The year was 2006. Gas was less than $3 a gallon, people were going to the theater to see Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (or 4. Maybe 6? Who knows?) and Casino Royale, and Justin Timberlake was bringing sexy back. Over in the Marvel universe, things were decidedly worse. We didn’t quite know it yet, but the Skrulls were about to make their move, Annihilus’ Annihilation Wave was destroying space, the mutants were on the verge of extinction, the Avengers were about to have a Civil War, and a group of smarty-pants know it alls (and Namor) called the Illuminati decided “Hey, the Hulk keeps wrecking stuff, how about we just shoot him off into space?” Tricking Banner into believing he was working for SHIELD, they sent him up into space and then a video recording told Hulk “Hey we are sending you to a nice, quiet planet with plenty of wildlife so you don’t punch us anymore. Good luck!”. Unforunately for everyone, Hulk’s ship didn’t make it to its destination. Instead, he landed on Sakaar, which might as well be called TERROR PLANET. Every freaking thing wants to kill you, and horribly. Over a year, the Hulk turned himself from slave to king, and built a life he could live in happiness. Until everything went wrong again. This is the story of PLANET HULK, and it’s one of the greatest Hulk stories ever told. Written by superstar Hulk scribe Greg Pak with interior art by Aaron Lopresti and Carlo Pagulayan, despite being smack in the middle of one of the most exciting times in Marvel history it stood out among a sea of awesome comics. Picking a top 5 coolest moments was HARD, and you can bet that I’ll be digging out my copies of World War Hulk to revisit that soon.
Without further ado, here are some of the coolest moments from the epic Planet Hulk!
