[kylactus]

I think the Incredible Hulk is glossed over a bit because of the whole Ed Norton thing, but it is a tie in with the franchise, especially the Stark scene (which I feel is definitely post-Iron Man because of his mention of "the project" and General Ross's quip about having such nice suits) and the deleted scene with caps shield in the ice, weather they planed to include it from the get go or shoe horned it in... who knows. I think the whole "Avengers" multi film interconnected franchise came about after the success of Iron Man, If it tanked I doubt we would have any of the subsequent films. Therefore the Incredible Hulk, which would have been in some form of production before IM was released, was probably not originally intended to be part of the franchise and ended up having the Stark scene put in in post to create more continuity between the films.