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Could The Hulk be assimilated by The Thing (1982)?
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No, for a couple of reasons. 

First, an assimilation implies an attack on the cellular level. The Hulk has demonstrated an ability to resist and recover from an incredibly wide range of attacks, so this would be repelled just like any other cellular attack, say from a chemical or bacteriological weapon. 

Secondly, even if the Thing could get a sample of Hulk tissue to work with, it wouldn't be able to replicate Hulk's true abilities. The Hulk is not merely a biological phenomenon. He has repeatedly broken laws of physics through raw strength alone, and is capable of generating strength and muscle mass without consuming anything, seemingly in violation of the law of conservation of mass and energy. As such, it has been hypothesized that every cell in Hulk's body is somehow a portal to an alternate dimension, from which he draws power. This phenomenon has not been replicated in the lab, and even a seemingly perfect cloner such as the Thing would be unlikely to be able to replicate the feat. Duplicating normal cells is one thing; duplicating a cell-sized hyperspatial wormhole is quite another.