Incredible Hulk

Marvel Comics.

Archives
Incredible Hulk Masterworks 1 (1-6; w. Stan Lee; a Jack Kirby). [From Marvel Comics: Back in print for the first time in over a decade, just in time for the blockbuster feature film! Relive the origin and earliest adventures of the walking engine of destruction the INCREDIBLE HULK, by the legendary Stan Lee and Jack Kirby!] Gormuu's page.
Incredible Hulk Masterworks 2 (Tales to Astonish 59-79; w. Stan Lee; a Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, et al.). [From Marvel Comics: Hulk-inued at long last! After fifteen years the time has come for Marvel’s Green Goliath to grace his second Marvel Masterworks collection! Kicking off with a Hulk/Giant-Man thrown down, and pulling no punches straight into a toe-to-toe with the mighty Hercules, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner’s mean, green alter ego battles General Thunderbolt Ross, the Leader and his Humanoids, the Executioner and more communists than you can shake a tank at in this earth-shattering series of scintillating slobberknockers!]
Incredible Hulk Masterworks 3 (Tales to Astonish 80-101, Incredible Hulk 102; w. Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich; a Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, John Buscema, Gil Kane & Marie Severin.). [From Marvel Comics: Hulk-inued at long last! After fifteen years the time has come for Marvel’s Green Goliath to grace his second Marvel Masterworks collection! Kicking off with a Hulk/Giant-Man thrown down, and pulling no punches straight into a toe-to-toe with the mighty Hercules, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner’s mean, green alter ego battles General Thunderbolt Ross, the Leader and his Humanoids, the Executioner and more communists than you can shake a tank at in this earth-shattering series of scintillating slobberknockers!]
Incredible Hulk Masterworks 4 103-110, Annual 1; w. Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas, Bill Everett, Archie Goodwin; a Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe). [From Marvel Comics: It’s time for more Masterworks mayhem from the house-shakin’ Hulk! Now headlining his very own title again for the first time in six years, the Green Goliath has twice the space to shake the Earth with his mighty rage, and you can bet Mighty Marvel is going to take advantage of every square inch of that space!See the beginnings of the Hulk’s first outer-space adventure versus the Space Parasite! Place your bets for the strongest man-monster in the Marvel U.—ol’ Greenskin or the Rhino! Then it’s road-trip time! The mighty Hulk travels continents far and wide, and believe it or not, he doesn’t make too many friends along the way! It’s a travelogue of destruction that’s going to leave the Mandarin, the Inhumans, and the entire Savage Land rubbing a sore jaw in the wake of a freight train named “Banner.” Guest-starring Nick Fury and Ka-Zar, this baby’s guaranteed to give your greenback’s worth!]
Essential Incredible Hulk 1 (1-6, Tales to Astonish 60-91; w. Stan Lee; a Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Gil Kane, et al.). [From Marvel Comics: Caught in the heart of a nuclear explosion, victim of gamma radiation gone wild, Doctor Robert Bruce Banner now finds himself transformed in times of stress into seven feet, one thousand pounds of unfettered fury - the most powerful creature to ever walk the Earth - the Incredible Hulk!]
Essential Incredible Hulk 2 (Tales to Astonish 92-101, Hulk 101-117, Annual 1; w Stan Lee et al.; a Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe). [From Marvel Comics: When Robert Bruce Banner designed and created the Gamma Bomb for a top-secret military organization, he never anticipated being the first to be caught in his creation's devastating destruction. Nor would he have wanted to survive the blast had he known that from that day forward, he would be transformed into like a nuclear-age Jekyll and Hyde into the monstrous unthinking creature known as the Incredible Hulk. He's a monster, yes. A terrible condemnation of mankind's technological cruelty towards his fellow man. But there are many monsters in the world. And sometimes our only defense is another monster. These are the stories that helped create the legend.]
Essential Incredible Hulk 3 (Hulk 118-141, Captain Marvel 20-21, Avengers 88; w Stan Lee, Roy Thomas & Harlan Ellison.; a Herb Trimpe, Gil Kane & Sal Buscema). [From Marvel Comics: The misunderstood monster's earliest adventures continue as Robert Bruce Banner's rampaging alter ego clashes with Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Fantastic Four and the Avengers! The Green Goliath fights his share of super-villains, too - including Maximus the Mad, the Glob, the Leader, the Rhino, the Absorbing Man, Night-Crawler, Tyrannus, the Mole Man, Hydra, the Abomination and the Sandman! Featuring the almost-wedding of Bruce and Betty Ross!]
Essential Incredible Hulk 4 (Hulk 143-170; w Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, Len Wein, Gerry Conway, Chris Claremont, Archie Goodwin, Steve Gerber, Steve Englehart ; a Dick Ayers, Herb Trimpe). [From Marvel Comics: It's the original trial of the Incredible Hulk, but not even Doc Samson and Matt Murdock can get the Hulk free of charges...from the Rhino, the Abomination and the Bi-Beast! Foes from the sewers, the seas, the stars and a shrunken realm gone mad! And Betty Ross gives a new twist to becoming a Harpy after the wedding! Monsters, mindswaps and Niagara Falls! Plus: For the X-Fans, the birth of the Wendigo and the death of the Mimic!]
Volume 1
Beauty and the Behemoth (1, 169, 319, 344, 372, 377, 466; w Stan Lee, Steve Englehart, John Byrne, Peter David; a Jack Kirby, Herb Trimpe, John Byrne, Todd McFarlane, Dale Keown, Adam Kubert). [From Marvel Comics: Betty and the Beast. In some ways they were little more than a delicate, fragile girl and a slim, bespectacled and soft-spoken doctor. In other ways they were much, much more… The eye of a tumultuous storm emanating from within the heart of the beastly behemoth called the Incredible Hulk, who casts a dark shadow over their star-crossed lives... lives filled with love, but destined for heartache and disaster!]
Transformations (3, 6, 272, 315, 324, 347, 377; w Stan Lee, Bill Mantlo, John Byrne, Al Milgrom, Peter David; a Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Sal Buscema, John Byrne, Al Milgrom, Jeff Purves, Dale Keown). [From Marvel Comics: The life of Doctor Robert Bruce Banner was irrevocably changed on the day that he was caught in the heart of a gamma bomb explosion. For it was on that day that he was transformed into the most powerful creature to ever walk the Earth, the rampaging man-monster that mankind has come to know as... the Incredible Hulk! But Banner's metamorphosis into the Hulk was only the beginning, only the first of the many transformations he would undergo over the long and torturous years since the detonation of the gamma bomb! Now, collected for the first time, are the classic stories featuring the most dramatic and outrageous changes in the Hulk over his long career as one of comicdom's most popular characters!]
Essential Defenders 1 (126). [See Defenders page for full contents of this volume.]
Avengers—Kang: Time and Again (135). [For full contents, see Avengers.]
Wolverine Battles the Incredible Hulk (180, 181, and Marvel Treasury Edition 26 [prestige reprint of comic-book format The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine]; w Len Wein, Mary Jo Duffy; a Herb Trimpe, Ken Landgraf).
Best of Wolverine Vol. 1 (181). [For full contents, see Wolverine.]
Danger Room Archives (Annual 7; w Roger Stern; a John Byrne). [For full contents, see X-Men .]
Hulk: Peter David 1 (331-339; w Peter David; a Todd McFarlane). [From Marvel Comics: Peter David's 100-plus-issue run on INCREDIBLE HULK remains one of the character's most popular periods. Now, see how it all began in David's first string of Hulk stories as the gray-skinned goliath — or is that the sardonic strongman? — leaps into action against horrors from the grave, the stars and the house next door! Featuring the revitalization of one of the Hulk's longtime foes, the Leader! Guest-starring the original X-Men!]
Ground Zero (340-346; w Peter David; a Todd McFarlane). [From Marvel Comics: What do you do when you discover that a weapon you created years ago - a weapon so devastating that you assumed it would never be used - is being manufactured and stockpiled by the U.S. government? An incredibly destructive bomb that was detonated only once before, and in that detonation, unleashed upon humanity one of the most formidable monsters ever created... a gray-skinned brute known as: The Incredible Hulk. If you're physicist Robert Bruce Banner, and the weapon in question is the Gamma Bomb, then you're haunted by the spectre of more gamma-irradiated creatures, and more death and destruction, being placed at your doorstep. So, with the aid of long-time associate Rick Jones and a conscience-stricken SHIELD agent named Clay Quatermain, you roam the country in a high-tech van, trying to find where the government has stashed the bombs and determine a way to put an end to them. And, if you're Bruce Banner, you face many obstacles. For you're on the run from government agents who want to head off your "misguided" intentions; not to mention the recently re-created arch-villain The Leader, and his henchmen, Rock and Redeemer - plus the deadly gamma bomb-spawned creature known as Half-Life.]
Hulk: Peter David 2 (340-348; w Peter David; a Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Jeff Purves). [From Marvel Comics: The gray Hulk's out to get the Leader and neither Man-Bull, Halflife nor the Hulkbusters can stop him. The confrontation end explosively as the drab-skinned demolisher is blown into a new world: Las Vegas! Villains perish and rise in the culmination of Peter David's first Hulk arc. Featuring the earth-pounding menace of the Absorbing Man. Guest-starring Wolverine and Nick Fury.] Replaces Ground Zero trade.
Hulk: Peter David 3 (349-354, Web of Spider-Man 44, Fantastic Four 320; w Peter David, Steve Englehart; a Jeff Purves, Alex Saviuk, Keith Pollard). [From Marvel Comics: The gray Hulk's life as a Las Vegas legbreaker is broken into by a circle of cyborgs, with Spider-Man in the middle! Next up is a triple threat by Doctor Doom, the Thing and...the green Hulk?! Follow the Hulk from casino conclaves to interdimensional intrigue as Peter David's legendary run continues!]
Hulk: Peter David 4 (355-363, Marvel Comics Presents 26, 45; w Peter David, Bob Harras; a Jeff Purves, Dan Reed). [From Marvel Comics: The golden god-man Glorian wants to give the gray Hulk an emotional makeover, but the mysterious Mister Cloot thinks they'd both look better in demon red! Peter David's remarkable run continues as the Hulk goes after gangsters, ghouls and the Grey Gargoyle! Plus: wrestlers, killer whales and more! Guest-starring Iron Man and Werewolf by Night!]
Hulk: Peter David 5 (355-363, Marvel Comics Presents 26, 45; w Peter David; a Jeff Purves, Dale Keown, Sam Kieth, Angel Medina). [From Marvel Comics: The latest collection for David devotees starts off with a crisis countdown that takes the gray Hulk from one fight to another against the Abomination, the Fantastic Four and a Madman who can't decide if he's Bruce Banner's biggest fan or worst enemy! Then, it's a reunion with Doctor Strange and Namor the Sub-Mariner when the Hulk joins his fellow founding Defenders against an invasion from a universe even stranger than they are! Plus: the fate of Betty Brant Banner! Also featuring Mister Hyde and the mutants of Freedom Force!] 1/23/08
X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David 2 (390-392). For complete contents, see X-Factor.
Ghost of the Past (397-400; w Peter David; a Dale McKeon, Jan Duursema). [From Marvel Comics: The leader tells Rick Jones that only he can bring Marlo back to life but you know that big-headed meanie has a trick up his sleeve, right?]
Onslaught (444-445). [See Onslaught page for reprints of these issues.]
Volume 2
Dogs of War (12-20; w Paul Jenkins; a Ron Garney). [From Marvel Comics: Who is the monster? For years the phrase "Hulk smash!" has been a rallying call for fans of all ages of blind destruction and unfathomable chaos. But that was before the creative team of Paul Jenkins, Ron Garney, and Sal Buscema were assigned to bring 21st century style deconstruction to the destruction caused every month in the pages of The Hulk. The story of The Hulk is simple. Bruce Banner, brilliant scientist, created a bomb of almost unlimited power and is accidentally caught in the blast when that bomb is detonated. He is then transformed into a monster of unlimited fury. But here, in the pages collected in this volume, you will find the story anything but simple. As it opens, Banner's wife has died of radiation poisoning. He's begun to remember incidents of child abuse. A psychologist has discovered that he has multiple personalities brought on by the abuse, creating the possibility of transformation into multiple versions of the Hulk. And a general, who can't see past his own self-righteousness, has sworn himself to kill the scientist. So who is the monster? Is it the father of Banner's wife who will not rest until The Hulk is brought to justice? Is it Banner's father for childhood abuse, fueling a rage within him that would one day be given voice in The Hulk? Or is it Banner himself for creating a device meant to destroy man in the first place?]
1 Return of the Monster (34-39; w Bruce Jones; a John Romita Jr.). [From Marvel Comics: Years ago, physicist Bruce Banner was caught in the heart of a nuclear explosion. Now, when the meek scientist loses his cool, the raging force of nature lurking within his frail psyche finds release. Banner thought he'd finally tamed his inner beast, until the Hulk's latest rampage resulted in the death of a child. His face plastered on TV news broadcasts coast to coast, Banner has no choice but to become a man on the run. The authorities are in hot pursuit, but the police aren't the only ones hunting the beleagured scientist. A pair of deadly assassins track his every move, and the enigmatic Agent Pratt draws ever closer - waiting for the perfect moment to put his own sinister plan into play. Aided only by the elusive "Mr. Blue," will Banner resort to deadly force to escape his pursuers?]
2 Boiling Point (40-43; w Bruce Jones; a Lee Weeks). [From Marvel Comics: Now, the beast within has crossed the line... and its terrified keeper is on the run! Blamed for the televised murder of a hapless child, Banner and his brutish alter ego are Public Enemy No. 1 - shunned by society, hunted by the law and targeted by a mysterious third party with a sinister agenda all its own... one that cuts to the very heart of Banner's strange affliction!]
3 Transfer of Power (44-49; w Bruce Jones; a Stuart Immonen). [From Marvel Comics: On the run...from the police...the government...clandestine forces with an agenda all their own . . . and the unbridled beast within, Dr. Bruce Banner knows the dread of the hunted. Now he faces the most unimaginable horror of all: a relentless, unkillable pursuer who knows all his weaknesses and will stop at nothing to bring him down.]
4 Abominable (50-54; w Bruce Jones; a Mike Deodata Jr.). [From Marvel Comics: Attempting to steal the research of Dr. Bruce Banner, Soviet spy Emil Blonsky accidentally exposed himself to a concentrated burst of gamma radiation. Transformed into a grotesque, green-skinned abomination, the still-intelligent Blonsky understood all too well he could never return to his former life - or the wife who now believed him dead. Over time, his lust for vengeance on Banner has driven him to become what he always hated: a rampaging, inhuman monster. Following a crushing defeat at the Hulk's hands, the Abomination was taken into military custody. Bargaining with the imprisoned titan for his release, a sinister, secret organization hell-bent on capturing the Hulk offers not merely freedom for the once-proud Blonsky, but a reunion with his young wife. The price? The Abomination must deliver on a platter Banner's gargantuan inner-self and rampaging alter ego.]
5 Hide in Plain Sight (55-59; w Bruce Jones; a Leandro Fernandez). [From Marvel Comics: A familiar foe returns, more powerful than ever. On the run from dark, predatory forces - and his own alter ego - Bruce Banner seeks refuge anew in the million winding streets and faceless souls of New York City. Miles upstate beneath an abandoned cemetary, a secret government prison-laboratory houses the infamous Carl "Crusher" Creel - the Absorbing Man - behind an impenetrable shield of plasma energy. For years, Creel has terrorized the world with his ability to absorb the properties of anything he touches. Now, after being locked away, the Absorbing Man has gained a new ability - to absorb people's minds. But what happens when the mind he jumps into belongs to the 800-pound monster known as the Incredible Hulk?]
6 Split Decisions (60-65; w Bruce Jones; a Mike Deodata Jr.). [From Marvel Comics: Still caught in a relentless conspiracy to capture him by a mysterious clandestine organization, the indomitable Hulk faces off against a new array of powerful abominations. Aided only by his old friend and foe, Doc Samson, and his mysterious benefactor — the enigmatic Mr. Blue (whose identity is at last revealed in its entirety) — the Hulk must fight to save both his life and reputation.]
7 Dead Like Me (66-69, Hulk Smash 1-2; w Bruce Jones, Garth Ennis; a Dougie Braithwaite, John McCrea). [From Marvel Comics: In the aftermath of the destruction of Home Base, Bruce Banner and Nadia Blonsky try to patch together their lives. Meanwhile, "Mr. Blue" - a.k.a. Banner's wife, Betty Ross - finds solace in the arms of none other than Doc Samson! Plus: There's something big and weird and downright nasty in the desert, and it wants everything Banner has... everything! Plus: the pulse-pounding, never-before-reprinted Marvel Knights miniseries Hulk Smash 1 and 2, written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by John McCrea.]
8 Big Things (70-76; w Bruce Jones; a Mike Deodato Jr., Darick Robertson, Dougie Braithwaite). [From Marvel Comics: All is revealed in this arc—including the identity of the man behind the sneering lips! When Banner awakens in a post-apocalyptic future, his problems are just beginning. The mastermind behind the plot that made him a fugitive has big plans for the Hulk. Plus: The Hulk goes toe-to-toe with the Invincible Iron Man in a classic super-hero showdown!]
Tempest Fugit (77-82; w Peter David; a Lee Weeks, Jae Lee). [From Marvel Comics: Stalking across the depths of the ocean, dispatching everything from sharks to giant squids, comes the Hulk. As a long-buried episode from Bruce Banner's youth begins to surface with possible ramifications for the future, the Hulk finds himself washed up on a strange island, populated by several hapless victims... and some most unexpected monsters.]
House of M: Incredible Hulk (Incredible Hulk 83-87; w Peter David; a Jorge Lucas, Adam Kubert). [From Marvel Comics: In the Australian outback, Bruce Banner has found a peace he's never known among a tribe of Aborgines. But when their safety is threatened by a battle between a sect of AIM and the ruling totalitarian mutant government, the Hulk is forced to intervene in a big way. The "House" discovers that there is ome mortal in all the world who can stand against it, and he's drawn an incredible line in the sand, setting a stage for an unprecedented showdown. The Hulk like you've never seen him before.]
Planet Hulk Prelude (88-91, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe; w Daniel Way; a Keu Cha, Juan Santacruz). [From Marvel Comics: Bruce Banner has finally found a semblance of peace. Here, in the isolated interior of Alaska, he hopes to protect the rest of humanity from the Hulk’s never-ending rampage by secluding himself in self-imposed exile. Banner is confident that his plan will work — after all, who would be foolish enough to actually come looking for the Hulk? But when Nick Fury comes calling, you know there’s trouble for someone involved. This story sets up next year’s huge event involving a certain Jade Giant.]
Planet Hulk (92-105, Giant-Size Hulk 1, story from Amazing Fantasy 15; w Greg Pak; a Carlo Pagulayan, Aaron Lopresti, Juan Santacruz, Gary Frank, Takeshi Miyazawa). [From Marvel Comics: 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!]
Super-Sized Hardcovers
Incredible Hulk 1 (34-43; Banner 1-4; w Bruce Jones, Brian Azzarello; a John Romita Jr., Lee Weeks, Richard Corben). [From Marvel Comics: Years ago, physicist Bruce Banner was caught in the heart of a nuclear explosion. Now, when the meek scientist loses his cool, the raging force of nature lurking within his frail psyche finds release. Banner thought he'd finally tamed his inner beast, until the Hulk's latest rampage resulted in the death of a child. His face plastered on TV news broadcasts coast to coast, Banner has no choice but to become a man on the run. The authorities are in hot pursuit, but the police aren't the only ones hunting the beleagured scientist. A pair of deadly assassins track his every move, and the enigmatic Agent Pratt draws ever closer - waiting for the perfect moment to put his own sinister plan into play. Aided only by the elusive "Mr. Blue," will Banner resort to deadly force to escape his pursuers? In anticipation of Ang Lee's Hulk motion picture, Marvel Comics presents a bold new vision of horror. Collecting Incredible Hulk 34-43 by Bruce Jones, with artwork by John Romita Jr. and Lee Weeks - plus Startling Stories: Banner 1-4 by Brian Azzarello and Richard Corben. Banner poses the most disturbing question of all: What does it really feel like to be Bruce Banner, bearing the guilt of responsibility for the death and devastation caused by the Hulk? After the monster leaves a city in ruins, Banner is finally prepared to end it all with a gun at his temple. But the mysterious, gamma-irradiated government operative Doc Samson wants justice for the Hulk's actions - and he's not about to let Banner slip away so easily.] Gormuu's page.
Incredible Hulk 2 (44-54; w Bruce Jones; a Stuart Immonen, Mike Deodata Jr.).[From Marvel Comics: Caught in the heart of a nuclear explosion, Bruce Banner's inner rage was unleashed as the Incredible Hulk, a man-like monster of unstoppable fury. For years, Banner has been on the run from the U.S. military, which hated and feared his alter ego. But now, a new force has entered the game. This sinister Secret Conspiracy will stop at nothing to gain its prize: the Hulk's gamma-enriched blood. Through skillful cunning and the Hulk's timely intervention, Banner has so far managed to elude his pursuers - but the Conspiracy has brought in a new, more dangerous agent. Once, Emil Blonsky was a Russian scientist on the other side of the Cold War. Now, he is the grotesque Abomination, a twisted version of the Hulk. The Conspiracy has offered Blonsky the promise of freedom if he can deliver its target. Facing an enemy even stronger than the Hulk, will this finally be Banner's last stand? Writer Bruce Jones has transformed Incredible Hulk into a taut psychological thriller packed with shocking twists and turns. Returning to the character's tragic roots, Jones has revealed what the curse of the Hulk really means to Banner, a man tormented with the hope of a normal life forever out of reach.]
Incredible Hulk 3 (55-64; w Bruce Jones; a Leandro Fernandez, Mike Deodata Jr.). Announced, then cancelled.
On 6/23/04, Jennifer Grünwald of Marvel Trades announced on the Joe Quesada forum that no further Hulk hardcovers are planned.

Marvel Age Hulk

Digest reprints of the new series "re-imagining" the original run.
1 Incredible (1-4; w Mike Raicht; a Alex Sanchez, Patrick Scherberger & Ryan Odagawa). [From Marvel Comics: The Green Goliath smashes his way into the Marvel Age! Don’t make him angry — you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. When Bruce Banner loses control, he becomes a very different man — the unstoppable creature men call the Hulk! He may in fact be the strongest one there is! Follow Bruce as he travels across America and the Hulk takes on dangerous enemies — including mutated insects, angry aliens and one of his greatest foes: the Abomination! Bear witness to never-before-told Hulk adventures in the thrilling Marvel Age manner! As the newest hero of the Marvel Age, this Hulk is sure to be a smash!]
Re-launches as Marvel Adventures Hulk.
1 Misunderstood Monster (1-4; w Paul Benjamin; a David Nakayama). [From Marvel Comics: The Green Goliath smashes his way into his own Marvel Adventures title! See how brilliant scientist Bruce Banner was cursed to transform into the rampaging Hulk! Learn why Banner’s girlfriend Betty Ross left him, why her father, General “Thunderbolt” Ross, hunts him and why Rick Jones blames himself for creating the monster. Most of all, thrill to the Hulk smashing everything in sight!]
Misc.
The End (1-shot; w Peter David; a Dale Keown). Collected in Giant-Size Hulk 1 below.
Hulk: The End hc (Incredible Hulk: The End 1-shot + Future Imperfect 1-2; w Peter David; a Dale Keown, George Pérez). [From Marvel Comics: Chronicling the final days of the Green Goliath! Peter David and Dale Keown, creative team on some of the Hulk's most memorable tales, reunite to produce this searing vision of the future in which Bruce Banner, the Incredible Hulk, is the last man on Earth. It's the Hulk's final battle, as "The Last Titan" wrestles his inner-demons in order to discover his place in a dying world – if only he can survive! Plus: The testing of the first Gamma Bomb thrust upon Robert Bruce Banner led to what he would come to believe would be his greatest nightmare: his unwilling transformation into the Incredible Hulk. He believed wrong. Now, having been dragged into the future – into a post-holocaust, dystopian world – Bruce Banner discovers that his nightmare has a whole new name: the Maestro. This is a nightmare that only Hulk can end; for he knows that he himself is responsible for the presence of the evil Maestro. The future, our future, and the Incredible Hulk will never quite be the same. And neither will you.] 1/16/08
Future Imperfect (2-issue mini; w Peter David; a George Pérez).
Giant-Size Hulk 1 (Incredible Hulk: The End 1-shot + 2 new stories; w Peter David, Greg Pak; a Juan Santacruz, Aaron Lopresti, Dale Keown). [From Marvel Comics: What is the untold story of the battle between one of the strangest superhero teams in the Marvel Universe and the engine of destruction known as the Incredible Hulk? See ol’ Purple Pants go toe-to-toe with Angel, Ice-Man, Ghost Rider, The Black Widow and Hercules in a story that holds a key to Post-PLANET HULK events! By legendary Hulk scribe Peter David and Juan Santacruz. PLUS! A PLANET HULK INTERLUDE! Bruce Banner makes his first appearance on Planet Sakaar — and battles the Hulk for his body and soul! What secret is the Hulk hiding? What terrible truth does Banner reveal? And who will triumph in this ultimate showdown? By Greg Pak and Aaron Lopresti. Also: Re-presenting the outstanding INCREDIBLE HULK: THE END by Peter David and Dale Keown.]
Gray (6-issue mini; w Jeph Loeb; a Tim Sale). [From Marvel Comics: "Not everything is as black and white as you're saying." Before the world knew Bruce Banner is The Hulk. Before Bruce had confessed his love to Betty Ross. Before the Hulk was green… there was Hulk: Gray. Bruce Banner's life was torn apart by the explosion of the Gamma Bomb. From that moment on, he unleashed the strongest creature on Earth - The Incredible Hulk. No matter how powerful he became, his heart could still be shattered by Betty Ross, the daughter of his greatest enemy, General "Thunderbolt" Ross.]
Hulk-Thing: The Big Change (OGN; w Jim Starlin; a Berni Wrightson).
Hulk-Thing: Hard Knocks (4-issue mini, Giant-Sized Super-Stars 1; w Bruce Jones, Gerry Conway; a Jae Lee, Rich Buckler). [From Marvel Comics: Bruce Jones and superstar artist Jae Lee bring you the ultimate Hulk/Thing battle! Think you know everything about the unique relationship between Marvel’s two most powerful sluggers? Guess again]
Hulk-Wolverine: Six Hours (4-issue mini; w Bruce Jones; a Scott Kolins). [From Marvel Comics: Two of 2003’s biggest movie stars unite in one suspenseful adventure! Lost in the Canadian wilderness, Dr. Bruce Banner, a.k.a. The Incredible Hulk, and Wolverine only have six hours to rescue a woman and a boy from two desperate drug dealers. It's a race against time as these two Marvel icons attempt to control their tempers long enough to save the hostages!]
Incredible Hulk vs. Superman (One-shot; w Roger Stern; a Al Migrom, Steve Rude). [From Marvel Comics: They are two of the mightiest beings ever to walk the Earth… two men who each lead double lives! The Hulk - half a ton of raging, primordial fury, the unleashed id of Doctor Robert Bruce Banner, given form and substance by the power of a thermonuclear explosion. Superman - the last son of the doomed planet Krypton, sent to Earth where, as Clark Kent, he grew to adulthood with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. What if they had met? Would it be as friends or foes, allies or enemies? Reaching from the earliest years of their superhuman lives to the world both have helped shape today, this the story of the first encounter of the Incredible Man-Monster and the Man of Steel]
Hulk: The Official Movie Adaptation (Movie adaptation one-shot, Incredible Hulk v2 34, Ultimates 5, Ultimate Marvel Team-Up 2-3; w Bruce Jones, Mark Millar, Brian Michael Bendis; a Mark Bagley, John Romita Jr., Bryan Hitch, Phil Hester). [From Marvel Comics: Bruce Banner endures a life without a past, yet filled with dreams. Adopted as a child, he knows nothing about his parents and their story. Plagued by unexplained nightmares, Bruce continually struggles with tumultuous fits of anxiety, embarrassment and rage. As a genetic scientist studying the regenerative effects of gamma radiation on damaged tissue, Bruce wages an escalating battle with the unknown monster inside him. Catalyzed by a freak lab accident, his inner conflict culminates when he becomes the most powerful being on the face of the earth - the Hulk. General "Thunderbolt" Ross - backed by an army of tanks, helicoptors and soldiers - aims to destroy the powerful and ever-growing Hulk. In this exquisitely told, brooding, romantic tale, Banner - a hunted abomination - stives to mend his relationship with General Ross's daughter, Betty, and uncover the answers to his enigmatic past. This adaptation captures all the cinematic excitement of the new movie, plus a selection of Hulk stories by today's hottest writers and artists.]
The Savage Hulk (OGN; w Peter David, Dave Gibbons, William Messner-Loebs, Scott Lobdell, B.J. Estes, Matt Wagner, Jeph Loeb; a Mike McKone, Dave Gibbons, Sam Keith, Dane McCart, Humberto Ramos, Paschalis Ferry, Pat McEown, Tim Sale).
Startling Stories: Banner (4-issue mini; w Brian Azzarello; a Richard Corben). [From Marvel Comics: Tormented by his unstoppable alter ego, Bruce Banner has nowhere to hide. Having located the man-like monstrosity that is the Hulk in the New Mexico desert, gamma-irradiated government operative Doc Samson prepares his troops for a cataclysmic confrontation.]
Wolverine-Hulk (4-issue mini; w & a Sam Kieth). [From Marvel Comics: Long ago, Wolverine was trained as a samurai in Japan; later, he became Weapon X, a covert operation for the Canadian government. Today, Logan is an X-Man - using his animal-keen senses, accelerated healing factor and razor-sharp claws to help protect a world that hates and fears mutants. Caught in the heart of a nuclear explosion, victim of gamma radiation gone wild, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner undergoes a hideous metamorphosis during times of stress - unleashing the dark personification of the bookish scientist's repressed rage and fury. And then there's Po - the extraordinary little girl whose impossible quest has drawn these two disparate individuals together.]