After launching a new Hulk title in 2021, the transient run of creators Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley is coming to an finish subsequent month. However, followers gained’t have to attend lengthy for the Jade Giant to headline his personal ongoing sequence. Today Marvel introduced that author Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Nic Klein are launching a new Incredible Hulok title this June. No further members of the artistic group had been talked about in the press launch.
Here’s how Marvel describes the sequence:
The Age of Monsters has begun, and the one being who can cease a legion of the world’s most wicked creatures from overtaking the Marvel Universe is the INCREDIBLE HULK! Enter this horror-fueled new period of the strongest there’s when author Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Nic Klein relaunch INCREDIBLE HULK this June!
Known for his acclaimed horror storytelling in titles like ALIEN and MARVEL ZOMBIES: RESURRECTION, Johnson will take Bruce Banner to sinister new depths when a struggle of monsters erupts with Hulk at its middle. Following his explosive run on THOR with Donny Cates, Nic Klein’s talent at capturing the Hulk’s fearsome rage and his panache for physique horror will make this probably the most terrifying ebook on stands! The pair may also discover Bruce Banner’s psychological state, left in shambles on the finish of his newest run, with Bruce and the Hulk’s relationship extra fractured than ever. Fans will expertise a vicious hunt as Hulk is made prey by brand-new monster characters in addition to basic favorites, all united in a fiendish new scheme…
As an enraged Hulk tries to take management of Bruce Banner’s physique completely, a mysterious immortal turns each monster in the Marvel Universe towards Banner in an try and free their creator, the primordial Mother of Horrors. With the assistance of an unlikely new good friend, Banner and Hulk should attempt to cease the world from getting plunged into darkness!
Johnson teased returning to the Hulk’s monster roots and extra of what’s to come back:
“The significance that we’re finally bringing back the classic title INCREDIBLE HULK is not lost on me. It’s a tremendous honor, and Nic and I have the clearest possible vision for what we want to do with this story. Nic Klein is a genius, and working with him is pushing me to write a story worthy of his very best.”
“The work that Al [Ewing], Joe [Bennett], and the rest did with IMMORTAL HULK was so impactful and spoke so clearly to me personally, it was impossible to come up with an idea that wasn’t inspired by it,” Johnson continued. “We’re getting back to Stan Lee’s Frankenstein/Jekyll & Hyde inspirations for the character, and giving readers a proper monster book in the best, truest Hulk tradition. If you loved IMMORTAL HULK, if you love ghost stories, if you love Marvel monsters, if you loved old school ‘adventure of the month’ stories from books like MARVEL TEAM-UP, and if you want the best, most timeless Hulk art you’ve ever seen, you do not want to miss this return of INCREDIBLE HULK.”
Klein added:
“Phillip and I put a big serving of monsters, a bit of eldritch gods, a good dash of suspense, and some cool new characters into the cauldron. We’re trying to serve up a Hulk the readers haven’t seen before. And if they like it half as much as I’m enjoying drawing it, they’re gonna love it.”
Look for Incredible Hulk#1 to reach in shops and digitally on Wednesday, June twenty first.
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