Part Four of an MCU Fan's Guide to Comics

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Part Five will not come out until the January of next year. It will involve 616 characters that are have not shown up in the offical MCU, but often show up in fic. I'm taking requests for this, so if someone you are wondering about is not on the list, let me know.
Characters currently requested:
Carol Danvers
Daniel "Danny" Rand
Hank Pym
James "Bucky" Barnes
James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Janet Van Dyne
Luke Cage
Dr. Stephen Strange


Also, while I have links to places where you can buy the following comics, you can also check your local library or inter library loan for the trades as well.

Part One: Format and the Avengers
Part Two: Captain America and Iron Man
Part Three: Black Widow and Hawkeye
Part Four: Hulk, Bruce Banner, Thor, Donald Blake and Loki

Two Minds One Body
Bruce and the Hulk are much as you remember from the movies. The big difference in the comic is that the Hulk has a distinctive personality of his own. He can speak, reason and has his own motivations and goals. During their long run this hasn't always been so, but they've been developed and grown to where they are now. Sometimes things back slide for plot purposes and Hulk becomes a mindless beast again. There have also been lots of crazy stuff that has happened to the two of them. They've been separated into two seperate beings; Hulk has transformed into various other Hulks and at one point the Bruce personality was in the Hulk's body. Despite that the status quo is Bruce and Hulk as a duel personality.

While I'm sure most of you know about Bruce turning into the Hulk, in 616, Thor also has two forms. In Thor's case, the human Donald Blake and Thor share the same body. When one is in control the other is shuffled back to into the void. Unlike the Hulk and Bruce, they are two seperate people. They can see what is happening while the other is in control, communicate with each other and to a certain extent know what the other is thinking and feeling. When Don strikes his cane or Thor, Mjolnir's hilt they switch places and the body transforms. If Thor is away from his hammer too long while on Earth, he'll automatically transform into Donald Blake and Mjolnir to the stick. Much like the Hulk and Bruce there are times during their history where they were seperated or one ceased to exist.

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FAQ
Why didn't you recommend Thor: First Thunderer?

The art for it was so bad I couldn't get past the second issue of it.

What is with Thor and The Mighty Thor are they same series or not?

They are two separate titles. Unfortunately, Marvel is inconstant on what they file them under. So some of The Mighty Thor titles are listed under Thor instead of The Mighty Thor. This is another example of where dates will help you find the right title. Except of course when there is a Thor and a The Mighty Thor title running at the same time.