After launching a brand new Hulk title in 2021, the transient run of creators Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley is coming to an finish subsequent month. Nonetheless, followers received’t have to attend lengthy for the Jade Big to headline his personal ongoing collection. At present Marvel introduced that author Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Nic Klein are launching a brand new Unbelievable Hulokay title this June. No further members of the artistic crew had been talked about within the press launch.
Right here’s how Marvel describes the collection:
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 may be when author Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Nic Klein relaunch INCREDIBLE HULK this June!
Recognized for his acclaimed horror storytelling in titles like ALIEN and MARVEL ZOMBIES: RESURRECTION, Johnson will take Bruce Banner to sinister new depths when a conflict of monsters erupts with Hulk at its heart. Following his explosive run on THOR with Donny Cates, Nic Klein’s ability at capturing the Hulk’s fearsome rage and his panache for physique horror will make this probably the most terrifying e-book on stands! The pair may even 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. Followers 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 within the Marvel Universe towards Banner in an try to free their creator, the primordial Mom of Horrors. With the assistance of an unlikely new buddy, 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 importance that we’re lastly bringing again the basic title INCREDIBLE HULK just isn’t misplaced on me. It’s an amazing honor, and Nic and I’ve the clearest doable imaginative and prescient for what we wish to do with this story. Nic Klein is a genius, and dealing with him is pushing me to put in writing a narrative worthy of his perfect.”
“The work that Al [Ewing], Joe [Bennett], and the remainder did with IMMORTAL HULK was so impactful and spoke so clearly to me personally, it was unattainable to provide you with an concept that wasn’t impressed by it,” Johnson continued. “We’re getting again to Stan Lee’s Frankenstein/Jekyll & Hyde inspirations for the character, and giving readers a correct monster e-book in the very best, truest Hulk custom. In the event you cherished IMMORTAL HULK, in the event you love ghost tales, in the event you love Marvel monsters, in the event you cherished old style ‘journey of the month’ tales from books like MARVEL TEAM-UP, and if you need the very best, most timeless Hulk artwork you’ve ever seen, you don’t wish to miss this return of INCREDIBLE HULK.”
Klein added:
“Phillip and I put an enormous serving of monsters, a little bit of eldritch gods, an excellent sprint of suspense, and a few cool new characters into the cauldron. We’re attempting to serve up a Hulk the readers haven’t seen earlier than. And in the event that they prefer it half as a lot as I’m having fun with drawing it, they’re gonna like it.”
Search for Unbelievable Hulk#1 to reach in shops and digitally on Wednesday, June twenty first.