Originally posted by DarkSaint85
This is how it is ending up.[b]Hulk was weakened
Proof:
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[*]Banner’s words.[*]The placement of the segue by Hickman before the fight
[*]Hulk’s colouring. He is gray with green patches.
[*]His eyes. They’re still green.
[*]Hulk lost.
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This is the proof given.
Now, rebuttals.
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You need to read the whole sentence, as it is one sentence. Banner is referring to the alt. Hulk, who could come out whenever his teammates needed him – but at the same time, would not attack his teammates. The perfect big hitter. Rather than needing to be punched by the enemy first, or have Iron Man/whoever punch him, he can turn on a whim.On the eve of their biggest battle to date, Hickman is showing us everyone will be in tip top condition. Yes, BAV, full Hulk. If the Illuminati needed Hulk, he can transform at will.
We can see the same issue with Jovian, who is green. Under the same light, he is gray green. Norn’s silver mirrored helmet reflects golden light. Under amber light, you will appear gray-GREEN. On top of that, when Hulk was approaching the planet, in Strange’s light, he was green:
When Hulk gets madder, his eyes start glowing with GREEN light. That’s why they look green. Carver was right, I wasn’t serious about WBH lol…but his eyes have been known to glow green.
No rebuttal.
Now, the other side.
Hulk wasn’t weakened
Note how Carver is now trying to switch his definition of weakened, lol.Proof:
[*]Why is Jovian suddenly gray green?
[*]Why is Norn’s helmet yellow? Under the same artist, when Strange used HIS light, Norn went back to silvery-blue.
[*]Actually, why does EVERYONE except for Hulk have different coloured clothes?
[*]Why was Hulk green just before the fight? Was he angry, then calmed down to Gray levels during the fight?
[*]Why the referral to being able to control his changes? Just call it a throttle.
[*]He has been plenty angry after this. He didn’t LOOK gray, under normal light. Why? Even when the alt. Hulk fought him. Did Hickman forget? But I thought Hickman is an amazing writer?
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Rebuttals, please. [/B]
The color scheme can not be refuted. You made very good, very solid points on the great job that the colorist put into the scene. The Hulk on the other hand has different levels of power, and if not for the mention of that serum I would say that Sun God beat the starch out of a full powered Hulk. However, we know that Banner was injected with that serum, we do not know how long the serum would last, but we know that it was still present in his system during that particular battle.
The serum could not have been meant to revert the Hulk back to Banner, or he would not have even been able to engage Sun God for a second. The serum was obviously meant to turn the Hulk back into Banner when he became too feral to control. The serum obviously worked in conjunction with the Hulk's adrenaline levels. In closing; We have actually seen the Hulk of that era take more damage than what was put out by Sun God, we have also seen him at higher levels of power prior to taking the serum.