Incredible Hulk (2023 series) #20

Several Skinwalkers explore the deepest caverns beneath Las Vegas, taking with them a nervous one called David. They kick David into a pit as an offering, summoning Varcolac, ancient father of the Wolf Lords, who feeds on David, as they ask him to return the skin of Lycana and exact vengeance on their enemies….

A peaceful Hulk sits in the forest, soon joined by Charlie Tidwell who is testing out her newfound superpowers, granted by her possession of the Godskin of Lycana. They find a dilapidated oil pump and Charlie, emulating Hulk, smashes it and Hulk joins in. They growl together. But a voice in Hulk’s head tells him that she will have to pay for that power and it will be Hulk’s fault. When Charlie looks for him, he’s gone….

Charlie continues to growl and leap—until she feels the craving for blood overwhelming her. A mystery figure, calling himself Jack, emerges from the woods telling her that Lycana’s pack is bound to Las Vegas and she should get back there. She denies being one of them but he can smell a Skinwalker, demonstrating his expertise by transforming into Werewolf by Night. She grins and does her own transformation into the winged werewolf, peeling off Charlie’s skin. Jack realizes she is wearing Lycana’s skin, warning her that her vessels are granted one cycle of the moon to do as they please and then the others come for them. She attacks….

Hulk, tramping through the woods, is stopped by a weird fellow with long pointy ears and long pointed fangs. The guy wants to know what Hulk is doing out there; Hulk replies, “Leaving.” The guy asks what Hulk would do facing a bigger monster; Hulk crushes the guy’s car, saying, “Make it small.” The guy wants Lycana’s Godskin. Hulk decides he has warned the guy enough, then the guy attacks and Hulk smashes him into the ground. But he rises from a flaming pit, in a giant wolf form, revealing he is Varcolac, Father of the Wolf Lords…and he wants Hulk’s blood….