It turns out that there has been no more accurate predictor of future Hulk storylines than the covers of old issues of What If?

To wit:

Yes, they've done the "Hulk with Banner's brain"--multiple times!

Or...

OK, not with Jarella in the Microverse. But they did send Hulk to a planet where he got to hook up with a hot chick and essentially be a big-ass barbarian brawler...

Or...
Yeah, Rick's been a Hulk before, and an Abomination...is he still A-Bomb? Have we seen Rick lately?

Or...
OK, that's a pretty generic premise, as there's plenty of times Hulk has gone "berserk." I guess we count this.

Of course, there are some premises so far-fetched that Marvel writers would never adopt them in the "real" world of Marvel-616:

Oh, wait, they did do that one. Of course, he's not red here, but still....

The premise is fairly sound, then...if you're a Hulk writer hard up for story ideas, just go digging in the old What If? bins!

BONUS: what did happens if Thunderbolt Ross became a (non-red) Hulk?

Not such a good ending for Rick Jones...




 Well, that's not so good.

Meanwhile, still on his very first day as Hulk, Ross accidentally kills his daughter Betty:







Hey, kids--COMICS!! (But it's only a What If?, so it doesn't count, right? Right??