Height: 7'
0"
Weight: 1,040 lbs.
The Mindless Hulk posesses all the powers of the Savage Hulk with one notable exception. While the power works the same way the results are very different. The Mindless Hulk is a result of Bruce Banner completely withdrawing himself from the equation of the Hulk. As a result the anger of the Hulk, and therefore the strength, is limitless.
As stated before the Mindless Hulk is the Hulk without the Bruce Banner persona exercising any influence. Bruce Banner had just "enjoyed" the longest run of his brain in the Hulk's body to date, but lost control both due to his own insecurities and the influence of Nightmare. Bruce was tired of fighting the Savage Hulk, who was trying to get out, and as a result withdrew completely.
It's my theory that perhaps the Mindless Hulk is an incarnation of Banner's state of babyhood. When Dr. Strange finds Bruce Banner withdrawn within Hulk's mind he finds him curled up in the fetal position as a baby in a womb might be. The proposed idea of Banner's psychic suicide is dismissed as he resurfaces after a time. The other reason I'm lead to believe the Mindless Hulk represents Banner as a baby is that each time Mindless went out he seemed to learn. Usually a very hard lesson. But Hulk only remained speechless for a short time. Eventually Hulk learned and acted more as he learned more. Eventually Mindless' learning lead to the re-emergence of the Savage Hulk, long recognized as Banner's childhood, as a baby will turn into a child through learning and growth. Banner's hurt goes all the way back to his days as a baby when his father would do his best to keep Bruce alienated from his mother.
Special limitations:
Unlike the
Hulks of old this Hulk never had to worry about transforming back
into Bruce Banner. However, this wasn't without it's price.
Mindless Hulk was just that...mindlesss. He had no reasoning
abilities and was impossible to deal with.
Appearances: Incredible Hulk #299-307, annual 13
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