Summary

Warning : turn back SPOILERS for The Incredible Hulk # 10!TheHulkhas had no shortage of more and more powerful villains who could be adequately described as his ‘ evil opposite ’ , though none of them can liken to his latest foe : Nephele . This villain is n’t just another evil monster who can match the Hulk ’s viciousness and strength , the Nephele is a wicked perversion of the veryheartbreaking cause the Hulk was create by Bruce Bannerto start with , making her a true ‘ opposite ’ in a path that actually matter .

InThe Incredible Hulk#10 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Danny Earls , Bruce Banner and his sidekick , Charlie , are in New Orleans , as both are on the run . Bruce is being pursued by the original monsters of the Earth controlled by the Eldest , who search tocapture the Hulk and use him to arouse the Mother of Horrors . Similarly , Charlie is on the run from the law , as she ’s a suspect in the demise of her abusive Church Father . However , both are face with something far more terrific than another unholy beast , or the scourge of imprisonment : Nephele .

Nephele aka Mother of Angels akaFrozen Charlotte is an older beastjust like her siblings under the control of the Eldest , except she has no interest group in awake the Mother of Horrors . Nephele is and always has been on a personal delegacy to kill those who would cause others harm ( even if that just means being impolite ) and ‘ economize ’ those who are kind by turning them into miniature statues . These statues - which Nephele calls her ‘ children ’ - are cursed to live eternally trapped in fully - cognisant stasis with no way of escape . At least , until the Hulk arrive .

MCU’s Bruce Banner with Marvel Comics' Hulk.

The Hulk was in the first place look at strictly as the monster within Bruce Banner in Marvel Comics , but now , that aspect of their human relationship has flipped .

Hulk is Defending ‘Children’ Being Mistreated by their ‘Parent’, Mirroring His Origin

As confirmed in the 50-issue seriesThe Immortal Hulkby Al Ewing and Joe Bennett

Long before the gamma radiation therapy mutate Bruce Banner into the Hulk , Bruce had already make at least two versions of the Hulk in his psyche , Savage Hulk and Devil Hulk - fanciful friends that quite literally total to life after his Vasco da Gamma exposure . However , these were n’t regular ‘ imaginary friends ’ , they were created in Banner ’s mind as a way to disunite from the vilification he suffered at the hands of his founder .

The Devil Hulk was the manifestation of Bruce ’s desire to vote down his father , with his appearance mirrored after the fiend himself from a depiction Bruce saw as a child . Devil Hulk was a replacement father soma of pure evil , as Bruce could n’t severalise fatherly love from abuse . Savage Hulk , on the other paw , was more of a dissociative identity for Bruce than another person ( like Devil Hulk ) . Whenever Bruce ’s father step him , Bruce draw back inside himself and sent out Savage Hulk to really experience the abuse .

Hulk Will Protect Nephele’s Victims the Same Way He Protected Bruce from His Father

Savage Hulk was literally deport to not only fight Bruce ’s toughest battles for him , but to protect a child being mistreated by their parent . In the current continuity of The Incredible Hulk , it seems as though Banner and Savage Hulk are the only two versions of their shared mind left , and even though Hulk is n’t the boastful fan of Banner at the moment , he ’s continuing the intent of his own world by protecting ‘ kid ’ being abuse by their ‘ parent ’ . And he ’s doing so by fightingNephele , someone who would have child just to abuse them - making her Hulk ’s ultimate opponent .

Frozen Charlotte sees herself as a mother to all those she puts through this perpetual torture , with her ‘ Mother of Angels ’ moniker confirm just that . However , the Hulk is essentially the supporter ideal of mistreated children , and he wo n’t stand by and grant this sexual perversion of his very reason for being to continue . While the issue end before their competitiveness could begin , readers already know from this comic alone that theHulkis facing off against a villain that is his perfect , vicious paired ( in a way that actually matters ) .

The unbelievable Hulk # 10by Marvel Comics is usable now .

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MCU’s Hulk with Frozen Charlotte behind him.

Hulk manifesting within the mind of Bruce Banner as his dad abuses him.

Hulk battling Frozen Charlotte.