Return To Planet Hulk (2025) #1

by Greg Pak, Carlo Pagulayan (Cover Art)

GAMMA-IRRADATED GLADITORIAL ACTION ON PLANET HULK! ALL-NEW STORY! Green blood will flow and sparks will fly! After escaping the RED KING'S deadly arena, HULK faces ferocious monsters and smashes his way through malicious machines and wild robotic terrors in one of his most important battles of survival on the war-torn planet of SAKAAR! Two possible destinies are at stake! The SAKAARSON, savior of the planet, or the WORLDBREAKER, the legendary destroyer! Will his rage only fuel the chaos of this alien world? Trust us, you're not going to want to miss out as superstar writer Greg Pak returns to his seminal run in this epic, gripping tale!

Genres: Comics

Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2025

About the author

Greg Pak is an award-winning Korean American comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing "Lawful" for BOOM and "Sam Wilson: Captain America" (with Evan Narcisse) for Marvel. Pak wrote the "Princess Who Saved Herself" children's book and the “Code Monkey Save World” graphic novel based on the songs of Jonathan Coulton and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) the acclaimed “Make Comics Like the Pros” how-to book. Pak's other work includes "Planet Hulk," "Darth Vader," "Mech Cadet Yu," "Ronin Island," "Action Comics," and "Magneto Testament."

Reviews

[Shaun Stanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Return to Planet Hulk #1 is a Marvel Comic issue written by Greg Pak, art by Carlo Pagulayan, and colors by Chris Sotomayor. It is cover dated Dec 2025.

Set during the Planet Hulk event, Hulk wonders which Sakaar prophecy is his future: The Sakaarson, who is destined to save the planet, or the Worldbreaker, the one who will destroy it!

Greg Pak returns to one of his seminal works to tell an original story set during that time. Unfortunately, it just isn’t terribly exciting. The Planet Hulk story is my all time favorite Hulk arc and one of my favorite Marvel storylines. You have probably seen the Sideshow Limited statue of The Green Scar in many of my pictures and it’s one of my most prized possessions in my collection. It was still fun revisiting this world and characters and I am curious to see what Marvel will do with the upcoming Planet She-Hulk arc.

[Craig Schorling · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and very pretty issue that is reminiscent of the original but not an ultimately engaging addition. I am happy to have read it and get a little celebration with its 20th anniversary.

[Ryan Gasser · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not sure that would be the story I’d tell to celebrate 20 years. Maybe it’s setting something up.