The Contenders
Incredible Hulk
(Bio taken from Marvel Comics)
Real Name: Robert Bruce Banner
Occupation: Unemployed, former nuclear physicist
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Height: {as Banner) 5'9"; (as Hulk} 7'0"
Weight: (as Banner) 128 lbs.; (as Hulk) 1,040 lbs.
Eyes: {as Banner) Brown; (as Hulk) Green
Hair: (as Banner) Brown; (as Hulk) Green
Powers: The Hulk possesses superhuman strength that increases as he becomes enraged, can leap vast distances and has demonstrated a powerful healing factor.
Origin: Trapped at ground zero with a bomb of his own creation, Dr. Bruce Banner was transformed into a rampaging creature that was the pure manifestation of all of his internal rage and aggression. Now, whenever Banner feels threatened or is harmed, he transforms into... the Hulk!
First Appearance: INCREDIBLE HULK (Vol. 1) #1 (1962)
Mr. Hyde
Real Name: Mr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde
Occupation: Physician
Group Affiliation: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Base of Operations: London, England
Height: (as Jekyll) 5'8"; (as Hyde) 7'0"
Weight: (as Jekyll) 120 lbs.; (as Hyde) 750 lbs.
Eyes: (as Jekyll) Brown; (as Hyde) Yellow
Hair: (as Jekyll) Brown; (as Hyde) Bald
Powers: Due to his large size, Edward Hyde is phenomenonally strong and his skin is incredibly dense, able to withstand most cuts and bulletshots.
Origin: Dr. Henry Jekyll took an elixir that transformed him, a good, upstanding man, into a living personification of his sins, named Edward Hyde. As time progressed, Hyde grew stronger and began to overpower Jekyll, who could now barely control his transformation into Hyde.
First Appearance: LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (Vol. 1) #1 (1999)
The Scenario
*NOTE FOR CONTINUITY FREAKS* - This battle could very well take place between volumes one and two of Alan Moore's LoEG, for as to take Hyde's fate at the end of Volume 2 into consideration...
Through means I'd rather not discuss at present, Dr. Bruce Banner has awoken in London, circa 1898. Shaking his head as he stood, he shook his head, looking down at himself, brushing dust off of his apparel. He looked up to see himself standing outside of a large museum.
"Hurm..." he muttered to himself, looking around, taking in his surroundings. "I hate time-travel..."
Walking into the museum, he gazed wide-eyed at the many exhibits: The statue of Ayesha. The Yahoo skull. The colony of Lilliputians. The fossilized ichthyosaur.
"Amazing..." he muttered, wandering through the massive museum. Backing up slightly, he bumped into a slight little man passing behind him, obviously in a hurry. The little man fell, spilling papers across the floor in front of him.
"Excuse me!" Banner cried, helping the little man up, recognizing him almost immediately. "Why... you're Dr. Henry Jekyll!"
"W-why, yes..." Dr. Jekyll said, nodding slightly. "And you?"
"My name is Dr. Bruce Banner," he said, extending a hand, which Jekyll shook violently. "I must say, it's an honor to meet you, sir! I wrote my doctoral thesis on your work!"
"M-my work?" Jekyll asked, incredulous.
"Of course!" Banner began, before being violently interrupted by a slight tremor on the ground.
Both men took a nasty spill onto the ground. Jekyll, being a bit smaller than Banner, rolled away during the tremor, sitting in fetal position as the tremor continued.
"Dr. Jekyll!" Banner cried. "Are you all right?"
In the time it took to blink, Banner noticed that the frail frame of Jekyll had vanished, to be replaced by a large brown monster. "Edward's gone!" it roared. "The f---ing pansy couldn't have handled the coming storm!"
"Bring him back, you brute!" Banner yelled, rising to his feet, clenching his fists.
"Or what?" Hyde bellowed, narrowing his eyes before erupting into uproarious laughter.
"You're making me angry..." Banner whispered. "You won't like me when I get angry..."
Suddenly, the sound of tearing cloth once again filled the room as, where Banner once stood, a roaring green goliath stood in his place.
"A challenge, eh?" Hyde said. "I guess the blighter really
did study Henry's work..."
The Results
As always, you decide!
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