Hulk's Most Underrated Era Shows Why He'll Never Get a Happy Ending
Warning: contains a preview of Hulk: Grand Design — Madness #1!
A look back at the days of Joe Fixit explains why happiness is an unattainable goal for both Bruce Banner and the Hulk. The odd mobster phase for the Jade Giant shows why harmony will never be on the cards for the conflicting personas.
The tale of Bruce Banner is a tragic one, always struggling against his raging alter ego and having his life upended because of it. However, matters were only made worse when another persona emerged to seize the reigns and take up a job as an enforcer in Las Vegas. «Joe Fixit» as he called himself was a gray-skinned, weaker Hulk that preferred the art of manipulation and trickery to smashing (though he was no stranger to fighting powerful characters.) The emergence of Fixit showed that the discord within Banner was only getting worse and that control was only getting further from his grasp.
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A preview for Hulk: Grand Design - Madness #1 by Jim Rugg — in which the Hulk's earlier adventures are retold as a single unfolding life story - shows the entrance of Mr. Fixit, presenting the stint in Las Vegas as a good thing for the Hulk. Fixit spends his days and nights beating up whoever he needs to, Spider-Man included, and being with the beautiful Marlo Chandler. "For the first time in his life, he's happy," the narration points out. But once Banner comes to, he undoes everything Fixit had set up for himself. Banner causes Marlo to break up with Fixit, and gets him fired from his security job. Banner tries to talk things out with his other side, but a furious Hulk just curses Banner out. Enjoy the preview from Marvel Comics, below:
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