[1] While the character's physical appearance varies, he is always depicted as having glowing red eyes and reptilian traits.

In a cavern containing innumerable other personalities frozen in ice, Bruce finds the Devil Hulk unfrozen but bound by chains.

[3][4] He is overpowered by the Savage and Grey Hulks in the mindscape while threatening everyone and everything Bruce holds dear, apparently being permanently contained back within the recesses of Banner's mind after his disease had been treated.

During a conversation with Doc Samson, the collective personalities reveal that the Devil Hulk actually embodies Banner's desire for a protective father figure, and that Banner's inability to "imagine love without pain" is why he had previously perceived it as being a malevolent, sadistic entity.

The Devil Hulk (in his more traditional reptilian form) is against the symbiote's presence in Bruce and says it should be removed immediately, saying that they have more important matters to deal with.

In the end, Bruce, Joe Fixit, and the Savage Hulk agree to collaborate with the Venom Symbiote.

Feeling angrier than ever before, Devil Hulk breaks free from his cage and confronts the Leader.