After the Hulk and Warbound refuse to kill a captured Elloe alongside two other rebels, the Silver Surfer then destroys all the obedience disks of everyone in the arena. During the battle, the Hulk breaks the Silver Surfer's disk, freeing him. As the others come closer to winning their freedom, the Red King's lieutenant, Caiera, arranges for them to fight the Silver Surfer, who is also controlled by an obedience disk. The Hulk declines, but Elloe chooses to go with the rebels.ĭuring their next gladiator fight, Lavin Skee is killed. Hulk becomes a popular hero for his actions in the arena, and a group of insurgents try to recruit the Hulk to their cause. Hulk forms a "Warbound" pact with his fellow gladiators Miek, No-Name Brood, Elloe Kaifi, Lavin Skee, Hiroim and Korg. He is forced to fight gladiator battles for the planet's emperor, the Red King. Weakened from the crash, Hulk is fixed with an obedience disk and taken into slavery. Planet Hulk Īs Hulk listens to a recording from the Illuminati explaining their actions, his shuttle crashes on the planet Sakaar. They intended for him to land on a peaceful planet, but the shuttle passes through a wormhole on its way. With the help of the Hulk's friend and psychiatrist Doc Samson, they trick him into entering orbit to destroy a rogue satellite, and then use a shuttle to jettison him from the solar system. When a Gamma bomb causes the Hulk to lose control and attack Las Vegas, the Illuminati decide the Hulk is too dangerous to remain on Earth. In October 2017, a sequel, titled Return to the Planet Hulk, starring Amadeus Cho as the Hulk, was released as a part of Marvel's Marvel Legacy initiative.
The story was re-examined in What If?: Planet Hulk. It led directly to the World War Hulk crossover, and inspired the Son of Hulk series. The main storyline was told in Incredible Hulk #92–105, and Giant-Size Hulk vol 2 #1. The story's roots began in the New Avengers: Illuminati one-shot and Incredible Hulk #88–91. Sun Tzu's Art of War and Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth played a big role in helping me think through other aspects of the story". He also drew from real-world history: "I got inspiration for the story by reading about the real lives of gladiators in ancient Rome and from the stories of figures like Genghis Khan and more contemporary warlords, dictators, and political leaders. I loved the idea from the minute I heard it, so I was blown away when they told me I had the gig and even more blown away when they basically cut me loose to create the whole world". The storyline's main writer Greg Pak describes the origin of the ideas: "The inspiration for sending Hulk to an alien planet where he'd battle monsters as a gladiator came from Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada. There was also a special Planet Hulk: Gladiator Guidebook publication by Anthony Flamini and the storyline's main writer Greg Pak, similar to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe detailing the characters, races and cultures within the storyline.Įlements from the storyline have been adapted into other media, including an animated film of the same name, as well as the live action film Thor: Ragnarok. Written by Greg Pak, it dealt with the Marvel heroes' decision to send the Hulk away, his acclimation to and conquest of the planet where he landed, and his efforts to return to Earth to take his revenge. Planet Hulk is a Marvel Comics storyline that ran primarily through issues of The Incredible Hulk starting in 2006.
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