Height: 7'
6"
Weight: 1,150 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Green
Intelligence: Genius
Strength: Superhuman Class 100
Speed: Enhanced human
Stamina: Metahuman
Durability: Demi-godlike
Agility: Normal
Reflexes: Athlete
Fighting skills: Good hand to hand combatant
Special skills: extensive knowledge of physics
Superhuman physical powers: Superhuman strength, stamina, and durability. Hulk also posesses an incredibly fast healing factor.
Superhuman mental powers: Hulk has an ability to see ghosts and astral forms
Did you ever see an illusion so real that you thought you could reach out and touch it?
History: When Doc Samson came across Bruce Banner, Bruce was
in dire straits. A war over 
dominate
control between the gray Hulk and the Savage Hulk was tearing
Bruce apart. Samson decided that emergency therapy was needed to
go within Bruce's mind and try to deal with the root of Banner's
problems. Samson helped Bruce confront his father and the abuse
that he heaped upon Bruce and his mother. Bruce came to the
realization that he had been repressing his emotions to avoid
being like his father. An image of Rebecca Banner convinced the
Hulks to merge within Bruce to present for the first time a
united Bruce Banner. This version of the Hulk would demonstrate
Bruce's intelligence, the Gray Hulk's bravado, and the ability to
tap into the ferocity displayed by the savage Hulk. Doc Samson
tried to warn the Hulk that the therapy was unfinished, but the
bravado of the gray Hulk wouldn't hear of it. As it turns out
Samson was right, and even the psychological cure eventually
failed.
The Merged Hulk
is now known as "the Professor". The Professor is the
representative of Banner's ideal version of himself.. At first
this might seem to fly in the face of what Peter David
accomplished with the merger, but take a look at it logically.
Banner has a mental disorder. Simply confronting that fact and
the root of the disease's origin would not wipe out the mental
disease. Bruce knew he was in trouble and a "psychological
ramification" occured again as it did on the day of the
first gamma bomb test, and many times after. Bruce created a new
personality for himself. A confident man, no longer a clumsy
awkward scientist, but a 1200 pound engine of muscle and
know-how. The Professor is everything that Banner wants to be,
and as such is just as much a means of escape as either the
Savage or Fixit Hulks. It's also alot easier to see why this
"cure" failed from here. The Professor wasn't the end
result as he was billed to be, but just another poor faction that
fell to the core personality's insecurities and psychological
failings.
Hulk desired to make up for his past misdeeds and decided to join up with the Pantheon. Eventually Hulk lead the Pantheon but as is a prevelant theme with the Hulk the boundries of what the Hulk considered right wasn't exactly in league with what was considered legal. Even when he was trying he came in conflict with the law, and his fellow "super-heroes".
Appearances: Incredible Hulk vol 1 377, 379, 381-425, 472-474,
annual 17-20
Incredible Hulk vol 3 (1999) #12, 13, 16-20, 30, 31
Alpha Flight #110, 111
Amazing Spider-Man #381, 382
Avengers #332, 333- behind the scenes
Battletide II #1-4
Cable #34
Cage #9, 10
Captain Marvel vol. 5 #2, 3
Damage Control vol 3 #1, 2, 4
Dr. Strange #35, 50, 70, 71, annual 2
Fantastic Four #367-370, 374
Fantastic Four Unlimited #4
Future Imperfect #1, 2
Ghost Rider #49
Incredible Hulk vs. Venom #1
Infinity Crusade #1-6
Infinity Gauntlet #1, 3-6
Infinity War #2-6
Iron Man #304, 305
Moon Knight #41-
Namor annual #1, 2
New Warriors #27
Night Thrasher vol 2 #15
Prime vs. Hulk #0
Quasar #28, 38, 39
Secret Defenders #11
Sensational She-Hulk #56, 57
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #4
Silver Surfer #54, 59, 83, 84, 95, 96, annual 5
Spider-Man #18, 19, 21-23
Tales to Astonish vol 3 #1
Warlock and the Infinity Watch #8, 12, 13, 19, 20
Warlock Chronicles #2
Wonder Man #13-15, 26, 27
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