10 Hulk Fates Worse Than Death

10. Finally Being Alone... - Hulk: The End

Back in the early aughts, Marvel dropped a few books subtitled "The End" to see what the world might look like at the end of a particular hero's journey. One of the best from that series was Hulk: The End, which detailed the last story that was/would be told about the Hulk.

For the Hulk, he was shown to be the last living human on the planet, as everyone else had died out following a nuclear holocaust. The Hulk survived that ordeal, but he was the only one left in a desolate world. Well, he and Bruce Banner, of course.

In this world, Banner moved back to the Hulk's subconscious and rarely took the place of the Hulk, only doing so when he needed to heal. The Hulk dealt with gigantic cockroaches that would eat his body, leading to his regeneration, but the Hulk is otherwise dominant between the two.

Eventually, Banner suffers a heart attack and dies while the Hulk is in control of his body. Knowing a transformation would result in his death, the Hulk finally succeeds in getting what he always wanted: he was finally alone. This results in the realization that "Hulk...strongest one there is. Hulk...only one there is...Hulk feels...cold."