On Sakaar, Banner became a gladiator for Grandmaster and was soon revered as a beloved champion, choosing to turn his back on Earth and enjoy the life of an admired warrior. There, the stressful environment prevented him from returning to his human form, causing him to remain in Hulk form for two years. Following Ultron's defeat, Banner commandeered a Quinjet and left Earth, flying into space and coming across a wormhole that caused the Quinjet to crash on the alien planet of Sakaar.
Banner was then enlisted by Stark to help create Vision, and was later coaxed by Black Widow into transforming into Hulk and help defeat Ultron. Ultron, programmed to protect Earth at all costs, deemed humanity and the Avengers as peace's greatest threat and focused on annihilating them. In order to make it so that Earth could always be safe without constantly needing the Avengers to protect it, Banner assisted Stark with creating Ultron, an artificial intelligence. In the wake of the HYDRA Uprising, the Avengers regrouped once more to battle the ever-growing threat of HYDRA, successfully capturing Wolfgang von Strucker and retaking the Scepter.
Once the Avengers split up in the wake of the battle, Banner had become good friends with Stark and relocated to Avengers Tower, free to live his life without apprehension. Despite almost causing a disaster when Loki's schemes caused Banner to transform into Hulk aboard the Helicarrier, Banner later joined the Avengers during the Battle of New York, assisting them in defeating Loki and his Chitauri army. Banner was tasked with tracking down the Tesseract, working alongside Tony Stark to achieve this.
recruited him, knowing full well that the incredible strength of Banner's alter-ego would be an additional asset to the Avengers. When a mounting threat called for Banner's specialized scientific expertise, S.H.I.E.L.D. This new threat forced Ross to allow Banner to turn into Hulk and battle Blonsky, before allowing Banner to escape.īanner fled the United States and dedicated his time to aiding the sick and poor. However, Blonsky, who had received a variant of the Super Soldier Serum, was administered Banner's gamma-irradiated blood, transforming him into the Abomination. Banner was apprehended by the Armed Forces shortly after. He recruited the help of Betty Ross and Sterns to cure him of his affliction. However, when General Ross sent a team led by Emil Blonsky to apprehend Banner, Banner was forced to return to New York City. When the attempt failed, he chose to live a discreet life in South America while also communicating with Samuel Sterns to cure himself. As a result, the mild-mannered scientist found that when angered, provoked, or excited, his body and brain would transform into a huge, rage-fueled, primitive-minded creature known as the Hulk.įearful of the damage that Hulk could inflict and wishing to flee from the United States government, Banner attempted to kill himself. During the experiment, Banner was exposed to dangerous levels of gamma radiation (rather than vita radiation). However, Ross elected not to inform Banner what he was creating.
Highly respected for his work in biochemistry, nuclear physics, and gamma radiation, Banner was commissioned by Thaddeus Ross to recreate the Super Soldier Serum that created Captain America. Best of both worlds." ―Bruce Banner ĭoctor Robert Bruce Banner, M.D., Ph.D., is a renowned scientist and a founding member of the Avengers. Eighteen months in a gamma lab, I put the brains and the brawn together.
But then, I start looking at him as the cure. "For years, I've been treating the Hulk like he's some kind of disease. Man With Breathtaking Anger Management Issues Ĭouple of Hot-Headed Fools (with Thor)