Having The Hulk basically conquer the world through alien force of arms, and then attempt to murder every superhero in New York (Saying 'But they deserved it!!' does not justify attempted murder.sorry.) might make for an exciting story, but it isn't one that the character can ever come back from.

The event was poorly thought out from the beginning. I said above that this storyline was the one that ruined The Hulk, and I stand by that.

There were large chunks of fight scenes (And, to be honest, the bulk of the story is nothing but fight scenes.) that were just impenetrable shots of massive bodies pressed against one another, and I often had no idea what was being conveyed. The art for the main event of WORLD WAR HULK is handled by John Romita, Jr., whose work I enjoy, but.the older he gets, the blockier and harder to decipher it becomes. This all sounds very exciting, but Greg Pak is a terrible writer, so whatever can't be solely carried by the visuals sucks. Fantastic, Doctor Strange, and Black Bolt.) WORLD WAR HULK finds The Hulk and his crew of misfits ('The Warbound') headed to Earth to exact revenge on the people that sent ol' greenskin into exile, and who they blame for the destruction of Sakaar: The Illuminati. But.since there are no happy endings for The Hulk.the craft he arrived in mysteriously explodes, destroying Sakaar, most of the planet's citizens, and The Hulk's bride and unborn child. The Hulk being The Hulk, he soon becomes the top dog of the arena, and eventually leads a revolt that topples the ruling class, and he sets himself up as King of Sakaar. They supposedly sent him to to an idyllic uninhabited planet that could sustain him indefinitely, but they somehow didn't figure on the massive, enraged creature they were firing into space being angry and trashing the ship, which resulted in the spacecraft going off-course, marooning him on a savage planet where The Hulk is forced to fight for his life in barbaric gladiatorial contests. Granted, the concept of PLANET HULK is a grabber: The Hulk is launched into space by a cadre of other heroes who deem him too dangerous to remain on Earth. I wasn't all that crazy about author Greg Pak's PLANET HULK epic, and this wasn't much better.

The storyline that ruined The Hulk comes to a close.

World War Hulk by Greg Pak