10 Things Everyone Always Gets Wrong About The Hulk

For a character whose two main traits are 'he is green' and 'he likes to smash things', the Hulk is a surprisingly complicated figure once you get to know him.

Not only are there roughly a million different Hulks to sort amongst, there's also a bunch of recent comics that have massively changed the character, meaning if you haven't kept up to date you're likely to get lost trying to figure out what is and isn't considered canon for the big green guy.

Even without all the recent events around the Hulk and his return from the dead after Civil War II, there's still a whole lot about him that can be misunderstood or misremembered really easily. For example, the fact that the Hulk - not Bruce, the HULK - has one of the most successful romantic histories in Marvel comics is a fact that many people don't remember, presumably because they've repressed it as deep down as they possibly can.

While knowing that the Hulk is a renowned seducer of babes is not crucial to understanding him as a character, every little helps, and also makes him that little bit more than just a one-dimensional rage machine.

One of the most crucial details when reading anything involving Bruce Banner and his alter ego is knowing that he is not the only Hulk to exist in the Marvel universe.

Firstly, Banner isn't the only person to have been exposed to gamma radiation, meaning that there are several others Hulks of varying shapes, colours and genders roaming the lands.

Secondly, even if folks like General Ross and Amadeus Cho weren't also Hulks, Bruce's own fractured psyche means that there is more than just one Hulk lying about in his head. In fact, the one that is most familiar to us - the 'Savage Hulk', named for his rage - is one of roughly a dozen alter egos that Banner has stored away in his mind.

While the Savage Hulk becomes 'the Hulk' for ease of reference in comics, he is by no means the only one - which is well worth remembering so the assorted cast of colorful bodybuilders don't leave you scratching your head every time you see them.