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A while back, I had asked about characters who are viable or not, and I considered the Hulk.
Obviously, he's viable. His original series only lasted six issues, granted, but Marvel had limitations on publishing books anyhow... it wasn't a surprise to have the Hulk go into a two story book.
For a considerable time, most Hulk stories seemed to follow one of two formulaic stories. Either Bruce Banner was wandering, ran into trouble of some nature, and was turned into the Hulk, reluctantly, and the Hulk handled it. Or the government was out to get the Hulk, something went awry, and the Hulk dealt with it.
What kept these stories interesting, in your opinions? For the pre-Joe Fixit and pre-Incredible Banner Hulk, what aspects continued to make him favorable enough to have his series go on?
In the Defenders, he always worked for me as a counterpoint to Dr. Strange - magic vs muscle, intellectual vs idiot - and was the big gun in the Defenders' arsenal.
In his own book... he was always a hero, but so many times, it was coincidentally or accidentally. He needed other characters to interact with to make him interesting; if the Hulk had been on his own, it wouldn't work (usually, although I recall "Heaven Is A Very Small Place!" - which obviously could only work once.)
Why did you like that Hulk and read his stories? Or didn't you like 'em?
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