‘Red Hulk’ Faces One World Under Doom In New Marvel Ongoing Series
by Tony Thornley
Marvel’s Red Hulk is about to become a movie star. In February though, he will have to face One World Under Doom in an all new ongoing Marvel Comics series.
Coming from Benjamin Percy and Geoff Shaw, Thaddeus Ross returns to the Red Hulk mantle for the first time in years just before his movie debut. The new series kicks off under the shadow of Doctor Doom’s attempted takeover of the planet. Ross has to unleash his monstrous alter ego to battle Doom.
Thunderbolt Ross – buried in a cell deep below the ground – has become a prisoner of Doctor Doom and he is not alone. Brilliant military, criminal and political minds have been kidnapped and imprisoned in a complex that serves as a “think tank” to help carry out Doom’s plan for global domination. But the Red Hulk has other plans! Guest starring Machine Man, Deathlok and more!
“When I learned about the One World Under Doom event, my mind immediately went to Thunderbolt Ross,” Percy explained. “A global takeover would not be tolerated by a man who bleeds red, white, and blue (but especially red). And his experience — as a soldier in the field, as a military strategist in the war room, as a walking weapon of mass destruction — would make him someone Doom would target well before he made his move.
“So I proposed a story in which Ross would be kidnapped by Doom and forced into a ‘Think Tank’ prison in which he would test out various war-time scenarios. That’s where we begin — in a book that does not give you a second to breathe. It moves and moves and moves with constant action and tension. Geoff Shaw is a brilliant and brutal artist who I worked with on the Wolverine/Ghost Rider crossover: Weapons of Vengeance. We planned this not just as an action showpiece, but as a war book. Get ready for a Hulk-sized assault on the senses.”
“Hulk has always been my favorite Marvel character, so to play in this gamma irradiated sand box has been a dream come true,” Shaw added. “Add Doctor Doom to the mix, arguably the Villain-of-all-villains, and artistically it’s an embarrassment of riches. We’re going to rock your red socks off!”
“In Incredible Hulk #19, we’ll discover Ross has been operating dangerous covert missions across the globe in the name of national security,” says series editor Mark Paniccia. “From this point on, Ben and Geoff bring intrigue and mystery paired with pulse-pounding action and shocking moments never letting their foot off the gas!”
Check out the covers from the debut issue, from Shaw, Adam Kubert, Todd Nauck and John Romita Jr. Watch for more news about Red Hulk prior to its debut in February from Marvel Comics.
