The post-credit stinger of Nick Fury gave us a taste of the Avengers, but branching well beyond, it nearly introduced a certain wall-crawling hero and some gifted youngsters. More than just having the honor of kick-starting the MCU, Jon Favreau’s Iron Man planted the seeds for everything that would come after. Mutants and Spider-Man Right from the Start (Filmed) Still, this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo was a great way to tie Norton’s forgotten Hulk into the lore of the MCU. This would’ve overhauled the origin story of Chris Evans’ First Avenger and how Nick Fury came to find him in the Fury’s Big Weekcomic series. If you look closely, you’ll see the frozen body of Captain America and his shield being freed from their icy slumber. The enraged green giant went on to smash a glacier to pieces. Taking place in a bleak backdrop of the Arctic, Banner tried to take his own life with a gun, only to have Hulk spit the bullet out. An alternate opening showed the grim reality of Edward Norton’s Bruce Banner battling the alter ego of Hulk. It’s no secret that Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk is the black sheep of the MCU – coming just after 2008’s Iron Man but when the idea of a shared universe was merely a seed.
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