Hulk is a character in comics and film.
The Hulk is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . In his comic book appearances , the character is both the Hulk , a green-skinned , hulking and muscular humanoid possessing a vast degree of physical strength , and his alter ego Bruce Banner , a physically weak , socially withdrawn , and emotionally reserved physicist , the two existing as personalities independent and resenting of the other . Banner and the Hulk have been adapted in live-action , animated , and video game incarnations , including the 1970s The Incredible Hulk television series ( played by Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno respectively ) and in film by Eric Bana , Edward Norton and Mark Ruffalo . Hulk is a 2003 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name . The Incredible Hulk (film) . It is the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) .