , campaign them to their absolute limit with one new eccentric of transformation .
InThe Incredible Hulk#8 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein , the Hulk is own by an eldritch brute called War Devil , otherwise screw as the First Hunter of Men . This corrupt liveliness took control over the Hulk ’s trunk after creeping into his mind and plant itself within Hulk ’s nous . And that ’s where War Devil had quite the unexpected encounter with this body ’s other inhabitant : Bruce Banner .
War Devil has no use for Banner , so it angle to kill him . However , the Hulk has n’t been all beaten despite momentarily losing ascendency over his forcible form , as his metaphysical mannequin manifests between Banner and the attacking War Devil in an effort to save up his alter ego from this intrusive monster - andthe sort Hulk takes is pretty lurid . Rather than taking his normal form , the Hulk becomes something of a mech - suit for Banner , one made from flesh and ivory rather than machinery , with Banner himself finding refuge in Hulk ’s vacuous rib cage .
Hulk & Ghost Rider team up to fight an eldritch wolf , pull off an atrociously roentgen - rated kill as a resultant - hopefully bait more team - ups to add up !
Hulk’s Latest Marvel Comics Run Has Pushed the Boundaries of His Body Horror
The body horror inThe Incredible HulkVol. 4 ismatched only byThe Immortal Hulk!
Hulk deform himself into a diseased mech - suit of clothes within the metaphysical plane of his and Banner ’s shared brain is far from the first instance of extreme soundbox horror in this comic discharge alone . The Incredible Hulk Vol . 4 has been all about Hulk ’s relationship with Bruce Banner , and how he wants to make his alter ego suffer for the pain he inflicted during the ‘ Starship Hulk ’ plot line . In that effort , Hulk deliberately makes reposition as painful as potential for Bruce , and that lead to some gnarly visuals .
When the Hulk takes control of their shared body , he literally rips Banner apart as gruesomely as he can . Then , when Hulk regress to Banner , he drive his body to contort horrifically as it wince back to Bruce ’s original ‘ puny Banner ’ self . However , this late shift in reality verbalise to the opposite of what all the others represented , as this transformation was n’t used to hurt Banner , but to protect him .
Hulk’s New Transformation Could Help Heal His Relationship with Bruce Banner
Hulk actively tried to protect Banner rather than inflicting more pain!
While Hulk saving Bruce from War Devil was assuredly an deed of ego - preservation way more than it was done out of the goodness of his heart , Hulk still protected Banner nonetheless . This could have been Hulk ’s chance to be disembarrass of Bruce once and for all by rent this eldritch monster consume his perfume - but Hulk did n’t permit that happen . Hulk prefer twist his body into a protective eggshell for Banner to cover within , to letting his alter self be killed by War Devil , which seems like a tone in the right direction in full term of healing their fractured relationship .
Whether this new grotesque build was something of an olive limb Hulk was extending to Banner , or if it was just the latest of the increasingly disturbing transformation this comic test has to offer , in the close , the result is the same , asHulk ’s raw type of transformation force his body horror powers to the limit .
The Incredible Hulk#8by Marvel Comics is available now .
