I mentioned in a previous post that Hulk is one of those heroes that I call an
“x” hero, because his power is variable, and has no obvious limit. However,
many of the “x” heroes have had their power capped off in one particular
situation, as an exemption to their abilities. Hulk, however, is not only an
exception to this occurrence, but he is often the hero who is used to explain
why a character’s power is no longer sufficient. Here are some interesting
cases in which Hulk broke the rules of the Marvel universe.
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Thor’s hammer, Mjolner, is a magical weapon
infused with the magic of the gods. It is protected by magic so that no one may
lift the hammer unless they are “worthy”. This means that when Thor drops the
hammer, no one can take it from him. It is seemingly impossible to lift. The
first time Hulk tried to lift it, it didn’t budge. This made him furious, and
after screaming in rage, was able to slowly lift it off the ground (to Thor’s
great surprise) and even fling it at him,
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Juggernaut is known as the “Unstoppable Force”
in the Marvel universe. Once he has built up momentum, he cannot be forcibly
stopped. No hero has ever been able to stop his charge, and only 2 heroes in
history have been able to even redirect his path as he ran. Despite this
incredible power, Hulk once got angry enough that he planted his feet, allowed
Juggernaut to hit him, and then brought him to a complete stop (to Juggernaut’s
great surprise) and then tossed him away.
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Adamantium is indestructible. Wolverine has only
ever had his metal harmed by Magneto (who controls all metal), and even the
movie in which Wolverine fights Silver Samurai gets it wrong. Adamantium cannot
be physically destroyed once cooled. Well, 99% of the time anyway. Hulk one picked
Wolverine up, and pulled him in two (to Wolverine’s great surprise) separating
his adamantium skeleton in the process. This did not kill Wolverine of course,
but Hulk DID throw his legs 4 miles away, which took Wolverine a long time to
get to…
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