A BigName Hero Dies in Marvels Civil War II
Marvel Entertainment's summer comic book storyline Civil War II has claimed the life of another hero  and it's a big name. Not just big, in fact  big and green. Bruce Banner, the original Hulk, has been murdered  by none other than Clint Barton, the Avenger known as Hawkeye. Banner's death in Wednesday's issue is likely not too much of a surprise to Marvel fans who have been closely following the Civil War II storyline to date. After all, the previous issue of the series ended with Captain Marvel visiting Bruce Banner after it had been revealed by Ulysses  the Inhuman whose ability to predict future events is at the center of the story  that the Hulk was apparently going to kill the other superheroes, and Marvel itself had advertised the third issue of the series with the tagline "One of the biggest heroes in the Marvel Universe will fall!", The Hollywood Reporter Marvel Reveals Details About Mystery Civil War II' Spinoff Comics, The death doesn't remove the Hulk from Marvel's comic book universe, however. In fact, in recent months, Banner hasn't even been the Hulk in Marvel's comic book lineup, with the sole title to include the gamma-powered giant  The Totally Awesome Hulk  featuring Amadeus Cho as the lean, green fighting machine after he absorbed the radiation from Banner's body. The Cho Hulk will continue to appear in the pages of Marvel Comics following Civil War II his series has already been confirmed for the upcoming fall Marvel Now!promotion. This is also far from the first time that Banner will be missing from the Hulk concept in comics For a brief period in the 1980s, the Hulk and Banner were two different entities altogether and in 2007, a comic book series titled Hulk focused on a new, red Hulk that turned out to be a souped-up version of traditional Hulk antagonist Thunderbolt Ross. The Hollywood Reporter Marvel's Civil War II' Comic Book Gets Its Own Trailer, Whether or not Banner will remain dead is open to question, but unlikely. Comic heroes have a tendency to escape the Grim Reaper at the best of times, with the Human Torch, Spider-Man and Captain America all "dying" and returning over the last decade. That likelihood is only increased with the deceased Banner appearing in movies like Thor Ragnarok, which is scheduled for release Nov. 3, 2017. Bruce Banner is the second hero to die as a result of the storyline, which launched in May. The first was War Machine, who was killed by Thanos in the Free Comic Book Day preview issue, with his death confirmed in June's No. 1. She-Hulk remains on life support in a coma, according to the series' second issue. The Hollywood Reporter Marvel Reveals Another New Comic Book Iron Man,' And This One's a Bad Guy, Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Banner's death is that Hawkeye is responsible. While the fallout from this plot remains to be seen, Clint Barton isn't going to be disappearing from comics anytime soon  he is front and center in the promotional artwork for the Marvel Now! title Occupy Avengers, but curiously nowhere to be found in the artwork for the relaunched Hawkeye series That comic is anchored by Kate Bishop, the teen girl introduced as a new Hawkeye in the 2005 title Young Avengers. Will he lose his superheroic identity after killing Bruce Banner?