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The 10 Greatest Hulk Brawls of ALL TIME!!!!
The Hulk stands as the quintessential super heavyweight of the comics world!! He is well known for having some of the greatest slugfests ever because let's face it, the brute fights anyone and everyone! With his hair-trigger-temper he never needed a reason besides showing his opposition that he is simply the strongest one there is. So as a result, the Hulk has had brawls that set the standard for which all others are measured by. And this is the "real-deal" Marvel Universe Hulk and not some pale-alternate-world-imitation like the Ultimates Hulk, Red (****) Hulk, Blue (****) or Hulk 2099 (UGHHH!), plus each encounter is in Marvel timeline and continuity (sorry, no What-If comics and the like). Here are greenskin's 10 absolute finest. Each fight is broken down into five categories and rated on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the highest), they are:
Match up:
How well the combatants stack up against each other. And is the fight "pay-per-view" material.
Action:
Was only a few punches thrown? Or was it (like we comic-buffs tend to say) "Kirby-esque!"
Story:
How well the fight worked into the overall story (was there any real sense to the fight or was the Hulk just wanting to SMASH).
Destruction:
My personal favorite category! Did a few feathers get ruffled or was the earth shaken to the very core!!!
Classic:
How well does the fight rank up with other famous comic brawls in the comic universe's great history (or just check out your local comic shop and see if "feisty-fanboys" still talk about it)! When it was over would one of the combatants say, "This should be the fight they remember me by."
I put the Hulk incarnation next to each issue and you can click on the link below to see the the differences each incarnation has.
Incarnations of the Incredible Hulk
NOW HERE ARE THE HULK'S 10 BEST SLOBBER-KNOCKERS!!!!
10. TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 100 (1968)
"Savage" Hulk vs the Sub-Mariner and Puppet Master (background)
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Marie Severin
Inker: Dan Adkins
Match up: 8
Action: 9
Story: 6
Destruction: 8
Classic: 8
A classic encounter that raged all over the city and sea! This issue put "Hulk vs Sub-Mariner" in the annals of epic Marvel history!!
9. THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 321, 322 (1986)
"Mindless" Hulk vs The Avengers and West Coast Avengers (Captain America, Wasp, Hercules, Sub-Mariner, She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Iron man, Wonder man, Hawkeye, Henry Pym, Mockingbird, Tigra)
Writer: Al Milgrom
Artist: Al Milgrom
Inker: Dell Barras
Match up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 7
Destruction: 10
Classic: 8
When the Hulk get's separated from Bruce Banner he becomes a mindless mass of total destruction!! Can all of earth's most powerful heroes stop him?
8. THE INCREDIBLE HULK vs SUPERMAN one-shot (1999)
"Gravage" Hulk vs Superman
writer: Roger Stern
Artist: Steve Rude
Inker: Al Milgrom
Match up: 10
Action: 9
Story: 9
Destruction: 9
Classic: 8
Two icons and heavyweight champions of the two most popular comic publishers! This fight delivers as promised! A classic encounter of earth-shattering proportions!!
7. THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 340 (1987)
"Gray" Hulk vs Wolverine
Writer: Peter David
Artist/Inker: Todd McFarlane
Match up: 7
Action: 9
Story: 7
Destruction: 6
Classic: 9
A bloody scrap that took the Hulk and Wolverine rilvary to new-legendary heights! This fight showed the level of savagery the combatants are willing to go to get the job done!
6. THE MIGHTY THOR (vol.1) 385 (1987)
"Savage" Hulk vs Thor
Writer: Jim Shooter (plot), Stan Lee (script)
Artist: Erick Larsen
Inker: Vince Colleta
Match up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 7
Destruction: 10
Classic: 8
Another legendary "Hulk vs Thor" rumble! This fight set off another heated argument in this famous debate! Was the Hulk actually too much for Thor to handle when he didn't have Mjolnir to fight with? Check the issue and you be the judge!!
5. MARVEL UNIVERSE: ONSLAUGHT one-shot (1996)
"Savage" Hulk vs Onslaught
Writer: Scott Lodell, Mark Waid (plot), Mark Waid (script)
Artist: Adam Kubert, Joe Bennett
Inker: Dan Green, Art Thibert, Tim Townsend, Jesse Delperdang
Match up: 8
Action: 7
Story: 8
Destruction: 7
Classic: 8
No other fight ever showed how truly powerful the "Savage" Hulk was! Witness as this incarnation of the "one-true" Hulk is the only being in the world that can save it from this mad-god gone wild that keeps evolving!!
4. FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.1) 112 (1971)
"Savage" Hulk vs The Thing
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: John Buscema
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Match up: 9
Action: 10
Story: 7
Destruction: 10
Classic: 10
Another "Hulk vs Thing" that is an absolute classic!!! This fight only added to the ever popular "grudge match" between the two brutes!!!
3. WORLD WAR HULK 1-5 (2007)
"Heroes Return" Hulk (with the Warbound) vs Black Bolt, Iron man, Ares, Mrs. Marvel, Wonder man, She-Hulk, Doc Samson, Spider-woman, Spider-man, Cage, Storm, Black Panther, Human Torch, Thing, Invisible Woman, Mr. Fantastic, Hercules, Angel, Namorita, General Ross and the U.S. Army, Dr. Strange, Iron Fist, Echo, Ronin, and the Sentry
Writer: Greg Pak
Artist: John Romita Jr.
Inkers: Klaus Janson and Christina Strain
Match Up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 10
Destruction: 10
Classic: 10
The Illuminati sent him off to another planet. But he survived, conquered and eventually found true happiness and peace. Then a bomb killed everything he built and could ever love (his kingdom, wife and even his unborn child). Now with the Warbound, he's coming back to earth more angry than he's ever been to make them all pay for the pain he had to suffer. And nothing will stop the Hulk from getting his revenge!!
2. FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.1) 25, 26 (1964)
"Gravage" Hulk vs The Fantastic Four and the Avengers (Thing, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, Captain America, Thor, Iron man, Wasp, Giant man)
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Jack Kirby
Inker: George Bell
Match up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 10
Destruction: 10
Classic: 10
These issues are what comic books are all about; action, struggle, will and heroes up to their necks in ****!! Issue 25 also contained the most awe-inspiring "Hulk vs Thing" brawl ever!!! This was Marvels first really big battle issue with Kirby going wild as the brutes slugged it out all over New York! Plus this fight set the standard for all the other comic brawls to come. Each issue had so much mayhem, tension, and all out destruction that this two-parter is the ENTIRE comic book medium at it's finest!!! Don't belive me, then check them out!!
And now the greatest ever...
1. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (vol.1) 112 (1965)
"Gravage" Hulk vs Thor
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Jack Kirby
Inker: Chic Stone
Match up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 9
Destruction: 7
Classic: 10
This was the ultimate and greatest slugfest between the Hulk and the Thunder God!! At the end, Marvel fanboys still didn't get the answer to who was the stronger. But what they did get was the most incredible one-on-one battle EVER published in a comic!!!! An argument can be made that F.F. 25 and 26 are the greatest but hey, it's my thread and I'm sticking to JIM 112 because both combatants were so evenly matched (you just knew the Hulk was gunna kill the Thing in issue 25)! Thor wanted to prove he was better than this raging mortal in hand to hand combat and asked Odin to take away the power of Mjolnir for 5 minutes so he could duke it out "sinew against sinew!" Thor needed to prove to himself and the world that he was the superior! But even a thunder god can make mistakes as he couldn't stop the raging behemoth and his ever-increasing strength, endurance, and durability! For nothing was going to stop the Hulk from destroying the hammer and to crush the pompous Thor to claim himself champion of the Marvel Universe!! Maybe this is not the first, but it sure is the BEST big-time fight ever (Lee/Kirby can't be beat)!!
HONORABLE MENTIONS!!!
Okay, those 10 set the standard but the Hulk has plenty of others. These are some more of the Hulk's great brawls over the years (now any issue with a great fight is included even if it wasn't in continuity). These are just simply the best Hulk fights in comics through the years since his first appearance in May of 1962 thru December 2008 (I stopped here because frankly, the Hulk sucks today...so enjoy)
FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.1) 12 (1962): VS The Fantastic Four
AVENGERS (vol.1) 3 (1964): With Sub-Mariner VS The Avengers
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 73 (1965): VS Amphibian
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 77 (1966): VS The Executioner
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 79 (1966): VS Hercules
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 90, 91 (1967): VS The Abomination
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 93 (1967): VS The Silver Surfer
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 101/ THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 102 (1968): VS Asgard
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 104 (1968): VS The Rhino
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 105, 106 (1968): VS The Missing Link
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual 1 (1969): VS The Inhumans
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 111, 112 (1969): VS The Galaxy Master
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 115-117 (1969): VS The Leader
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 118 (1969): VS The Sub-Mariner
CAPTAIN MARVEL (vol.1) 21 (1970): VS Captain Mar-vell
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 125 (1970): VS The Absorbing Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 129 (1970): VS The Glob
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 137 (1971): VS The Abomination
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 139 (1971): VS The Leader
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 141 (1971): VS Doc Samson
SUB-MARINER 35 (1971): VS Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 155 (1972): VS Captain Axis
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 157, 158 (1972): VS The Rhino
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 10 (1973): VS Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 162 (1973): VS The Wendigo
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 166 (1973): VS Zzzax
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (vol.1) 119, 120 (1973): VS Spider-man
MARVEL FEATURE 11 (1973): VS The Thing
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 13 (1974): Defenders vs Squadron Sinister
GIANT-SIZE SUPER STARS 1 (1974): VS The Thing
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 172 (1974): VS Juggernaut
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 173, 174 (1974): VS The Cobolt Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 180, 181 (1974): VS Wendigo and Wolverine
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 183 (1975): VS Zzzax
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 18, 19 (1975): Defenders VS Wrecking Crew
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 193 (1975): VS Doc Samson
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual 5 (1976): VS Xemnu the Titan and other monsters
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 195, 196 (1976): VS The Abomination
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 199 (1976): VS Doc Samson, Army, and SHIELD
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 200 (1976): VS Ghosts of rouges gallery
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 205 (1976): VS The Crypto-Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 206 (1976): VS Air Force and NYPD
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 50 (1977): Defenders VS The Zodiac
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 52 (1977): VS The Sub-Mariner
THE ETERNALS (vol.1) 14-16 (1977): Cosmic Powered Hulk VS Eternals (this was Jack Kirby's final comic he ever drew the Hulk in and it wasn't even the real Hulk. But man, what a battle!!!)
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 216 (1977): VS The Bi-Beast
THE RAMPAGING HULK MAGAZINE 1 (1977): VS Krylorians
THE RAMPAGING HULK MAGAZINE 5, 6 (1977): VS The Sub-Mariner
WHAT IF (vol.1) 3 (1977): With the Sub-Mariner VS Armored Avengers
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 222 (1978): VS "Billy"
THE RAMPAGING HULK MAGAZINE 9 (1978): VS The Avengers
WHAT IF (vol.1) 12 (1978): Rick Jones Hulk VS Everybody
DAREDEVIL (vol.1) 163 (1979): VS Daredevil
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual 8 (1979): VS Sasquatch
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 235-237 (1979) VS Machine Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 240-243 (1979): VS Tyrannus
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 245 (1979): VS The Army
THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN (vol.1) 131, 132 (1979): VS Iron Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 250 (1980): VS The Silver Surfer
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 255 (1980): VS Thor
MARVEL TREASUREY 28 (1981): VS Superman
WHAT IF (vol.1) 29 (1981): VS Everybody
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 269 (1982): VS The Hulk-Hunters
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 270 (1982): VS The Abomination and The Galaxy Master
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 272 (1982): With Sasquatch VS The Wendigo
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 300 (1984): VS The Avengers and most heroes of New York
WHAT IF (vol.1) 45 (1984): VS Everybody
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 316 (1985): VS Hercules, Iron Man, Sub-Mariner, and Wonder Man
MARVEL FANFARE (vol.1) 21 (1985): VS The Thing
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual 15 (1986): VS The Tyrannus/Abomination
FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.1) 320/THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 350 (1988): VS The Thing
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 364 (1989): VS The Abomination
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 400 (1992): VS The Leader with his minions and Hydra
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 402-404 (1992/1993): VS Juggernaut, Red Skull, Mentallo, and The Avengers
THE INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT 2 (1993): VS The Maestro
WHAT IF (vol.2) 50 (1993): VS Wolverine and a bunch of other mutants
THE LAST AVENGERS STORY BOOK 1 (1995): VS Tigra and Wonder Man
SAVAGE HULK: One-Shot (1996): Stories of Battles
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 440 (1996): VS Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK-HERCULES: UNLEASHED 1 (1996): VS Hercules
AVENGERS (vol.2) 5 (1997): Heroes Reborn Hulk VS Heroes Reborn Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual (1997): VS Gladiator
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 456, 457 (1997): VS Apocalypse, The Absorbing Man, and Juggernaut
MARVEL ADVENTURES 14 (1998): VS Juggernaut
PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN (vol.2) 14 (2000): VS Spider-man
THUNDERBOLTS 34 (2000): VS The Thunderbolts
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.3) Annual (2001): VS Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.3) 25 (2001): VS The Abomination
THE ULTIMATES 5 (2002): Ultimate Hulk vs The Ultimates
HULK/WOLVERINE: 6 HOURS 4 (2003): VS Wolverine
THE PUNISHER (vol.4) 37 (2003): VS Wolverine, Daredevil, and Spider-man
THE ULTIMATES 13 (2004): Ultimate Hulk VS Chitauri/Skrull Leader
MARVEL MONSTERS: DEVIL DINOSAUR 1 (2005): VS Devil Dinosaur
FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.3) 533-535 (2006): VS The Thing and the Human Torch
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.3) 95 (2006): VS The Silver Surfer
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK 1 (2006): Ultimate Hulk VS Ultimate Wolverine
THE ULTIMATES 2 12 (2006): Ultimate Hulk VS Ultimate Abomination
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.3) 107 (2007): VS Hercules (with help from Namorita and Angel)
WORLD WAR HULK: X-MEN 1-3 (2007): VS All the X-men and the Juggernaut
HULK VS FIN FANG FOOM One-Shot (2008): VS Fin Fang Foom
MARVEL ADVENTURES: THE HULK 10 (2008): VS Juggernaut
MARVEL ADVENTURES: THE HULK 11 (2008): VS The Thing
MARVEL ADVENTURES: THE HULK 12 (2008): VS Champion
HULK 4, 6 (2008): VS Red Hulk
The Hulk stands as the quintessential super heavyweight of the comics world!! He is well known for having some of the greatest slugfests ever because let's face it, the brute fights anyone and everyone! With his hair-trigger-temper he never needed a reason besides showing his opposition that he is simply the strongest one there is. So as a result, the Hulk has had brawls that set the standard for which all others are measured by. And this is the "real-deal" Marvel Universe Hulk and not some pale-alternate-world-imitation like the Ultimates Hulk, Red (****) Hulk, Blue (****) or Hulk 2099 (UGHHH!), plus each encounter is in Marvel timeline and continuity (sorry, no What-If comics and the like). Here are greenskin's 10 absolute finest. Each fight is broken down into five categories and rated on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the highest), they are:
Match up:
How well the combatants stack up against each other. And is the fight "pay-per-view" material.
Action:
Was only a few punches thrown? Or was it (like we comic-buffs tend to say) "Kirby-esque!"
Story:
How well the fight worked into the overall story (was there any real sense to the fight or was the Hulk just wanting to SMASH).
Destruction:
My personal favorite category! Did a few feathers get ruffled or was the earth shaken to the very core!!!
Classic:
How well does the fight rank up with other famous comic brawls in the comic universe's great history (or just check out your local comic shop and see if "feisty-fanboys" still talk about it)! When it was over would one of the combatants say, "This should be the fight they remember me by."
I put the Hulk incarnation next to each issue and you can click on the link below to see the the differences each incarnation has.
Incarnations of the Incredible Hulk
NOW HERE ARE THE HULK'S 10 BEST SLOBBER-KNOCKERS!!!!
10. TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 100 (1968)
"Savage" Hulk vs the Sub-Mariner and Puppet Master (background)
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Marie Severin
Inker: Dan Adkins
Match up: 8
Action: 9
Story: 6
Destruction: 8
Classic: 8
A classic encounter that raged all over the city and sea! This issue put "Hulk vs Sub-Mariner" in the annals of epic Marvel history!!
9. THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 321, 322 (1986)
"Mindless" Hulk vs The Avengers and West Coast Avengers (Captain America, Wasp, Hercules, Sub-Mariner, She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Iron man, Wonder man, Hawkeye, Henry Pym, Mockingbird, Tigra)
Writer: Al Milgrom
Artist: Al Milgrom
Inker: Dell Barras
Match up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 7
Destruction: 10
Classic: 8
When the Hulk get's separated from Bruce Banner he becomes a mindless mass of total destruction!! Can all of earth's most powerful heroes stop him?
8. THE INCREDIBLE HULK vs SUPERMAN one-shot (1999)
"Gravage" Hulk vs Superman
writer: Roger Stern
Artist: Steve Rude
Inker: Al Milgrom
Match up: 10
Action: 9
Story: 9
Destruction: 9
Classic: 8
Two icons and heavyweight champions of the two most popular comic publishers! This fight delivers as promised! A classic encounter of earth-shattering proportions!!
7. THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 340 (1987)
"Gray" Hulk vs Wolverine
Writer: Peter David
Artist/Inker: Todd McFarlane
Match up: 7
Action: 9
Story: 7
Destruction: 6
Classic: 9
A bloody scrap that took the Hulk and Wolverine rilvary to new-legendary heights! This fight showed the level of savagery the combatants are willing to go to get the job done!
6. THE MIGHTY THOR (vol.1) 385 (1987)
"Savage" Hulk vs Thor
Writer: Jim Shooter (plot), Stan Lee (script)
Artist: Erick Larsen
Inker: Vince Colleta
Match up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 7
Destruction: 10
Classic: 8
Another legendary "Hulk vs Thor" rumble! This fight set off another heated argument in this famous debate! Was the Hulk actually too much for Thor to handle when he didn't have Mjolnir to fight with? Check the issue and you be the judge!!
5. MARVEL UNIVERSE: ONSLAUGHT one-shot (1996)
"Savage" Hulk vs Onslaught
Writer: Scott Lodell, Mark Waid (plot), Mark Waid (script)
Artist: Adam Kubert, Joe Bennett
Inker: Dan Green, Art Thibert, Tim Townsend, Jesse Delperdang
Match up: 8
Action: 7
Story: 8
Destruction: 7
Classic: 8
No other fight ever showed how truly powerful the "Savage" Hulk was! Witness as this incarnation of the "one-true" Hulk is the only being in the world that can save it from this mad-god gone wild that keeps evolving!!
4. FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.1) 112 (1971)
"Savage" Hulk vs The Thing
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: John Buscema
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Match up: 9
Action: 10
Story: 7
Destruction: 10
Classic: 10
Another "Hulk vs Thing" that is an absolute classic!!! This fight only added to the ever popular "grudge match" between the two brutes!!!
3. WORLD WAR HULK 1-5 (2007)
"Heroes Return" Hulk (with the Warbound) vs Black Bolt, Iron man, Ares, Mrs. Marvel, Wonder man, She-Hulk, Doc Samson, Spider-woman, Spider-man, Cage, Storm, Black Panther, Human Torch, Thing, Invisible Woman, Mr. Fantastic, Hercules, Angel, Namorita, General Ross and the U.S. Army, Dr. Strange, Iron Fist, Echo, Ronin, and the Sentry
Writer: Greg Pak
Artist: John Romita Jr.
Inkers: Klaus Janson and Christina Strain
Match Up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 10
Destruction: 10
Classic: 10
The Illuminati sent him off to another planet. But he survived, conquered and eventually found true happiness and peace. Then a bomb killed everything he built and could ever love (his kingdom, wife and even his unborn child). Now with the Warbound, he's coming back to earth more angry than he's ever been to make them all pay for the pain he had to suffer. And nothing will stop the Hulk from getting his revenge!!
2. FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.1) 25, 26 (1964)
"Gravage" Hulk vs The Fantastic Four and the Avengers (Thing, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, Captain America, Thor, Iron man, Wasp, Giant man)
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Jack Kirby
Inker: George Bell
Match up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 10
Destruction: 10
Classic: 10
These issues are what comic books are all about; action, struggle, will and heroes up to their necks in ****!! Issue 25 also contained the most awe-inspiring "Hulk vs Thing" brawl ever!!! This was Marvels first really big battle issue with Kirby going wild as the brutes slugged it out all over New York! Plus this fight set the standard for all the other comic brawls to come. Each issue had so much mayhem, tension, and all out destruction that this two-parter is the ENTIRE comic book medium at it's finest!!! Don't belive me, then check them out!!
And now the greatest ever...
1. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (vol.1) 112 (1965)
"Gravage" Hulk vs Thor
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Jack Kirby
Inker: Chic Stone
Match up: 10
Action: 10
Story: 9
Destruction: 7
Classic: 10
This was the ultimate and greatest slugfest between the Hulk and the Thunder God!! At the end, Marvel fanboys still didn't get the answer to who was the stronger. But what they did get was the most incredible one-on-one battle EVER published in a comic!!!! An argument can be made that F.F. 25 and 26 are the greatest but hey, it's my thread and I'm sticking to JIM 112 because both combatants were so evenly matched (you just knew the Hulk was gunna kill the Thing in issue 25)! Thor wanted to prove he was better than this raging mortal in hand to hand combat and asked Odin to take away the power of Mjolnir for 5 minutes so he could duke it out "sinew against sinew!" Thor needed to prove to himself and the world that he was the superior! But even a thunder god can make mistakes as he couldn't stop the raging behemoth and his ever-increasing strength, endurance, and durability! For nothing was going to stop the Hulk from destroying the hammer and to crush the pompous Thor to claim himself champion of the Marvel Universe!! Maybe this is not the first, but it sure is the BEST big-time fight ever (Lee/Kirby can't be beat)!!
HONORABLE MENTIONS!!!
Okay, those 10 set the standard but the Hulk has plenty of others. These are some more of the Hulk's great brawls over the years (now any issue with a great fight is included even if it wasn't in continuity). These are just simply the best Hulk fights in comics through the years since his first appearance in May of 1962 thru December 2008 (I stopped here because frankly, the Hulk sucks today...so enjoy)
FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.1) 12 (1962): VS The Fantastic Four
AVENGERS (vol.1) 3 (1964): With Sub-Mariner VS The Avengers
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 73 (1965): VS Amphibian
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 77 (1966): VS The Executioner
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 79 (1966): VS Hercules
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 90, 91 (1967): VS The Abomination
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 93 (1967): VS The Silver Surfer
TALES TO ASTONISH (vol.1) 101/ THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 102 (1968): VS Asgard
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 104 (1968): VS The Rhino
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 105, 106 (1968): VS The Missing Link
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual 1 (1969): VS The Inhumans
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 111, 112 (1969): VS The Galaxy Master
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 115-117 (1969): VS The Leader
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 118 (1969): VS The Sub-Mariner
CAPTAIN MARVEL (vol.1) 21 (1970): VS Captain Mar-vell
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 125 (1970): VS The Absorbing Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 129 (1970): VS The Glob
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 137 (1971): VS The Abomination
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 139 (1971): VS The Leader
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 141 (1971): VS Doc Samson
SUB-MARINER 35 (1971): VS Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 155 (1972): VS Captain Axis
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 157, 158 (1972): VS The Rhino
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 10 (1973): VS Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 162 (1973): VS The Wendigo
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 166 (1973): VS Zzzax
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (vol.1) 119, 120 (1973): VS Spider-man
MARVEL FEATURE 11 (1973): VS The Thing
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 13 (1974): Defenders vs Squadron Sinister
GIANT-SIZE SUPER STARS 1 (1974): VS The Thing
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 172 (1974): VS Juggernaut
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 173, 174 (1974): VS The Cobolt Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 180, 181 (1974): VS Wendigo and Wolverine
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 183 (1975): VS Zzzax
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 18, 19 (1975): Defenders VS Wrecking Crew
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 193 (1975): VS Doc Samson
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual 5 (1976): VS Xemnu the Titan and other monsters
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 195, 196 (1976): VS The Abomination
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 199 (1976): VS Doc Samson, Army, and SHIELD
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 200 (1976): VS Ghosts of rouges gallery
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 205 (1976): VS The Crypto-Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 206 (1976): VS Air Force and NYPD
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 50 (1977): Defenders VS The Zodiac
DEFENDERS (vol.1) 52 (1977): VS The Sub-Mariner
THE ETERNALS (vol.1) 14-16 (1977): Cosmic Powered Hulk VS Eternals (this was Jack Kirby's final comic he ever drew the Hulk in and it wasn't even the real Hulk. But man, what a battle!!!)
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 216 (1977): VS The Bi-Beast
THE RAMPAGING HULK MAGAZINE 1 (1977): VS Krylorians
THE RAMPAGING HULK MAGAZINE 5, 6 (1977): VS The Sub-Mariner
WHAT IF (vol.1) 3 (1977): With the Sub-Mariner VS Armored Avengers
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 222 (1978): VS "Billy"
THE RAMPAGING HULK MAGAZINE 9 (1978): VS The Avengers
WHAT IF (vol.1) 12 (1978): Rick Jones Hulk VS Everybody
DAREDEVIL (vol.1) 163 (1979): VS Daredevil
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual 8 (1979): VS Sasquatch
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 235-237 (1979) VS Machine Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 240-243 (1979): VS Tyrannus
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 245 (1979): VS The Army
THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN (vol.1) 131, 132 (1979): VS Iron Man
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 250 (1980): VS The Silver Surfer
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 255 (1980): VS Thor
MARVEL TREASUREY 28 (1981): VS Superman
WHAT IF (vol.1) 29 (1981): VS Everybody
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 269 (1982): VS The Hulk-Hunters
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 270 (1982): VS The Abomination and The Galaxy Master
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 272 (1982): With Sasquatch VS The Wendigo
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 300 (1984): VS The Avengers and most heroes of New York
WHAT IF (vol.1) 45 (1984): VS Everybody
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 316 (1985): VS Hercules, Iron Man, Sub-Mariner, and Wonder Man
MARVEL FANFARE (vol.1) 21 (1985): VS The Thing
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual 15 (1986): VS The Tyrannus/Abomination
FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.1) 320/THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 350 (1988): VS The Thing
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 364 (1989): VS The Abomination
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 400 (1992): VS The Leader with his minions and Hydra
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 402-404 (1992/1993): VS Juggernaut, Red Skull, Mentallo, and The Avengers
THE INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT 2 (1993): VS The Maestro
WHAT IF (vol.2) 50 (1993): VS Wolverine and a bunch of other mutants
THE LAST AVENGERS STORY BOOK 1 (1995): VS Tigra and Wonder Man
SAVAGE HULK: One-Shot (1996): Stories of Battles
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 440 (1996): VS Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK-HERCULES: UNLEASHED 1 (1996): VS Hercules
AVENGERS (vol.2) 5 (1997): Heroes Reborn Hulk VS Heroes Reborn Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) Annual (1997): VS Gladiator
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.2) 456, 457 (1997): VS Apocalypse, The Absorbing Man, and Juggernaut
MARVEL ADVENTURES 14 (1998): VS Juggernaut
PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN (vol.2) 14 (2000): VS Spider-man
THUNDERBOLTS 34 (2000): VS The Thunderbolts
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.3) Annual (2001): VS Thor
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.3) 25 (2001): VS The Abomination
THE ULTIMATES 5 (2002): Ultimate Hulk vs The Ultimates
HULK/WOLVERINE: 6 HOURS 4 (2003): VS Wolverine
THE PUNISHER (vol.4) 37 (2003): VS Wolverine, Daredevil, and Spider-man
THE ULTIMATES 13 (2004): Ultimate Hulk VS Chitauri/Skrull Leader
MARVEL MONSTERS: DEVIL DINOSAUR 1 (2005): VS Devil Dinosaur
FANTASTIC FOUR (vol.3) 533-535 (2006): VS The Thing and the Human Torch
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.3) 95 (2006): VS The Silver Surfer
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK 1 (2006): Ultimate Hulk VS Ultimate Wolverine
THE ULTIMATES 2 12 (2006): Ultimate Hulk VS Ultimate Abomination
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (vol.3) 107 (2007): VS Hercules (with help from Namorita and Angel)
WORLD WAR HULK: X-MEN 1-3 (2007): VS All the X-men and the Juggernaut
HULK VS FIN FANG FOOM One-Shot (2008): VS Fin Fang Foom
MARVEL ADVENTURES: THE HULK 10 (2008): VS Juggernaut
MARVEL ADVENTURES: THE HULK 11 (2008): VS The Thing
MARVEL ADVENTURES: THE HULK 12 (2008): VS Champion
HULK 4, 6 (2008): VS Red Hulk