The Immortal Hulk has proved to be both a commercial and critical success, to the point that its comics have sold over Batman and Amazing Spider-Man. It took Hulk's story to another tangent as he rose from the grave post 'Civil War II'. Writers Al Ewing and Joe Bennett didn't just give him a do-over in life but made the Jade Giant invincible to the point of immortality.

The drastic shifts in Hulk's character are terrifying elements of horror, religious symbolism, character pacing tangential to upheavals, almost. Having said that, The Immortal Hulk performs amazing at each level. Forget the angry giant that punched into things, The Immortal Hulkis a fantastic horror comic that may have given a new life to an otherwise vanilla character.

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It is one thing to take a divergence from a character but it is another to break down a character who stood alongside Avengers, the likes of Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow to save the world from anti-heroes such as Thanos, Loki, Ultron and many more.

It doesn't just end there, in the latest The Immortal Hulk #26, Bruce Banner makes a speech from an undisclosed place, eventually getting to the point that he has "officially declared war against the human species". The issue glorifies him to be the most dangerous man in the world.

Whilst Hulkhas talkedsince he first appeared in comics, he never had proper speech. But as his character progressed, the comic books made him less talkative, partly attributable to his representation in the popular media, The Incredible Hulk that starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as Hulk. But that's not the end of Hulk's articulation, in more comic arcs such as the Plant Hulk, he did articulate well, until his "Hulk Smash!" line in The Incredible Hulk (movie). So to summarise, in the comics Hulk was a different character than he was in popular media.

But The Immortal Hulk is different. Forget the dumb, brute character you knew. This one waxes eloquent, he is quite the chatty Kathy, who listens to what his enemies have to say before smashing their skulls.

Okay, so remember the good old Hulk Smash? Turns out, The Immortal Hulk can do more than that. Intentionally, Hulk may have caused collateral damage to property, exploded gas lines, smashed people across and led to the loss of lives while escaping the army, but that's as far as he got with the rampages and accidents.

The Immortal Hulk is different. He may talk to enemies before killing them, or even stop to reconsider the kill he's about to execute, but he won't stop. The Immortal Hulk is a killer in every sense of the word, from beating an Elder of the Universe to chasing demigods.

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There was no doubt to Hulk's prowess, but The Immortal Hulk is the most powerful of all (take Thor's word for it) and that is because he possesses retroactive immortality, new to The Incredible Hulk. His heart, for one, beats through his fingers and he has a gamma burst ability.

The Immortal Hulk's gamma burst ability can level mountains, when amped enough. He absorbs gamma radiation for fun and due to these capabilities, he can sense liars. For instance, he broke Captain Glory's spine in a single punch.

Would The Immortal Hulk burst into flames like a vampire? Nah, Al Ewing has made it clear that it isn't due to sunlight that Hulk doesn't like to come out during the day time. The Immortal Hulk only comes out during the nighttime. While The Incredible Hulk could be channeled almost any time by Bruce Banner.

Banner only turns into The Immortal Hulk when the sun sets, in lieu of Hulk from the yesteryears. The darker the moon, the more powerful Hulk.

This may be a rendezvous to the past, a good thing that has happened to the character of Hulk. The Immortal Hulk leads Bruce Banner to different locations of crimes through hunches, gut feelings, strange synchronizations, and intuitive connections.

Bruce knows himself to be the scientific self and calls Hulk unreasonable.

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From Absolute Carnage: The Immortal Hulk #1,comes the Savage Hulk who rebels against Banner and wants to be free. Since Bruce wants to be free from the Government and the Avengers, Savage Hulk is almost running from everyone.

Savage Hulk is born when the dual symbiote comes into contact with PTSD patient Bruce Banner who brings three different Hulks to the table, one of which is Savage Hulk who comes out at night and is more powerful than The Immortal Hulk.

Remember Deadpool's hand with a middle finger salute to Colossus? This one gets worse. The Immortal Hulk #7 almost like Deadpool has the ability to regenerate himself. There is one more thing that he shares with Deadpool, that is, possessing full mind control over the dissected parts of his body.

The Avengers use Helios to destroy him and he revives from the Petri dishes his body parts are kept in.

Dr. Bruce Banner's love interest from his pre-Hulk identity, their relationship suffered a major dent when Betty's father Thunderbolt Ross invested all of his mind and energy into stopping Hulk.

In The Immortal Hulk #19,readers are introduced to a brand new iteration of Betty Ross - her gamma transformation. Betty now is cross between Harpie and the Red Hulk and she resents The Immortal Hulk for almost everything.

It so happens that Hulk loses badly to Abomination in a one on one, he begs for help. With Betty around, she tears open his chest and plucks his heart out, thereby killing him.

Out of all the incredible things, some bad and some good, with this one, they went too far. In a shoot out at the gas station, a 12-year-old girl becomes a victim. Not sure how you feel about this? The gas station attendant is next and an anonymous man is holed in the head. This causes Hulk to inflict some brutal retribution to the thief, but in a more controlled and mindful style than the Hulk is usually accustomed to.

The child murder was uncalled for, still. It showed right away that this new book wasn't messing around.

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