Following recent speculation, new MCU fan art imagines Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth going toe-to-toe with the Hulk in Deadpool & Wolverine. It’s known that Phase 5’s upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine will feature a huge number of cameos, which will likely include returning characters from both the MCU and Fox’s X-Men franchise. Given his connections to both Deadpool and Wolverine in Marvel Comics, there are suspicions that Bruce Banner’s Hulk could appear in Deadpool & Wolverine, which could set up one of the MCU’s most-wanted battles.

While many may want to see the Hulk battle Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, adapting Wolverine’s first Marvel Comics appearance, the green Avenger has also come to blows with Deadpool many times over the years. Deadpool and the Hulk’s epic spar has now been imagined in gruesome art shared by bosslogic.

The art imagines the Hulk easily taking down Deadpool, tearing limb from body, head from neck, and, apparently, eye from head. This is tame in comparison to their fights in Marvel Comics, but could be more bloody in the MCU, depending on which Hulk appears in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Which Versions Of The Hulk Could Appear In Deadpool & Wolverine?

Of course, the most obvious choice for which Hulk could appear in Deadpool & Wolverine would be Mark Ruffalo’s long-running iteration. However, Ruffalo’s version of the Hulk has been through huge changes in the MCU, and the magic of the multiverse means he could return from any point in his timeline. This could bring back Smart Hulk, Thor: Ragnarok’s gladiator Hulk, Avengers: Age of Ultron’s troubled soul, or The Avengers’ “always angry” monster. There have been calls for the “savage” Hulk to return, so this could happen in Deadpool & Wolverine​​​​​​​.

Mark Ruffalo was not the first actor to portray the Hulk in live-action, so it’s possible that Deadpool & Wolverine could bring back a previous version of the character. This could mark the return of Edward Norton’s version of the Hulk from 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. Set in the MCU, this version wasn’t dissimilar to Ruffalo’s interpretation, though was perhaps more brutal during his battle with the Abomination. It’s highly unlikely Norton would reprise the role, given his and Marvel boss Kevin Feige’s very public icy relationship.

If not Edward Norton, perhaps Eric Bana could reprise his role of Bruce Banner’s Hulk from Ang Lee’s Hulk movie from 2003. Despite being negatively received, enough time seems to have passed that many now want Bana to return as the Hulk, though the actor has persistently denied his involvement in Deadpool & Wolverine. Perhaps Lou Ferrigno, who portrayed the Hulked-out Bruce Banner in the 1970s series, The Incredible Hulk, and even voiced the Hulk in the MCU’s early projects, would even be willing to return as his green-painted version of the Hulk.

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