10 Of Hulk’s Best Comic Book Arcs Of All Time, Ranked

Marvel’s Hulk is often at his best when he is battling both his inner monster and the society that fears him. Hence why these are his best comic arcs.

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The Incredible Hulk made his debut in Marvel Comics in 1962 when Bruce Banner was bombarded by gamma rays in an explosion and found himself transformed into the green giant Hulk. Since that time, Hulk has been a menace, a hero, found himself wanted by the police, and served as an Avenger.

A few villains have pushed Hulk, but he has limitless strength, and those are never the best stories concerning the big guy. Instead, when it comes to his storylines, Hulk is often at his best when he is battling both his inner monster and the society around him that fears and hates him.

10 Always On My Mind

One Hulk enemy has the power to push Hulk as far as he can go, and that is the Abomination. The monster is another gamma radiated creature and has a lot in common with Hulk, yet with the one advantage of having his brainpower intact throughout most of his existence.

In 2001’s Incredible Hulk #24-25 by Paul Jenkins and John Romita Jr., Abomination was in hiding, teaching a class as Emil Blonsky. However, Abomination had killed Betty Ross, and General Ross told Hulk where he was and sent him to get revenge on one of the best fights of their rivalry.

9 Hulk: Gray

Most fans saw a great gray Hulk during the Mr. Fixit stories. However, the best gray Hulk story came in Hulk: Gray in 2003-04 by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. This series went back to the early days of Hulk’s adventures and featured Hulk’s untold stories while Bruce Banner and Doc Sampson had sessions in the present-day. This was a great story for people who wanted to see what Hulk was like before becoming an icon.

8 Hard Knocks

Nothing is better for Hulk fans than when he ends up fighting Ben Grimm, The Thing. Hulk always believes he is the strongest there is, and Ben will never give up in a fight. This was while Hulk still had his intelligence and just wanted to be left alone.

The Thing showed up and punched Bruce Banner to bring out the Hulk because he wanted to talk. The two ended up fighting and talking and then fighting some more. This was a two-issue miniseries by Bruce Jones and Jae Lee and was the best battle these two ever had against each other.

7 Return Of The Monster

The “Return of the Monster” storyline played out in 1999s Incredible Hulk #34-39 by Bruce Jones and John Romita. The storyline lasted six issues and was a return to form for Hulk at the time. Bruce Banner was walking from town to town as the military searched for him to bring him in.

While he wanted to find peace and keep his head down, the monster returned time and time again. This was the closest the comics came to the classic 1978 Hulk television show.

6 Hulk: The End

Hulk: The End by Peter David and Dale Keown is the perfect final story for Hulk. The world has been destroyed, and Hulk realized he couldn’t stop it and didn’t care to save anyone anymore.

Instead, he locked himself away in a cave and just waited it out. When he came out, everyone on the planet was dead except for him. A robot from outer space arrived on Earth to reveal when the last human died, and while Bruce Banner wanted to end it all, Hulk fought him every step of the way.

5 Future Imperfect

Hulk: Future Imperfect featured Maestro, the alternate world version of Hulk that took over to rule the survivors after a nuclear war destroyed the planet. Because this is a future version of Hulk, he knows everything Hulk knows, is smarter, more vicious, and has no limits to what he will do to win. Hulk, in this series, was the smart Hulk, and he needed his brains more than his brawn to win this fight. Maestro proved to be so popular that Marvel recently brought him back to reveal his origin story.

4 Planet Hulk

“Planet Hulk” is one of the most famous storylines for Hulk. Playing out in Incredible Hulk #92-105 by Greg Pak, Carlo Pagulayan, and Aaron Lopresti, this started with Earth’s heroes banishing Hulk from Earth and sending him to what they believed was a barren planet he could live on in peace.

The planet wasn’t barren, and Hulk had to fight as a gladiator to earn his freedom before finally finding his place in a world where he was finally accepted and loved. This storyline played out partially in Thor: Ragnarok.

3 World War Hulk

Sadly, Hulk could not remain living in peace on Sakaar, as a bomb killed his pregnant wife and many of his loyal followers. As a result, Hulk wanted revenge against the heroes who banished him and set out with his troops to attack Earth.

When he arrived, he destroyed the men who hurt him, the Illuminati, and showed the world what these so-called heroes did to him. World War Hulk took place in Incredible Hulk #106-112.

2 World War Hulks

There was another “World War Hulk,” except this one was bigger and included all the Hulks. In Hulk Vol. 2 #22-24 and Incredible Hulk #609-611, Doc Sampson betrayed all his friends as The Intelligencia set out to take over the world.

The war featured Red Hulk and Red She-Hulk, and everyone discovered the secret identity of Red Hulk as General Ross. This was also where Bruce Banner finally returned as Hulk after an extended absence.

1 Immortal Hulk

The latest Hulk run might be one of the best. Immortal Hulk has taken the idea of Hulk battling his inner demons to the extreme.

This started with Bruce Banner traveling the country again, but the twist is that he would die and resurrect as Hulk when the sun went down. This led to the Green Door and the Below-Place, where the dead gamma mutated people go when they die. It eventually brought back Joe Fixit and more and has been the most fantastical and creative Hulk story ever told.

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