In the Curiosity Cinematic Universe, it would be a long time until Bruce Banner and his green rage-monster alter ego would return following the conclusion of 2015'south Avengers: Age of Ultron. In fact, the Hulk fabricated his long-awaited return in 2018's Thor: Ragnarok, where the Jade Behemothic appeared on the planet Sakaar, taking office in the Grandmaster'due south Contest of Champions. The graphic symbol's presence far out in the creation came as a surprise to some fans, but it was actually a development lifted directly from the comics.

Withal, things in the MCU played differently than they did in the comics. Hither'southward a rundown of how the Hulk found himself on Sakaar in the source textile, what happened equally a result and how it compares to the large screen.

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In the comics, the Jade Giant plant himself in space at the beginning of the Planet Blob storyline. All the same, he wasn't there by option. In fact, the graphic symbol was really sent off of the Earth by the Illuminati, a secret grouping of superheroes which included Fe Man, Md Foreign, Professor X, Blackness Commodities, Mister Fantastic, and Namor the Sub-Mariner. The Illuminati have worked in the shadows of the Marvel Universe for a long time, making decisions and shaping events in secret. After the Hulk went on another dangerous rampage, the secret group arranged for Hulk to exist taken far abroad from Earth, where he couldn't hurt anyone whatever longer.

Their goal was for Banner/Blob to be taken to a quiet planet where he could live peacefully, but the shuttle carrying him was knocked off grade and he, ultimately, plant himself on Sakaar.

In the MCU, things were a lot different. Hulk disappeared at the end of Avengers: Historic period of Ultron in a quinjet. Following the boxing in Sokovia and the defeat of Ultron, Hulk turned his back on Black Widow and the rest of the world. He willingly blasted off into infinite, and, given the large number of wormholes that lead to Sakaar, his transport somewhen landed on the Grandmaster's planet. And there, he remained in control of Banner for two years. Here, it was Blob's decision to leave Earth, because he didn't want to exist a danger to anyone else or be used as a weapon.

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The Hulk left to accept a life of his ain, merely also to prevent himself from causing more than damage on Globe. These circumstances are completely different from the source material, where it was other characters who tricked him into leaving. This makes the Hulk a more than conscientious and heroic figure in the MCU. What'south more, information technology sets upward a character-defining story that doesn't come at the expense of his relationship with Tony Stark, Doctor Strange, and the other characters that make upwardly the Illuminati.

In fact, the secret grouping's expose of Hulk was something that came every bit a daze to readers, and it was a fracture that served as the first edifice block to Hulk's vengeance-fueled render to Earth in World State of war Blob. In the case of the MCU yet, no betrayals occurred, and no friendships were broken. It was a more organic turn of events that didn't run into fan-favorite heroes plough on ane of their ain.

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