The third season premiere of What If…?

showed the results of a gamma experiment gone catastrophically wrong.

One especially wouldnt like this Hulk when hes angry, asWhat If…?Season 3 has shown.

Hulk in Thor Ragnarok

Dr. Bruce Banner is a tragic figure.

But the first episode ofWhat If…?s third season explored an alternate world where Dr.

Banner went much too far.

Dr. Bruce Banner in What If…?

What If…?

The episode, titled “What If… the Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?”

This resulted in what could be considered a pure, unadulterated manifestation of the Incredible Hulk.

Dr. Bruce Banner blasts himself with gamma radiation

Instead, the energy effectively splits a more monstrous creature from Hulks body.

This grotesque brute, dubbed the Apex, quickly expands to Godzilla-level proportions.

The towering, rageful kaiju-like behemoth quickly spawns smaller versions of itself and starts terrorizing the globe.

The Apex splits from the Hulk’s body in What If…?

This prompts the Avengers to don giant, robotic mechs to give themselves a fighting chance.

But Earths Mightiest Heroes all perish in the battle against the Apex and its forces.

But they face some difficulty on that front.

The Apex in What If…?

Bruces close friend Sam Wilson implores him to unleash the Hulk to help turn the tide against the Apex.

He refuses initially but then comes to the Avengers rescue in the nick of time.

Seated inside a gamma nuke, Banner detonates the warhead and transforms into a kaiju similar to the Apex.

A more monstrous version of the Hulk from What If…?

Luckily, the Hulk calms down and retreats into the ocean, leaving humanity alone.

Although none of the events depicted in this episode of What If…?

Don’t Miss Out on MCU News!

A bigger, more monstrous version of the Hulk

LATEST NEWS

Marvel Unveils New MCU Timeline for Hulk Following His Disney+ Debut

Original Hulk Actor Wants MCU Hulk To Be Mean Again

Disney+ Reveals Special New Collection For Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk

![Marvel Studios Reveals Every Official ‘New Avenger’ Going To Avengers: Doomsday](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/the_new_avengers_teams.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Marvel Studios Announces 2 Historic Supervillains In Phase 6](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/marvel-phase-supervillains.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![2025 Superman Movie Will Now Give Clark Kent His Own Enemy (Confirmed)](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/superman-clark-kent.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Marvel Studios Releases Its First-Ever Venom Symbiote Funko Pop](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/venom-funko.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Andor Season 2 Just Brought Back 5 Key ‘Rogue One’ Characters (Photos)](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/andor-rogues.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Max Announces DC’s Next Superhero Show Releasing Before Peacemaker Season 2](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/dc-peacemaker.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Amazon Prime Video Announces Sequel to Its Biggest Movie Ever](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/prime-vide-movie.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Marvel Studios Confirms Historic Setting for Phase 6’s First Movie](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/marvel-studios-phase-settings.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Marvel Shares First Look at Robert Downey Jr. (Doctor Doom) On Avengers: Doomsday Set (Photos)](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/robert_downey_jr_doctor_doom_haircut.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)

![Thunderbolts: Why Taskmaster Got [Spoilers], Explained by Marvel Director](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_thumbnail/taskmaster-why.jpg?imgeng=/w_auto,280 280w)