{"id":956175,"date":"2026-05-13T03:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956175\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:21:23","slug":"savage-hulks-mcu-return-can-finally-fix-a-long-running-powers-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956175\/","title":{"rendered":"Savage Hulk’s MCU Return Can Finally Fix a Long-Running Powers Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marvel<\/a> fans are eager to see the latest installment in the Avengers franchise, Avengers: Doomsday, which will hit theaters on December 18. However, months before that release, the MCU\u2019s next major theatrical return will be Spider-Man: Brand New Day on July 31\u2014and there\u2019s plenty that movie can do that should have fans equally excited. From the ongoing mystery regarding who Sadie Sink is playing<\/a> in the movie to swaths of villains<\/a> in the trailer, Brand New Day has already dropped some exciting hints about what\u2019s coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among the reveals in the trailer, in fact, was the return of Mark Ruffalo\u2019s Bruce Banner\/the Hulk<\/a>. Curiously, this isn\u2019t the same Hulk MCU audiences last saw, either. The Hulk\u2019s most recent appearances have been in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Avengers: Endgame before that, both of which confirmed a brand-new version of Hulk, who is, apparently, already gone now. And with this news comes the thrilling possibility that the MCU will finally address a major issue with the character.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Savage Hulk Is Returning In Brand New Day<\/p>\n

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As mentioned, Hulk is confirmed to be returning in Brand New Day, which is an exciting prospect. Yet, equally exciting for many fans is the fact that the Hulk is back in what some might argue is his true form. That is, it will be Savage Hulk, not \u201cSmart Hulk,\u201d in Brand New Day. Smart Hulk was introduced in Endgame as the new version of the character that saw Bruce Banner and the Hulk finally merged as one being after years of fighting between the two. This new Hulk form essentially had Hulk\u2019s body but Banner\u2019s brain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This could have been cool in theory, but it actually ended up being fairly unpopular with audiences, who missed having an unpredictable, smashing-prone Hulk on their screens. It didn\u2019t help when Smart Hulk started doing yoga in She-Hulk. (And, it\u2019s worth noting, Valkyrie effectively becomes the voice of the fanbase at one point, telling Hulk that she liked him better either of the other two ways.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Evidently, Marvel listened and course corrected, as the Brand New Day trailer has already confirmed that Savage Hulk will be back and ready to cause destructive mayhem in the new movie. In addition to that likely meaning happier audiences, this change also means that it\u2019s finally time for the MCU to fix its long-running problem with the Hulk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hulk Has Never Been Powerful Enough In The MCU<\/p>\n

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The Hulk is a beloved Marvel character for a reason. He\u2019s massive, angry, and prone to absolutely losing it and destroying everything in his path\u2014basically, he\u2019s a lot of fun to watch on screen. However, Hulk\u2019s strength and abilities should also have meant him consistently being one of the most powerful characters in various story arcs, and that\u2019s unfortunately not been the case. In fact, Hulk has spent a significant amount of time in the MCU not living up to his full potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As just one example, many were excited to see Hulk absolutely wreck Thanos\u2019 army and go toe-to-toe with Thanos himself in Avengers: Infinity War, but other than a brief appearance in the beginning, the Hulk sat out Infinity War altogether, leaving Banner to fight in the Hulkbuster armor. This proved incredibly unpopular among fans who had expected an epic showdown with Hulk at his maximum power. Then, when Endgame revealed that it would be including Smart Hulk, those frustrations only grew.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even before these most recent Avengers choices, though, Hulk just hasn\u2019t been as powerful as he should have been. After all, Thor gives Hulk a solid run for his money in Thor: Ragnarok, and even before that, so much of the Hulk\u2019s storyline has involved Banner\u2019s angst over being the Hulk and his inability to control himself. There was also a bizarre throwaway plot in which Banner and Black Widow had a budding romance, but that\u2019s another matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brand New Day Can Finally Make The Hulk As Powerful As He Should Be<\/p>\n

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With Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the MCU can finally bring Savage Hulk back and, hopefully, see him at his most powerful and most destructive. Ideally, that would also lay the groundwork for this version of Hulk to return in upcoming MCU projects, assuming that he doesn\u2019t die anytime soon. There has been some conjecture to that effect, given that Hulk evidently isn\u2019t among the characters returning in Doomsday<\/a>, although there\u2019s a non-zero chance that could be a misdirect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It would also be legitimately shocking (and a poor decision) for the MCU to kill the Hulk off in a Spider-Man movie, so it feels safe to assume that Brand New Day will not be his last appearance. Given that, this upcoming movie represents a major opportunity for the franchise to fix its years-long Hulk problem\u2014and, hopefully, the MCU will take it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below\u00a0and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marvel fans are eager to see the latest installment in the Avengers franchise, Avengers: Doomsday, which will hit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3935],"tags":[77,26149,3985,4517,3943,4580,16,15],"class_list":["post-956175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-hulk","tag-marvel","tag-mcu","tag-movies","tag-regular-feature","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}