Marvel’s The Avengers broke all kinds of box office records when it released in 2012, becoming the third highest-grossing film of all time behind James Cameron’s Titanic and Avatar, but it also managed to reintroduce one of comics’ most iconic superheroes. After two films – Hulk and The Incredible Hulk – with two different stars – Eric Bana and Edward Norton – Bruce Banner at last returned to the big screen to thunderous applause as the Hulk, this time played by Mark Ruffalo.

While Ang Lee’s 2003 Hulk film is considered a standalone film, its mixed reviews prompted Marvel to reacquire the character’s rights from Universal Studios and make the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk, which is definitely part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Despite later changing actors from Norton to Ruffalo, The Incredible Hulk features an appearance by Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man, and there are also references to that film in The Avengers, thereby establishing it in the current canon.

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