Hulk: World War Hulks

Hulk (2008) (Collected Editions) #5-6

by Jeph Loeb, John Romita, Jr., Ed McGuinness (Illustrator)

Hulks. Will. Fall. But who will take the biggest fall of all? The Red Hulk and Bruce Banner form an uneasy alliance to defeat a conspiracy bent on taking down the U.S. government. But will they destroy each other before they can triumph? Guest-starring Thor, Captain America, the X-Men, Black Panther, the Fantastic Four and more, this monster-sized saga kicks off with the death of a longtime Hulk legend and never lets up! And in the aftermath, the truth is finally out: The identity of the Red Hulk is revealed! Everything Hulk fans have been waiting for pays off here, but it only whets the appetite for the epic final showdown between Red and Green Hulks - a cataclysmic battle that will settle once and for all which one is the strongest there is! Collecting FALL OF THE HULKS: GAMMA and HULK (2008) #19-24.

Genres: Comics, Marvel

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 18, 2012

About the author

Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an Emmy and WGA nominated American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic book writer. Loeb was a Co-Executive Producer on the NBC hit show Heroes, and formerly a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost.

A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner (see below), Loeb's comic book career includes work on many major characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale, who provides the comic art seen on Heroes.

Reviews

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This was better than the last volume. Her we have the intelligencia putting there plan in motion kidnapping the smartest people, Reed, T’Challa, Pym, etc etc. plus we have Banner and Red Hulks uneasy alliance formed. Then by the end we finally found out who the Red Hulk is and get the final battle between the Red and Green Hulks. Pretty cool volume.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

I consider there to be three main Hulk epics/eras.

Peter David's Run, Greg Pak/Jeph Loeb, and Al Ewing's current arc.

Pak and Loeb each had their own stories, but they fed off each other. Pak largely did the Green Meanie with Loeb on the Red Hulk, but they led to a lot of riffs on each other like Planet Hulk/Planet Skaar/Planet Savage/Planet Red Hulk/WWHs/WWHII, etc.

This is largely the culmination of Loeb's Red Hulk story. It's plain dumb fun, imo.

[John Laney · Rating 5 out of 5]

An outstanding book in all respects. The writing completely draws you in. The art is astonishing. A must read for any Hulk fan.

[Markus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much time since i last read (Red) Hulk, because the plot got little confusing with the Red Hulk manipulating events...or is he? There is Intelligencia's villains twirling their moustaches and Red She-Hulk, The original (Green) Hulk, Original (Sensational) She-Hulk and Bruce Banner running around. What keeps this falling to an incoherent mess is part were get to know who is the Red Hulk (and do we care?), a revelation is good enough to keep reading. These events are happening same time as Incredible Hulk comics (#601 - 608), which i have yet to read, and was probably reason for the confusion part.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I may have been swayed by the average rating. This is a fine little story.

I think what hurts this books is that the pieces of it outside the core books of the story. So between chapters there's a gap where things happen that aren't shown to the reader or really explained.

Also Thunderbolt Ross is and always has been too cartoonish to make into a character with particular depth, let alone this alleged depth.

Despite how short the fights are, they are relatively satisfying.