RETURN TO PLANET HULK pt II
Written by Greg Pak
Penciled by Greg Land
Cover by Greg Land
Published Nov 15, 2017
Penciled by Greg Land
Cover by Greg Land
Published Nov 15, 2017
Hulk battles for the Doka’abi as their champion. Described by Maeera as the Worldbreaker, of which the connotation alone insults the Warlord, he unleashes the blind rage inside and destroys his opponent. The crowd cheers as the tiny voice inside his head tries to calm him down. Amadeus tries to get the monster back in the trunk. It works, and he rewards the people he fights for with a fist bump. He demands his people’s release, food and riches..
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| YEAH! I killed that guy. Gimme daps. |
The Warlord’s soldiers open fire, and he explains that the gauntlet is actually 5 parts. The Hulk has only made it through the first. His tributes beg him to just lose it and take the Warlord out but he explains that he’s still weakened from his pass through the portal. They return to their “pens” and the clan chants his name.
Later in the Warlord’s tower, one of his minions Lickspit tells him that he saw Hulk pass through the wheel in the sky. The Warlord demands he find out what’s on the other side. That night, Maeera tells Hulk she could tell he was able to somehow box up his rage - a practice that could doom them all. Suddenly visitors arrive at the camp. Sharn, one of the former clans to fight the Warlord and lose. They were absorbed into his army. She offers them some charged fuel cells, enough to power blasters for the fight but she’s reluctant to commit the forced ranks in his army to rebel.
Later in the Warlord’s tower, one of his minions Lickspit tells him that he saw Hulk pass through the wheel in the sky. The Warlord demands he find out what’s on the other side. That night, Maeera tells Hulk she could tell he was able to somehow box up his rage - a practice that could doom them all. Suddenly visitors arrive at the camp. Sharn, one of the former clans to fight the Warlord and lose. They were absorbed into his army. She offers them some charged fuel cells, enough to power blasters for the fight but she’s reluctant to commit the forced ranks in his army to rebel.
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| Sharn is kinda splitting her bets here. |
Lickspit sneaks up to another gate. Seeing Sharna, he speaks with a spy in the Doka’s ranks. That night he sneaks out to the portal and meets them. He hands Lickspit a controller, and the Warlord plans to go across it.. not to find the Hulk’s friends, but to find his enemies.
The next morning, Hulk is in the coliseum. With cheers at his back, he doles out the fistbumps and readies to fight. The Warlord calls for drums and Hulk’s next opponent squares to fight.. but this time with Sharn and her followers strapped to his shield. How does Amadeus Cho plan to get himself out of this one? We’ll have to wait till next time as this issue is left to be continued.
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| Aw dang, I know that girl! |
You know, at this point I honestly think I might prefer Amadeus Cho to Bruce Banner’s hulk. From the Gerry Duggan run a few years back through the Greg Pak books that preceded this one, I was hoping the Legacy arc would issue in a new era of Banner. With the way Pak has streamlined this story, along with the colorful inks this creative team couples with Greg Land’s sharp pencils, I’m resigned to let the teen Hulk keep raging. It’s a good story and everything is firing on all cylinders. I give this one a 9/10.
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