The Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk
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The Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk (Planet Hulk Omnibus)

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Savage alien planet. Oppressed barbarian tribes. Corrupt emperor. Deadly woman warrior. Gladiators and slaves. Battle axes and hand blasters. Monsters and heroes... and the Incredible Hulk! Let the smashing commence! This deluxe hardcover collects the entire Planet Hulk saga, plus extras! Collects Incredible Hulk #92-105, Giant Size Hulk #1 and the "Mastermind Excello" sto...more
Hardcover, 416 pages
Published June 27th 2007 by Marvel (first published June 13th 2007)
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Every so often, there comes a tale -- with equal parts passion and pathos, with equal parts pride and prejudice -- that not only redefines what a character has meant throughout the already visited pages upon pages of illustrated storylines but also re-establishes the hero as a dominant force for storytellers, readers, the company's universe, and (arguably) the entire comic book industry. PLANET HULK is such a masterpiece.

It's difficult to talk about the adventure without giving too many element...more
Pat McGlynn
This arc is a non-stop kickassathon. In a nut shell, this is What If: Hulk was the star of Gladiator. It does not disappoint. This book is exactly what you think you are paying for, the Hulk smashing an entire planet until he makes his way to the top.

This is hands down the best modern Hulk comics get. I'm sorry Loeb got his miserable hands on the Hulk, because between this and World War Hulk, Hulk has reached great heights in terms of story telling, action and power.
Marc Jentzsch
Fantastic. Sword and sorcery with the Hulk!

There are a few problems that will cause some dissonance for those unfamiliar with the full breadth of the ins and outs of the way the Hulk works. Admittedly I was in this camp, but just rolled with it. The idea of the Hulk being less than a giant irradiated ball of rage grows on you a little. Though I still don't quite understand how the Hulk himself could be so...un-angry so much. Yeah. Need to go read up on that.

The setup was well-done, and if you ha...more
Mark Plaid
If you're like me and you haven't heard much about the Incredible Hulk since The Green Goliath that Bruce Banner turned into was a muscle bound mentally challenged beast with the vocabulary of a three year old child (or worse you think he turns into a growling, wordless Lou Ferrigno), then be prepared to throw away some of those expectations. I heard at some point a few years ago Banner could turn into the Hulk and retain his identity. Well, this is no longer the case either. Hulk is a distinct...more
Don't get me wrong with just three stars, I really did enjoy this, but my goodness the story was thin.

The problem with the Hulk is that there isn't much that can be done with him, he's a supporting character at best. And yet I was still hoping that this story arc would give us something fun to run with by letting the Hulk run wild - and he did, just not in any really interesting way.

The whole story was severely self-indulgent and there was never any sense of stakes or peril. This is the troubl...more
David Monroe
This book compiles Incredible Hulk #92-105, Giant Size Hulk #1 and the "Mastermind Excello" story from Amazing Fantasy #15. The Planet Hulk series was one of the best Hulk stories of all time.

After trashing Vegas, S.H.I.E.L.D., Tony Stark and Reed Richards decide it's time for this to stop. A ship is created and The Hulk was captured and blasted off to an uninhabited planet to live out the rest of his days. But in true comic book style, something goes awry.

Hulk gets sucked into a wormhole and...more
How do you take a character like the Hulk, that's been done to death and put a new twist on the character?

You hand him over to Greg Pak and tell him to go wild.

And wild he goes, he takes the Hulk from the "familiar" surroundings of planet Earth, and puts him in a brand new environment, Plant Sakaar. A barbaric planet where the Hulk fits right in despite himself.

No Wonder Marvel let their Conan license expire, who needs a Conan Barabarian when you can have the Hulk be just as, if not even moreso,...more
This trade collects Incredible Hulk #92-95, Banner War from Giant Size Hulk #1, Incredible Hulk #96-105, Mastermind Excello and Planet Cho from Amazing Fantasy #15 and Planet Hulk:Gladiator Guidebook, in that order.

Banner had agreed to go into space for Shield to destroy a satellite and save the world. His reward is exile due to a betrayal by the Illuminati, who believe Hulk simply too dangerous to keep on Earth and rig his spacecraft to take him to an uninhabited planet to be left alone... fo...more
Let me start by saying, I'm not a huge fan of the Hulk. I also didn't care for the whole gladiator/fighting on a strange planet thing. It took me forever to work up any sympathy for Hulk, and even longer for me to get into the story enough to sit down and read it for more than a few minutes at a time. Anything that can't hold my attention gets unceremoniously moved to a certain section of my house, and is then forever dubbed one of my 'bathroom books'. You all know what I mean...don't pretend yo...more
Wow. Wow. Wow. This storyline makes hulk even more bad ass than he already is. This is an excellent preview to the World War Hulk story line.

What's more bad ass than a huge invulnerable, angry, strongest mortal alive, beast? How about one that turns into a military general, frees the slaves, and inspires the world to fight for freedom? I'm not talking about Abe Lincoln... this story is 100% Hulk.

Bad ass. In the 70's or early 80's they wrote stories about the Hulk being in space and fighting al...more
Okay two words: HULK SMASH. Constantly. Hulk literally starts out ripping himself free of a spaceship after are ever lovely heroes kicking him off the planet planning to send him to a "deserted" planet where he can live in "Peace." Yeah well Hulk doesn't really get that, but thats okay, because instead he tears his way through a alien planet at war, fighting monster as a gladiator! How cool as that? Pretty much as cool as it sounds. And though it had a great deal of smashing it had a perfect amo...more
Sure, the gladiator meets Alien themed narrative isn't the most original, but this is very entertaining. Hulku the Worldbreaker lives up to his title. Certainly, even if the narrative isn't groundbreaking, this is a Hulk story to come back to.
excellent story arc done by marvel. i had stopped reading comics but this was the one that has brought me back into the fold. get ready to see the hulk as he should have been brought to you long ago. i loved it.
Noah Soudrette
Wow. This is easily the best Hulk story I've ever read (keep in mind I never read Peter David's run thought). There's tons of action and some great characters and character development. Just perfect.
JD Korejko
Oh, well now. THAT was fun!
I had no interest in this as it was coming out in issue form, but I'm so glad I picked up this tpb. Finally, a little bit of something different for a one note character.
Nicci B
I learned not to piss Hulk off.
Even more so than Peter David's stellar run with the character, I feel Planet Hulk is the definitive Hulk story.

Hulk is an incredibly hard character to write for. In his original incarnation, he's little more than a pre-schooler with immense strength: subject to the same intense mood swings of a child, who finds himself more often than not rebuked because of his monstrosity. It's a common enough trope - in many ways, he is the Marvel Universe's Frankenstein - but there is not a lot of of differ...more
Michael (Tattoogirl Reads)
What I knew about Hulk before I read Planet Hulk: He's a human who turns into a green monster. His name is Banner. (Thank you,Avengers movie). I knew that I didn't really want to read anything about the Hulk. The End.

What I know now: that I was totally wrong about the Hulk. Oh my God, this was such an epic read! I'm sorry to everyone I turned up my nose at when they recommended this to me. You were right. I was wrong.

This was an amazing roller coaster; I even got all sniffly at the end. I was ha...more
The Hulk is easily my favorite "super hero" of all-time, precisely because he isn't. He's not running around in shiny sequined outfits falling on the sword for the greater good. He is rage personified, and his existence and frequent betrayal of late by his fellows is an allegory for us all: a cautionary tale that attempts to teach us to resign ourselves to the static norm for the sake of others, a suppression of our base instincts for fear of loss of control and an eventual exile imposed upon us...more
Andy Wixon
I have this horrible feeling that comics as we currently know them are a moribund art form, but I'll say this for the publishers: they're not going down without a fight. One of the ways in which they're trying to boost sales is by ensuring every book is composed of a series of (largely) self-contained story arcs, suitable for repackaging as trade paperbacks and selling in reputable bookshops.

Now this is, I think, a questionable tactic - buying the TPB of a series is cheaper than buying the indi...more
Greg Pak writes this collection of Hulk stories from last year. A group of Earths superheroes decides the Hulk is too powerful, and to dangerous, to stay on Earth any longer. They convince him to help destroy a rogue satellite and then shoot him into space. He takes care of the satellite, then when he is preparing to return home, they instead send his shuttle into another universe. He crashes on a planet ruled by an emperor that forces his enemies to compete as gladiators. After quickly getting...more
Craig Williams
The Hulk is shot through space to another planet by Reed Richards, in a desperate attempt to rid the Earth of the Hulk's menace forever. Hulk's ship crashlands to a planet populated with a variety of alien beings, all ruled over by a cruel overlord called the Red Emperor. Hulk uses his impossible strength to overthrow the Emperor and free the planet - but will his wrath destroy the planet in the process?

First off, I loved the concept. For years, the Hulk books were getting formulaic. Bruce Banne...more
Hulk has a (well-earned) reputation as a sort of one note character. He shows up, he smashes, people call him a monster, he saves the day, lather, rinse, repeat. He's a fun character, but I've always believed he works better as part of an ensemble cast than as the star of a story... until I read Planet Hulk. Without spoiling anything about the setting, this book gives Hulk the opportunity to shine as an individual character, a warrior, a leader, and even a love interest. I plowed through all 300...more
Hulk is such a powerful character, especially when handled right. Reed Richards and Tony Stark know this, and with Marvel's Civil War looming right around the corner, they think it's best if Hulk doesn't get to choose a side (fearing, I guess, that they would have to fight against him), so they fix it so that he gets sent to a far away planet where he would get to live in peace. But would you know it, "something" happens that alters the flight path of his spaceship and he ends up on a world wher...more
To say that I'm a Hulk-sized fan of The Incredible Hulk would be incorrect, though I do put a lot of value to the character. I was one of few who was impressed by his appearances in film recently, but I haven't read too many comics. Planet Hulk was one of the first I've ever read, and I have to say I was pretty blown away. The story is great, Hulk has been launched off to another, more primitive planet, and has to make a new life and name for himself. But he doesn't just find one name on this ne...more
Apr 25, 2008 Adam rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Hulk fans, comic fans, fans of sci-fi and action stories
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Don Weiss
A new era in the life of the Incredible Hulk begins with this instant classic, the premiere storyline in a five-year run by acclaimed writer Greg Pak. After an act of betrayal leaves him stranded on the brutal world of Sakaar, the Hulk is captured and forced to fight as a gladiator, pitted against other monsters that rival even his own awesome strength for the amusement of a sadistic emperor. But when the Hulk forms a bond with some of his fellow combatants, it can only spell trouble for their c...more
Peter Broughton
Hulk is one of Marvel's key properties and a massively successful character. He has a long history and many more layers than his simple "Hulk Smash" reputation.

In Planet Hulk, he is blasted into space by a group of Super Heroes to prevent him from causing further damage on Earth and from him being hurt because of this. The heroes did plot into the Autopilot a planet that would have provided hulk a peaceful existence and his Ultimate Dream - to be left alone. However, he ends up on another planet...more
Gemma Innes
This was the first set of Hulk comics I have ever read. Previously my knowledge if the Hulk came from the films and the animated series, however I loved this book. I found it to be a powerful and moving storyline as the Hulk, exiled from earth because of his uncontrollable and deadly rage, becomes the hero of the world Sakaar.
What I found unusual in this book was how eloquently, if angrily, Hulk speaks. Aside from the odd broken sentence like 'puny humans hurt hulk rrrrraaaarrr' I'd never seem...more
Marvel's Illuminati shoots the Hulk into outer space (so he can't muck up the Civil War). He crash lands on an alien world mildly reminiscent of ancient Rome. Hulk adopts the Russell Crowe Gladiator role of a spectacle fighter taking down the meanie ruler, here called the Red King. Hulk teams up with a cast of other aliens (several of which cameo'd elsewhere in the Marvel Universe), gets a nickname ("Green Scar") and gets a girlfriend, who also is night invulnerable. Cue the fantasy epic story c...more
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