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From destroying bad guys with his pure might to wreaking havoc to an entire country and destroying a planet-sized threat, Hulk’s best smash moments are awe-inspiring, to say the least.
6) Hulk Smashes 2 Tanks, Causing Them to Shoot Down 2 Jets
Sometimes Hulk’s best smash moments have nothing to do with fighting another superhero or villain. Instead, it is often the case that he loses his temper and shows everyone why he is truly the strongest there is. This occurred in Incredible Hulk #121, a story from 1969. This was way before his power increase gave Hulk almost godlike strength. However, when General Ross was relentlessly attacking Hulk without a break, the big green guy finally got sick of it. There have been many moments where Hulk smashed the ground and knocked things out of the way. In this case, it was even more impressive. Hulk smashed the ground so hard that two of Ross’s military tanks were bounced into the air while firing on him. Instead of hitting Hulk, the tanks were thrown so high they blasted down two fighter jets, also firing on Hulk. With one smash to the ground. Hulk took out two tanks and two fighter jets at the same time.
5) Punched Wolverine So Hard He Flew From New York to Boston
Garth Ennis has always had a disdain for superheroes. However, when he came into his own with Marvel Comics, it was with his work on The Punisher. There were times during his run when Marvel forced him to incorporate other superheroes into the mix, and Ennis often did things that made the superpowered crowd look ridiculous. His biggest target seemed to be Wolverine. There was one issue where he had Punisher run Wolverine over with a steamroller, squashing him. Another moment saw Ennis bringing Hulk and Wolverine into Punisher Vol. 6 #37, which was the last issue of that run. In this book, Hulk punched Wolverine so hard that he knocked him from New York City to Boston. To put that into perspective, that distance was 215 miles. Wolverine stood up after being hit, confused, and that is when the Boston P.D. arrived to see what was going on.
4) Hulk Causes a Hurricane
Hulk has utilized his thunderclap power on numerous occasions. Usually, he does it to knock back legions of bad guys or military aggressors, often taking out multiple enemies at once. He has even used this in the Marvel Cinematic Universe on occasion. However, his most powerful thunderclap came in Incredible Hulk Annual Vol. 1 #5. In this issue, he was fighting the replica of a villain known as Diablo, created by the titan Xemnu to terrorize Hulk. This was one of five replica monsters sent after Hulk, and he killed every one of them. Diablo is a being comprised solely of smoke and is immune to almost everything. However, Hulk found a way to destroy him with the thunderclap, which dispersed the entire being into nothingness. However, the thunderclap was so intense that it also created a hurricane that flooded into a South American country.
3) Smashed an Asteroid Twice Earth’s Size Into Pieces
In Marvel Comics Presents #52, Hulk was part of the storyline “Kids Will Be Kids.” In this story, a group of alien space children is on a destructive tear, treating planets and asteroids as if they were parts of a video game. The aliens are in spacecraft and are blasting planets and asteroids, regardless of whether there is life on them or not. The alien kids then knocked a planet-sized asteroid toward Earth, something that would destroy the planet. At this time, Hulk was Joe Fixit, so he was less powerful than the normal green Hulk. However, he was still strong enough to help when people arrived and requested assistance. He is then sent up with a jet-propelled device, and he destroyed the entire planet-sized asteroid with just his strength — an asteroid that was believed to be around 169.6940727 zerrratons.
