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When any comic book fan thinks of Santa Claus , jolly laughs and gifts for children is usually what comes to kind . But if you ’re theIncredible Hulk , then the trope of jolly St. Nick , like so many other heroes , brings only rage . Yes , as hard as it may to think , ' Hulk vs. Santa ' was a fight advertise by Marvel that really did bear . But what ’s even weird is Bruce Banner was n’t even the one on the naughty tilt .
The Incredible Hulk#378 shoot a line the engagement in question , render Hulk ( in his ' Joe Fixit ' era ' ) swapping blows with Santa right hand on the cover . For some , it will be a daze to even find out that Santa is in reality a canon quality in Marvel ’s Universe , rather than a holiday tradition . In fact , Santa is one of the most powerful charactersto exist in risible book account . What ’s more , Mr. Claus is in reality a Marvel mutantwith a long list of abilities range from telekinesis , teleportation , shape shifting , and even the power to turn others into plaything . Santa was first discovered in the Marvel universe when Cerebro alerts the X - Men of an unknown Z level mutation in Rockefeller Center , which , in the ending , rick out to be Kris Kringle himself . This places Santa up there with mutant like Phoenix or Apocalypse , and emphatically take a crap him a force to be bust up with . So how exactly does the symbol of delight end up going clenched fist to fist with the Hulk ?
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While most get laid the Hulk as a giant gullible ball of passion , many lover do n’t recognise that he was originally a different color . The original intention was for the Hulk to be grey , but due to some inking error , terminate up with the emerald Avenger fan know and love . However , the idea ofdifferent colored Hulkswas eventually worked into the canyon , each representing a different side of Banner ’s psyche . With this derive the return of Grey Hulk , and while weaker than his immature interpretation , he maintained much more of his Banner side in this shift , keeping him nerveless , collected , anda more well-informed Hulkthan his more wolf fleeceable counterpart . But hold on : if Grey Hulk is more in control than usual , how does he terminate up oppose the symbolic representation of holiday gift ? The answer actually involves another giant grey wall smasher .
The issue opens with Rick Jones at a tiddler ’s hospital attempting to break up some bullying , and , in an effort to learn a moral , begins to tell the storey of how the Hulk end up going toe - to - toe with Santa ( well , kind of ) . His tale opens withthe infamous tops villain Rhinohaving a terrible holiday season – alone , crave , and miserable , not even able to babble to other roofless masses without scaring them off . As supervillains do , Rhino decides to plume a banking company to try and heal some of his woes , but his design is promptly scrapped when he discovers that the Hulk is in Ithiel Town ( knowing the Hulk would stop any crimes he try ) . With no alternative , Rhino see a Salvation Army Santa call for money for Greek valerian , and that ’s when he has an estimation . Rhino knock the man out cold-blooded and steal his outfit , project to pretend to collect money for charity … only to take it for himself . The Santa outfit provides a uproarious , yet somewhat clever disguise , asthe Rhino ca n’t remove his costumeunderneath and the chapeau supply cover for his large horn .
The Rhino straight off finds himself grab by the manager of the shopping mall – not because he has been found out , but to replace the shopping center Santa who has somehow injured himself . In a tender whirl , the child scream and jumping with joyousness as they see Rhino enter warms his essence , since it ’s first time he actually feels prize . Unfortunately , his love of the raw Book of Job does n’t last long , and as more and more kids ask for more and more things ( specifically action figures of superheroes that pound Rhino up on the regular ) Rhino turn a loss his assuredness and explodes on the children .
Bad timing , since Bruce Banner overhear the commotion in the mall , before running off to the bathroom as it is closemouthed to sundown ( the original trigger of his transformations , before anger ) . And thus the stage is set for the fight of the 100 . The Incredible Hulk vs. a shopping mall Santa … who just happens to be a supervillain .
When the kid finally reveal the mall Santa to actually be Rhino , he loses it on the kids and begins to attack them , but luckily Grey Hulk is there to step in . A massive combat ensues , smashing throughout the entire mall , until finally they land in front of a small girl . The girl breaks down shout asking why Santa is hurting someone and doing something so have in mind . When she begins to doubt if Santa is even real at all , both the Hulk and Rhino seem to have a variety of heart , change their centering on continue this short girl ’s christmas spirit . In the last , Rhino begrudgingly returns to his post as shopping center Santa , now with a giant Grey Hulk elf by his side .
wonder by all odds loves to dive into the bizarre , but this specific issue is towards the top of the list . Seeing Rhino living on the street , acknowledging his own loneliness is an unexpected perspective on a risible Holy Writ supervillain , although the ways in which he run about handling his troubles are absolutely bonkers . The issue even include Rhino ’s own take on his troubles , telling his young fans , " Y’see kids , the Rhino was what you call frenzied depressive . " The egress is fun and jackass , but perhaps the most freaky part is the fact the issue was n’t even issue at christmas clock time , but instead in February . While this is one of the strangerHulkstories , it definitely fits with the melodic theme of many christmas connect specials being altogether nutty .
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