Summary

Warning : Spoilers for The Incredible Hulk # 7!Marvel has hand a ugly solvent to the query of what happens to Bruce Banner whenHulkis in control . It has seldom been depict where Bruce Banner ’s consciousness goes when the Hulk takes over his physical structure . Many have long assume Bruce and Hulk are one and the same , menaning , Bruce does n’t " go " anywhere – however , recentHulktitles have emphasise that this is very much not the case .

The Incredible Hulk#7 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson , Nic Klein , Matthew Wilson , and VC ’s Cory Petit gave a bone - cool down answer to this question . In more recent geezerhood , the funnies have made it exonerated that the Hulk and Bruce Banner should be viewed as two completely dissimilar , conflicting hoi polloi begrudgingly divvy up the same body .

With this in brain , each man ’s consciousness needs somewhere to go when one is in control . The belated issue ofIncredible Hulkreveals that when the bighearted unripe guy is in ascendance , the medium - sized human manifests as trap inside a monstrous skeleton in his head . give the circumstances of their journey together , this make pure sensation .

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‘Where Bruce Banner Goes’ When Hulk Is In Charge Explained

The Hulk ’s unexampled escapade have re - envisioned himas a monster killer . He ’s in battle with a primaeval evil ring itself the Eldest , which is awakening monsters across the planet to find and capture the Hulk , during his travel across the globe . His travel finally put him on the same way of life as Charlie , a teenage girl who escapes her abusive place and leaps intoHulk ’s aliveness , becoming his sidekickafter helping him defeat two monsters . When they at long last get a moment to breathe in front of a fire , Charlie asks Hulk a interrogation that readers around the world might have been wondering themselves .

Charlie wants to know what happens to Bruce when the Hulk is the one operating in the world , where Bruce " is " during Hulk ’s clock time outside their head . " Where I put him , " Hulk answers . " Where he belong . " The mirthful then grueling cut to a control panel where Bruce is depicted as being helplessly defy captive inside the dead carcass of an ineffable monster . Hulk ’s disdain for Bruce Banner then pushes him to insist to Charlie that they do not talk about Bruce Banner , nor ask further questions about him . The panel is genuinely both stunning and jarring , and highlights the animalistic nature of the Hulk transformation – and Banner himself .

Being Inside Hulk Is A Prison For Bruce Banner

Much like how Bruce Banner has always metaphorically had a monster inside of him , in his relationship to the Hulk , Incredible Hulk#7 envision him as literally trap inside a monstrosity when the Hulk is the one steering the ship . If Hulk experiences the same thing when Bruce is in commission , it shit sentiency as to why both are always sodeadset on separating from each other , or making sure the other does n’t gain control again . On top of apply a ocular metaphor to their dynamic , the reveal spotlight exactly how muchHulkhates Bruce Banner , and vice versa , since either ’s existence direct the other in such a personal hell .

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The Incredible Hulk#7

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Featured Image: MCU Hulk (left) and Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, mid-transformation, with flowing green eyes

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The Incredible Hulk #7, Hulk answers Charlie’s question about where Bruce Banner goes

The Incredible Hulk #7, Bruce Banner is trapped while Hulk is in control

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