Planet Hulk

Tagline: Will he save their world or destroy it?

Synopsis:
The first seeds of the Planet Hulk storyline are planted in The New Avengers: Illuminati one-shot (Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Dave Stewart, May, 2006), which details Iron Man's
attempts to form a coalition of heroes to deal with the gravest threats to Earth. It is told in three parts, and the second is relevant to the Planet Hulk plot.

This act opens with an enraged Hulk battling the Thing in the ruins of Las Vegas. The story cuts to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier where Iron Man is confronted with the casualties of Hulk's latest rampage (26 adults, two kids, and a dog) by S.H.I.E.L.D. Commander Maria Hill, who intones that Iron Man himself is at fault for the deaths caused by Hulk because Iron Man should have neutralized Hulk previously. Haunted by this insight, Iron Man gathers the remaining Illuminati, and details his plan to dupe Hulk into destroying a "malfunctioning" weapons satellite. Once on board, the satellite will launch Hulk via interstellar transport to a predetermined uninhabited planet, there to live out his remaining days.

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