Hulk Is a Villain Now, and This Jaw-Dropping Official Marvel Art Proves It
While Marvel's Jade Giant may have helped found the Avengers, Hulk's time as a misunderstood hero is over, and a slate of new cover art from Marvel proves it. In these jaw-dropping pieces, different artists focus on different aspects of Hulk, but all treat the Green Goliath as a genuinely monstrous presence.
Recently, Al Ewing and Joe Bennett's acclaimed Immortal Hulk came to an end, quickly followed by the new status quo of Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley's Hulk. Immortal Hulk saw Bruce Banner's various personas fall under the sway of the Devil Hulk — a formerly villainous aspect of Bruce that sought to «end the world.» Ultimately, it emerged that this actually described a type of radical activism, with Devil Hulk utilizing his powers to tear down a flawed society so something better could flourish. Though the series ended with Banner unifying his other personas, the new era ofHulk has taken a hard right turn, as the scientist breaks bad, imprisoning his Hulk self in a mental prison in order to take control of their body and explore the cosmos.
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What the series have in common is establishing that the rest of the Marvel Universe sees Hulk as a threat, even when he's trying to make the world better or strike out on his own. Each series handles this differently - Immortal Hulk asked big questions about how to balance necessary change with unavoidable collateral, and Hulk is playing with the idea that Bruce's human side is the true monster — but crucially they both accept the premise that Hulk is at least in part a genuine monster; someone people fear because he can be dangerous and cruel, not merely because their prejudice drives them to make assumptions about his
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