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The Hulk Legacy

2 heroes have worn the Hulk mantle.
Robert Bruce Banner
The originalheld the mantle from 1962

Robert Bruce Banner

The Incredible Hulk #1 (1962) · 2,302 appearances

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Origin
During a gamma bomb test he himself designed, brilliant nuclear physicist Dr. Bruce Banner rushed onto the test range to push a young civilian to safety — absorbing a massive burst of gamma radiation in the process. The exposure transformed him, causing him to periodically become the Hulk: an enormous, superhumanly powerful green-skinned brute whose strength grows with his rage.
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Hulk
Successorheld the mantle from 2008

Hulk

Incredible Hulk #112 (2008) · 51 appearances
Origin
Amadeus Cho, a teenage genius ranked among the world's smartest minds, used his extraordinary intellect to absorb and control gamma energy, transforming himself into a Hulk — combining Bruce Banner-level power with a calculating mind determined to be a more heroic, controlled version of the creature.
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