Originally posted by Bluddflagg
Carver, can you give more context? Because the force field seems to holding up said being, not the Hulk. Is he the energy source for the force field? Is he just holding together the conduit for it? Does the force field merely transfer the weight to the individual in the apparatus?
Originally posted by Epicurus
Hulk is merely holding together the device from which said field is being generated. He's not directly holding off Exitar's foot from landing on Earth.
As Doom said, the fate of the world were quite literally resting on his shoulders.
Originally posted by The Sorrow
He is indirectly though. The machine wasn't capable of generating a planetary forcefield in the first place without Hulks help, then he is still able to hold them together even with Exitar standing on top of it.
Originally posted by Magnon
Actually, the machine was capable of generating the force field by itself. However, the machine wasn't designed to withstand the resulting internal stresses for long. Thus, Hulk was needed to hold the machine together while it was doing its job.
It seems only Corvus' atom-slicing weapon has been able to pierce Hulks skin this side of Marvel NOW and even then it took considerable effort to do so. I'm not including the Savage Wolverine appearance as that seemed to be pure spite in all honesty.
Hulks hard durability has definitely been increased and fits in line with how he was originally depicted, as an invulnerable power house, and not overly dependant on his healing factor. His feats are becoming more and more haxx which will please some fans, I just hope Waid doesn't believe that simply throwing in a few extra feats in his run will be enough to turn the declining sales around. Hulk needs to be more than just a weapon.
Originally posted by The Sorrow
He is indirectly though. The machine wasn't capable of generating a planetary forcefield in the first place without Hulks help, then he is still able to hold them together even with Exitar standing on top of it.As Doom said, the fate of the world were quite literally resting on his shoulders.
He's holding the anchors together, he's not holding the forcefield itself up.