#and the emphasis they’ll give on how the Hulk is actually an interesting character capable of depth!
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The Hulk! (1978) #14
#this whole story really emphasized Bruce as a scientist and as that being a position of superiority#not even necessarily just superiority over the Hulk but as a position in society#there’s even a scene where police try to restrain him and he yells at them ‘you can’t do this to me- I’m a scientist!’#of course the concept of Bruce’s life being more valuable because of what he can contribute as a scientist is nothing new#which I’ve been thinking about a bit lately#like that trial the Hulk had way back where it was argued that it would be wrong to kill the Hulk because that would also mean killing Bruce#and that would be such a loss to science#implying that it would be ok to kill Bruce for the Hulk’s crimes if he was someone that could contribute less?#and- for that matter- that the Hulk’s life is worth less than Bruce’s because he’s not as ‘intelligent’?#I think that these ideas are interesting within the story#I like the idea of Bruce as something with a sense of superiority#of Bruce as someone who thinks of himself as that he ‘exalts mankind’s conquest of savagery’#and- amidst all his other issues with the Hulk- as insecure over part of him being a ‘dumb beast’#but it can sometimes be frustrating to see those ideas presented uncritically within narration#(though I have already formed the habit of sometimes rejecting the framing the narration presents in Hulk comics- haha)#and then reproduced by fans#particularly the weird insecurity some Hulk fans have over the Savage Hulk alter being the most well-known one#and the emphasis they’ll give on how the Hulk is actually an interesting character capable of depth!#… because there are other alters with less limited vocabularies#like c’mon now#marvel#bruce banner#my posts#comic panels
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