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" Hulk fans are impossible to please. "

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" Heroism is heroism, regardless of the timeframe or the backdrop. "

" If you go back and look at the first issue of 'Indestructible Hulk,' if you have a sharp eye, you'll catch something that I totally forgot to put in there. In my horror, I only realized after the fact that I took totally for granted that everyone in the world knows what triggers the transformation. "

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