Incredible Hulk #101

The INCREDIBLE Hulk #101

Date: February 2007
Title: Planet Hulk Allegiance Part 2
Writer: Greg Pak
Penciler: Gary Frank/Carlo Pagulayan
Inks: Jeffrey Huet/Jon Sibal
Letters: Randy Gentile

Colorist: Chris Sotomayor
Editor: Mark Paniccia
Cover Artist: Ladronn

The Hulk starts attacking the creatures that came out of the sand when the Shadow Elders tell him to stop since the Devil Corkers actually came to find him. One of the Elders addresses Caiera who mentions she does not serve the emperor anymore. The Elder is worried that she has broken the pact but Caiera tells them that the Emperor has released the Spikes and doomed them all. Then Hiroim shows that Elders that they have brought the Hulk, who the Elders recognize from the legends. Suddenly, they are transported away.

They transport to inside a building where in the ground is the starship that brought the Shadow people to the planet. One of the Elders explains that they are far from their home but the planet nurtured them so they serve the planet. They don't have much of their old power left so they fired up the engines of their starship and created the portal. It first brought the Death's Head guard who were used to fight back the Spikes and later it brought other people like the Silver Surfer and then the Hulk. The Hulk asks why and they reply that the old stories tell how the Sakaarson will come and unite the planet so that was how they were going to bring that person to the planet. Hiroim says the the Sakaarson is in everyone, not one particular person but since the Hulk is there, they have to listen to him. The Elders says that first he must past a test but the Hulk doesn't feel like it until an Elder asks if he is scared. The Hulk is subjected to the ritual provocations of the Saka. At first, the Hulk is subjected to scenes of him fighting against his own warbound during his trials on the planet but the Huk is not phased by it. But then more scenes show the members of the Illuminati who sent him to the planet who tell the Hulk he will kill all of his new friends because he is a monster and the Hulk lashes out at them. The Elders reject the Hulk as the Sakaarson as his heart is full of hate. Caiera says that it doesn't matter since the Hulk can still help save the planet but the Elders say that he must go. The Hulk doesn't care, he just walks over and rips the starship out of the ground.

Elsewhere, Korg, Miek, and the Brood are trying to outrun the advancing Spikes, who call out to Miek to join them. Korg looks up the sky and sees the Red King's ships coming towards them. Korg picks up a huge rock and hits one of the ships and is surprised to see them fly over and towards another large ship which has the Hulk and Caiera standing on the outside. The Hulk and Caiera smash the missles being launched at then even though they could not hurt the stone ship of the Shadow People. The Hulk is just having too much fun. Arch-E is inside and finally figures out the ship and manages to depower all the Emperor's ships which crash to the ground.

Back at Crown City, the Red King is busily being suited up in his advanced armor. The stone ship comes and powers down the city. The Hulk and his Warbound step outside of the ship and Miek is anxious to go attack the city. The Hulk says they have another job to do first. He grabs one of the missles and wlaks through the fire that is keeping back the Spikes. Korg, Caiera, Miek, and the Brood follow behind him. His Warbound are surprised when the Hulk tells them that they are not going to fight the Spikes and the Spikes just let them walk through. The Brood tells the Hulk that they are calling for him inside the ship and they walk in to find big Spikes with some armor on them.

On the other side of the fire, Elloe is worried that the fire will die and the Spikes will attach again but Hiroim just says they wait for the Hulk. Elloe walks away angry and one of the rebels comes up and says that people are saying that they want her to be the next queen. They convince her to attack the city when suddenly the Red King appears as the whole thing was a set-up to get Elloe close enough to kill her. The Red King asks if Elloe would prefer incineration or decapitation when suddenly the Hulk appears with the Warbound and the new allies the large Spikes.

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