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World War Hulk #5

Nov 2007
Greg Pak, John Romita Jr.

World War Hulk #5 cover

Story Name:

The Incredible Hulk Versus the Sentry


Synopsis

World War Hulk #5 synopsis by Julio Molina-Muscara
Rating: 5 stars

Right before Reed Richards applies the mortal blow upon Tony Stark, the Hulk deactivates the Obedience Disks, saving their lives.

Hulk says, “Remember this, puny humans. We came here for justice. Not murder. So no one on your planet has died by our hands. And no one will.”

Hulk reveals that his Warbound allies will now destroy the New York city, just as Crown City from Sakaar got destroyed, for everyone on Earth to remember that the four Illuminati members are not heroes but a bunch of “liars, traitors and killers”.

But the appearance of the Sentry halts the Hulk’s plan!

Sentry hits the Stone Alien ship, bringing it down and punches the Hulk right through several NY buildings. Hulk warns the Sentry to quit. But the Sentry unleashes more of his exceptional raw power on the strongest one there is. It’s a clash for comic book history.

The two supers give everything they got in each punch. At first, the Sentry seems to have the upper hand. But the Hulk’s never been this strong, making the Sentry bleed. The brutal meeting comes to a blowing end as the two turn into their weaker human selves, Bruce Banner and Robert Reynolds, and Banner knocks Reynolds out.

Hulk is the planet’s “Sakaarson”: a world saver, after stopping the Sentry (and previously, Doctor Strange who lost control of his powers as Zom).

Banner looks at his friend Rick Jones and extends his hand. Reed Richards and Tony Stark watch in awe. But Miek is not ready to see “his” Hulk give up on revenge. “Never stop making them pay”, as the Hulk taught him. Miek grabs a spear and tries stabbing Banner, but stabs Rick Jones instead, who pushed Banner out of the way.

Banner turns into the Hulk and hits Miek almost to death. Korg, Hiroim, Elloe and the Brood try stopping the Hulk. They’re warbound. They should not fight with each other. But it is Miek who asks to be killed, revealing a terrible secret: he saw Red King guards placing a bomb in the Hulk’s shuttle, the one that killed a million people, including Caiera. But he did not stop them because he wanted Hulk to become what he really was: a “World Breaker”.

Overwhelmed by this, Hulk releases waves of Gamma radiation and slams the ground with his feet, shattering the Earth, causing trembles felt hundreds of miles away. The Hulk blames the heroes for the whole thing, saying, “I’ll hate you forever. Almost as much... as I hate myself”.

Hulk realizes he may destroy the planet. But since he is a genuine hero, he asks to be killed. Tony Stark synchronizes satellite weapons and a powerful beam bathes the Hulk from the sky, knocking him out.

In the crater left, Robert Bruce Banner lies with his eyes open. His body, placed in a special coffin, taken to a secret underground facility, three miles below in the Mojave desert. Submerged in a red liquid, Banner shuts his eyes.

Meanwhile, on planet Sakaar, a new being rises from green mud: he is Skaar, the son of the Hulk!

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Review / Commentaries


World War Hulk #5 Review by (February 15, 2010)
Bruce Banner, the Hulk, seemingly dies. Rick Jones is badly wounded (by Miek). First appearance of Skaar, the son of the Hulk/Banner and Caiera the Oldstrong.


World War Hulk #5 Review by (February 15, 2010)
I can't improve on Julio's synopsis, so I'll just list a couple of tie-ins:- WWH: FRONT LINE #5/1(p11-12)-6(p1-9.1) Sally Floyd rescues Ben Urich from danger. They witness the Hulk/Sentry fight. INCREDIBLE HULK #111(p11.4-22) While the Hulk/Sentry fight is ongoing, Zom tries to activate the SHIELD plan to send Manhattan into the Negative Zone. But Amadeus Cho tricks Zom into using him as a host, Angel KO's him and Wong traps Zom back in his jar.


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Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos.
Editor: Mark Paniccia.

Characters

Listed in alphabetical order. All stories.

Bruce Banner
Bruce Banner

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Doc Samson
Doc Samson

(Leonard Samson)
Hiroim
Hiroim

(The Oldstrong)
Hulk
Hulk

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Ms. Marvel
Ms. Marvel

(Carol Danvers)
Sentry
Sentry

(Robert Reynolds)
She-Hulk
She-Hulk

(Jennifer Walters)
Thunderbolt Ross
Thunderbolt Ross

(Thaddeus Ross)
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Wonder Man

(Simon Williams)
Black Panther
Black Panther

(T'Challa)
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange

(Stephen Strange)
Human Torch
Human Torch

(Jonathan Storm)
Invisible Woman
Invisible Woman

(Sue Storm)
Iron Fist
Iron Fist

(Danny Rand)
Iron Man
Iron Man

(Anthony Stark)
Luke Cage
Luke Cage

(Power Man)
Mr. Fantastic
Mr. Fantastic

(Reed Richards)
Spider-Man
Spider-Man

(Peter Parker)
Spider-Woman
Spider-Woman

(Jessica Drew)
Storm
Storm

(Ororo Munroe)
Thing
Thing

(Ben Grimm)
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