The Hulk continues to tell his origin story, and now Marvel Comics reveals that the first one is based on a true legend.
Hulk is the alter ego of Bruce Banner, a scientist who had an accident with a Gamma Bomb, and since then, whenever he gets nervous he becomes an unbeatable green monster, right? Well, forget all that, because Wonder The comics, which were already tinkering with the true origins of the Emerald Goliath, have now torn everything up once and for all and revealed that the first version of the creature is based on a real myth of humanity, dating back 4,000 years ago.
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Warning: spoilers for The Incredible Hulk #15 and #16!
In the current phase, Hulk has had to face a series of terrible monsters, all children of the evil entity Mother of Horrors. In the latest editions, Banner, trapped in the “dimension” created by the mind of the Emerald Gianthe begins to understand better that, in fact, he was not the first of his lineage.
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Wait a minute… bloodline?! That’s right, writer Philip Kennedy Johnson reveals that the fight between the Mother of Horrors and the Hulk is older than anyone imagined and is part of a real myth of humanity. The Emerald Giant would therefore be one of the successors of the legend of Enkidu, the Wild Man whose deeds date back 4,000 years and were described in Sumerian poems and in the famous Epic of Gilgamesh (or Gilgamesh).
According to mythology, Enkidu would be a “bull-man”, present in Mesopotamian art, having the head, arms and body of a man, and the horns, ears, tail and legs of a bull. Later, a series of interactions with humans would have brought him closer to civilization, and this would have culminated in a hand-to-hand fight with Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. Enkidu embodies the wild or natural world.
In the official solicitation for the two-part plot of The Incredible Hulk #15 AND #16Marvel Comics reveals that the character known as the Ancient One hatches a plan to lure the Hulk closer to Las Vegas, where he intends to attack on behalf of his master, the Mother of Horrors.
“The origin of evil! As the Ancient One’s plans bring the Hulk ever closer to Las Vegas, she remembers a time thousands of years ago. The terrible empire she ruled… until her fateful encounter with the first Hulk, Enkidu, has brought everything to ruin, making them enemies forever!”, reads the synopsis of one of the editions 15.
Direct sequel to Immortal Hulk
And it doesn’t end here, see the edition description 16. “The First Hulk vs. the Ancient One! The first Hulk, Enkidu, overthrows the Ancient One’s monstrous empire!” the preview describes. “Can the Crone use Enkidu’s flesh to finally open the Mother of Horrors’ Divine Prison… or will the power of the Green Door be too much for even her? The Crone’s plans and Enkidu’s history are revealed in this shocking conclusion!”
As you can see, the synopsis establishes a direct link between the reveal of the first Hulk, Enkidu, with the Immortal Hulk phase, through the Green Door. For those who don’t remember, or aren’t aware, this is the access of the creatures bound by gamma energy to the realm of the One-Bellow-All, the most evil aspect of the Marvel Universe that is also part of the One-Below-All, the greatest “benevolent god” of the Casa das Ideias.
The idea that the Hulk is an ancient supernatural entity possessing a mortal host is more in line with the cosmic horror nature of the Immortal Hulk, and apparently One-Below-All/One-Above-All created the ancient Enkidu to ward off the Earth-bound supernatural forces of the Mother of Horrors.
This further explains why the horrific entity chose this moment to return. When the Mother of Horrors first faced Hulk Enkidu, the Emerald Giant had the support of the Lower Place dimension. Now, with the Green Door closed, Hulk seems more vulnerable to his ancestral foe.
It all sounds very confusing, and indeed it is, but future editions promise to simplify things for us and show us the true connections between the real myth of Enkidu and Bruce Banner’s Hulk.
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