The Incredible Hulk comic book series often featured bad guys that matched up with the Green Goliath in size and strength. So far, the MCU has not starred many villains taken directly from the Hulk's rogues gallery. One exception was the Abomination from 2008's The Incredible Hulk film, with Tim Roth in the role of Emil Blonsky.
But since Bruce Banner first bathed in gamma radiation in 1962 and transformed into the Hulk, he has faced many antagonists in print who have not yet made their way into Marvel films. As a result, would-be filmmakers have many worthy challenges for the Hulk to face and hundreds of stories to inspire upcoming scripts.
10 Bi-Beast: Two Heads Are Better Than One
Bi-Beast is a two-headed android who first battled the Hulk in Incredible Hulk #169 back in 1973. Visually, the Bi-Beast is a bizarre creature, with one head placed grotesquely on top of the other. While huge and imposing, it also possesses superior intelligence, with one brain adept at fighting skills and the other knowledgeable of culture.
In a live-action MCU film, the Bi-Beast's double skull would be a striking image, and its enormous size would provide the Hulk with a lengthy slugfest.
9 Zzzax: Pure Energy
An entity of pure energy, Zzzax often appears in comic book images as a crackling mass of golden electricity. Zzzax has fought many battles over the years, throwing down with such heroes as Power Man and Hawkeye, but his size makes him a worthy foe of the Hulk.
First drawn by Herb Trimpe for Incredible Hulk #166, Zzzax can absorb and channel enormous amounts of power, sometimes with lethal results. Zzzax's electricity-based abilities would make him a great character to feature in an eye-popping CGI fest.
8 Wendigo: The Great Curse Of The North
Among the Hulk's most ferocious adversaries is the Wendigo, adapted from the legends of native Canada. From a writer's perspective, one beneficial aspect of Wendigo lore is that a curse created the man-eating beast. This curse has afflicted many people over the centuries, so a creative team can be flexible in depicting how and where the Wendigo appears.
The Wendigo took part in one of the great comics in Marvel history, Incredible Hulk #181, featuring the first full appearance of Wolverine. Unfortunately, no one thus far has attempted a live-action rendition of that story, so it seems like an excellent opportunity for an MCU screenwriter.
7 Sic Semper Tyrannus!
At first, Tyrannus might not appear like a threat to the Hulk, but the former Roman emperor is one of the Green Goliath's most multifaceted antagonists. Tyrannus has maintained eternal youth through access to a magical underground fountain and has used his centuries of life to learn advanced technology and fighting skills.
He has also developed both psychic powers and magical abilities, but most of his strength as an opponent comes from mastery of science. In addition, he has an army of subterranean underlings to assist in his battles with the Hulk.
6 Goldbug: All That Glitters
Created by Marv Wolfman and Lee Elias in 1976, Goldbug was a criminal driven to possess gold. He was initially a Luke Cage foe, as seen in Power Man #41, where readers first saw Goldbug's suit and learned about his love of the precious metal. Goldbug entered the Hulk's orbit in Incredible Hulk #239, when the thief tried to harness the Hulk's rage-driven energy to find the lost city of El Dorado. Instead, Goldbug teamed up with Hulk to defeat a greater threat, Tyrannus.
Goldbug might seem like a one-dimensional bad guy, but his technology and moral ambiguity would make him an interesting character on film.
5 Moonstone: From Psychiatrist To Thunderbolt
Moonstone has a complex history, serving on various supervillain teams, including the Masters of Evil and the Thunderbolts. Marvel introduced her alter ego, Dr. Karla Sofen, in Captain America #192. Later, as the corrupt Dr. Sofen, she stole a powerful Kree gem from the original Moonstone, then one of her patients, and embarked on a life of crime.
Energized by the alien stone, Moonstone has the powers of flight, intangibility, and superhuman strength. Her first battle as Moonstone was with the Hulk in Incredible Hulk #228, and Marvel has featured her in high-profile story arcs over the past few decades, including Secret Invasion and Dark Reign.
4 Missing Link: Radioactive Beast From The Past
Over time, the House of Ideas sometimes recycles names or concepts. For example, in comic books, a few different characters have been called Missing Link. The Hulk nemesis with that name first appeared in Incredible Hulk #105, emerging from a rift in the earth after an atomic test.
The Missing Link mutated into a bizarre being who explodes when his radioactivity goes out of control. His strength is on par with the Hulk, as readers witnessed as the two brutes brawled across Manhattan. But like the Hulk, the Missing Link has sympathetic qualities; he did not ask to wake from his prehistoric sleep, and he does not mean for his radioactivity to harm those around him.
3 The Harpy: From Mythological Monster To M.O.D.O.K.
The Harpy has very close ties to the Hulk: her alter ego is Bruce Banner's longtime love interest, Betty Ross. M.O.D.O.K. had captured Betty and exposed her to massive doses of gamma radiation, transforming her into a green human-bird hybrid, much like the mythological harpy.
In addition to her having powerful wings and talons, the crazed Harpy can fire energy bolts from her hands. These bolts are potent in battle, and the Harpy briefly dominated the Hulk in Incredible Hulk #168.
2 Glob: Thing From The Swamp
Roy Thomas and Herb Trimpe developed the Glob for Incredible Hulk #121. Glob is a throwback to old-school comic book monsters, and Thomas has admitted that the character owes its appearance to a Golden Age creature called the Heap.
Marvel's original Glob, a shambling mass of clay and swamp slime, emerged from the muck after an escaped criminal drowned. Radioactive material contaminated the dead man's form, changing him into the muddy Glob. Glob feels little pain and can absorb many blows, both of which help him when fighting the Hulk.
1 The Leader: Villain, Interrupted
The green genius known as the Leader has yet to make a full appearance in MCU, but his alter ego, Samuel Sterns, had a considerable part in 2008's The Incredible Hulk. Towards the end of that film, Tim Blake Nelson appears as Sterns in a brief shot after being splashed with a sample of the Hulk's blood. His forehead starts to pulse and swell, hinting at a transformation, but moviegoers do not get to see the Leader fully realized.
And since there has not yet been an Incredible Hulk 2, movie fans have continued to wait for one of the Hulk's greatest enemies.