Bruce Banner (Earth-11638)

Doctor Banner

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Real Name

Robert Bruce Banner

Current Alias

Doctor Banner

Aliases

Hulk, Bruce Banner

Status

Citizenship

American

Occupation

Sorcerer Supreme

Characteristics

Origin

Human formerly mutated by gamma energy; later became Sorcerer Supreme

Universe

Earth-11638

Creators

John Layman, Al Barrionuevo

First Appearance	Appearance of Death
Incredible Hulks Annual #1 (August, 2011)	Incredible Hulks Annual #1 (August, 2011)

History

After one too many run ins with the Hulk, The Amazing Spider introduced Bruce to Doctor Strange in hopes that magic would help rid him of the Hulk. After training Bruce in the mystic arts, Doctor Strange left his mortal body to go on a walkabout to the various planes of existence, handing the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme to him.

Using what Doctor Strange had taught him, Bruce banished the Hulk to Hell. When the Bruce Banner of Earth-616 travelled to this universe with Spider-Man and Deadpool, the Infernal Hulk was able to get free from Hell by trading places with the Hulk persona of Earth-616's Banner. He immediately went after Bruce who was saved by Spider-Man and Deadpool. Together with his counterpart, Spider-Man, and Deadpool, the Sorcerer Supreme Banner came up with a plan to defeat the Infernal Hulk once and for all by reversing banishing spell and then snapping Bruce's neck before the Infernal Hulk could take control of his body. Seconds before his body was killed, Bruce left his physical form behind to explore the planes like his predecessor. While there, he freed the Amazing Spider from Hell giving him a second chance to make things right.^[1]