Smashin’ reading! This TPB collects the comic book issues #92-105 of “The Incredible Hulk”, also “Planet Hulk: Gladiator Guidebook” and some material from “Giant-Size Hulk #1” and “Amazing Fantasy #15 (Vol.2)”.Creative Team:Writer: Greg PakIllustrators: Carlo Pagulayan, Aaron Lopresti, Gary Frank & Takeshi Miyazawa OF MONSTERS AND MEN The group known, in the Marvel Universe, as The Illuminati: Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Namor, Dr. Strange and Black Bolt, decided t

It's perfect. A man so angry with the world he's been forced into that he decides to destroy everything. I REALLY FUCKING RELATE TO THIS.

The Illuminati banished Hulk to a remote alien planet called Sakaar far away from Earth where he would no longer have to worry about hurting anyone or being hurt back. He would finally have peace and might find happiness there. Yeah, right! Tony Stark and co. were wrong - Sakaar is ruled over by a cruel Red King who enslaves Hulk to be the star attraction in his bloodsport. But these aliens have never come across anyone quite like Hulk before… Billed as the quintessential Hulk storyline, Planet

Planet Hulk is the Roman Empire meets the Marvel Universe, with Hulk on a planet of gladiators, slaves, prostitutes, and myriad killer aliens. When Hulk not smash, it explores totalitarianism versus rebellion, love versus hate, monsters versus heroes.

Fun, 3.5 stars rounded up.Gets better as it continues.Interesting how they bring in enemies from Earth past, Brood, Krog, etc.Red King is a one-dimensional baddie, lame.This was more important to set up World War Hulk, and build his anger towards Reed, Tony, Bolt, and Strange.Strange is the biggest betrayal, from the Defenders days.Also, another Defender shows up...Mr. Norin Radd. Aka The Silver Surfer.But there's some cool stuff, like Hulk holding a planet together via the tectonic plates.

Actually a 3.5, rounding up. I'm actually, legitimately surprised that I liked this book as much as I did. When I saw what a major chunk this book was, I skeptical that a Hulk book could hold my attention for that long. I read it in one sitting. The first couple of issues were admittedly a little slow going, but once I got into the swing of things I was highly entertained. Sure, it was probably all just an excuse to shoehorn a well-known character into a totally different kind of story, but Hulk...

Book blurb: Betrayed by Earth’s heroes and exiled into outer space, the man-monster Hulk has landed on the distant planet Sakaar, ruled by the tyrannical Red King. Sold into slavery, Hulk becomes the Green Scar, the planet’s mightiest gladiator – but his new masters get more than they bargained for when he forges a bond of brotherhood with his fellow fighters…Considering this is the story of a cosmic uprising, things felt surprisingly bland to me. Sure, there is no shortage of battles and explos...

Rereading in preparation for Thor: Ragnorok. Here's where the Illuminati start causing trouble. They decide the Hulk is too dangerous and blast his ass to outer space. They meant to send him to an uninhabited planet where he could chase bunny rabbits through fields all day, but his ship gets sucked into a wormhole and dumps him out on Sakaar instead. For some reason, society is a more brutal version of Roman civilization. Hulk becomes a slave and fights as a gladiator and we all know how that is...

I admit, I read this saga after watched "Thor: Ragnarok" Movie. The Hulk as a gladiator, teaming with Warbound. The other Warbound that appeared in the movie was Korg.This story in general more like a Planetary Adventure than Super-hero story. The warbound seems inspired by Spartacus story. The story is predictable and I prefer to treat the story finished after the main bad guy of Planet Hulk Saga defeated.But as in common DC/Marvel stories, there are fillers and foreshadowing for next saga. If

I was very impressed with this.I consider myself a Hulk fan (like, I've always liked the two 21st century movies despite recognizing that they kind of suck. Yeah, I think I even liked the 2003 one). I read World War Hulk last year and enjoyed it. I probably should have read this one first, but whatever. It's still cohesive.Anyway, I watched the animated film version of this book two months ago and really liked it. That benefited me here because this starts after Hulk has already been stranded on...

Great premise, good story, okay art, and rushed ending. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I should have due to pacing problems. Glad I read it though.

Interesting concept, and I'll say that for someone who hasn't read much Hulk (and isn't super likely to) it was nowhere near awful. I will also add, however, that I was bored and skimming during some parts of this "epic" story. Yeah, right. As IF I believe that Hulk would allow himself to be used as a Gladiator, even for as long as he did. It was nice to see a Hulk who could speak beyond monosyallables, and to see him viewing Banner as not just a nuisance, but basically his own personal supervil...

Another meh.Reread: I liked this one quite a bit more the 2nd time around.

Shallow Comics Buddy Read!Because Thor: Ragnarok.Duh. Re-read 20173.5 stars Well, it's been 8 years since I originally read this one. sighAnd I was hoping now that I have a few more comics under my belt I may feel differently about this all-important Hulk storyline.Eh. Not really.It was still basically a chore to get through.Ok, it's not bad. But I had to remind myself that I had promised to read this thing every time I opened it back up. To me, this just didn't do much to make Hulk relatable or...

In eyes of The Illuminati - a secret society of heroes - The Hulk poses a threat to humanity. Therefore, they decide to send The Hulk to a remote planet, where he can't pose any threat.Hulk lands on the wrong planet, and as a result, he's imprisoned and fights as a gladiator against his own will, all for the purpose to entertain the malicious Red King. Considering it's my first Hulk comic,I found this to be okay, for the must part.I'm not really into the whole epic adventure stuff, I prefer shor...

Phenomenal "Hulk Carter of Mars" pastiche. Most of my serious Hulk reading came from the "Hulk trapped at the crossroads" storyline and the David years, so I like me some madcap weird Hulk, and this delivers. I love how Pak gently inverts the traditional Hulk model—I'm used to thinking of Hulk as the furious beast Banner keeps inside, but Pak zeroes in on Banner as the empathetic, human inner core Hulk hides beneath all the anger and smashing.Which in turn makes me wonder who Hulk is. He's not t...

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...

Loved this way more than I thought I would. The art was absolutely beautiful and the story line was actually very developed. Very impressed.

This kind of feels like it was over hyped but it was still really good. (view spoiler)[Was ending with fridging really necessary though? (hide spoiler)]

Seeing thor ragnarok I had to read the inspiration for it and altho the source material has several things that were better than the movie I still can't overlook the flaws in the execution of this book. The story and concept are genius but I probably had different expectations for it to pan out, without spoiler my 2 biggest problems with it are: 1. It had way more dialouge than what I've expected of "Hulk ending up on an alien planet", I mean how cool could it've been - hulk comunicating in anim...