Bruce Robert Banner (Earth-981)

{{Character Template|Title = Hulk|CurrentAlias = Hulk|RealName = Robert Bruce Banner|Image = CAM00080~2.jpg|Aliases = The Green Sasquatch, Green monster|Identity = Secret|AlienRace = Human|Alignment = Good|Affiliation = Ally of The Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent|Relatives = Brian Banner (father); Rebecca Banner (mother, deceased); Susan Drake-Banner (paternal aunt, possibly deceased);|HistoryText = ===Early Life===

Bruce's father, Brian Banner, is a genetics researcher, Who was trying to improve the human DNA by experimenting on human test subjects. Once David's wife gave birth to their son Bruce, the government shuts down his research after learning of his dangerous experiments. In rage, Brian then accidentally murdered Rebecca while he was drunk.

After Brian Banner was sent into a mental institution, 5-year old Bruce was left in care of his Aunt, Susan Banner and believing both of his biological parents to be dead. Years later, Bruce became a well known research scientist, biochemist and genius in nuclear physics working at Culver University, along with his girlfriend Dr. Elizabeth Betty Ross, Intern Rick Jones, and Betty's father General Thaddeus Ross, a General who was also a S.H.I.E.L.D. liaison.

Experiment Gone Wrong
After 9/11, S.H.I.E.L.D. decided to look into new options of recreating The Super Soldier serum that created Captain America. Banner believed that Gamma Radiation is the next step to recreate the super soldier serum.

In 2003, The program was ready for Human testing but before any test subjects were found, Rick got stuck in the gamma chamber and was rescued by Bruce and took a full dose of high amounts of radiation. He was then transformed into a large muscled greenish gray rampaging rage monster dubbed The Hulk, with reduced intelligent and incredible strength. The accident caused an explosion at the campus and the raging monster broke loose. He destroyed the lab, fought against The Army and S.H.I.E.L.D. Troops and finally escapes. While Ross, Betty, and Rick managed to make it out alive.

The Military was looking forward to using The Hulk's body as a living weapon every since the incident and declares a confidential manhunt on manhunt for Banner, while Banner decided to escape and hideout, blaming himself for all the people he hurt.

Hulk Vs Wolverine
Days later, Banner borders to Canada and came into conflict with a mutant Wolverine in his Hulk persona when he was blamed for an attack on a town. both combatants were captured by a terrorist group called when he was blamed for an attack on a town. both combatants were captured by The Enclave lead by Jay-X ( a conglomerate of evil scientists  with their own private army who used Canada as  their own test site.) and were bough to their labs for experimenting. They then broke free and worked together to bring down Enclave, Including their members ( Omega Red,Hazmat, Solara, Bi-Beast and Brigade). Hulk and Wolverine survive and continued their earlier fight. Hulk came out as the victor and continued to search for numerous cures for The Hulk.

Meeting The Green Monster
In 2008 Banner found a new direction for himself acting as an unregistered physician helping people in the poverty-stricken slums in the jungle wile still finding a cure. While working, medical camp comes under siege by some Cartels, lead by a man named Espinoza. resulting Banner getting angry and becoming The Hulk and destroyed the criminal hideout. This incident was reported to General Ross who was still hunting Banner for years after the original accident.

General Ross tracked the origin of the incident and arrived at Banner's hideout with a team led by a trained marine officer Jamie Carlson to bring Banner in. Banner then transformed and Vicious battle broke lose at a abandoned soft drink bottling factory. S.H.I.E.L.D's Man Droids Unit later arrived to take down the Hulk and to aid the Troops but were proven no match to the hulk and later escapes.

Welcome Home
Banner made his way back to the United States and stayed at a family home and fled the next three days when the government arrived to bring in Banner. Bruce then heads to New York City where he finds out that Betty was working at Culver University alongside with Rick Jones at a Biology department and was dating a S.H.I.E.L.D. Scientist Dr. Leonard Sampson. Banner was able to get hold of Sampson so he could help Banner find a cure for The Hulk.

One night, Banner visited Sampson at his home where he, Betty and Rick reunited, Sampson reveals that he knows someone by the name of Samuel Sterns who works on Gamma Radiation and could possibly cure Banner of the Hulk at a high security prison maintained by S.H.E.L.D. known as The Cube. Banner then found out that a criminal named Carl Creel had been exposed to the same gamma radiation much like Banner and managed escaped the cube prison.

The crew managed to go to Las vegas for Banner to speak with Creel for answers about The Cube before he heads their. But Creel only wanted to fight Banner's alter ego, Hulk.

He transforms and the two duke it out in Monument Valley. Jamie Carlson and The ManDroid unit was thrown into the fray to capture the two. Creel proved to be a tough opponent, absorbing everything he touches that tossed Hulk around like a doll. but was bought down when Hulk smashed creel's body parts into bits. Carlson, General Ross, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Hawkeye and then take them both to the Cube, Including Betty, Rick and Sampson.}}