
Marvel then effectively killed the real Hulk by dissolving his persona and giving his body to Bruce Banner in Avengers: Endgame. Instead of fixing this by giving the two a rematch, Marvel had Hulk refuse to help the Avengers fight Thanos’ army, despite it seeming contrary to his character at this point to show him actively avoiding fighting. The point of Hulk losing the battle was obviously to demonstrate how dangerous Thanos is, but a downside to this is that it detracted from Hulk’s reputation in the comics as “ the strongest one there is”. Unfortunately, this was a short-lived phase that ended the moment Hulk rushed into battle with Thanos (Josh Brolin) at the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War. It was an admittedly slow process, but Marvel had finally turned him into the true Hulk from Marvel Comics.


Here, Hulk’s childish body language when getting angry, remarks about him being stronger than Thor, and way of speaking in general are all ways that Thor: Ragnarok’s Hulk perfectly resembles the comic book hero. Everything changed in Thor: Ragnarok when Marvel leaned further on the classic comics in regards to its approach to the Hulk.
