well people, the classic battle of MARVEL'S strongest, The Mighty Thor vs The Incredible Hulk will never end. Marvel's writers try to calm things down between fans of both powered heroes all over the world with the Hulk 2001 annual.
Hulkfans keep saying that Hulk knocked out Thor with 3 punches, each time growing stronger. The punches did happen....the hulk did grow stronger, but Thor was not knocked out. I challange Hulkfans to read the script of that box, if you could post it. The writer wrote "the unexpected happen" after hulk bashed up thor and that was a bloodied thor woke up and challange hulk to fight again. Thor could bleed, he does not have that healing factor of hulk, but that does not make him liable to defeat against the hulk.
Again hulkfans said that lightning could not knock hulk out. well, it did. Thor zapped a bolt at hulk and carried an unconsious hulk thru the portal.
but with respect to the writers, they did their best to balance both fans. They concluded, sorry Thorfans, that Hulk is stronger and sorry Hulkfans, because they said Thor's more powerful. In the end they said there was not a clear victor in the fight. Also proving why Thor can't use every inche of his might and power to fight Hulk with a question of who poses more danger a Hulk who want to be left alone or a god who want things done? simply saying that hulk handed thor his ass is unfair. Marvel proved why Thor had to tone down ( arrowing to Thor's the Reigning).
If i have the time i wld pose the concluding page of the annual.
Warrior Madness isn't the route to take against a really pissed Hulk, he'd be at least a thousand times stronger than Thor. While Thor would not last long at all in a brawl with Hulk, Thor is smarter than that.
Using Mjolnir, as well as his superspeed, and his divine powers such as the Odinforce, Thor wins.
Hulk fears Thor's Hammer, and might very well be the only thing on hearth he fears. Thor is underrated (and not very popular) so poeple are quick to pick Hulk as the winner.
Thor would loose without his hammer,Hulk should concentrate on that.
In my eyes this is 50/50, but the fight could go on forever,litteraly.
This is a great fight. Thor has strength and inv. on his side. With the elements he can keep Hulk off of him. If he can keep his hammer safe from Hulk, and still use it on him, and stay out of Hulks grasp, Thor could knock out Hulk with the Hammer.
However, if Thor is not fighting at a high level of expertise, Hulk may well find a way to lock onto Thor, disabling his advantages and squeeze him like a grape.
What If ? No 45, June 84 - "What If Hulk Went Berserk"
Hulk kills 2 of the FF and Iron Man, strikes Thor causing him to drop his hammer and holds him so he can't pick it up. This is back when Thor would revert to Blake if he didn't hold the hammer for 60 seconds. Thor and Hulk grapple and Thor claims that that Hulk's strength matches his own but Hulk's blind rage causes him to be careless. Thor gets the neck snap and Hulk dies and reverts to a lifeless Banner.
Even if Hulk is stronger wich he should be when angry it makes sense, grappling requires a clear mind. I have been submitted by people over 60 pounds lighter and much weaker than me when I tried to hard to get a submission.
Well, you guys keep sayin hulk gets mad and therefore gets stronger in seconds. well let me arrow you to defenders#10. Both Thor and Hulk holded each other in dead-lock, each holding the other with the same immeasurable force. Ten minutes they hold their pose, each straining futilely to break the status quo. Twenty minutes they hold! Thirty minutes! One hour! For 1 hour they hold each. Using the theories that Hulk strength increases by mins due to anger. Hulk should have been class 500- 600 why even class 1000 by now! How could Thor hold Hulk back? But that is what the god of thunder did! So Hulk kicking Thor's arse? I think not.....
check this out....the defenders' synopsis http://www.defenders.ca/summary/defe10.htm
check out the comment..... it came from a hulk database....
http://www.hulklibrary.com/hulk/comics/comic-show.asp?Id=wi&Issue=45
i know joesha and thats all part of the inconsistancies of comics, ie, why can hulk not get strong enough to wipe the floor ( as he has done b4) consistantly against say thor. i think its down to popularity of characters, its ok for juggie ( a minor character) to pummell thor but hulk and thor are 2 equally popular guys and therefore the result cant be too cut and dry. on powers alone hulk is too much for thor in a brawl without thor using some form of magic/trickery
Well Hulk, with his strength might win a brawl but not with his fighting skills. Thor on the other hand is a master wrestler. The writers usually don't give him much respect in the past. But with the growing number of fans, The Mighty Thor would be unequaled to many characters and challanges. and for "hulk pissed would win all he has to do is grab thors hammer and throw it in space and beat the shit out of him and thor when hes mad dont get stronger". That never happened b4 and never would. according to deathcount Thor killed hulk twice. So the score goes.... The Incredible Hulk 0 - The Mighty Thor 2