Marvel Comics’ Hulk is a famous anti-hero

who first appeared in the book The Incredible

Hulk in 1962. The first thing readers notice is
the green, hulking humanoid creature on the
cover of the book; but, on the inside, this
muscular monster’s alter ego is Robert Bruce
Banner who is everything the Hulk is not.
Banner is a physically weak, shut in who is
emotionally reserved physicist who specializes
in gamma radiation. The two personalities
seem independent of each other-- and even
hold hatred towards one another-- but they
make up the same person. Yet we as the
audience choose to separate these two extreme
personalities as good and evil. We create the
binary in the comic book universe. But in
Jacques Derrida’s “Structure, Sign and Play in
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The Hulk fought against a Russian agent,
Mongu, who wanted to learn about his
strength. Then later saved Betty from an
underground ruler then battled with the
Chinese General Fang (Incredible Hulk #5).
Yet, despite doing all this good, the Hulk was
blamed for espionage and the Fantastic Four
were called in to take him down (The Hulk vs.
the Thing!). Another example of this clash is
during the Avengers’ Initiative. Despite being a
founding member and taking down multiple
villains, the Avengers still did not trust the
Hulk since he was too unpredictable (Journey
Into Mystery #112). After losing to his friends
the first time, the Hulk came back and fought
against the Avengers and the Fantastic Four
(Avengers #5). Even after helping the Avengers
stop the a group’s attempt to eradicate human
life, Hulk was still never fully back with the
Avengers. Especially after the Hulk fought
with Spider-Man, and against the Avengers
again (Amazing Spider-Man #14). In this fight,
Spider-Man defeated the Hulk by telling him a
joke that made him calm down enough to
revert back into Bruce Banner in order to
laugh (Amazing Spider-Man #14).