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Issues #15–16, titled Lament for a Fallen Crown, pull the curtain back on the true mythic scale of the series by revealing the ancient origin of Eldest and her eternal rivalry with the first Hulk, Enkidu. Thousands of years in the past, Eldest ruled a monstrous empire as one of Earth’s first demigods, drawing power from flesh, fear, and domination. Her reign ends when Enkidu — a primordial Hulk born of rage and the Green Door — rises against her, tearing her kingdom apart and redefining what Hulk power truly is. Their clash establishes the book’s core cosmology: Hulk is not a mutation or accident, but a recurring force tied to divine horror and resurrection. Eldest’s obsession with Enkidu’s body is revealed as more than vengeance — she believes his flesh is the key to breaching the Mother of Horrors’ Divine Prison, a goal even she fears may exceed her control.
The conclusion in #16 cements Eldest as something more terrifying than a simple antagonist: a god who understands the Hulk better than Bruce Banner ever has. Eldest attempts to use Enkidu’s remains to unlock the Green Door itself, exposing the dangerous truth that Hulk power is not infinite rage but a cyclical, sacrificial engine tied to death and rebirth. Enkidu ultimately destroys Eldest’s empire, but cannot destroy Eldest herself — only delay her. The story reframes Hulk history as a lineage of cursed champions, each iteration feeding the same cosmic system. By the end, Eldest’s long game becomes clear: Bruce Banner’s Hulk is merely the latest and potentially final vessel capable of opening the door she has sought for millennia.
Issue #17, Skin Part One, shifts from mythic past to grotesque present, bringing the series to Las Vegas — the prophesied “Paradise of Sin.” With Bruce Banner trapped within the Hulkscape, Hulk operates almost entirely on instinct as Eldest manipulates events through a cult of skinwalkers who worship her as salvation through transformation. Charlie Tidwell’s desperate bargain with Eldest becomes the emotional center of the issue: resurrection is promised, but identity is the true price. Las Vegas emerges not as a setting, but as a spiritual pressure cooker where reinvention, corruption, and spectacle converge — a perfect altar for Eldest’s rituals. The issue sets the stage for Incredible Hulk #900 by asking its central question outright: if Hulk is only skin, what happens when the skin chooses what it wants to become?
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