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Trevor Colligan Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 14 October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 547
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 11:54am | IP Logged | 1
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I`ve been having a Hulk fix recently and was thinking about the size of the Hulk over the years. While I enjoyed Mike Deodato`s recent work on the Incredible Hulk even if the story moved at a snail`s pace, I felt the way size that Mike drew the green goliath got out of hand. I like the idea of the Hulk being of course taller than us flatscans but still reasonable. Something like this:
Compared to Deodato`s rendition:
I feel a smaller Hulk lets you identify with him some more and also, if he`s drawn like Deodato`s rendition, Banner`s pants must have one huge elastic on them.
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Joe Hollon Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 11:59am | IP Logged | 2
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Wow. Yeah, that Deodato HULK must be 15 feet tall. That's a
little rediculous. I think of the HULK being about 7' tall and I do
not think of him getting bigger as he gets stronger (like in the
movie).
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Jon Godson Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:05pm | IP Logged | 3
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Both the Hulk and the Thing often seem to alter in size depending on the
artist. I like the Hulk around 7 feet tall, and the Hulk around 10.
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Dave Carr Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1850
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:08pm | IP Logged | 4
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That's nothing compared to the grey Hulk depicted by Todd McFarlane. I recall on shot of the Hulk holding Betty, and the scale was like an adult sumo wrestler holding an infant.
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Trevor Colligan Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:12pm | IP Logged | 5
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I`m sure some writer could make up some reason why the Hulk is bigger at times. One reason could be from Banner`s budding personalities or that he`s evolving like how they explain why the Thing looks different sometimes instead of just saying the Artist doesn`t want to comfort the fans with a constant look of a hero. One of the many things in comics that just don`t need explaining. Speaking of the thing, here is a recent Marvel Knights Four cover by Deodato.
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Luke Styer Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:16pm | IP Logged | 6
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There's nothing else present in that first picture to provide scale by which to judge the size of that Hulk. That Hulk could be bigger than the Deodato Hulk, but we can't tell.
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:27pm | IP Logged | 7
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I liked Keown's Hulk. Big, but not too big.
( And JB's, but that goes without saying.)
Edited by Brian Miller on 07 December 2005 at 12:28pm
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Brad Brickley Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:35pm | IP Logged | 8
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I like the very early Hulk the best. More scary than huge, more
along the Jeckel and Hyde line of thinking. I think that's the
thing that Marvel lost along the way. The scale of their characters
just went off the scale.
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Andrew Bitner Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 01 June 2004 Location: United States Posts: 7526
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:37pm | IP Logged | 9
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To me, it makes some sense that the angrier the Hulk gets, his strength and his size both increase. Okay, he shouldn't be in Giant-Man territory by any means, but being eight or nine feet tall? Not out of the question. The "default" Hulk being seven feet tall (and Ben Grimm being six feet) seems about right to me.
(Post 1766- the year Rutgers was founded in New Brunswick, NJ, as Queens College. Go, alma mater! Scarlet Knights rule!)
Edited by Andrew Bitner on 07 December 2005 at 12:38pm
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Pete Carrubba Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:46pm | IP Logged | 10
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I asked this in another thread, but never got an answer: Where do you suppose the extra 800 pounds of Hulk goes when he changes back to Banner? I can see cells dividing and producing a bigger being, but when he changes back, where does it go? We never see Banner standing in a puddle or excess living tissue converted to energy. What's the prevailing thought on this issue?
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Trevor Colligan Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:47pm | IP Logged | 11
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When the Thing was first introduced, he was shorter than Reed!
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Trevor Colligan Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 December 2005 at 12:51pm | IP Logged | 12
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Where do you suppose the extra 800 pounds of Hulk goes when he changes back to Banner?
I bet someone has explained that as mass from an extra-dimensional
source, that always seems to be an easy explanation in comics.
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