Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Hellverine #4!Wolverineand theHulkhave been fighting each other since Wolverine’s debut (literally,Wolverine made his first appearance as a Hulk villain), and one thing has always been consistent about their battles: Wolverine’s claws can’t kill the Hulk. Sure, they did the trick inOld Man Logan, but that was a different reality. In Marvel’s prime reality of Earth-616, Wolverine’s claws aren’t strong enough to kill the Hulk. At least, until now.
InHellverine#4 by Benjamin Percy and Raffaele Ienco,Wolverine’s son, Akihiro, is revisiting significant locations in his life in order to stop a vicious evil from seeping through to the physical world. Right now, Akihiro is possessed by a demon named Bagra-ghul, transforming him into theGhost Rider-like anti-hero, Hellverine. Mephisto (the source of Hellverine’s powers) is using Akihiro’s past traumas to breach the veil between Earth and Hell where those traumas took place.
For instance, in Genosha, Akihiro was drowned by his father, Wolverine, in a puddle. So, Mephisto used that trauma to bring a demon to Genosha, which is effectively Akihiro’s ghost from his previous death, which is haunting the residents of Genosha by murdering them in increasingly horrific ways - all of which involve water. This ‘new Wolverine’ can kill people from afar by boiling the water in their bellies after they’ve just had a glass, and he can also kill them up close with his water-claws. This ‘new Wolverine’ is so powerful, in fact, that he could even kill the Hulk.
Marvel’s New ‘Wolverine Water Demon’ is Strong Enough to Kill the Hulk
The Hulk is Susceptible to the Demon Wolverine’s Water Attacks
Back duringX-Men’s Krakoan Era, Forge made an exact-to-reality simulation in which he trapped the Children of the Vault, who were hellbent on killing every hero or villain on the planet and taking over the world - and they were strong enough to do it, too. Trapping these super-super-humans in a false reality was the only way to beat them, and in that reality, the Children of the Vault killed everyone and asserted global dominance. And one of their victims was the Hulk.
X-Men Confirms the Power That Could Kill All Marvel’s Strongest Heroes
According to the X-Men, one underrated superpower can easily kill even the most powerful Marvel heroes and heavy hitters, including the Thing.
While fans don’t see the Hulk go down themselves,X-Mendoes make it clear that one of the Children of the Vault who had the power to manipulate water was the one who took down the ‘Tank’ heroes, like the Thing and Juggernaut. That implies the Hulk was brought down by the same villain, which further implies that the Hulk could also be taken down by Marvel’s new ‘Wolverine Water Demon’. How? Well, the water demon could trap the Hulk’s head in a bubble of water, force water into his lungs, and then boil him alive from the inside-out.
There’s Only 1 Way the Hulk Could Survive an Attack from Marvel’s New Wolverine
The only way the Hulk could ‘survive’ an attack like the one described is by allowing himself to die, only to come back to life through the Green Door. InTheImmortal Hulk, it’s revealed that the Hulk simply goes to the Below-Place after dying, and can simply pass through the interdimensional Green Door to come back to life. However, the Green Door was permanently closed at the end of Immortal Hulk, so the One Below All would have to be directly involved in the Hulk’s resurrection from that point forward.
It’s possible the One Below All would bring Hulk back to life if the Hulk was killed by Marvel’s ‘new Wolverine’ - especially since the Hulk is currently fighting the One Below All’s ancient enemy, the Mother of Horrors, (so he might owe him one) - but that’s not a guarantee, especially after the events ofThe Immortal Hulk. In other words, Marvel’s newWolverinefinally has ‘claws’ that can kill theHulk.
