Hulk was always just on my radar but never on my reading list. I still know enough about the character to pay attention to what is going on with him.
So when the Planet Hulk event happened in Marvel in 2006 I took notice. Hot damn that was some of the best storytelling in all of comics. Now Marvel Animation is releasing the Planet Hulk story in a direct to DVD movie event release.
In a nutshell, a group of superpowered leaders like Doctor Strange, Professor Xavier and Iron Man (among others) who form “The Illuminati” sit down to decide what they are going to do about their friend Bruce Banner and his monster within The Hulk. They realize his only wish is to be left alone, so they lure him into a spacecraft and banish him to a distant planet without sentient life so he can be alone. But when Hulk realizes what’s going on he looses his kittens and tears apart the ship causing him to land on a different planet.
On this planet he is forced into a gladitorial ring, and eventually becomes the saviour of the slave population on this planet.
Check out the features
SPECIAL EDITION DVD AND BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURES:*
DISC ONE:
* Opening Sequence: Thor: Tales of Asgard
* Audio commentary by Supervising Producer Joshua Fine and Screenwriter Writer Greg Johnson
* Audio commentary by Director Sam Liu, Character Designer Philip Bourassa and Key Background Painter Steve Nicodemus
* “A Whole World of Hurt: The Making of Planet Hulk” featurette
* “Let the Smashing Commence!: The Saga of Planet Hulk” featurette
* “Rise Up” Astonishing X-Men music video
* “Watch Your Step” Spider-Woman music video
* Wolverine and the X-Men: “Wolverine vs. Hulk” episode
* Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D motion comic
* Astonishing X-Men: Gifted motion comicDISC TWO:
* Standard Definition Digital Copy of the feature film
*Special features may not all be in hi-def.
I hope that they do a sequel to this, and that they follow up with some World War Hulk action.
I will be picking this up when it hits shelves next Tuesday!
Go check out the Planet Hulk DVD official website.
