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Quote1 And who was he? A no one. A pathetic hillbilly with a brood of inbred hillbilly children. So much wasted potential. Quote2
Maestro[src]

History

Bruce Banner (Earth-807128) from Wolverine Old Man Logan Giant-Size Vol 1 1 001

Bruce's human form

Like his Earth-616 counterpart, Banner began his days as a hero. No one knew for sure what caused his drastic change, some speculating that the radiation that had turned him into the Hulk finally wormed its way into his brain and changed his personality. Another possibility is the extra radiation he absorbed while witnessing an atomic bomb blast over California. When the super-villains took over, Banner joined in on the massacre of the heroes, supposedly killing Thor among others. [1]

Banner eventually conquered California from his old nemesis, the Abomination, renaming it "Hulkland" and setting himself up as ruler. He and his cousin She-Hulk had many children, who in turn had children of their own. The family was referred to as the "Hulk Gang".

One of Banner's debtors was the man formerly known as the Wolverine. When he came up short in his rent to Banner, Banner sent his children to demand the money. Logan negotiated for a grace period, accepting a job as Clint Barton's bodyguard on a delivery across the country in order to pay his debts. While Logan was away however, Banner had his family killed.

Logan snapped, and set off to avenge his family. He began killing Banner's family one by one, before setting off a bomb that destroyed their encampment and killed most of them, before confronting Banner himself.

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Death

Banner confesses that he had Logan's family killed because he was longing for a good fight like the "old days", and wanted 'his Wolverine' back. During the fight, Bruce transforms and ends up eating Logan whole, as he's become accustomed to eating his rivals after a fight over the years. Logan heals in Bruce's stomach, eventually cutting his way out, killing Banner in the process.[2]

Attributes

Powers

Seemingly those of the Robert Bruce Banner of Earth-616, while he also is able to use the Hulk's superhuman strength and resilience while in human form, enough to battle Wolverine while still an old man and survive being stabbed and slashed by the latter's claws, to the point where his transformation allowed him to completely heal from the wounds.

Weaknesses

As he ages considerably, Banner's healing factor has weakened progressively, noticing how he ate Logan, and when Logan sliced open his stomach, Banner didn't heal from the wounds, and instead died. Banner's psyche also appears to have been damaged by his continued exposure to radiation.

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