The Maestro Analysis Blog
Background The Maestro Aliases: Hulk, Joe Fixit, The Devil, Has Unusually Large Kidneys Height: 7’6 Weight: 1150 lbs Occupation: Tyrant, nuclear physicist (formerly), superhero (formerly) First appearance: Hulk: Future Imperfect #1 (December 1992) Backstory “You're fighting against the inevitable , Hulk. I'm simply the final product of natural selection. The strong survive. I'm the strongest. I survived .” Born to atomic physicist Brian Banner and his wife Rebecca, Robert Bruce Banner had an extremely troubled childhood. Though he was loved by his mother, Brian despised his son, believing Bruce was stealing Rebecca’s affection toward him. And when he witnessed the unnaturally high intelligence Bruce had, Brian became convinced his work in radiation had turned his son into some sort of mutant freak. After years of physically abusing Bruce, things would come to a head when Brian wound up murdering Rebecca in front of Bruce. After his father was placed in a mental ward, Bru...