The Hulk's greatest enemy has always been Bruce Banner, and vice versa. It's a tragic twist on the superhero alter ego that Marvel has embraced in the last several years, after trying to get away from it. Hulk is always a complicated character, but he's at his most dynamic when the Jade Giant is at odds with his human side.

The Hulk originated as Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's superheroic riff on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Banner and Hulk are separate beings fighting for supremacy in the same body.

Hulk clenches his fists while looking at the reader in Marvel Comics

Yet a "Unified Hulk Theory" was a fixation of Marvel fans and creators alike for decades. Only in modern Hulk lore has Marvel fully embraced the dramatic potential of the divide.

The Hulk And Bruce Banner Will Always Be

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