Hulk Is Undeniably The Avengers' Most Powerful Hero

Marvel's Strongest Avenger Of All Time Is Not Up For Debate

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One member of the Avengers possesses enough power to defeat every single Marvel hero and come out without a scar. Since the team first assembled, the Avengers have welcomed an extraordinary variety of characters into their ranks, ranging from street-level vigilantes to cosmic beings. Part of what makes the Avengers so interesting is that heroes like Hawkeye and Black Widow often fight the same battles as Iron Man and Thor.

Among the most formidable Avengers are the heavy-hitters whose presence alone almost guarantees victory for the team. Characters like Thor, Scarlet Witch, Captain Marvel, Wonder Man, and Storm have demonstrated strength and versatility that place them among Earth's true mightiest. But among these elite champions, there's one Avenger whose power eclipses every other hero on the team.

Hulk Is The Most Powerful Avenger Without Trying

Hulk Overpowers The Avengers Even Without Getting Angry

Hulk does a superhero landing alongside Captain America, Thor, Luke Cage, and other Avengers

Hulk's default strength naturally outclasses most Marvel heroes by an overwhelming margin. Even when calm, Hulk's body possesses enough power to kill or at least knock out ninety percent of heroes with an Avengers membership. If Hulk wanted to, he could obliterate Avengers as famous as Iron Man, Giant-Man, and even Vision on a whim.

Hulk's power grows the angrier he gets. If his fellow Avengers get on his nerves, Hulk becomes increasingly volatile, and powerhouses like Thor and Captain Marvel find it increasingly difficult to contain him. Hulk's compounding power ensures that even a losing battle eventually leads to a stalemate, or more often, to disastrous collateral damage.

Even Hulk’s calmer and supposedly “weaker” personas like Joe Fixit and Professor Hulk operate on a physical level few heroes can rival. Joe Fixit effortlessly trades punches with Wolverine, and Professor Hulk retains enough strength to fight multiple opponents as mighty as Doc Samson, Captain America, and the ruthless Maestro. Green Scar and Maestro himself can dominate entire civilizations without changing a shade.

Hulk's Power Doesn't Have A Ceiling

Hulk Can Keep Getting Stronger Forever

Worldbreaker Hulk screams as he powers up using Gamma energy in Marvel Comics

Hulk’s power escalates without any discernible limit. While accessing higher levels of anger isn’t effortless, every emotional spike pushes Hulk into a stronger, more destructive state. Theoretically, as long as he gets angrier, Hulk can increase his power indefinitely. Hulk's rage not only fuels his physical strength but also an endless influx of Gamma energy that amplifies the rest of his abilities.

Hulk has broken his own boundaries to achieve historical feats countless times. During 1984’s Secret Wars, Hulk holds up an entire mountain range weighing millions of tons. Later on, Hulk damages Onslaught’s armor all by himself. Before that, Hulk shatters a massive asteroid threatening Earth with a single punch. Hulk challenges the laws of physics if he needs to, such as when he crawls his way out of a realm with infinite density.

Hulk’s durability and regeneration also follow this same infinite curve. Hulk has survived nuclear detonations at point-blank range and rebuilt his entire body within seconds. His biology reacts to threats with immediate evolution, making him capable of surviving underwater and in outer space. In fact, even Darwin's evolutionary abilities adapt to Hulk's ever-evolving power and force the mutant to teleport himself far away in order to survive.

Hulk Can Only Be Stopped Temporarily

The Best Way To Defeat Hulk Is To Contain Him

Spider-Man makes Hulk transform back into Bruce Banner with a knock-knock joke

Hulk’s healing factor and limitless stamina make him nearly impossible to stop for good. Characters as powerful as Thor, Hercules, and Juggernaut can only hold him back before his anger escalates to match or surpass their strength. Every victory over Hulk is temporary, as Hulk’s Gamma energy ensures that he adapts, regenerates, and returns stronger than before. Not even Bruce Banner can kill or get rid of the Hulk.

Because Hulk’s strength rises exponentially with emotional stress, the only way to interrupt his rampages is to defuse the situation. Magical restraints and emotion-driven strategies have proven more successful than direct combat. Hulk isn't a conventional opponent, as he's a self-escalating force of nature who must be managed rather than beaten.

Hulk Is Literally Immortal

Hulk Is Incompatible With Death

The Immortal Hulk walks towards the Green Door

As if Hulk's infinite source of power weren't enough, Bruce Banner's Gamma-powered alter ego is quite literally impossible to kill. Al Ewing's The Immortal Hulk revealed that Gamma energy ties Hulk to a supernatural afterlife known as the Below-Place. Every time Bruce Banner or one of his Hulk personas dies, the barrier between worlds known as the Green Door opens and allows him to return to life.

Al Ewing’s Immortal Hulk run clarifies that Hulk has already died countless times; far more than readers ever realized. However, every one of his deaths has been reverted. Each death merely sends Hulk back through the Below-Place, where the One Below All exerts its influence. Hulk's resurrection cycle is virtually automatic, and therefore, inevitable.

The Green Door grants Hulk infinite access to resurrection. With limitless gamma energy fueling him and the Green Door always waiting to reopen, Hulk’s immortality becomes a core part of his power set. There are very few characters who can truly kill the Hulk, and even then, the Green Goliath transcends death, returning angrier and stronger each time.

Incredible Hulk Last Call Comic Art by Dave Keown

Hulk Created By Stan Lee, Jack Kirby First Appearance The Incredible Hulk (1962) Alias Robert Bruce Banner Alliance Avengers, Defenders, Horsemen of Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Pantheon, Warbound, S.M.A.S.H., Secret Avengers Franchise Marvel

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