For a short while, Bruce stopped being the Hulk, and Rick James became the Hulk for a few minutes. And then writer Al Milgrom turned Bruce back into the Hulk… except that he was gray and smart.

He became a blue monster with armor-like skin that rivals the Hulk in strength with no issue. Rick was brought back to the same location and transformed into another Hulk-like creature, A-Bomb, by ...

Banner infamously became the green-hued behemoth in The Incredible Hulk #1, when he was exposed to gamma radiation after saving Rick Jones.Banner absorbed the gamma rays, which affected his ...

Rick was a harmonica playing teenager out for a joy ride on a bomb range — the Silver Age was a different time, folks — and saving him what was caused Bruce Banner to become the Hulk.