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** To give you an idea as to ''just'' how badly Brian Banner screwed up his son; one of the Hulk's less-known powers is that he's able to see ghosts, spirits and other astral entities. It's been theorized InUniverse that Hulk developed this "ghost sight" power to be able to see if Brian's ghost was haunting him. Banner is '''that scared''' of his father.

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** To give you an idea as to ''just'' how badly Brian Banner screwed up his son; one of the Hulk's less-known powers is that he's able to see ghosts, spirits and other astral entities.entities such as Dr Strange's astral form. It's been theorized InUniverse that Hulk developed this "ghost sight" power to be able to see if Brian's ghost was haunting him. Banner is '''that scared''' of his father.


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* Mindless Hulk's rampage. Nightmare torments Hulk/Bruce in dreams to [[RevengeByProxy get revenge on Dr. Strange]] as the Sorcerer Supreme is too powerful to hurt directly. This goes to the extent that Bruce and Hulk are both driven nearly mad and Hulk rampages through the country till he reaches New York, in the hope that Strange can help him. But given the kind of horrors Hulk Rampages cause, SHIELD teams are pursuing him...
**Worse, Strange is unable to save Bruce/Hulk. The sorcerer is able to unmask Nightmare's plans, but he couldn't have predicted how close to the edge Bruce was. With the effect that Bruce, tormented by the impossibility of escaping from the Hulk, commits psychic suicide, leaving the Hulk a mindless rage monster. Strange is horrified by what happened, and is taken off guard for a moment - enough time for Hulk to attack and knock him out, leaving the monster free to rampage.
**Mindless Hulk goes on a rampage through the city, resulting in all the heroes teaming up to try and stop him - and nothing works. Several almost die at his hand. The disaster is stopped only when Strange recovers and arrives to banish Hulk into the Crossroads dimension.
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* The Maestro. As mentioned above, Hulk can be as terrifying as you'd expect from one of the most powerful beings on Earth who just so happens to suffer from mental instability and "breath-taking anger management issues". Now, take the Hulk, remove all his positive qualities, and turn all his negative qualities UpToEleven, and what do you have? The Maestro. Also from above, the sheer scale of the atrocities the Maestro is responsible for, and the depth of his depravity. It's truly terrifying to think that one of the most [[TheWoobie tragic and pitiable]] protagonists in fiction could become so utterly ''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds broken]]'' that he comes out the other side as such an absolute monster.

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* The Maestro. As mentioned above, Hulk can be as terrifying as you'd expect from one of the most powerful beings on Earth who just so happens to suffer from mental instability and "breath-taking anger management issues". Now, take the Hulk, remove all his positive qualities, and turn all his negative qualities UpToEleven, up to eleven, and what do you have? The Maestro. Also from above, the sheer scale of the atrocities the Maestro is responsible for, and the depth of his depravity. It's truly terrifying to think that one of the most [[TheWoobie tragic and pitiable]] protagonists in fiction could become so utterly ''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds broken]]'' that he comes out the other side as such an absolute monster.
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* Issue #151 ''"When Monsters Meet!"'' can be summed up as "The Hulk vs. Film/TheBlob". It revolves around a US Senator, Morton Clegstead, who has been supporting General Ross' Hulkbuster program only because he's dying of cancer, and a doctor in his employ has a theory that the Hulk's HealingFactor could be exploited as a cure. But when Clegstead injects himself with a sample of the Hulk's blood, it supercharges and mutates his cancer, turning him into a BlobMonster made of living tumorous flesh, a mindless ''thing'' that exists only to eat all other flesh it can find and which grows bigger and bigger as it consumes. Except there's just enough of Clegstead's mind left aware in the "Crawling Thing" to recognize individuals -- and to blame the Hulk for its current state. The result is one of the most desperate fights of Hulk's career to that point, with the narration noting that the Hulk is actually feeling the closest his brutish mind can get to panic, and even Hulk [[LampshadeHanging commenting]] that the Crawling Thing is the first foe to ''ever'' make the Hulk run. With a corrosive touch able to consume even the Hulk's NighInvulnerable flesh, only a DeusExMachina of the Crawling Thing being struck by lightning thanks to a sheer luck and a flagpole used as a makeshift spear saves our hero from being consumed.

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* Issue #151 ''"When Monsters Meet!"'' can be summed up as "The Hulk vs. Film/TheBlob".Film/{{The Blob|1988}}". It revolves around a US Senator, Morton Clegstead, who has been supporting General Ross' Hulkbuster program only because he's dying of cancer, and a doctor in his employ has a theory that the Hulk's HealingFactor could be exploited as a cure. But when Clegstead injects himself with a sample of the Hulk's blood, it supercharges and mutates his cancer, turning him into a BlobMonster made of living tumorous flesh, a mindless ''thing'' that exists only to eat all other flesh it can find and which grows bigger and bigger as it consumes. Except there's just enough of Clegstead's mind left aware in the "Crawling Thing" to recognize individuals -- and to blame the Hulk for its current state. The result is one of the most desperate fights of Hulk's career to that point, with the narration noting that the Hulk is actually feeling the closest his brutish mind can get to panic, and even Hulk [[LampshadeHanging commenting]] that the Crawling Thing is the first foe to ''ever'' make the Hulk run. With a corrosive touch able to consume even the Hulk's NighInvulnerable flesh, only a DeusExMachina of the Crawling Thing being struck by lightning thanks to a sheer luck and a flagpole used as a makeshift spear saves our hero from being consumed.
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* Blonsky's transformation in all its slow, gruesome glory.
** His appearance as the Abomination isn't much better.
** The exchange he shares with a fellow soldier shortly before the climax. What really sells it is the look he gives as he says it.
* Bruce hulking out in the factory, in a nightmarish sequence that rather fittingly feels as if it were ripped straight out of a monster movie.
** Stand-out moment is Blonsky seeing the Hulk's face half obscured by shadow. The Hulk is often called a monster by other characters and shots like this help prove why they'd find him so frightening.
* The film's page image comes from the fight between Hulk and (enhanced human) Blonsky at Culver University. At one point, Blonsky keeps firing grenades at Hulk until the latter rips off pieces of metal to use as a shield. Blonsky fires another grenade, and Hulk blocks it...and gives Blonsky a ''nightmarish snarl'', letting him [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou (and us)]] know that he is well and truly '''pissed'''.
* The Abomination's rampage in Harlem is very scary as well, and his challenge issued on Hulk before smashing an escaping Humvee with a cab.
-->'''GIVE ME A REAL FIGHT!'''
* Stern's grin as exposure to the Hulk's blood begins to [[SequelHook transform him]] into [[spoiler: The Leader]]. It's not shown to completion, but there's enough for the audience to say, "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck This cannot be good]]."

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* On those occasions when the Hulk gets seriously angry and destructive and unable to differentiate between friend and foe, it can get a little unsettling. And on the flip side, stories where someone is actually able to beat the crap out of the Hulk himself is a frightening visual when you consider his power level. Then you have the cases where someone's trying to take down an especially powerful Hulk, as in ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' and ''Immortal Hulk'', and part of the horror is [[GodzillaThreshold how far they're willing to go in order to do so]].
* Bruce Banner himself. Just a mild-mannered scientist, right? Well... the Hulk had to come from somewhere, you know. And the more time goes on, the more splintered Bruce's mindset gets.
* During the "Crossroads of Eternity" story, one of our first explorations of Bruce's life and childhood, it's suggested that the Hulk was always in the back of Bruce's mind, long before the Gamma Bomb, just waiting. All that the bomb did was give it a form, and the chance to ''smash''.
* One of Mister Hyde's creepiest appearances was in ''The Incredible Hulk'' #368, where he cornered Bruce Banner on a train, stabbed him, slammed him into a wall, and taunted him over their Jekyll and Hyde duality, explaining that he decided to kill the Hulk to prove he's superior, as there's no room for two Edward Hydes. Hyde eventually declares he's won, as while the Hulk cares for others, Hyde has no such weakness, and laughs as he falls off the train and down a cliff. The whole thing is made worse by the comic's use of shadows, giving the train scenes an eerie, nightmarish feel. Even Bruce admits that Hyde knew how to push his buttons.
* Issue #377. Doc Samson hypnotizes Bruce to try and reconcile the Hulk and Joe Fixit, as their war for control is turning Bruce into a wreck. While inside Bruce's head they find that he is haunted by a horrifying monster (the "Guilt Hulk") that effortlessly defeats both the Hulk and Joe. We see the monster beating young Bruce on Christmas morning and murdering Bruce's mother, and it's made clear that the monster is Brian Banner.
* Speaking of which: Brian Banner. Brian freaking Banner. None of Marvel's other characters have a father this awful, not even most of their ''villains''. Raised in an abusive household himself, Brian met Bruce's mother, and fell in love. So far so good. Then, Rebecca tells Brian one day she's pregnant. Brian doesn't take this very well, not least when the baby has to be c-sectioned out of Rebecca, nearly killing her in the process. Brian starts to get paranoid about how this baby is "stealing" Rebecca's love for him, and even more alarmed by just how smart little Bruce seems to be. ''Too smart'', thinks Brian. He gets sloppy at work, and gets fired after causing a disaster. He starts drinking. He starts
''really'' wouldn't like him when he's angry...]]
* Blonsky's transformation in all its slow, gruesome glory.
** His appearance as the Abomination isn't much better.
** The exchange he shares with a fellow soldier shortly before the climax. What really sells it
drinking, and every time Brian gets drunk, who is the look he gives as he says it.
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target of his anger? Yup, little Bruce. And one night, Rebecca finally tries standing up to Brian. He hits her, too. Which is somehow ''also'' Bruce's fault, in Brian's pickled brain. Eventually, Rebecca has enough and tries to leave, taking Bruce hulking out with her. Brian catches them... and smashes Rebecca's head in, right in front of Bruce's eyes. Bruce is just ''six'' at this point. And then Brian tells Bruce not to tell anyone about this, or he'll go to Hell. Just to make him all the factory, in more despicable, Brian gets sent to the loony bin, having been caught because he went to a nightmarish sequence that rather fittingly feels bar and ''bragged'' about murdering his wife!
** To give you an idea
as if it were ripped straight out to ''just'' how badly Brian Banner screwed up his son; one of a monster movie.
** Stand-out moment is Blonsky seeing
the Hulk's face half obscured by shadow. The Hulk less-known powers is often called a monster by that he's able to see ghosts, spirits and other characters and shots astral entities. It's been theorized InUniverse that Hulk developed this "ghost sight" power to be able to see if Brian's ghost was haunting him. Banner is '''that scared''' of his father.
* ''Incredible Hulk'' issue -0 changes the previously given fate of Brian, which was that the asshole had been murdered by random muggers. Hulk wanders into a spooky graveyard, where a gravedigger who looks an awful lot
like this help prove why they'd find Smilin' Stan Lee shows up, and puts on a weird pantomime of Bruce's life story, including his and Brian's last days together. See, after his time locked up, Brian was deemed cured. Then one night Bruce finds him at the door holding a knife for... no particular reason. A few days later, Bruce and Brian meet over Rebecca's grave. And Brian tries to kill Bruce. This is the part long-time readers remember, but then it turns out Bruce killed Brian, and was so frightening.
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horrified he forced himself to forget.
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The film's page image comes from gravedigger, whatever he is, which the fight between story feels no need to elaborate on, but it's pretty clear that beneath that cheerful smile, there's something very nasty lurking. After all, he's not showing Hulk these happy memories for his health. He may well be the Devil... or given what devils are like in the Marvel Universe, something far, far worse.
* ''ComicBook/HulkTheEnd'': Bruce Banner is the last living human after two nuclear wars which wiped out everybody else on the planet. When the story picks up Banner has spent years (possibly ''decades'') wandering the radioactive wastelands, completely alone except for an alien recorder bot
and (enhanced human) Blonsky the Hulk berating and raging at Culver University. him inside his head. During that time Bruce has aged into an extremely old and frail man who thinks he may be over ''200 years old'' (and looks every day of it). He wants desperately to die, but the Hulk refuses to let that happen. Bruce even tries to kill himself by jumping off a cliff but it's the Hulk who lands. At one point, Blonsky keeps firing grenades at point Bruce is chased by a swarm of giant evolved cockroaches, which are too much even for the Hulk until the latter rips off pieces of metal to use as a shield. Blonsky fires another grenade, handle all at once; they overwhelm him and Hulk blocks it...''eat most of his flesh and gives Blonsky a ''nightmarish snarl'', letting him [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou (and us)]] know that he is well and truly '''pissed'''.
* The Abomination's rampage in Harlem is very scary as well,
internal organs, including [[EyeScream both eyes]] and his challenge issued on tongue'', which Hulk before smashing an escaping Humvee [[GoodThingYouCanHeal of course regenerates]] (and this is said to happen ''regularly''). Bruce later has a heart attack and pleads with a cab.
-->'''GIVE ME A REAL FIGHT!'''
* Stern's grin
the Hulk to let them both go, but Hulk refuses and transforms as exposure to Bruce is on the point of death. The end of the story leaves the Hulk's blood begins fate in doubt but one awful possibility that suggests itself [[AndIMustScream that Bruce is buried deep within the Hulk's psyche]] and that if the Hulk chooses not to [[SequelHook transform him]] into [[spoiler: change back, that they are both still stuck together on the dead Earth. ''Forever''. The Leader]]. only difference being that Hulk can't hear Bruce inside his head anymore and as far as he knows, "Hulk is strongest one there is. Hulk is... only one... there is. Hulk feels... cold."
* The Maestro. As mentioned above, Hulk can be as terrifying as you'd expect from one of the most powerful beings on Earth who just so happens to suffer from mental instability and "breath-taking anger management issues". Now, take the Hulk, remove all his positive qualities, and turn all his negative qualities UpToEleven, and what do you have? The Maestro. Also from above, the sheer scale of the atrocities the Maestro is responsible for, and the depth of his depravity.
It's truly terrifying to think that one of the most [[TheWoobie tragic and pitiable]] protagonists in fiction could become so utterly ''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds broken]]'' that he comes out the other side as such an absolute monster.
* Fresh off ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}, the Hulk, literally half the monster he used to be due to being separated from Banner again, starts giving off an unusual and deadly amount of radiation. He was also brain-damaged during this time, and given his usual temperaments, this was a recipe for disaster. One attempt from the army to contain him had him ''melt'' the lead containment shield designed to capture him, and the Hulk ''tearing half his face off''. A soldier in a special radiation-resistant suit [[NauseaFuel felt nauseated seeing that]] [[TooDumbToLive and attempted to take his helmet off to throw up]], [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath but himself received a horrifying death where his eyes]] ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath melted]]'' [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath as his skin burned from the radiation the Hulk gave off]].
** The Hulk during that time period is disturbing. Both Hulks in 616 and Heroes Reborn were constantly under pain due their mind and body being ravaged by the flux of universal energies through their bodies, leading them to lash out and be more capricious than usual, enhancing their strength while reducing their durability. And then the ResetButton hit, and Banner and Hulk re-merging was used as the focus point as the merging of universes. Needless to say, this '''supremely fucked up''' Hulk's body and mind, leading to his death. StatusQuoIsGod seems a mercy in those conditions.
* The villain Mercy is essentially the personification of DrivenToSuicide, believing that she is doing despairing people a favor by killing them or leading others to kill them. Her powers include energy manipulation, strength, teleportation, flight, shapeshifting, and telepathy, and she can suppress consciousnesses to make it easier for people to die.
* ''The ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' saga takes the story into the dark side of the Hulk, featuring Banner
not shown to completion, just grappling with his dark side but the Hulk going on a trip to Hell itself. It works so well [[NightmareFuel/ImmortalHulk it has its own dedicated Nightmare Fuel page]].
* Issue #151 ''"When Monsters Meet!"'' can be summed up as "The Hulk vs. Film/TheBlob". It revolves around a US Senator, Morton Clegstead, who has been supporting General Ross' Hulkbuster program only because he's dying of cancer, and a doctor in his employ has a theory that the Hulk's HealingFactor could be exploited as a cure. But when Clegstead injects himself with a sample of the Hulk's blood, it supercharges and mutates his cancer, turning him into a BlobMonster made of living tumorous flesh, a mindless ''thing'' that exists only to eat all other flesh it can find and which grows bigger and bigger as it consumes. Except
there's just enough of Clegstead's mind left aware in the "Crawling Thing" to recognize individuals -- and to blame the Hulk for its current state. The result is one of the audience most desperate fights of Hulk's career to say, "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck This cannot be good]]."that point, with the narration noting that the Hulk is actually feeling the closest his brutish mind can get to panic, and even Hulk [[LampshadeHanging commenting]] that the Crawling Thing is the first foe to ''ever'' make the Hulk run. With a corrosive touch able to consume even the Hulk's NighInvulnerable flesh, only a DeusExMachina of the Crawling Thing being struck by lightning thanks to a sheer luck and a flagpole used as a makeshift spear saves our hero from being consumed.

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* The Abomination's rampage in Harlem is very scary as well.well, and his challenge issued on Hulk before smashing an escaping Humvee with a cab.
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* The series was cited in parenting and media books as one of the most frightening for kids typically under the age of 10 with Banner's swift transformation and animals sounds. However, those same books note that when a typical kid has matured from that age onward, the circumstances Banner is often in become the scarier part of the show with him in deadly danger and the usual musical and visual cues that he's about to transform into the Hulk becoming a relief as the superhero monster arises to conquer the danger.
* "The Dark Side" has Banner trying injecting himself with a chemical that backfires into making him violently psychotic. Canny viewers would have a FridgeHorror moment realizing "If he is like that as Banner, ''[[OhCrap what will happen if he transforms into the Hulk in that state!]]''" Then Banner ''does'' and everyone around the Hulk is genuinely in deadly danger.
* "The First" two-parter introduces us to Dell Frye, who was turned into a Hulk a long time ago and was subsequently cured. When David meets Dell, Dell tricks him into turning him into a Hulk once again. At first, one thinks its just because Dell wants to be cured of his arthritis and other age-related ailments...until we see him deliberately placing himself in situations where he will transform. And we see just how much he likes being the monster. A monster that has no qualms about killing.
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* "The Dark Side" has Banner trying injecting himself with a chemical that backfires into making him psychotically violent. Canny viewers would have a FridgeHorror moment realizing "If he is like that as Banner, ''[[OhCrap what will happen if he transforms into the Hulk in that state!]]''" Then Banner ''does'' and everyone around the Hulk is genuinely in deadly danger.

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* "The Dark Side" has Banner trying injecting himself with a chemical that backfires into making him psychotically violent.violently psychotic. Canny viewers would have a FridgeHorror moment realizing "If he is like that as Banner, ''[[OhCrap what will happen if he transforms into the Hulk in that state!]]''" Then Banner ''does'' and everyone around the Hulk is genuinely in deadly danger.
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* The series was cited in parenting and media books as one of the most frightening for kids typically under the age of 10 with Banner's swift transformation and animals sounds. However, those same books note that when a typically kid has matured from that age onward, the circumstances Banner is often in become the scarier part of the show with him in deadly danger and the usual musical and visual cues that he's about to transform into the Hulk becoming a relief as the superhero monster arises to conquer the danger.

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* The series was cited in parenting and media books as one of the most frightening for kids typically under the age of 10 with Banner's swift transformation and animals sounds. However, those same books note that when a typically typical kid has matured from that age onward, the circumstances Banner is often in become the scarier part of the show with him in deadly danger and the usual musical and visual cues that he's about to transform into the Hulk becoming a relief as the superhero monster arises to conquer the danger.
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* Stern's grin as exposure to the Hulk's blood begins to [[SequelHook transform him]] into [[spoiler: The Leader]]. It's not shown to completion, but there's enough for a GenreSavvy audience to say, "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck This cannot be good]]."

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* Stern's grin as exposure to the Hulk's blood begins to [[SequelHook transform him]] into [[spoiler: The Leader]]. It's not shown to completion, but there's enough for a GenreSavvy the audience to say, "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck This cannot be good]]."
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* "The Dark Side" has Banner trying injecting himself with a chemical that backfires into making him psychotically violent. Canny viewers would have a FridgeHorror moment realizing "If he is like that as Banner, ''[[OhCrap what will happen if he transforms into the Hulk that state!]]''" Then Banner ''does'' and everyone around the Hulk is genuinely in deadly danger.

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* "The Dark Side" has Banner trying injecting himself with a chemical that backfires into making him psychotically violent. Canny viewers would have a FridgeHorror moment realizing "If he is like that as Banner, ''[[OhCrap what will happen if he transforms into the Hulk in that state!]]''" Then Banner ''does'' and everyone around the Hulk is genuinely in deadly danger.
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* "The Dark Side" has Banner trying injecting himself with a chemical that backfires into making him psychotically violent. Canny viewers would have a FridgeHorror moment realizing "If he is like that as Banner, ''[[OhCrap what will happen if he transforms into the Hulk that state!]]''" Then Banner ''does'' and everyone around the Hulk is genuinely in deadly danger.
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* The film's page image comes from the fight between Hulk and (still human) Blonsky. At one point, Blonsky keeps firing grenades at Hulk until the latter rips off pieces of metal to use as a shield. Blonsky fires another grenade, and Hulk blocks it...and gives Blonsky a ''nightmarish snarl'', letting him [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou (and us)]] know that he is well and truly '''pissed'''.

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* The film's page image comes from the fight between Hulk and (still (enhanced human) Blonsky.Blonsky at Culver University. At one point, Blonsky keeps firing grenades at Hulk until the latter rips off pieces of metal to use as a shield. Blonsky fires another grenade, and Hulk blocks it...and gives Blonsky a ''nightmarish snarl'', letting him [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou (and us)]] know that he is well and truly '''pissed'''.
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** The film's page image comes from the fight between Hulk and (still human) Blonsky. At one point, Blonsky keeps firing grenades at Hulk until the latter rips off pieces of metal to use as a shield. Blonsky fires another grenade, and Hulk blocks it...and gives Blonsky a ''nightmarish snarl'', letting him [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou (and us)]] know that he is well and truly '''pissed'''.

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** * The film's page image comes from the fight between Hulk and (still human) Blonsky. At one point, Blonsky keeps firing grenades at Hulk until the latter rips off pieces of metal to use as a shield. Blonsky fires another grenade, and Hulk blocks it...and gives Blonsky a ''nightmarish snarl'', letting him [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou (and us)]] know that he is well and truly '''pissed'''.
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** Stand-out moment is Blonsky seeing the Hulk's face half obscured by shadow. The Hulk is often called a monster by other characters and shots like this help prove why they'd find him so frightening.
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** The exchange he shares with a fellow soldier shortly before the climax, depicted in the caption on the right. What really sells it is the look he gives as he says it.

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* "The First" two-parter introduces us to Dell Frye, who was turned into a Hulk a long time ago and was subsequently cured. When David meets Dell, Dell tricks him into turning him into a Hulk once again. At first, one thinks its just because Dell wants to be cured of his arthritis and other age-related ailments...until we see him deliberately placing himself in situations where he will transform. And we see just how much he likes being the monster. A monster that has no qualms about killing.
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* The Abomination's rampage in Harlem is very scary as well.

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* The Abomination's rampage in Harlem is very scary as well.well.
* Stern's grin as exposure to the Hulk's blood begins to [[SequelHook transform him]] into [[spoiler: The Leader]]. It's not shown to completion, but there's enough for a GenreSavvy audience to say, "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck This cannot be good]]."
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* Blonsky's transformation in all its slow, gruesome glory.
** His appearance as the Abomination isn't much better.
** The exchange he shares with a fellow soldier shortly before the climax, depicted in the caption on the right. What really sells it is the look he gives as he says it.
* Bruce hulking out in the factory, in a nightmarish sequence that rather fittingly feels as if it were ripped straight out of a monster movie.

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