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David Banner takes his name from Bill Bixby's main character from the 1970s Incredible Hulk TV series, David having become his mainstream counterpart's middle name. David Banner's abilities after he is exposed to gamma radiation are similar to that of the Absorbing Man.
David Banner was a genetics researcher and the father of Bruce Banner. David was a genetics researcher who, in his quest to improve on humanity, experiments on himself; after his wife, Edith Banner gives birth to Bruce, David, seeing that Bruce was not normal, barely showing emotion and gaining...
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The official Marvel page for David Banner (Earth-311). Learn all about David Banner both on screen and in comics!
Brian Banner, renamed David Banner, appears in Hulk, portrayed primarily by Nick Nolte while Paul Kersey portrays him in flashbacks. This version is a geneticist who experimented on and mutated his DNA, which his son Bruce inherited.
Abilities. David is a genius in nuclear physics. Unlike his Earth-616 counterpart, Earth-David is also a physician and able to perform surgery and test for illnesses. When David is in his superhuman form, his consciousness is buried within Hulk's and can influence Hulk's behavior only to a very limited extent.