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World War Hulk #4

Oct 2007
Greg Pak, John Romita Jr.

World War Hulk #4 cover

Story Name:

Let the Worlds Within and the World Without Tremble in their Orbits


Synopsis

World War Hulk #4 synopsis by Julio Molina-Muscara
Rating: 4 stars

In Madison Square Garden, Doctor Strange (who channeled the powers of an extra dimensional demon named Zom), easily defeats Hiroim by destroying his arm from the elbow down.

Hulk leaps to his rescue, but the super powered “Zom” Strange attacks him. He shots mystic beams right through the Hulk’s back and midsection. Amid the battle, one building collapses, threatening the lives of the Hulk supporters and the NY Firefighters. The Hulk saves them. Strange realizes that he’s lost control of his new outstanding power, and Hulk charges against him. Strange tries to defend himself, but Hulk pounds him unconscious. Miek puts an obedience disk on Doctor Strange’s chest.

Rick Jones tries reasoning with the Hulk, saying “You are Banner”. But the Hulk responds, “Banner is me”.
 
The Hulk goes back to Madison Square Garden, where the gladiator fights are about to begin. First, a group of Hulk supporters speak up about how Black Bolt, Reed Richards, Tony Stark or Doctor Strange made them suffer, approving of the Hulk’s avenging plan.

So the four Illuminati who shot the Hulk into space are to experience the same atrocities that the Hulk suffered when he arrived on planet Sakaar. Hulk frees a big and deadly Sakaar monster upon them. Weakened, the four “heroes” almost succumb to the beast but finally defeat it.

Next, Hulk gives them weapons and commands them to kill each other. Just like in a modern day Colosseum. They cannot resist because of their obedience disks. The Black Bolt goes after Doctor Strange, while Reed Richards fights Tony Stark. Strange casts a spell that engulfs him and Black Bolt in fire; it is unclear who beats who.

But Richards has Stark finally on the ground, ready to provide the mortal blow. The audience shouts “Kill Him!” as Richards tries to resist; the Hulk listens to his supporters and places his thumb down.

Meanwhile, the Sentry watches the events on national television and elects to take part in the conflict saying, “It’s time to play god”.

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Review / Commentaries


World War Hulk #4 Review by (February 15, 2010)
Another fantastically drawn fight. Alternate cover by John Romita, Jr.


World War Hulk #4 Review by (February 15, 2010)
The 3 civilians who complain about the activities of the Illuminati are:- A woman who was nearly crushed by the building during the Strange/Hulk fight condemns Dr Strange for consorting with demons. A woman whose husband was killed by an Inhuman at the start of Silent War obviously has it in for Black Bolt. The 3rd guy is Tom Foster, nephew of Goliath, who justly condemns Mr Fantastic and Iron Man for creating the Thor clone that killed him in Civil War. During the Richards/Stark battle Tony Stark uses his Extremis(?) enhancement to take over some Death's Head robots and get them to fire on Reed. The President personally goes to see Sentry to persuade him to intervene, but Bob Reynolds still doesn't move until he sees that Hulk is really going to kill the Illuminati. We also see a flashback to #1 where we find out why Sentry hasn't acted so far - he's worried about the level of power he'll have to unleash to stop Hulk.

Tie-ins:- WWH: FRONT LINE #4/1-5/1(p1-10) Sally Floyd gets drunk and meets J Jonah Jameson who offers to buy Front Line. Ben Urich sneaks into the arena to watch the Illuminati forced to fight each other. He leaves in disgust before Sentry arrives. Sally gets rescued from a mugger/rapist by Moon Knight. She sees Ben get crushed in a mob riot. INCREDIBLE HULK #111(p1-11.3) The Renegades watch Hulk defeat the Zom-powered Dr Strange. Later DrS's servant Wong tells them that Zom is now free and has occupied Iron Man's abandoned Hulkbuster armour. They start fighting it.


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Main/1st Story Full Credits

John Romita Jr.
Klaus Janson
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David Finch (Cover Penciler)
Danny Miki (Cover Inker)
Frank D'Armata (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos.
Editor: Mark Paniccia.

Characters

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Black Panther
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(T'Challa)
Hiroim
Hiroim

(The Oldstrong)
Hulk
Hulk

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Human Torch
Human Torch

(Jonathan Storm)
Invisible Woman
Invisible Woman

(Sue Storm)
Storm
Storm

(Ororo Munroe)
Thing
Thing

(Ben Grimm)
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange

(Stephen Strange)
Iron Fist
Iron Fist

(Danny Rand)
Iron Man
Iron Man

(Anthony Stark)
Luke Cage
Luke Cage

(Power Man)
Mr. Fantastic
Mr. Fantastic

(Reed Richards)
Ms. Marvel
Ms. Marvel

(Carol Danvers)
Sentry
Sentry

(Robert Reynolds)
Spider-Man
Spider-Man

(Peter Parker)
Plus: Elloe Kaifi, Miek.

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