The One Hulk Moment That’s Too Gross And Horrifying For The MCU

Seeing someone absorbed by Hulk’s organs and bones is harrowing, and “Immortal Hulk” capitalizes on plenty of these shocking sequences. There are numerous other body horror moments, like Hulk crawling out of Bruce Banner’s mouth. In another issue, Hulk has to fight Rick Jones, his friend whom readers thought had died previously but was resurrected as an unholy abomination, pleading, “Kill me.” It’s dark, and these ideas and images are precisely what writer Al Ewing wanted to explore.

Ewing spoke with Comics Beat about using horror concepts in “Immortal Hulk” to explore real-life politics. “I think the through-line there is both in the horror of the everyday, and anger as a theme,” he elaborated. “I was really thinking about things that make people angry, and of what makes them afraid. If you’re talking about the end of the world that we’re currently living through, it’s both anger-making and horrifying.”

It’s unlikely the MCU will take any cues from “Immortal Hulk,” which is a shame because this is the obvious Hulk story to adapt. A Disney+ series or feature-length film of “Immortal Hulk” could bring the character back to his roots; he’s a man on the run, and he must fight his basest impulses while experiencing some twisted things. Besides, the MCU will get its first R-rated movie with “Deadpool 3,” and the franchise has already delved into horror with “Werewolf by Night.” If Marvel feels feisty, perhaps an “Immortal Hulk” adaptation could be in the cards. 

Seeing someone absorbed by Hulk’s organs and bones is harrowing, and “Immortal Hulk” capitalizes on plenty of these shocking sequences. There are numerous other body horror moments, like Hulk crawling out of Bruce Banner’s mouth. In another issue, Hulk has to fight Rick Jones, his friend whom readers thought had died previously but was resurrected as an unholy abomination, pleading, “Kill me.” It’s dark, and these ideas and images are precisely what writer Al Ewing wanted to explore.

Ewing spoke with Comics Beat about using horror concepts in “Immortal Hulk” to explore real-life politics. “I think the through-line there is both in the horror of the everyday, and anger as a theme,” he elaborated. “I was really thinking about things that make people angry, and of what makes them afraid. If you’re talking about the end of the world that we’re currently living through, it’s both anger-making and horrifying.”

It’s unlikely the MCU will take any cues from “Immortal Hulk,” which is a shame because this is the obvious Hulk story to adapt. A Disney+ series or feature-length film of “Immortal Hulk” could bring the character back to his roots; he’s a man on the run, and he must fight his basest impulses while experiencing some twisted things. Besides, the MCU will get its first R-rated movie with “Deadpool 3,” and the franchise has already delved into horror with “Werewolf by Night.” If Marvel feels feisty, perhaps an “Immortal Hulk” adaptation could be in the cards.