How can hulk control himself

This new threat forced Ross to allow Banner to turn into Hulk and battle Blonsky, before allowing Hulk to escape. Banner fled the United States and dedicated his time to aiding the sick and poor. When a mounting threat called for Banner's specialized scientific expertise, S.

Banner was tasked with tracking down the Tesseract , working alongside Tony Stark to achieve this. Despite almost causing a disaster when Loki 's schemes caused Banner to transform into Hulk aboard the Helicarrier, Banner later joined the Avengers during the Battle of New York , assisting them in defeating Loki and his Chitauri army.

Once the Avengers split up in the wake of the battle, Banner had become good friends with Stark and relocated to Avengers Tower , free to live his life without apprehension. In order to make it so that Earth could always be safe without constantly needing the Avengers to protect it, Banner assisted Stark with creating Ultron , an artificial intelligence.

Ultron, programmed to protect Earth at all costs, deemed humanity and the Avengers as peace's greatest threat and focused on annihilating them. Banner was then enlisted by Stark to help create Vision , and was later coaxed by Black Widow into transforming into Hulk and help defeat Ultron.

Following Ultron's defeat, Hulk commandeered a Quinjet and left Earth, flying into space and coming across a wormhole that caused the Quinjet to crash on the alien planet of Sakaar. There, the stressful environment prevented him from regressing back into Banner, causing him to remain in Hulk form for two years. On Sakaar, Hulk became a gladiator for Grandmaster and was soon revered as a beloved champion, choosing to turn his back on Earth and enjoy the life of an admired warrior.

However, when Thor arrived on the planet, Hulk fought against his old friend in the arena. In the wake of their fight, Thor informed Hulk that Asgard was under threat due to Hela 's return. Eventually, Banner reemerges, agreeing to help Thor in his plight. He transforms back into Hulk and aids the Asgardians in their fight, defeating Fenris and allowing the Asgardians to board the Statesman vessel.

On their way back to Earth, the Statesman was attacked by the Black Order , who killed half of the Asgardians. Hulk challenged their leader, Thanos , who quickly defeated him. Finding himself no longer able to transform into Hulk, Banner operated a Hulkbuster armor to aid the Avengers in the Battle of Wakanda.

Although Banner and his allies managed to kill off Thanos' forces, Thanos personally arrived in Wakanda to retrieve the Mind Stone. He effortlessly subdued Banner and the other heroes and completed the Infinity Gauntlet , wiping out half of the universe's population.

Banner was one of the survivors. At some point after the Snap, Banner permanently merged his consciousness and Hulk into one being, which combined Hulk's raw strength and physique with Banner's mind and intelligence, becoming an adored celebrity.

In , he rejoined the Avengers to help them use Pym Particles and the Quantum Realm to travel through time. Banner elected to use the Stones to resurrect all the lives claimed by the Snap, injuring himself in the process. Shortly after, he reverted to his human form, his right arm still in a sling; however, all the scarring had healed. At Harvard University , the couple participated in an experiment involving hallucinogens.

They soon graduated and moved on to Willowdale , Virginia , while working together at Culver University as instructors, where Banner specialized in nuclear physics , biochemistry , and was a member of the Bioscience Department. Ds, [12] in nuclear physics, biochemistry, radiophysics , engineering , robotics , computer science and mathematics. Following the September 11 attacks , Thaddeus Ross was commissioned by the United States Armed Forces to rekindle Project Rebirth from the s in order to create super soldiers akin to Captain America.

Ross enlisted Banner into the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project due to Banner's prowess in biochemistry and radiation, but elected not to inform Banner that his task was to recreate Abraham Erskine 's Super Soldier Serum and chose not to divulge the serum's true properties to Banner. Believing he was recreating a serum designed to prevent radiation poisoning, [2] such as to protect soldiers from depleted uranium , [17] Banner chose to substitute the original formula's vita radiation with gamma radiation.

Banner testing gamma radiation on himself. In , a Super Soldier Serum was recreated by Banner and Betty Ross with military scientists consisting of gamma radiation as an activator and stabilizer as opposed to vita radiation , while the project was being threatened with funding cuts at an early phase.

Believing that his serum was designed for radiation resistance, Banner decided to test it on himself and was administered a myostatin primer designed by Betty that allowed his cells to absorb radiation temporarily. Banner on the Gamma Ray Projector. Before entering the radiation room of a Culver University facility, Banner took a picture with Betty for posterity.

Betty tried to convince Banner that there was still time to back out, as no one would think less of him, worried that the project might not be ready for human testing. Banner responded that the pressure from General Thaddeus Ross served as a reminder that the budget was not infinite and stressed the importance of the project for science.

The two kissed, as she saw it as an act of bravery, and declared their love for each other. Banner was doused with an immense amount of gamma radiation, however, the serum's effects, along with Dr. Ross' primer, caused Banner to transform into a giant, green-skinned, muscle-bound titan with incredible strength, but who posed little intelligence and was driven by fits of extreme rage. In that instant, gamma pulses stored in Banner's amygdala to be released during high stress moments, serving as a trigger for the transformation.

As an enraged, nearly mindless creature, Banner destroyed the lab, accidentally injuring Betty and several graduate students, crushing General Ross' arm and killing two scientists and an army officer who was shooting at him.

Banner is confronted by Thaddeus Ross. In the wake of the accident, the military closed the entire lab building for a year, kept the incident a secret and shut down the entire project. Having managed to revert back to his human form, Banner tried to visit Dr. Ross while she was in the hospital, but her father made him leave. Ross admitted to Banner that the project was developed for military offense and informed him that if he did not allow his monstrous form to be used as a weapon in combat, then his troops would come after him.

Three days after the accident, Ross met Banner in the destroyed lab, offering him to take him to another workplace in Maryland to perfect the serum, noting that he has tried for 20 years to create a super soldier. Banner refused and blamed himself for all the people he hurt, including Dr. Ross, and General Ross for not informing him about the project.

Banner ran off, hiding inside the janitor's room and using the clothes available for disguise, while prompting Ross to order his own troops to chase after him, only to find that Banner was gone. Between the incident and his early run, Banner remained in contact with a friend, Culver University student Rick Jones. Banner traveled through the Midwestern U. In a friendly conversation, Fury claimed to not believe it possible for soccer to become popular in the United States of America , due to it being too calm of a sport, and Banner said that that was why he liked it.

Fury tried to buy Banner a drink, but Banner turned down the offer. After talking about shallow topics in their lives, Banner begins to suspect something is amiss after a vague response about his missing eye lost in a supposed war.

Unsettled, Banner tried to leave. On his way to the door, he bumped into agent Johnson who started to flirt with him, which was planned by Fury. Agent Peterson , playing the jealous boyfriend, began to threaten Banner and grabbed him by his shirt. Fury then intervened, trying to calm the situation, but got punched in the face by Peterson. He knocked out his aggressor, shoving him away, and started to wreck the bar. Then, he picked up a jukebox, willing to throw at the rest of the fleeing patrons, until being talked down by Fury, who stated he doesn't believe the man he just spoke to wanted to hurt those people.

The enraged monster roared in Fury's face, shattering every glass inside the place, and ultimately left by smashing through the bar's door and wall with a jukebox. One month after the original incident , Banner attempted to escape to Quebec , Canada sneaking onboard an empty freight truck at a stop. The truck was searched by border patrol, much to the driver's annoyance.

Once the driver opened the freight, the agents found Banner, who tried to explain himself. As he was escorted out of the truck, one of the Border Patrol agents learned Banner was a wanted fugitive by the military. He was immediately arrested, with the agents preparing to hand him over to the feds in Virginia. Banner pleaded the agents to release him as he was being cuffed, causing them to believe he was threatening them.

Banner realized it was too late as the stress from his arrest triggered his transformation into his monstrous form. He easily broke off the handcuffs before causing a series of mindless destruction in the station in response to the anger fueling him. As the driver and Border Patrol agents fled, the enraged monster grabbed the freight truck and threw it away, causing it to crash into a nearby busy road.

Many cars were crushed together, forming into a pile. The ongoing impact of the cars crashing additionally damaged the pillar of a nearby border highway, causing a portion of it to crumble.

Amidst the chaos, the creature managed to flee from the border station, leaving behind a wristwatch that was a gift from Betty Ross. With the civilians focused on protecting themselves from him, no clear video footage of the creature was captured. The scientist was later spotted via satellite recon photo in Canada, where he would be attributed for the death of two hunters. In , a hopeless and depressed Banner tried to contact Betty Ross one last time, but the email was intercepted by the military and she never received it.

Seeing no end to his run from Thaddeus Ross, Banner hitchhiked with a truck driver to remote lands and went up alone to the top of a mountain in Alaska in the middle of a blizzard to take his own life. Banner made his way to South America , where he would look for Amazonian vascular plants that could inhibit radiation and therefore find the key to cure his condition.

On his journey, Banner roamed the world trying to outwit authorities, leaving behing hiding places with research material for a possible cure whenever a hasty escape was needed. Arriving in Asia , he was sighted by the military in Japan , near Osaka and in Sapporo. Apparently passing through Israel and Samara , Russia , probably with events that triggered his transformations, [2] he ended up in a Tibetan monastery.

While in Tibet a rug dealer got Internet access he learned about a cellular biologist using the pseudonym " Mr.

Blue " who could aid him. In the heart of South America, wandering in the rainforest, Banner helped a lost boy Miguel to find his home. He spotted fresh tracks and used them to guide Miguel to reach a compound.

Once arriving at a mansion, they were captured by Espinoza and his cartel, who accused Banner of being an American spy. Espinoza interrogated and beat Banner, threatening to kill him, despite Banner's pleas not to anger him.

As the criminal continued to brutally beat him, Banner transformed and picked up the members who were holding him down, throwing them away. He then picked up a vehicle nearby and threw it, where it nearly killed Emil Blonsky , Greg Pak , and Bill Mantlo , who were on their way to capture Espinoza.

The rest of the cartel heard explosions and ran to help, and Miguel watched as people were knocked away and thrown great distances. With everybody in the cartel rendered unconscious except a traumatized Miguel, the creature walked away from the destroyed cartel hideout , eventually ending up in Brazil.

Five years after the original incident , Banner eventually settled in the Brazilian slums of the Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro , working as a handyman in a soft drink bottling factory that produced Pingo Doce while still attempting to find a cure for his condition, with the aid of his Internet friend Mr.

To keep himself sane while living in his exile, Banner had adopted a dog named Ricky and taught himself Portuguese by reading a bilingual dictionary and watching television, including translated broadcasts of US TV shows. He also studied martial arts and meditative breathing techniques with a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu expert to help control his emotions and heart rate, and because of this, had not suffered a transformation for days.

During some of his training, Banner would learn new breathing exercises and would allow his sensei to slap him across the face to ensure he maintained control even in harsh environments, although he would stop the lesson if his heart rate went up too far.

Although avoiding the daily stress, he was constantly victimized by xenophobia of his coworkers , being supported by the friendship of his colleague and neighbor Martina.

While working at the factory one day, the Plant Manager called Banner upstairs in order to fix some broken machinery, offering to place Banner on payroll, which he refused, fearing his name and face being put on the system would then allow Thaddeus Ross to find and capture him.

While finishing all his repairs on the machinery, Banner accidentally sliced open his finger, causing a large drop of his gamma -infected blood to floor down onto the bottles below. Horrified, Banner then demanded that the manager stop the machines while he searched for the blood and cleaned it up. However, Banner was unaware that more of his blood had dripped into a soda bottle , where it was drunk by an ill-fated consumer back in Milwaukee , Wisconsin.

Banner offers the Tough Guy Leader a warning. Once he was done for the day, Banner prepared to go home, only to witness Martina being harassed by a tough guy leader and all his friends. Although Banner initially tried to walk away, he eventually intervened and asked Martina to join him for dinner. When the man tried to push him away, Banner tried to warn him but got his language wrong and claimed he would not like him when he was hungry, not angry, before then leaving.

Returning to his house, Banner put up a picture of Betty Ross before he contacted Mr. Blue to inform him of the discovery, as Mr. Blue commented on what a beautiful flower it was and then advised Banner to use a high dose of it. With Mr. Blue advising him to try a high dose of the component extracted from the plant and wishing him good luck, Banner was able to produce a serum using homemade laboratory equipment and every bit of the flower to ensure he had enough to likely cure himself.

Banner tried the serum on a drop of his own blood to undo all the effects of the gamma radiation , and while it seemed to be successful at first as all the green gamma-infected blood was reduced, after just a few seconds it triggered a reaction that made all of the cells explode, marking this latest experiment as a failure. Banner finally gets a message from Mr. Informing Mr. Blue of the failure, noting that he had used all of the flowers and therefore, he could not try it again.

The scientist insisted on meeting Banner in person in the United States of America , as he noted that living with gamma poisoning could be more dangerous than the eventual risks of their meeting. Banner still refused, fearing that Thaddeus Ross could find him, however, Mr. Blue then convinced him to send a blood sample for more testing. A few days later, Banner finally received some more news from Mr.

Blue, that the preliminary blood tests showed some significant gamma reduction, but that in order to develop an appropriate antidote for Banner, he would need more data and requested the details behind the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project. Banner realized he would have to return to Culver University to retrieve the data and told Mr. Blue that it would be impossible to get it. While Banner attempted to sleep that night, he became alerted upon hearing one of the nearby dogs yelping out in pain.

As it turned out, Thaddeus Ross had tracked Banner's location due to his infected blood falling into a Pingo Doce bottle, and sent his team led by Emil Blonsky to capture him. They attempted to break into his home and take Banner back into custody by force. Banner attempts to hide away with Martina.

Realizing the danger that had arrived, Banner quietly escaped through his window as Blonsky and his unit located Banner's house and burst in to shoot him with tranquilizers, although Banner had already fled through the window and momentarily hid with Martina in her apartment.

As Blonsky and the other soldiers looked for Banner, they assumed he had run into the streets of Rocinha , allowing Banner a moment of relief. However, despite Banner attempting to hide his face with his hood, before long Blonsky had caught sight of him and chased him down. As Banner desperately ran for his life, Blonsky and the other soldiers pursued Banner through the streets and rooftops of Rocinha, with Banner using his knowledge of pre-planned escape routes to ensure he could keep an advantage.

Hiding around a corner, Banner tried to slow his heart rate to prevent his transformation before continuing to run. Banner encounters General Thaddeus Ross. Continuing to flee from the United States Armed Forces unit, Banner came across General Ross himself, realizing that he was the man behind the chase. Once the two enemies had locked eyes for a brief moment, Banner continued to desperately run for his life, only to accidentally crash into the tough guy leader who attempted to start a fight with him.

Banner used his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to defend himself against the men away before running from both them and the soldiers. Banner is ambushed by the tough guy leader.

As Banner ran away for safety, the tough guy leader and his friends followed Banner inside the Pingo Doce factory in order to assault him, with Blonsky and his men not far behind. Attempting to hide from all those chasing him, Banner had attempted to control his heart-rate to ensure that he did not transform again, only for the tough guy and his friends to locate Banner and throw him against the wall.

Banner attempted to defend himself but the man wanted revenge for Banner saving Martina from him and ignored Banner's warnings that something really bad was about to happen, with the leader punching Banner in the stomach and raising his heart rate.

Blonksy located Banner in the factory and approached to witness the appearance of Banner's transformation, triggered by the men beating him. Unaware that Banner had transformed, the tough guy leader attempted to kick him, only to be thrown through two windows, with the monstrous green giant managing to subdue another thug while the third escaped. Thaddeus Ross ' soldiers attempting to locate Banner.

With all the thugs taken out of the picture, the SOCC soldiers began firing their tranquilizer darts, which merely bounced off the green goliath's skin. As the soldiers continued firing, the monster told them to leave him alone before furiously fighting back against the soldiers, using his own incredible strength to his advantage. Following their ferocious battle in the soft drink bottling plant, the monster incapacitated almost all the soldiers.

Hulk furiously growls towards Emil Blonsky. With only Emil Blonsky remaining, who had watched in astonishment, Blonsky loaded his weapon and fired bullets at the green titan, which continued to have no effect on him.

Enraged, the Goliath picked up a forklift truck and launched it at Blonsky, who had barely avoided the attack. He then proceeded the smash through the factory wall, escaping from Brazil and fled into the jungle, much to General Ross' considerable ire the failure.

Having escaped from the Pingo Doce factory and reverting back to normal, Banner awoke in the jungle the morning after the incident, soaking and freezing cold. Spotting an oncoming car, Banner asked for help, only to learn he was no longer in Brazil but had made it all the way to Guatemala. The driver agreed to take Banner to a nearby town, which he thanked him for as the driver wrapped the freezing cold Banner up in a blanket. Taking the advice of Mr.

Blue to gather more information on the incident that started his transformations, in order to research a more effective cure, Banner slowly made his way back to the United States, while passing through Chiapas , Mexico , where he became a beggar and received alms to help pay for his journey. Banner managed to buy himself stretchy clothes but suffered nightmares about Emil Blonsky shooting at him. Banner returns back to the Culver University. Within seventeen days, Banner made enough money and managed to return to the United States of America , heading to Culver University where he knew his research was being kept.

While he was still keeping a low profile and hiding behind a Culver University Press newspaper, Banner saw that Betty Ross had continued working at the university and was dating another man, a psychiatrist named Leonard Samson , and Banner quietly left there without being seen. Banner meets with his friend Stanley Lieber. Banner paid a visit to his old friend Stanley Lieber , who agreed to give him a place to stay at his pizza parlor.

As they sat down for a catch-up, Banner insisted that everything Thaddeus Ross and the government had said regarding his fugitive status was untrue, with Lieber responding that he had never believed the news regarding Banner. They then briefly discussed Ross and her relationship with Samson before Lieber agreed to grant Banner some pizza in order to infiltrate the university as a pizza delivery man. Banner bribes his way into Culver University.

Using Lieber's pizzas, Banner returned to the university and attempted to sneak past a security guard to recover his research, claiming that there was somebody upstairs who had ordered a pizza. When the security guard refused to let him pass without clearance, Banner claimed he risked being fired if he did not collect payment and offered the guard a box of pizza he had not been able to collect on, with the guard accepting the pizza and allowing Banner access into the university.

Having made it upstairs, Banner looked inside a room and recalled it once being the same space where they had worked on the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project before everything had gone terribly wrong. Entering the room, Banner bribed Roger Harrington with the pizza and logged on to the computer using Dr. Ross' password. Discovering that all the data regarding the project had been deleted, Banner contact Mr.

Blue and notified him that the data no longer existed. Banner is unexpectedly seen by Betty Ross. In the wake of his failure to reclaim his research, Banner prepared to go on the run again, however, he was unaware that Betty Ross had just arrived to visit Stanley Lieber 's pizzeria for a meal. As Banner headed downstairs, he came into the dining room where Ross caught a glimpse of him.

Banner attempts to hide from Betty Ross. This forced Banner to quickly run outside and hide behind the dumpster, desperate to not be seen by Ross, as he still believed that bringing her into his situation would put her in grave danger.

Convinced about what she had seen, Ross came out searching for him. Banner remained hidden as Leonard Samson followed to learn what Ross was looking for. Eventually, they both went back inside to question Lieber, allowing Banner to slip away into the night. Banner is finally reunited back with Betty Ross. As it began to rain, Banner made his way out of the city, attempting to flee.

However, just as Banner attempted to hitch a ride in the pouring rain, he heard a car pull up behind him and discovered that Dr. Ross had successfully tracked him down. The two former lovers then ran into each other's arms and embraced, with Ross then desperately telling Banner not to leave.

Banner eventually relented and got in Ross' car as she drove him back to her home to rest so they could discuss everything that had happened since he had gone on the run. Back at Ross' home , she had revealed to Banner that she had extracted the data on the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project before the lab had been raided, which she secretly retained.

Ross questioned why they could not go to Thaddeus Ross and explain everything, but Banner told her that the general had made all his intentions clear. Ross gave Banner a bed and agreed to take him to a bus station the following morning. Intending to leave town, Banner and Ross returned to Culver University the following morning. However, as Banner and Ross were having a moment of looking at each other, Banner noticed the United States Armed Forces soldiers surrounding the campus. As the worried Leonard Samson had chosen to inform the military of Banner's whereabouts, Banner ordered Dr.

Ross get as far away from him as she could before he ran away as quickly as possible, with the Strategic Operations Command Center soldiers mounting a full-scale assault on the campus. As the soldiers chased Banner through the university, he managed to hide for a brief moment in the library and, fearing the memory stick containing all the information of the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project would be destroyed or lost, chose to ingest it.

Having swallowed the flash drive, Banner continued to run, only to find himself trapped in an overpass. Banner is trapped by Thaddeus Ross ' soldiers. With no escape in sight as soldiers blocked both doorways, Banner watched as Thaddeus Ross ordered his troops to fire tear gas into the overpass. As the gas filled the walkway, Banner removed his shirt and tried to cover his mouth, but became distracted when he witnessed one of the SOCC soldiers knocking Dr.

Ross to the ground as she tried to run to his aid. The emotional response to seeing Dr. Ross being tackled coupled with the effects of the gas triggered Banner to transform. His monstrous persona then destroyed the overpass, leaping out into the lawn and roaring at the soldiers. As the green beast stepped towards them all, he was attacked by the SOCC soldiers under the direct orders of General Ross, who was still determined to capture him.

After transforming, he attempted to reach Dr. While this is mainly due to a rights issue, later MCU titles including Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War began to explore Bruce Banner and his alter ego in a more earnest fashion.

Yet, for most of his tenure in the MCU, Hulk has made himself infamous as the raging green giant with a history of rampages and lack of control. Only in Avengers: Endgame , when Professor Hulk is chosen to bring back everyone Thanos snapped away, is the character illuminated in another light.

The journey to this pivotal decision, however, is a long and turbulent one that features many iconic moments. Back in another lifetime, when the gamma-infused superhero was played by another actor, is where the MCU's The Incredible Hulk resides. The film features a darker take on the character, hinting at a traumatic past that's only glossed over by subsequent MCU outings. Here, Edward Norton 's Bruce Banner lives in constant turmoil as he struggles to keep his alter ego at bay.

When Banner transforms, the soldiers quickly prove to be no match for the future Avenger. Hulk's lack of control isn't always played for seriousness though—the whimsical nature of MCU films often chooses to subvert the Avenger's characteristics by using his anger and rage for comedic relief that allows him to fit right in with his cohort's abundant sometimes overly so witticisms and wry remarks. Having amassed an army of robots, the deranged A.

But, after teaming up with Thor for some stylish takedowns, Hulk chooses to knock out the God of Thunder to hog the spotlight for himself. Banner, fully in control, explains his secret method of dealing with the Hulk - he's always angry. Film Crit Hulk talked about this in his excellent New Yorker piece today, where he said:. This is the key. Banner is no longer trying to repress his rage. He accepts it and uses it, channels it. That means when he needs it - like when the Chitauri are demolishing New York City - it's there for him to direct in the right way.

Anger doesn't have to be formless and without target. It can be used wisely, even constructively. Star Wars Marvel. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Professor Hulk Over the decades, there have been many Hulks — both in the literal sense, and the metaphorical. How do Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame end in the comics? One Marvel comic tried. Show More. Loading comments