Instagram/Tim Roth Movie Early MCU characters from The Incredible Hulk are back! See how Ross, Abomination, and The Leader return to reshape the Marvel universe. April 9, 2026 AceShowbiz - The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has a well-known pattern of introducing characters only to leave them dormant for extended periods. This was notably evident with The Incredible Hulk, an early MCU film co-produced outside the main Marvel Studios framework. As a result, many elements and characters from that film vanished from the MCU for quite some time.