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The Hulk has always prided himself on being the strongest and will smash apart anyone or anything that gets in his way. On top of having a lot of repressed rage and trauma, a significant reason why the Hulk is so powerful compared to other gamma mutants is because of the One Below All. This omnipotent embodiment of evil is the source of all gamma radiation in the multiverse. The One Below All further empowers the Hulk in its effort to mold him into becoming its avatar. Thankfully, the Hulk has resisted becoming the One Below All’s puppet and instead uses its infinite power to accomplish great acts of heroism.
10) Destroyed an Asteroid Twice the Size of Earth
Even when the Jolly Green Giant is in his significantly weaker Gray Hulk form, he still has the power to destroy the Earth. In Marvel Comics Presents #52, alien kids were playing around and destroying planetary bodies. As part of the fun, they sent an asteroid hurtling towards Earth. This asteroid was twice the Earth’s size, thereby ensuring that it would annihilate the planet if it struck. Working quickly, the Hulk strapped on a jetpack and flew into space to meet the asteroid head-on. And despite being in his weakest form, the Hulk still managed to reduce this massive asteroid into millions of little pieces with a single punch.
9) Destroyed a Planet and Moon
With a being as powerful as the Hulk, collateral damage from his battles can reach planetary levels and beyond. During the events of Incredible Hulks #634, the Hulk and some of his gamma-irradiated allies are transported to the Dark Dimension, where they fight various villains. During the battle, Red She-Hulk is manipulated by the villain Tyrannus to attack her friends. The two Hulks become so angry that they both enter their Worlbreaker states and charge at each other, with the collision causing an explosion that destroys the planet they were standing on and a nearby moon. Luckily, the blast also triggered a magical wishing well that instantly resurrected everyone vaporized by the apocalyptic blast.
8) Lifted the Weight of a Star
During the events of Infinity, the Mad Titan Thanos and his powerful enforcers, the Black Order, invaded Earth when the Avengers were off on an intergalactic mission fighting the Builders. Thankfully, the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes returned just in time to stop Thanos’s conquest. During the battle, the Hulk fought two of the Black Order’s strongest members, Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight. The latter villain impaled the Jolly Green Giant with her spear, which can take on the weight of a star. However, despite also being infected with a deadly poison, the Hulk didn’t crumble under the weight. Instead, the Hulk held the spear up while kneeling.
7) Held Open a Black Hole
Although the Hulk is most well-known for being an Avenger, he’s also been an invaluable member of the Defenders and has saved their lives multiple times. In Defenders #3, the Hulk, along with his teammates Doctor Strange, Namor, and Silver Surfer, is on a journey through dimensions when he’s accidentally caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole. Before any of them could be sucked in, the Hulk grabbed onto the edges of the black hole so that his teammates could hold onto him. While the Hulk resisted the black hole, Namor managed to get the Silver Surfer’s board and use it to fly down and pull everyone out. If it weren’t for the Hulk buying Namor time, the Defenders would have all died.
6) Destroyed Sagittarius A
Not only has the Hulk held open a black hole, but he’s destroyed one from the inside out. In the appropriately named Hulk: Smash Everything series, the second issue has the Leader banishing his brutish nemesis into Sagittarius A. This supermassive black hole rests at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The black hole’s time-warping gravity tears the Hulk apart atom by atom. However, in the third issue the Hulk manages to pull himself together and begins fighting back against the seemingly endless void. Inside Sagittarius A and fueled by overwhelming rage, the Hulk begins punching the densest matter in the universe repeatedly. Eventually, the Hulk manages to split Sagittarius A in half and causes the biggest black hole in the galaxy to explode.
