Q 01/05

Which writer and artist created the Hulk in 1962?

A) Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

B) Stan Lee and Steve Ditko

C) Roy Thomas and John Buscema

D) Len Wein and Herb Trimpe

Answer · why

A) Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Lee said the character grew out of his fondness for the Frankenstein monster and the idea of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Q 02/05

What colour was the Hulk's skin in his very first issue?

A) Grey

B) Green

C) Blue

D) Red

Answer · why

A) Grey

Lee thought grey was scary and ethnically neutral, but the colourist could not keep the shade consistent, so the character went green from issue two.

Q 03/05

What kind of radiation transforms Bruce Banner into the Hulk?

A) Cosmic rays

B) Gamma rays

C) X-rays

D) Ultraviolet

Answer · why

B) Gamma rays

He was caught in the blast of an experimental bomb while pushing a teenager to safety in a trench.

Q 04/05

Whom did Banner save from the bomb test that turned him into the Hulk?

A) Betty Ross

B) Rick Jones

C) Glenn Talbot

D) Leonard Samson

Answer · why

B) Rick Jones

The teenager had wandered onto the testing field on a dare and became Banner's best friend and secret-keeper.

Q 05/05

What official full name fixed Stan Lee's mix-up after he called the Hulk's alter ego 'Bob'?

A) Robert Bruce Banner

B) Bruce Robert Banner

C) David Bruce Banner

D) Bruce David Banner

Answer · why

A) Robert Bruce Banner

Readers spotted the slip quickly; the full name was confirmed in a 1964 guest appearance.