Hulk: Return To Planet Hulk

Description

When Amadeus picks up a distress signal from a distant planet, he's shocked to find out that it's from Sakaar. As the Totally Awesome Hulk, Amadeus has been trying to avoid the curse of anger that haunted Bruce Banner. But Sakaar is a place for warriors and gladiators...a place where the Hulk fought brutally in the Imperial Arena. If Amadeus is to survive there, he may have to embrace the savage Hulk within himself - especially when he faces a series of impossible trials known as the Gauntlet! But who sent the mysterious call for help that brought him to this deadly planet? Can Amadeus conquer Sakaar like Banner before him - or will he himself be conquered? And is that thundering barbarian...the Odinson?

Film director and screenwriter Greg Pak's first feature, the sci-fi anthology Robot Stories, won 35 awards; he broke into the comics industry when his agent sent Marvel the screenplay. After writing a WARLOCK reboot, Pak made a splash with the X-MEN: PHOENIX - ENDSONG limited series and a lengthy run on INCREDIBLE HULK, highlighted by the Planet Hulk storyline and the WORLD WAR HULK crossover. In addition to the acclaimed MAGNETO: TESTAMENT and RED SKULL: INCARNATE limited series, a WAR MACHINE revival and the retitled INCREDIBLE HULKS, Pak has written Dynamite's Battlestar Galactica and contributed to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology. His efforts with co-writer Fred Van Lente include INCREDIBLE HERCULES, HERC, HEROIC AGE: PRINCE OF POWER, an ALPHA FLIGHT relaunch and the CHAOS WAR crossover. Pak introduced Amadeus Cho as a new green Goliath in THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK and delivered mutant mayhem in WEAPON X. Artist Greg Land first gained notice with his work on DC's Batman-family titles Nightwing and Birds of Prey. Moving to Marvel after illustrating CrossGen's Sojourn, he drew X-MEN: PHOENIX - ENDSONG. Next up was a run on ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR that included the first rendering of the MARVEL ZOMBIES. Subsequently, Land penciled the blockbuster limited series ULTIMATE POWER before becoming a regular artist on UNCANNY X-MEN.