Warning: SPOILERS for Immortal Hulk #7

The Hulk is stronger than any other Marvel hero, which is why the Avengers just had to effectively kill him in the comics. As for his immortal ability to return from the dead... we guarantee the solution to THAT problem is more twisted and disgusting than any Marvel fan will expect.

While every fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe already knows that Hulk is the strongest Avenger, his immortality is actually a new twist in the current comics. A gift of his recent death and resurrection, Bruce Banner is now more divided than ever. Wandering across America in secret, Bruce can't stop getting himself killed every other day. But when the sun goes down, it's the Hulk who returns to life, out for vengeance.

At least, he used to. That zombie-ish ability has been solved behind the Avengers' back, since - SPOILERS - you can't become the resurrected Hulk... if your head, organs, and limbs have all been removed and stored in separate glass jars. We hope you Hulk fans are sitting down.

The Avengers Wage a Massive Battle Against Hulk

For those who might have missed the beginning of this new, horror-inspired chapter in the Hulk's life, you're bound to be as shocked as the other Avengers to learn Bruce Banner isn't just alive and kicking, but failing to control his Hulk side, leading to dozens of Hulk-sightings and carnage across the Midwest. As far as the heroes know Bruce Banner and Hulk have been dead since Hawkeye promised to kill Banner if he risked Hulking out. So when the Avengers came to meet him at the end of the last issue, they were more than a little angry.

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Immortal Hulk #7 shows their attempts to bring Hulk in for government testing obviously went terribly, picking up with the heroes fighting a stronger Hulk than they've ever faced. Cracking Thor's skull, overloading Black Panther's suit, and almost killing Iron Man in his Hulkbuster armor convinced them to launch their last resort: a new weapon dubbed "Helios," which Tony fires from high altitude once the entire area has been evacuated. And the results are... well, it was a last resort for a reason.

The First Step: The Helios Laser Roasts Hulk

In the defense of the Avengers, Hulk was acting about as malevolent and evil as he could be as they tried to subdue and reason with him. There's more going on in Bruce Banner's psyche besides this new cycle of dying by day, and resurrecting as an enraged Hulk by night (there usually is). His unstoppable spree leaves the Avengers have no choice but to fire a high-altitude laser that wipes the town of Georgeville, Iowa off the map as effectively as a nuclear bomb - and the similarities don't stop there.

As Tony Stark explains, the laser itself is bathed in ultraviolet light, meaning it didn't just burn Hulk's body down to a smoky husk of the human beneath his green skin - it used a beam of solid daylight to overpower his force of resurrection. The question now becomes: how do they secure Banner's corpse before the immortal Hulk can rise again the next night.

Readers are warned that the answer includes some GRAPHIC SPOILERS, so prepare yourselves...

Page 2 of 2: Hulk Gets Killed, Then Dismembered (For Science)

The Avengers Mourn Bruce Banner's Remains

The Avengers of Marvel's movie universe were divided over politics in their cinematic Civil War, but even those issues pale in comparison when Captain America, Iron Man, and Black Panther all stand around the charred remains of their old friend Bruce Banner. Captain America is, of course, the bleeding heart arguing they shouldn't have done it. Tony sees it as sad, but acceptable, and the Avengers' newly elected leader Black Panther isn't shedding any tears. Especially not when they know he will return to life from even this state within 24 hours - meaning they have to act fast.

But as Bruce Banner/Hulk eventually learns when he finally does return to life, his remains haven't ended up where the Avengers believed they would. Instead of returning to the custody of Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, they were directed to the shadowy government lab trying to harvest research on Hulk physiology any way they can. So when faced with the challenge of keeping Hulk from destroying them upon his resurrection... they went to extreme lengths.

Hulk is Immortal, But Also Dismembered

Unfortunately, it's the supremely lame Dr. Clive who greets Hulk in his new home, upside down (that makes sense eventually) and submerged in liquid. After explaining the beauty of the official chain of command (plus a little pressure on the right people) sending him directly into the confines of Shadow Base, Dr. Clive promises that Hulk will soon begin to pay for the pain and trouble he's caused in the past. And to make sure the Hulk won't be an issue while they use his genes for their own nefarious goals, they've taken the liberty of chopping him up into pieces.

Head, hands, legs, lungs, heart, intestines, you name it - all separated and placed inside of separate containers on a laboratory shelf. It's a visual more at home in a mad science horror film, but that's exactly what the Immortal Hulk series has been channeling from the very beginning. From the werewolf-esque cycle of death and monstrous rebirth by day and night, to the demons haunting, corrupting, and now seemingly possessing the Hulk's most powerful form. Even without knowing exactly what Shadow Base has in store for Hulk, or what pound of flesh will be taken from him for past crimes, and by whom, it's clear the story has shifted gears.

Will the Immortal Hulk be doomed to an existence on a storage shelf? The teases of the next issue confirm he'll remain dismembered (and screaming) for the foreseeable future, but how long can Bruce Banner's dissected remains actually survive in glass jars? All questions we never thought we would have to ask, and imagery we're not going to soon forget. If the goal was to tell one of the Hulk's most horrifying tales, then the Immortal Hulk has done just that.

But you have to hand it to Hulk: killed, dismembered, and shoved on a shelf... he hasn't lost one bit of his famous temper. Which is bad news for his captors... whenever he manages to put himself back together.

Immortal Hulk #7 is available now from Marvel Comics.

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