Why don't I like The Hulk ?!?!?!

I do not mean the movie...or the comic specifically...but the character overall...I could never really get interested in him...the origin is interesting...the battle to keep the monster at bay would be a great narrative but for some reason I have never been able to enjoy the character...

I watched Planet Hulk today for the first time and found myself waiting for someone else to come on screen when ever Hulk was on there...I do like the traditional characters such as Batman and Spider-Man....I have always been a huge Thor fan (been collecting his comics for 27 years)...I enjoy the over exposed characters like Wolverine and Deadpool...I even really liked characters that the majority disliked such as Jean Paul Valley...

But for whatever reason I feel nothing but disdain for the Hulk...do I have a hatred of green I have not noticed before???...

Nothing wrong with simply not feeling the love, for anything. Personally, I don't like Spider-Man, neither the character, nor the movies, nor any of the games where you could play as him.

I'm pretty indifferent to the Hulk mostly, though he gave me a huge laugh in one of the Capcom Vs. games. At the end of a match that he won, he said something like, "Hulk SMASH! ...Sorry, I couldn't resist."

Do you like the character (any of the portrayals) of the Frankenstein Monster?

The Wolf Man (not werewolves in general)?

Lennie Small, from Of Mice and Men?

...maybe you just aren't into the 'misunderstood/sympathetic monster' or 'large and generally gentle but also unpredictable and dangerous' character archetypes.

Never cared for the Hulk either... now She-Hulk on the other hand.

There's also the other thing, it appeals to power fantasies. Who, really hasn't as some pointed wanted to go "Forget this!" Hulk out and beat the tar out of someone that really deserves it?

I like Hulk more when he's not the the main focus. I like Ultimate Hulk during Millar's run because he was used sparingly to give his rampages more significance.

I don't think there's anything wrong with not particularly liking a specific comic character. Hell, I know people who don't really like Superman, and he's literally the origin of the whole superhero concept!

As for the Hulk, I just find it kinda funny that more than half of his rampages are usually triggered by people coming after him (the military, heroes, villains, etc.). And what's one of the things Hulk almost always shouts when he's being attacked? "Leave Hulk ALONE!!!" He's TELLING you what to do to make him stop smashing stuff, people!

Now, Ultimate Hulk is another story. That guy's just messed up, most of the time.

The thing that bugs me about the Hulk is the slew of personalities and the juggeling between them depending on the writers preference. Then there is the inconsistencies, Greg Pak I'm looking at you. And his villains are kind of dull. The amount of gamma fueled baddies he is stuck fighting doesn't help matters. I like the Hulk but he is a hard character to keep writing interesting stories for.

eh, for some, myself included, he is too gokuized. nothing can beat him, nothing can stop him, he is written by some as a walking i win button, so there is no tension, other than within himself. now i haven't read much hulk, didnt care for world war hulk at all, it seemed to confirm my dislike, but im sure i have missed some of his better written stuff, but i lack the incentive to find it because of what is shown being so blandly overpowered. it just seems like a character without a weakness, which is, in turn, dull. wolvie tends to suffer the same issue.

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its more the incremental escalation of power. he uses his ultimate technique, a new enemy comes up, and poof, now he is stronger and uses his more ultimate technique, its there really isnt a clever use of existing techniques, its just pulls a stronger technique out of nowhere, after yelling for several episodes, and poof. It does kind of like tot he hulk and wolvie in that sometimes this isnt true, but it is true enough to turn people off at the "blunt object" style of powering up characters.

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Planet Hulk and World War Hulk were my favorite Hulk stories in years. The whole Red Hulk thing kind of lost me, but that's wrapping up soon, so who knows where he'll be in the next year.

I haven't read too much of the Hulk, but I liked him in Planet Hulk and The Ultimates (which are miles apart character-wise).

I personally always liked the hulk because I was able to relate to him. As someone who was a very ticked off teenager who hated my father, I always felt like a ticking time bomb, and just wanted left alone. Like the entire world was against me at times, and I was struggling to keep it all together and not become what I hated. If you watched the Intro to 90s hulk TAS it really captures the feel of the character well. To be backed into a corner with it all coming down on you and the only thing you have left is your rage. That is the hulk.


As for Hulk being stupidly powerful, that's the point of his character.(Granted comics tend to power crept many characters beyond a comfortable level in last 20 years.Animated series and movies tend do a better job of capturing characters while still keeping them beatable and less insane levels.) That almost nothing can stop him when unleashed is exactly why Bruce Banner is so afraid of letting it out. If he was easily stopped then he'd have little to be afraid of. He's afraid that at some point he won't be able to stop himself and tons of people will die. Why he can't stay in one place for long as you knows he can never find peace long as he is the hulk. His power is a curse.

The Hulk like Godzilla is just this force of nature. (and both are powered by radiation, they re very similar in a lot of ways.) He can be both a villain and a hero at the same time. While he is childlike at times, others he wants to destroy everything in sight. Bruce Banner ultimately tries very hard to steer the hulk in the right direction, but he sometimes fails.

I'd recommend watching the Hulk Vs movies as they give a snapshot of the character and are fun to watch. In Hulk vs Thor it puts a face on just what being the hulk costs Bruce, as it was one of the saddest moments I've seen in a long time. You always knew it was holding back. But to see it then have Bruce have it all ripped away and allow himself to be dragged back into the cycle of madness to save the lives of millions showed Bruce Banner is a hero at heart despite it all. A reluctant one, but a hero nonetheless.

Hulk is best when it focuses on psychology of the character than being nothing but a smash fest.(why I actually liked the Ang Lee hulk movie since I felt it did rather well on that side while the newer film was better on the action side.) The smashing is very much a part of his character as nothing sums up being angry like Hulk Smash! but with out the war with in and the alienation of the world around him being part of the story he just becomes a bit dumb loud character of little substance. There's been some great runs of the hulk that really tap into all that and make a very human story.

Sure there's dumb things like Loeb's current run, which the saddest part it could easily been a good story if just handled properly. Every character has a lousy run here and there though, but I wouldn't say it takes too much away from the character's collective wealth of good stories.

I can understand he might not be for everyone. As someone who gets it, he's my kind of character.

I find the Hulk rather boring too - there's not really much to him