5 Hulk Stories The MCU Still Needs To Finish
Even though the Green Goliath has been in the MCU since 2008, Marvel still has six Hulk stories in need of a proper conclusion. Naturally, many of them relate to The Incredible Hulk, which never spawned a sequel. Due to rights issues with Universal, Marvel Studios hasn’t been able to make a true Hulk movie, thus forcing the studio to use the character in crossovers and other heroes’ movies.
An unavoidable consequence of Marvel not making The Incredible Hulk 2 is that much of its setup for the future has been largely overlooked. Fortunately, the increase in MCU content over the years has availed Marvel with more opportunities to continue certain elements of his story. By bringing back characters like Abomination in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Marvel has had chances to revisit the Hulk’s past, while also creating new teases for the MCU to explore in the movies and shows ahead. Combining its new additions to Hulk’s story with what was already there, Marvel has a handful of loose ends it needs to tie up at some point in the Hulk’s MCU future.
5 What Happened To Betty Ross? In spite of having strong ties to not one, but two key MCU characters, Liv Tyler’s Betty Ross never made a second live-action appearance. What she's been up to since The Incredible Hulk is unknown to this day. From the looks of things, she’s no longer a part of Bruce Banner’s life in any way, but with her being the character’s main comic love interest, it would make sense for their paths to cross again eventually. Their relationship was depicted as a forbidden romance that was always doomed to fail in The Incredible Hulk, but given how much has transpired since then, it’s worth wondering where they stand now.
Betty’s status is relevant to the MCU even where Banner isn’t concerned. After all, she’s the daughter of a major recurring character in General Thunderbolt Ross, who’s appeared in multiple movies since The Incredible Hulk. With Ross, now played by Harrison Ford, returning in Captain America: New World Order, Marvel may finally get around to catching up with Tyler’s character. An appearance from her would be warranted, especially if there’s any truth to the rumors of her father’s Red Hulk transformation. Betty would most assuredly have an interesting reaction to seeing a second important person in her life become a Hulk.