Can the Hulk be suffocated or is he just completely invincible?
Does the Hulk need air?
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He's shown susceptibility to gas before so I imagine he needs oxygen.
I can't remember if Sue Richards tried putting a force field around his head in World War Hulk.
In Secret Wars, he seemed to cope better with the lack of oxygen when Molecule Man dropped that mountain on top of the heroes.
I can't remember if Sue Richards tried putting a force field around his head in World War Hulk.
In Secret Wars, he seemed to cope better with the lack of oxygen when Molecule Man dropped that mountain on top of the heroes.
Sue did that waaay back in Fantastic Four #166. She caught him just as he was exhaling and knocked him out.
But if he has a lung-full of air, he can hold it for an extremely long time. He has done orbital re-entries that way.
As with all Hulk-related questions, World War Hulk rewrote all the rules, in my view.
Shadowcat phased him and pushed him through the ground beneath. She even felt guilty because she thought she'd crippled him - she hadn't. Despite her unphasing him while he was still in the ground, he still pulled himself out.
His mind is too strong even for Xavier to shut down, Black Bolt screaming at him barely slowed him down, he fought the Sentry to a standstill, he resisted the effects of Stark's SPIN tech and easily overcame Dr. Strange when he was using the kind of magic even he wouldn't normally dare touch.
Shadowcat phased him and pushed him through the ground beneath. She even felt guilty because she thought she'd crippled him - she hadn't. Despite her unphasing him while he was still in the ground, he still pulled himself out.
His mind is too strong even for Xavier to shut down, Black Bolt screaming at him barely slowed him down, he fought the Sentry to a standstill, he resisted the effects of Stark's SPIN tech and easily overcame Dr. Strange when he was using the kind of magic even he wouldn't normally dare touch.
Yea WWH really powered him up, but I suppose it had to make him be able to fight the strongest characters in the entire Marvel Universe in the crossovers.
As to the question in the original topic I think in WWH wasn't the Hulk in space busting up asteroids or missiles launched at their ship?
As to the question in the original topic I think in WWH wasn't the Hulk in space busting up asteroids or missiles launched at their ship?
Nardpuncher
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How much does Superman eat?
The Hulk can hold his breath for a LONG time. In outer space, he would eventually suffocate.
But the Tempest Fugit storyline of a few years ago establish he can breathe underwater. He's the ultimate specimen of survival, it worked for me.
It's my understanding that Hulk's strength is proportional to his anger (correct me if I'm wrong). Believing that his wife and child had been killed, and a massive swathe of 'his' planet and people devasted, by the Illuminati, he was more pissed-off than he had ever been, ergo stronger than he had ever been--that's my reasoning, anyway. It doesn't hurt that his time on Sakaar improved his training, adding technique to brute strength.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
This was my understanding as well. But I wonder if there's any kind of upper limit on it...
There are pretty much no limits on the Hulk's powers. On invincibility, he has regenerated from a skeleton. At best, suffocation is probably just going to make him inert for a brief time.
Back in the old Marvel Superheroes RPG, his strength went up into Shift Z range, which was as high as it got before becoming some sort of cosmic entity/force. In that game, he could easily heft 1000 tons. And in the comics, he once held up a mountain (though he was not sustaining the entire weight).
Back in the old Marvel Superheroes RPG, his strength went up into Shift Z range, which was as high as it got before becoming some sort of cosmic entity/force. In that game, he could easily heft 1000 tons. And in the comics, he once held up a mountain (though he was not sustaining the entire weight).
Not so - in the mission that lead to Planet Hulk, he evolved past breathing while in space...
Nardpuncher
Rear Admiral
I read in the first Superman All-Star that after returning from saving the ship that went too close to the Sun he was capable of pushing the equivalent of 200 quintillion tons...and this was with one hand!
I know Wolverine has done that or something similar, but I didn't know the Hulk had done it.
Hm, well, I couldn't find a source to confirm it, so I may be wrong. I've seen it mentioned that he can regenerate his brain and from core star temperatures. I saw a panel where he regenerated from an extremely charred corpse. And apparently "a future version" regenerated from a pool of goo.
I'm not sure what Wolverine has regenerated from. I know having his admantium ripped out over-taxed his healing factor, but after recovering he began to further mutate to where he could get back up after being hit by a semi-truck.
Doomsday and Vandal Savage both have regenerated from skeletons. I own an issue where Vandal recovers from being burnt to nothing after orbital re-entry.
Lobo's healing factor is also supposed to be pretty insane.
I'm not sure what Wolverine has regenerated from. I know having his admantium ripped out over-taxed his healing factor, but after recovering he began to further mutate to where he could get back up after being hit by a semi-truck.
Doomsday and Vandal Savage both have regenerated from skeletons. I own an issue where Vandal recovers from being burnt to nothing after orbital re-entry.
Lobo's healing factor is also supposed to be pretty insane.
^^ Of course, I'm pretty sure Lobo was intended to be a parody of such shenanigans.
^Heck, the tendency of Wolverine and other such characters to regenerate has long since been exaggerated to the point of self-parody.
^^ Which is why I haven't read many modern Wolverine titles even though I loved the first run.
