Off My Mind: Why Doesn't Hulk Ever Have a Mustache?

ask an you shall recive in the new hulk reboot he has a mustache and beard

I always thought that maybe his skin grows over the hair and that's why his hair is longer as Banner than as Hulk

It's just how the artists draw them, I wouldn't look too much into it.

I always thought it was a reset button when he changed back to the Hulk. As opposed to the Hulk and Bruce being to seperate people sharing the same space. Like Rick/Captain Marvel 
 
When he appears after a transformation it resets the clock, I am sure if he was The Hulk long enough periods you will see the beginnings of facial hair, and his hair would grow in length as well 
like his future renditions as the Maestro ( sorry about the spelling)

It could just be how their faces stretch and grow bigger making the hairs further apart and unnoticeable in comparison.

Rulk gives off so much heat that when he exhales it burns off his lip hair.

"...... and I've never seen Hulk go to the bathroom.. "

Because he would look more like Mike Haggar of Final Fight/Saturday Night Slam Masters fame, and Capcom might sue... Wait a second.  Marvel and Capcom are pretty buddy/buddy what with Marvel vs Capcom and all those other titles.  Perhaps the Hulk IS Mike Haggar after being exposed to.....   No, that's just silly. :P

I dig Hulk with the lumber jack beard/mustache combo. Helps with the brooding, I want to be left alone vibe. 
 
Maybe it is all in the secrets of Gamma radiation...like mentioned before, it can turn jeans purple and elastic, it somehow made Leader's head huge instead of just enhancing his mental stats in his regular sized head..., maybe it is just a radical, random growing/shrinking effect with the mustache

Hulk's lack of a mustache is probably related to aesthetics and is the opposite of why MARIO and LUIGI HAVE mustaches.When they were 8 bit..the creator said he added the mustache so they would be more recognizable as people.They wouldn't look right without them.I think Hulk not having a mustache gives more of a linear feel to the character..everyone can do a good Hulk without having to distort his look with a thick Ned Flanders mustache.Rulk should have one.It doesn't make sense that he doesn't...but then again it doesn't make sense that Gamma Radiation from within turns jeans purple...

"@Versasovantare: I mentioned Maestro having facial hair (which is future Hulk). But you never see him shave so what's going on? "

Why no mustache? 
 
Why do all of Banner's clothing rip off during transformation except for his pants? 
 
Why are those pants suddenly purple all the time no matter what Banner wears? 
 
Why are Red Hulk's hair black when Ross has white hair? 
 
I think we can keep going with these types of questions. But, in my opinion, it all comes down to how cool it looks.  
 
And honestly, the Hulk was created in 1962 (nearly half a century ago), we know very well that artists didn't consider minute details like the ones we look for in our day and time. Kirby probably had no time to consider everything seeing as how many projects he was working on. And of course, any artist who took the reigns since the characters' inception just carried the ball as is.

Also, why doesn't Hulk have any body, back or armpit hair?

I think the reason for hulk's later beards and fuller facial hair is because in those stories he dones'nt revert back to banner. if he is the hulk the entire time, his bodies grows hair normally and funtions normally (or atleast as normal as a gamma radiated body can) and thats why when he reverts back and forth that starts over, thus no facial hair. That's my theory anyway

I always thought that Maestro in the future had hair because he didn't turn back to Banner for a very long time. The same could be said when the Hulk when he has a beard or partial facial hair. He just wasn't Banner for a period of time and it grew. Banner also shaved himself bald but it grew when he was the Hulk at a point.
For Ross he isn't a true Hulk but an imperfect copy of the qualities associated with the Hulk and that could be one of the faults of it or just a side effect. I mean he doesn't get physically stronger either as an example. 
Last idea might be the psychological part. Ross wanted to copy Hulk so he looked like him as his image is burned in his hate filled mind with the skin color being the only difference. When Banner changes his mindset reverts to the Hulk persona that emerges making himself look like what the persona identifies himself as its self image. 

These are just guesses though. lol

just another reason why the red hulk is one of the dumbest characters....
 
hulk with a mustache? no thanks.  would look pretty dumb.  but then again..mustache's in general look stupid by themselves

man that graphic had me giggling. im gonna ditto the idea that he doesnt have one cuz it looks silly/would soften him as a design choice more than a function of his condition.

It just comes down to the artists really, some actually say hey he could use a stache and some are just like NO his gamma is so powerful anything besides that mop of hair on his head is impossible.

Thinking of this, I recall times where Hulk's hair was so short he ended up looking like he had one of those mushroom tops like Moe from the 3 stooges.
 
Besides that we already got characters like Hercules in the Marvel U who sport full on beards, part of me feels like Hulk would be less intimidating if he had facial hair simply because it would cover up his angry expressions, like soften the blow so to speak.

ewww o.0 leave hulkie alone

I have never even thought of this before, but now it's all I want to know!

" " Off My Mind: Why Doesn't Hulk Ever Have a Mustache?"
I do believe this is the best title ever. For any thing.
 
Also the Hulk with a mustache reminds me of Ron Swanson.
 

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Bruce Banner shaves.

Maybe his skin just grows over the 'stache?

Hulk looks good in a 'stache.

i know that in the tv show when banner has a beard hulk doesnt.

You're right Red Hulk should have a mustache. i guess clean shave is just easier to draw and generally less goofy and corny.

The hulks would look far more menacing with moustaches. Just image she-hulk for example.

OR since the Ross we saw at the outset was supposedly an LMD like robot/clone, the original could've shaved it off. 
 
But no...

The initial burst and release of gamma rays make the facial hair fall out

" The fact that Rulk doesn't have a mustache has always bugged me.I understand that Rulk having a mustache would have been a dead giveaway (pre issue #23), but some attention to detail would have been nice. Thunderbolt Ross should be clean shaven. "

What I would have loved is if when Red Hulk turned back into Ross:

He should've had a mustache in the mid-80s to the mid 90s but then got rid of it.

I just have to say that Red Hulk with a mustache looks like Stalin

What if...?The General Thunderbolt Ross became the Hulk:
Ross has mustache... ;_;

the same reason his pants don't rip off

"  Ok here is my solution to that problem...... Hulk and Banner can both grow beards.....  But they both have a seperate skin profile...witch must have time to grow hair....  In case of when Banner would be human for long....and he didnt shave...he got a beard....  But , when Banner changed into Hulk that skin needs the same time to grow hair as his human form... And since he doesnt stay "Mindless Hulk" for long...the "Hulk-skin"  never had time to grow facial hair. When he was "Smart Hulk" ... (Like in Planet Hulk) he was Hulk all the time, but was smart enough to shave..  So both Banner in his Human and Hulk persona can get facial hair.. So, do I get a No-Prize now or ......:P  "

Why didn't Rulk have a mustache?? Because, if you ask me, at the last second they decided to pull an Armageddon 2001. Rulk's now Marvel's Monarch as far as I'm concerned.
 
It makes no damn sense for it to be Ross. He hates Hulks, why would he become one??? And the big reveal just ruined it for me, because of his goddamn mustache. Even in the What-If where General Ross turns into the Hulk he keeps his facial hair. Hulks keep their facial hair when they hulk out. We've seen countless times where Bruce Banner's facial hair decisions are the same for the Hulk. 
 
When Banner shaved his head, Hulk had a shaved head. When Banner has overgrown beards and long hair, Hulk has it too. It doesn't magically disappear. 
 
It's become a question because Loeb wrote himself into a corner and had to get out.