The Incredible Hulk
Film · 2008 · 112 minutes · Phase One
On the run from General Ross's forces, Bruce Banner searches for a cure to his condition while trying to avoid transforming into the Hulk. He is drawn into a confrontation with a super-soldier who becomes the Abomination.
Follows on from
- Iron Mancameo-only · optional — Tony Stark meets General Ross in the closing scene, planting the shared-universe thread.
Leads to
- The Avengersdirect-sequel — Bruce Banner is recruited into the team.
- What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes? — S01E03timeline-branch — Reimagines the Culver University confrontation from The Incredible Hulk as the moment Hank Pym fatally wounds Bruce Banner, causing the Hulk to 'explode' rather than survive as in the film.
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: Season Oneside-story — Emil Blonsky, transformed into Abomination in The Incredible Hulk, returns as a paroled convict whose case is central to the season's plot.
- Superhuman Law — S01E02side-story · optional — Jen's client Emil Blonsky is the Abomination from The Incredible Hulk, and the case turns on his history of trying to kill Bruce Banner in that film.
- The People vs. Emil Blonsky — S01E03prequel · optional — Emil Blonsky's parole hearing revisits his history as Abomination and his imprisonment stemming from The Incredible Hulk, though the episode re-explains this background enough to stand on its own.
- Captain America: Brave New Worlddirect-sequel — Directly continues the story of Samuel Sterns, mutated by Hulk blood and left imprisoned since the Harlem battle, and of General Thaddeus Ross's cover-up of that incident.