Back when Stan was writing shit the only ones coming close to Banner were Reed and Doom. Dude made the most powerful bomb in the world, an indestructible robot, a time-gun, etc, etc.
For years they said that the only thing holding him back from further scientific research was constantly turning into the Hulk and being on the run. Obviously that's no longer a problem.
As for his attitude, it's not actually new. Years ago Doc Samson merged the Banner, Savage Hulk and Gray Hulk's personalities together because he realized that they were all fractions. We'd never actually dealt with the REAL Bruce Banner. The result of that Merger was the Merged Hulk who was insanely confident.
A lot of people think Pak is pulling this shit out of his ass, but his depiction of Hulk and Banner is actually continuing from where Peter David left off.
I can't agree with that. The gamma bomb was a failed project.
Pak is not pulling it out of his ass - He's taking it from the Ultimate U.
The way Banner was talking in the last issue...was not only non-cannon it was derived from too many sources to say this is character progression. It's just what the writer wanted to do period. Not the steps the character would take.
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