Think about it: As it stands now, Namor has the Power gem. This is the same guy who, with only 1/5th of the Phoenix Force (in more or less full control of his faculties) attacked Wakanda and killed tons of people. Think on that for a second. Sure, Namor is the king of Atlantis and he's done some good works, et cetera. But there's a fine line between being an "anti-hero" and being a terrorist. Namor's inability to keep it in his pants around attractive blondes (Invisible Woman, Emma Frost...who's to say it won't happen with Black Swan?) doesn't reflect well on his character either.

The Power gem is clearly in the wrong hands with Namor and who knows more about the danger and corruption of power than Robert Bruce Banner?

Like T'Challah, Banner is an outsider who can bring yet another new perspective to the group. Like Namor, he fills the niche of the anti-hero, but he does in a much more responsible fashion, after spending so many years outwitting General Ross and bearing the terrible burden of his own abilities at the same time. These experiences make him skeptical, not only of fellow scientists like Reed and Tony, but also monarchs like T'Challah and Black Bolt.

Yes, the Hulk smacked the Illuminati around back in WWH, but they obviously had it coming.

What do you think?

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@cuddles666: No, definately not. He wouldn't bring anything to the team that they don't already have, and I don't think he's needed.

I agree- the Hulk brings nothing to the table (as you Americans put it)-the scientific community is ALREADY represented by Reed "Mr Fantastic" Richards!

Terry

No.  That said, the Illuminati is a terribly executed idea. It's just a sexist club of egotists.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to go with what everyone else said here. The Illuminati is supposed to be a secret-society of Marvel's most powerful members from all corners of the superhuman community. Not 'powerful' as in sheer physical or mental power, but power in the sense of influence and standing. Three of them are kings of the planet's most advanced societies, two are the Avengers' most important leaders, one is the Sorcerer Supreme, and the final man is considered by most to be the planet's foremost thinker.

Hulk, for all his awesomeness, simply isn't that sort of character. He's just not held in the same regard as the rest of them. It's also for the same reason that I consider Cap ill-fitted to the group. He's my third favorite superhero, but he's a soldier and a field leader - not a ruler or thinker like the rest of the Illuminati. Also, the science part of the Marvel Universe is already represented, and so adding in Bruce Banner would feel redundant.

And yeah, Namor did destroy Wakanda in AvX, but the Illuminati deals with matters larger than that. They have to put aside their own differences in the service of the entire world. It's like Black Panther tells Namor in New Avengers #2: "When my wants have replaced my needs...I'm going to kill you."

@Veshark: Fair enough. Is it too much to hold out hope for the return of Nazi Reed?

@cuddles666 said:

Think about it: As it stands now, Namor has the Power gem. This is the same guy who, with only 1/5th of the Phoenix Force (in more or less full control of his faculties) attacked Wakanda and killed tons of people. Think on that for a second. Sure, Namor is the king of Atlantis and he's done some good works, et cetera. But there's a fine line between being an "anti-hero" and being a terrorist. Namor's inability to keep it in his pants around attractive blondes (Invisible Woman, Emma Frost...who's to say it won't happen with Black Swan?) doesn't reflect well on his character either.

The Power gem is clearly in the wrong hands with Namor and who knows more about the danger and corruption of power than Robert Bruce Banner?

Like T'Challah, Banner is an outsider who can bring yet another new perspective to the group. Like Namor, he fills the niche of the anti-hero, but he does in a much more responsible fashion, after spending so many years outwitting General Ross and bearing the terrible burden of his own abilities at the same time. These experiences make him skeptical, not only of fellow scientists like Reed and Tony, but also monarchs like T'Challah and Black Bolt.

Yes, the Hulk smacked the Illuminati around back in WWH, but they obviously had it coming.

What do you think?

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nope, 616 banner is a small, weak, petty man

if it were a benevolent Hulk or an altruistic Banner then maybe

Every member of the Illuminati brings something to the team Beast represents the mutant community like Xavier once did. Black Bolt the Inhumans and so on. But Bruce would really be in the same group as Tony and Mr. Fantastic so he wouldn't really be adding much more diversity to the group.

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