Carlo Pagulayan

When Hulk crash lands on planet Sakaar after being exiled into outer space by the Avengers, he is sold into slavery and becomes the Green scar, the planet's mightiest gladiator. Yet, his new masters get more than they bargained for when he forges a bond of brotherhood with his fellow fighters and together they start a revolution to overthrow their captors. This comic partly inspired the storyline in Thor: Ragnarok, but unlike that comical action adventure, this is a savage sci-fi fantasy more in line with Dune, Mad Max, and tales about the Roman Empire. Highly recommended.… (mere)

I've been told I needed to read this for ages, and now I can see why. My knowledge of The Hulk is pretty general, and based on Wikipedia and the cartoon I watched as a child. I've never been particularly interested in him, but wow this story is great. My rating is really a 4.5 stars. I can't help but feel that if I was more familiar with the character I'd have appreciated some more of the nuances. Even coming at it with hardly any background knoweldge I really enjoyed this, I was stuck to it and had some real trouble putting it down.

So Hulk has been tricking by his so-called "friends" and sent off into space, obviously he's not happy about that! He ends up landing on strange planet (not the one the Illuminati intended, being kind of weak at the time he's captured and becomes a gladiator for the Red King, along with a bunch of other "monsters." What follow is kind of like The Gladiator, with a really sad ending and a big cliff hanger. I won't say more because I don't want to spoil it.

I've never read a Hulk comic before so I've got nothing to compare it to, but this was an intelligent, engaging and surprisingly emotional story with lots of twists and turns. I was genuinely sad towards the end of this story! I build up a lot of sympathy for The Hulk who is often misunderstood by others but also himself. I definitely want to read what happens next in World War Hulk.

The only bit I wasn't do keen on was the last story, which had a dramatic change in artwork that I really didn't like (I found it too kiddy) and introduced a new character (Amadeus Cho) I'm not sold on yet. It sets up the direction for what is to follow though, and like I said I want more Hulk!
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Non sono mai stata una grande fan di Hulk, ma devo ammettere che questa storia mi ha conquistata.
E' intensa e piena di momenti epici, di quelli che mentre li leggi ti gasano: e diciamocelo, in fondo non è questo quello che ci aspettiamo dai supereroi Marvel? Però la grandiosità un po' fracassona non deve ingannarci, la profondità c'è e si nota chiaramente sia nelle tematiche che nella caratterizzazione dei personaggi, tutti tridimensionali e credibili. I disegni poi danno una marcia in più all'opera perchè si accompagnano perfettamente ai toni cupi e maestosi della vicenda.
Certo la trama non è particolarmente originale, ma ogni tanto riesce a spiazzare con qualche piccolo colpo di scena ben piazzato. Il finale poi per quanto prevedibile [SPOILER]-non era pensabile che Hulk d'ora in poi vivesse felice e contento come re di un mondo perfetto, la catastrofe era dietro l'angolo-[FINE SPOILER] è riuscito a commuovermi e a farmi arrabbiare quasi quanto Hulk.
Insomma un must per gli amanti dei supereroi Marvel, oltre che una pietra miliare per la continuity.… (mere)