World War Hulk

World War Hulk

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An epic story of anger unbound! Exiled by a group of Marvel "heroes" to the savage alien planet of Sakaar, the Hulk raged, bled and conquered through the pages of last year's "Planet Hulk" epic, rising from slave to gladiator to king. Now the Hulk returns to Earth to wreak his terrible vengeance on Iron Man, Reed Richards, Dr. Strange and Black Bolt ? and anyone else who g...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published May 27th 2009 by Marvel (first published February 6th 2008)
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Sam Quixote
Hulk was sent away from Earth in a spaceship by Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Dr Strange, and Black Bolt, because he's too dangerous/unstable. He winds up on an alien planet where he goes from being a gladiator to their king, falling in love and becoming a father (all of these events take place in "Planet Hulk"). That is until the spaceship he arrived in blows up killing a million of his alien chums along with his pregnant wife. Oh Hulk is maaaaaaaaaaaaad. So here he goes, on a new spaceship headed...more
Michael
So, a quartet of heroes banished the Hulk to a planet where he started out as a slave and worked his way up to ruler. Eventually, he found love and got married only to have the space ship blow up, wiping out his new-found people and his wife. Needless to say, the Hulk's pretty annoyed about all of this and returns to Earth to kick some super-hero posterior and take some names.

And that's where World War Hulk begins. And then you spend the next hundred or so pages with the Hulk battling various M...more
Holden Attradies
I went into this expecting to be wowed, which is almost always a set up for disappointment. Maybe it was because I haven't read Planet Hulk yet, but I kind of felt that the intro presented in this edition (which, I must say, is a fantastic presentation of this work, even if the story it's self is lacking) covered everything I needed to know and provided me with the emotional backing what's Hulk's deal.

The story was just to centered on hulk beating hero after hero which became very repetitive. A...more
Darin
Oct 18, 2010 Darin rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: comic book fans
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Ryan
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Mark Plaid
It seems Dr. Strange, Black Bolt, Iron Man, and Mr. Fantastic decided to shoot their good buddy Hulk into space onto a planet called Sakaar for his, and the planet Earth's, own good. Monsters just about as bad as the Hulk inhabit Sakaar. While there, they force the Hulk into slavery and make him a gladiator. However, one thing leads to another and he becomes the leader of the planet. But, some kind of explosion that kills millions of people on Sakaar including the Hulk's new wife and their unbor...more
Serial  Saudi_00
I think i am already crazy for even liking this >>Spoiler ahead

After the end of planet hulk , I got to say , it really left me speechless . Hulk had suffered a lot , . and now he is seeking revenge on the people who did this to him . Got Two word for you hulk " Keep going !!!!"


" YEAH make them PAY " and the first issue doesn't disappoint , we see hulk face-off with iron man and lot of punches were thrown . followed by the second issue and yeah a lot punches were thrown too . The third is...more
Arlomisty
Good Graphic novel... I heard a rumor that the third Avengers movie could be based off this book, so I was interested in what the story was and went out and bought the book at Barnes and Nobles. While it was entertaining to read I kind of hope they don't use this story for the movie. I think there are so many better stories out there they could use. Also, this storyline is epic, but I've read better epic stories where it doesn't focus on the Hulk being a bad guy (or a good guy depending on persp...more
Iain
'Event' comics suffer from particular difficulties in being forced to tick particular boxes: the need to shoe-horn in cameos for the high-profile company properties, the need for spectacular multi-page fight scenes in every issue, and usually the need to farm out all your sub-plots to tie-in books. So it is with this volume, which is a shame, because the potential was there for so much more.

In addition to these, though, the book suffers from a lack of space. There simply isn't enough space to g...more
Paul
Jul 19, 2012 Paul rated it 2 of 5 stars
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World War Hulk (WWH) is a pivotal focal point event in the Marvel univers and I knew I needed to read it. Frankly I was really disappointed. Pak's writing in Planet Hulk<\u> (WWH's direct predecessor) was a vastly superior work compared to WWH. Hulk is painted as a pained soul who has some right to his actions. Pak uses countless reparative flashbacks (of the same material) to 'prove' this point. It is not convincing and in the end Hulk looks like a juvenile imbecile who suffers from both...more
Alejandro Casanova-vázquez
Este lo venía evitando desde hace varios años. En su momento no me llamó la atención, y posteriormente con tanta mala crítica me convencí que era mejor permanecer alejado de él. Cuando empecé a leer el libro, tenía este afan de buscar los errores y ser duro con la crítica... Pero debo admitir que me sorprendió en muchos niveles.
En efecto, es el cómic lleno de errores que uno espera, pero creo que eso fue producto de las políticas editoriales de la industria del cómic: es una gran historia que pu...more
Dustin
This book really highlights why I wish they would have left the character on the alien planet of the previous year's storyline for another year or two.
Short version: hulk was shot into space because Marvel didn't want to have to deal with him during the Civil War storyline. While on the alien planet Hulk has some really awesome Conan and Spartacus style adventures and ends up in charge of the place (I personally would have stretched the adventure part out for another year before he gained contr...more
Amauri
World War Hulk was just a pile of commercial smashery. It was inferior in every way to Planet Hulk. By comparison to the creative explosion on offer in Planet Hulk there was no story to speak of here. It's hard to believe this is the same Greg Pak behind Planet Hulk. WWH just felt like a way to grab some bucks while inserting the Planet Hulk material into the greater Marvel/Avengers story arc. Romita Jr.'s art I suppose was competent, even good in the battle scenes, but predictably just didn’t g...more
Ottery StCatchpole
The story was refreshingly violent and devoid of any reason or meaning other than to have the Hulk run around the Marvel universe beating down whomever he bloody well liked. I have to say its cool for that alone but it isn't anything great or universe changing (in comics there seldom is anything universe altering). Still it was a cool story to read if for no other reason than that its self-contained, full of violence for no reason and just fun. The comic book equivalent of a popcorn film, and so...more
Subroto
Not half as good as its predecessor and prequel story arc - Plant Hulk.

World War Hulk suffers on 2 counts

a) The crossover nature of the story makes the characters lose their sheen and also the story keeps bouncing from one writer's hands to another. Greg Pak continues to do a great job on the main story but the crossover authors borrowing the same concept and digging into the time line often seem to take the reader on a lesser ride.

b) The length of this crossover is ridiculously long and at mo...more
ScubaSteve Walter Magay
Nice premise, sorta reminded me of Civil War. And just like civil war, it's the only thing good about the story. What follows, are all these tie-ins that seem to make no sense with the whole story. The whole plot is not as deep as many would think, the Hulk is like a child out for tantrums for the ones who hurted him. But I gotta say this is way better than civil war, the fights are awesome. That battle between Sentry and Hulk is just epic. And that's about it, the only thing good about the so c...more
Sean
I don't know what I was expecting from a Hulk event but I wanted more from this. It was a huge slugfest that was one note and makes everyone else besides the Hulk look terrible. The supporting cast, Hulk's Warbound, don't play a large enough roll. John Romita Jr.'s art, which I usually love felt rushed and was lackluster. The coloring on the book was awful. This book was nothing more than 100+ pages of Hulk beating up heroes which seems like every 12 year old Hulk fan's dream. As an old man (32)...more
Andy Wixon
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John-Michael
Okay, yeah, I get it. After the heady Civil War, Marvel set itself up for a 'Summer Spectacular' type of box-office buster story-line. I would probably have been okay with it, if the idea isn't fraught with constant problems. I really can't blame this book for the bad writing in Ghost Rider, but I also can't praise it for the great writing in Front Line (Damn, that book better become a regular title. Through both story lines, it completely stole the show). What I can blame it for is a complete l...more
Mark
Hulk was captured, shot into space, landed on hostile planet, enslaved, rebelled and then took over hostile planet. Now he's back to Earth looking for revenge against those that shot him into space. Hulk comics usually means more action then story but there is plenty of story here.

Learning Curve
Moderate to High – Lots of non-title characters but the most important are explained or introduced.

Reading Order
Read this first if interested in the World War Hulk story line.
John Wiswell
Jan 24, 2008 John Wiswell rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Comics readers
A significant step down from Greg Pak's stunning science fiction odyssey in Planet Hulk, World War Hulk takes elements of the former story and sets them in conflict with the famous Marvel universe. I should have been an easy story with a dozen earth-shattering battles, yet almost every conflict seems to end too quickly and with neither drama nor accuracy to the abilities of the earthly characters. Even the alien characters seem far more powerful (and often, far more shallow) than they did in Pla...more
Justin Hoenke
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An epic story of anger unbound! Exiled by a group of Marvel "heroes" to the savage alien planet of Sakaar, the Hulk raged, bled, and conquered through the pages of last year's "Planet Hulk" epic, rising from slave to gladiator to king. Now the Hulk returns to Earth to wreak his terrible vengeance on Iron Man, Reed Richards, Dr. Strange, Black Bolt - and anyone else who gets in the way! Stronger than ever, accompanied by his monstrous Warbound gladiator allies, and pos...more
Marvin Camacho
Hulk busca justicia en contra de su antiguo grupo de aliados, conformado por Iron Man, Reed Richards, Mr. Strange y Black Bolt, quienes son responsables de mandarlo a lo mas alejado del espacio. Hubiera alcanzado los niveles de Planet Hulk en cuanto a calidad de haber tenido un final mas imaginativo que la ya muy usada aparicion de un ente lo suficientemente poderoso como para lidiar con el problema en el ultimo tomo.
James
This is what would happen if Michael Bey ever get hold of the Hulk franchise. It's the Hulk on steroids, taking on all comers.

That said, there's a reason people go to Michael Bey movies. They may not make much sense or challenge you in any way, but they are entertaining. And this is that, moving along at a great pace with lots of action, which is probably all anyone expects given the title.
Jani
I've been in a darkness what comes to Hulk for quite some time now and decided to buy this TP. Story is about homecoming of Hulk who was banished to deep space some years ago. He is back with vengeance ready to smash people who did him wrong ... that is mainly Ironman, Mr. Fantastic, Dr.Strange and leader of inhumans ... the one name I never remember. Soooo ... story was pretty much normal Marvel-mega-event that was all bang and practically no story. John Romita Jr's artwork was best that this b...more
Annago
May 22, 2008 Annago rated it 3 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: Marvel fans, esp. fans of Dr. Strange
Recommended to Annago by: Matt Streets
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Oliver Hodson
Loved planet hulk. This left me cold. It's the problem that when there are big name characters then they can't really die. In planet hulk, as all the important characters (bar hulk) were new, they could all have anything happen to them. But you know when hulk fights the marvel heroes, nothing is going to change...
Some noce moments- but stakes are too low
Ricky2020
If you picked this up after reading "Planet Hulk" thinking it was just as good, you might be disappointed. While not a completely bad story, it just doesn't live up to its predecessor. The one thing I enjoyed though, was the many(and there are many) fights with A-list characters. If you haven't read it already, read "Planet Hulk " instead.
Christian Lipski
The Hulk returns from exile to exact revenge on the four heroes who sent him. He's angrier than ever, which means he's more powerful than ever, and nothing can stop him. I love the concept that just calling yourself a superhero doesn't mean that you always do the right thing, or that other people agree with what's done.
Jerome Statema
This wasn't the book I thought it was, but it wasn't the book's fault and it was still a great story. I just need to go purchase the story that leads up to this one. If you think you've seen the Hulk pissed off before, you've seen nothing yet, and neither had the rest of the Marvel Universe.
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