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The Hulk is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The Hulk is one of Marvel Comics' most recognized characters.

The Hulk is cast as an emotional and impulsive alter ego of the withdrawn and reserved physicist Dr. Bruce Banner. The Hulk appears shortly after Banner was accidentally exposed to the blast of a test detonation of a gamma bomb he invented. Subsequently, Banner will often involuntarily transform into the Hulk, depicted as a giant, raging monster, leading to extreme complications in Banner's life. While the coloration of the character's skin varies during the course of its publication history, the Hulk is most often depicted as green.

As the Hulk, Banner is capable of immense feats of strength, which increases with his feelings of rage and anger. Anger is a common trigger of Banner's transformation. A common storyline is the pursuit of both Banner and the Hulk by the police or the armed forces, due to the destruction he causes.

The Hulk character has since been depicted in various other media, most notably by Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk in a television series and three television movies, by Eric Bana in Hulk (2003), and Edward Norton in The Incredible Hulk (2008), as well as in three animated series and various video games.

The Incredible Hulk : Ultimate Destruction is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and based on Marvel Comics' Hulk. The game was released on August 24, 2005 in the United States and in September 2005 in Europe. The player controls the Hulk in a free-roaming environment similar to that of the Grand Theft Auto series or to the previous Marvel-based video game Spider-Man 2, in which the player can visit most locations and interact with the environment while not engaged in missions. The game's bosses include Devil Hulk and Mercy, and the game's main villain is the Abomination. There are plenty of costumes, like "Joe Fixit" and "Savage Banner." The Abomination is playable once the story mode is completed, although he shares the same moveset as the Hulk, and is more or less another one of the game's many unlockable costumes.

Boasting "Unstoppable Movement" means Hulk can run across walls and other vertical surfaces, climb any wall by digging his fingers into concrete, leap huge heights and distances -- all under the player's full control. Hulk's combat abilities also reflect this increased power; cars and buses are simply smashed out of the way (or in some instances turned into makeshift gauntlets for combat use) while fully charged attacks will toss vehicles, enemies and unlucky pedestrians into the air. At his most powerful -- when in "Critical Mass" -- the Hulk can perform one of five different ultra-powerful Devastator attacks including the Critical Atomic Smash and the Critical Thunderclap. These attacks will clear enemies out for a multi-block radius, flatten entire buildings, and cause massive damage to multiple enemies (or a single enemy if you use the Critical Pain move). The game includes the voice talent of Neal McDonough reprising his role of Bruce Banner which he first began in the 1996 Incredible Hulk animated series, Ron Perlman (Emil Blonsky/Abomination) and Richard Moll (Devil Hulk).