Warning! This text accommodates spoilers for Final Invasion #4 There are few Marvel Comics characters extra harmful than the Hulk when it comes to the extent of menace he brings to each scenario just by present. Although one current story simply made a Hulk variant referred to as the Legendary Hulk way more harmful than he’s ever been, and it occurred after he escaped Reed Richards’ management.
Marvel Comics’ readers have not too long ago been launched to a wholly new universe: Earth-6160. This actuality is very like the Prime Marvel Universe of Earth-616, which is strictly why Earth-1610’s Reed Richards aka the Maker determined it was the proper place for his grand experiment. Given the whole lot he is aware of about each Marvel hero/villain, the Maker was capable of intercept all of them on this new universe a technique or one other. He neutralized Spider-Man by killing the radioactive spider earlier than it bit him. He took management over the thoughts of his personal variant by psychologically torturing him into submission. He introduced the Hulk into his fold by kidnapping him for the time being of his creation, and turning him into one thing of a non secular chief. Not solely that, however within the Hulk’s case, the Maker additionally made him a member of his Illuminati, amongst different choose shadowy leaders of the world representing totally different nations and territories. Now, due to that call, the Hulk has grow to be a menace to the complete planet, as he proposed a vote to his fellow Illuminati members that might end in a world struggle.
In Final Invasion #4 by Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch, the Maker discovered himself in the midst of a temporal struggle towards Kang. This battle occurred inside the Maker’s fortress referred to as the Dome, inside which holds the Metropolis, in any other case referred to as the Vault. Why these titles are so important is because of their goal, and the way they may result in the aforementioned world struggle. Contained in the Metropolis, time strikes in another way, with the Hulk himself noting that one month within the Metropolis is the equal of 1 thousand years. After Kang and his time-sliding military attacked the Maker inside this fortress, the Dome shut, and it wouldn’t reopen once more for 2 years. This leaves the Illuminati with just a few decisions in tips on how to reply, all whereas coping with a way more urgent disaster. Their American consultant, Howard Stark, defected and turned towards the Maker, that means they’ll both discover a alternative for him, or break up america amongst themselves. The latter possibility would end in a world struggle, and the Hulk simply put it to a vote.
The scenario the Illuminati are coping with is nearly an identical to the one taking part in out within the present Marvel Comics sequence Youngsters of the Vault, as the identical expertise was used to create the Youngsters, and now they’re utilizing their superior expertise and evolutionary benefits to attempt to conquer the world of Earth-616. Fortunately, the Illuminati of Earth-6160 nonetheless have two years to cope with no matter fallout occurred behind the domed partitions of the Metropolis. Nonetheless, that doesn’t imply the world isn’t in mortal hazard regardless. This room filled with the world’s strongest individuals might have determined to unite the world towards this apparent menace, however as an alternative, they vote to additional tear it aside, with the Hulk championing that casually proposed resolution.
Normally, the Hulk is just as harmful as his hardest punch, however on this case, he’s extra of a menace than he’s ever been earlier than. When the Maker was primarily controlling his each motion, the Hulk was little greater than a figurehead, maybe even a trophy or an inside joke for the Maker to snigger at when he’s on their own. However now, with the Maker out of fee, the Hulk has grow to be one thing far worse than a super-strong behemoth, and he did so after escaping Reed Richards’ management.
Final Invasion #4 by Marvel Comics is offered now.