Who Is Brian Banner? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Brian Banner is a Marvel comic book character, with over 122 comic issue appearances. Brian Banner is the mentally unstable and abusive alcoholic father of Bruce Banner, the Incredible Hulk.

Who is Brian Banner?

Origin Brian Banner is an alcoholic who married his college sweetheart: Rebecca Banner , and had a son named Bruce. Brian is known to have a violent past. He and his mother were physically and emotionally abused by his father. He believed he inherited a "monster gene" from his father, as he later passes the "gene" to Bruce. Mayor Story Arcs The Gamma Equation During a unknown period before Bruce was born, Brian was attempting to uncover the third form of gamma radiation (the first two were as particles or as a wave) and had been researching feverishly to uncover it, if it ever existed at all. This theory was designed to explain why gamma radiation acted in a unpredictable or unplanned manner sometimes when tested. While Brian's coworkers were interested by the theory, there was nothing proving it, which is what he seeked to change. During a particularly long night of researching, he fell asleep for a second and seen that this "third form" was searching for him, viewing only a partial glance into the Green Door .

Key facts

Brian Banner is of human origin and first appeared in "What a Day for a Daydream!". The character is published by Marvel. With 122 recorded issue appearances, Brian Banner ranks among the most featured characters in comics.