Summary
- Hulk vs Wolverine fanart depicts a gruesome battle where Hulk devours Wolverine’s arm in a chilling and brutal portrayal.
- The artwork draws inspiration from Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son” and showcases Hulk’s god-like power over his foes.
- While the gruesome cannibalistic aspect may shock fans, similar violent encounters between Hulk and Wolverine have occurred in Marvel Comics.
Hulk vs Wolverine is one of the most iconic match-ups in the history of Marvel Comics. Indeed, fighting the Hulk is how Wolverine was introduced in Marvel lore, in the pages of The Incredible Hulk #180-181, and their battles have only become more intense since then. However, one would be hard-pressed to find a more gruesome depiction of ‘Hulk vs Wolverine’ than this utterly jaw-dropping fanart, which horrifyingly answers exactly how that fight would really end (and it’s way too sick for the MCU).
In an Instagram post by user Kode Abdo (handle: bosslogic), the artist shares an original piece of fanart depicting the Hulk devouring what looks like the arm of Wolverine, as the X-Men heroes’ iconic cowl lies on the ground behind the Green Goliath, assuredly still wrapped around Logan’s lifeless head. It’s raining in the image, with a green fog rising around the Hulk as if to convey his almost god-like power over those who would dare challenge him.
The artwork bears some striking resemblance to the famous Fancisco Goya painting “Saturn Devouring His Son”. While it remains to be seen if the artist was actually inspired by Goya, it’s fair to say that the two pieces of artwork share a similar tone and style. However, as fascinating as the style and tone of the piece is, the really striking part of this fanart is what’s literally happening. Hulk not only beat Wolverine in a fight, but he decided to finish him off by eating him, which seems to be a sick trend with the most extreme depictions of the Hulk.
Hulk vs Wolverine Fanart Isn’t the First Time the Hulk’s Been Shown as a Cannibal
The Ultimates by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch
While it is shocking to see the Hulk eating Wolverine in this fanart, it’s certainly not the first time the Hulk was depicted as a cannibal. In The Ultimates, when Bruce Banner transforms into the Hulk for the first time in Earth-1610, he does so to give the Ultimates (which is the Ultimate Universe’s version of the Avengers) something to team-up against. The storyline was reminiscent of the original Avengers #1, where Loki used the Hulk in a bid for world domination. However, in the Ultimate Universe, there was no God of Mischief pulling the strings.
Hulk in the Ultimate Universe was initially far more extreme (in every sense of the word) than his Earth-616 counterpart, and that was most obviously shown when, upon fighting the Ultimates, the Hulk tried to eat them. In fact, during the fight, the Hulk told both Iron Man and Captain America to their faces that he was going to eat them as soon as he’d finished defeating them in battle.
Thankfully, the Ultimates beat the Hulk, and he didn’t get the chance to consume their flesh, as Banner’s original plan actually paid off, and the Ultimates came together to stop him. However, had the fight gone the other way, it’s all-too possible the Ultimates would have ended up in Wolverine’s shoes as he’s depicted in this fanart, with the Hulk standing over their broken corpses, feasting upon their dead flesh.
Hulk’s Gruesome Victory Over Wolverine is Actually Canon (Ironically, Minus the Cannibalism)
Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk by Damon Lindelof and Leinil Francis Yu
While the cannibalism aspect of the fanart is definitely a standout, it almost distracts from the answer to who would win in a fight between Hulk and Wolverine. Hulk defeated Wolverine so entirely that he began consuming his flesh upon his victory, which is a gruesome answer to the posed question that could never happen in Marvel’s more mainstream setting, like the MCU. However, something very similar happened in the Ultimate Universe, though ironically, it didn’t include Hulk’s cannibalism.
In Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #1, Wolverine is hired to track down and kill the Hulk, as the threat the Green Goliath poses to the whole world is too great to ignore. Like Hulk’s fight with the Ultimates, this story is very similar to Hulk’s first battle against Wolverine in Earth-616, though a bit more brutal. Within the opening pages of this comic, the Hulk is shown literally ripping Wolverine in half at the waist, which is a horrifically violent victory for the Hulk over Wolverine – at least, for the first round of this fight.
This fight between Hulk and Wolverine is the closest Marvel has ever come to matching the sheer brutality of this fanart, with the only shortfall being that the Hulk didn’t eat Wolverine after ripping him apart. And that’s a bit ironic, given that it was established in Ultimates that the Hulk is a cannibal in the Ultimates Universe, one who repeatedly expressed great interest in consuming the heroes he defeated in battle.
Marvel Comics Confirms Wolverine May Not Have Lost the Fight with Hulk in this Fanart
Old Man Logan by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven
While the Hulk may not have wanted to eat Wolverine in the Ultimate Universe the way he did in this fanart, the same cannot be said for the version of Hulk in the Old Man Logan timeline. At the end of the storyline, when Logan was finally ready to confront Banner for the horrors he brought upon Logan and his family, the Hulk ate Wolverine in a manner not too dissimilar to what is depicted in this fanart. However, that doesn’t mean the Hulk was victorious.
After eating Wolverine, Logan’s healing factor kicked in within the Hulk’s stomach, and his body became whole once more. Afterward, Logan ripped out of the Hulk from the inside, tearing through Hulk’s green flesh with his claws, killing the Jade Giant as a result. Wolverine may have been consumed by the Strongest Avenger, but in the end, he was the one who came out on top, which is a glimmer of hope for the version of Wolverine being eaten in this fanart.
Regardless of comic accuracy in regard to the Hulk’s history of cannibalism, or comparisons to other similar battles between Wolverine and the Hulk in Marvel Comics canon, this fanart stands on its own as an utterly brutal depiction of Hulk’s supremacy in this ‘Hulk vs Wolverine’ scenario – one that is decidedly far to R-rated for the MCU.
Source: bosslogic/Instagram
Hulk
The Hulk, a Marvel Comics superhero created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, is physicist Bruce Banner transformed by gamma radiation. He morphs into a giant, green-skinned creature of immense strength and invulnerability when angered. Struggling with his transformations, Hulk allies with other heroes, battling villains while balancing his intellect with uncontrollable rage, making him a central figure in Marvel’s universe.