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References to and Quotes about
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)

4 #30 (July 2006): "Open House", page 17, panel 3:
Namor (discussing Illuminati business with Reed Richards): "As they have been since our... 'project' with Banner began. Compounded by the fact that Stark's paranoia has begun to seem... less paranoid."

Avengers (vol. 1) #500 (Sep. 2004): "Chaos: Part One of Four", page 35, panel 1:
Wasp (to enraged, out-of-control She-Hulk): "Oh Jennifer, please, please don't do this. You're not your cousin, you're in control. This isn't you!! You can control it!!"

Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #11 (May 2001): "Hero for Hire", page 22, panel 2:
Moon Knight: "So, was I right to bring Cage along?"
Daredevil: "We'll see."
Black Widow: "Maybe we should have rented the Hulk while we're at it."

Marvel Knights 4 #1 (Apr. 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 1", pages 6, 16:
[page 16] Ben Grimm/Thing: "Look, Casey, I got a family, too. And I got one marketable skill in this world: Smashing things. No one's better at it than me. Okay, maybe the Hulk."

Note: On page 6, the Hulk's name is seen on the cover of comics on the floor of Franklin Richards' room

Marvel Knights 4 #2 (Apr. 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 2", pages 12, 15:
[page 12] girl working behind counter at coffee shop: "Heeeey, aren't you... uhm...?"
Ben Grimm/Thing: "Yeah, I am. I'm on break, can I get that to go?"
girl behind counter: "S-sure... Mr. Hulk, sir." [more]

Marvel Knights 4 #23 (Dec. 2005): "Impossible Things Happen Every Day, Part 1", page 12, panel 2:
Greg (to his roommate, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa): "I don't have time for 20 Questions, Roberto, I'm playing the new Hulk game."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #5 (Oct. 2004): "Venomous: Part One", page 20, panel 2:
Spider-Man (narrating): "This feels more like I'm fighting the Hulk than a guy who got his first Ph.D. while his buddies were in grade school."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #8 (Jan. 2005): "Venomous: Part Four", page 4, panel 2:
Mary Jane Watson (to man at Peter Parker's high school reunion who hits on her by lying and claiming to be Spider-Man): "Sorry, Spidey, but I'm already married to the Hulk and you know how big and cranky he gets when someone hits on his girl."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13 (June 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder, Part One", page 3, panel 5:
student in Peter Parker's class: "You know what would make science class cool? ...If you explained how super heroes' powers worked. Like if you explained mutants and cosmic rays and Gamma bombs and stuff... People are into that."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #16 (Sep. 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder, Part Four", page 13, panel 3:
Spider-Man (to Reed Richards): "You'll screen for mutations? Cosmic rays? Gamma radiation? Super-Soldier serum? Angel feather? Pixie dust?"

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #18 (Nov. 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder: Conclusion", page 12, panel 6:
gangster (speaking about Absorbing Man): "Who has beaten this guy?"
Owl: "Finally a good question. Hmmmm... Thor hasn't been seen in forever. The Hulk is too unpredictable..."

Maximum Security #2 (Dec. 2000): "A World of Hurt", page 5, panel 4:
Wasp: "And it's more than just the Avengers... Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Punisher--"

Megaton Man (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1984): "They Call the Doctor... Software!", page 22, panel 5:
Doctor Software: "Megaton Man... suddenly caught in the grips of a space-time continuum blast--"

Note: Prof. Levitch's narration about Megaton's origins but mostly the image, refer to Hulk's origin. Levitch's recounts an origin that refers to the origins of Superman, Spider-Man, Hulk, Cap. America, FF.

The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #30 (Dec. 2009): "The Unspoken: Part 4", page 12, panel 3:
Eternity: "Avengers have formed for many reasons. To capture a monster. to thwart a sorceress. To st

Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #434 (Late Jan. 2004): "The Draco, Part Six", page 7, panel 1:
Juggernaut: "So much for these Canadian Hulk-buster designs, eh? Get it? I said, 'eh' just like a canuckle-- head."

Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #435 (Early Feb. 2004): "Trial of the Juggernaut, Part 1 of 2", pages 2-3, panel 2:
She-Hulk: "Anyhow...it says here you received your super-human powers from touching a gem left in some Cambodian cave by a demon named Cyttorak... Easier than injecting yourself with Hulk blood, I guess... Your prior offenses include, but are not limited to... damage to Hulkbuster Base One..."

X-Men (vol. 1) #98 (Apr. 1976): "Merry Christmas, X-Men...", page 9, panel 2:
Enter Peter Corbeau, PhD, DSc, twice Nobel Price-winnter and director of the UN's Project Starcore.*; [footnote] * As readers of the Hulk will no doubt remember-- Marv.