Red Hulk, Vol. 1: Prisoner of War

Red Hulk (2025)

by Benjamin Percy

RED HULK RAGES INTO ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM! THUNDERBOLT ROSS - in a cell deep below the ground - is a prisoner of DOCTOR DOOM And he is not alone. Brilliant military, criminal and political minds have been gathered against their will in a prison complex that serves as a "THINK TANK" to help carry out Doom's plan for global domination. But the RED HULK has other plans! Guest starring MACHINE MAN and DEATHLOK!

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels

120 pages, Paperback

Published October 21, 2025

About the author

Benjamin Percy is the author of seven novels -- most recently The Sky Vault (William Morrow) -- three short fiction collections, and a book of essays, Thrill Me, that is widely taught in creative writing classrooms. He writes Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider for Marvel Comics. His fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire (where he is a contributing editor), GQ, Time, Men's Journal, Outside, the Wall Street Journal, Tin House, and the Paris Review. His honors include an NEA fellowship, the Whiting Writer's Award, the Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, the iHeart Radio Award for Best Scripted Podcast, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories and Best American Comics.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.3 stars

This one has really nice artwork but I wasn’t as keen on the story, despite it guest-starring one of my all-time favourite characters, Machine Man.

One of my complaints about the story is that the aforementioned Machine Man and all the hundreds of Doombots seem to be made out of papier-mâché.

[Anna Quilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not so much Red Hulk in this one..more like Gen Ross trying to get to a Nuclear source and become Red Hulk to get out of Latveria.
Helped by Deathlok and Machine Man.

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was different and possibly better than I expected.
int he first 5 issues not a lot of Hulk i it and a lot more deathlok, machine man and doom.
a pretty good tie in to one world under doom.

Ross and Co were held hostage by doom and tortured/interrogated to gain their strategic thoughts in how to attack and manipulate different aspects and countries.

mostly on the run from doom. Shaw's art isn't my favourite here, still good but nowhere near as good as Thanos nor GotG. probably due to inking and or colouring.
worth your time to read digital or physical.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Imprisoned by Doctor Doom in Latveria, General Ross is being forced to help the tyrant devise ways to destablise and take over the world. Of course, you can't keep a good Hulk down, and sticking him in a box is a good way to make him angry - and you know what happens when you make Hulks angry.

This is fairly high paced, mostly just a rapid action five part story with Ross, Machine Man, and Deathlok organizing a prison break and then getting the hell out of dodge. There's not a huge amount of substance, though Percy's take on Ross's inner monologue is kind of neat. A couple of the set pieces are pretty bombastic, especially nearer the end of the volume, but I did finish this with a bit of an 'is that it?' kind of vibe. I know there's another five issues to go though, so the jury's still out overall.

[Subham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was so fun and its so epic like we see General Ross as a prisoner of Dr Doom and its tying into the one world under doom event and like how he tries to escape and his friendship with Machine man and Deathlok, the latter gaining more personality finally and like how they try to escape and the challenges they face and its basically a prison break movie but one thing I love is how the author focuses on the strategic military mind of General Ross and how he knows about the weakness of countries and his brlliant geopolitical mind! Its amazing the escape and all and the last issue is just pure action and the art is perfection, so many scenes of RED HULK just going ham on doom bots and in the end has his country betrayed him?!

[Tyler Jenkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve fallen super behind on reading. Been working a lot and moving but I’m getting back into a flow. First thing on the reading list is getting back into One World Under Doom. First thing that to complete part of a run is Red Hulk here! This has been a pretty good story even if Ross doesn’t even Hulk out until the final issue. I’ve enjoyed the characters and how they interacted and I look forward to how this continues in the next five issues.

[Scott · Rating 2 out of 5]

Are you itching for a Red Hulk story arc which features very little Red Hulk, but supporting roles from B and C-list characters like Dethlok and Machine Man? Then I might just have the trade paperback for YOU...

[Amir Mohammad · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was fire!! deathlok was a nice surprise !!