History ComicBook / WorldWarHulk

** Come ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' it's revealed that the Black Bolt Hulk beat down was [[spoiler: actually [[ActuallyADoombot a Skrull imposter]].]]

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Doctor Strange tries this tactic hoping to reach the Banner persona and have [[CooldownHug it take over]] but its ultimately subverted; [[spoiler: according to the Hulk Banner ''is'' in there but he's just as mad at the Illuminati as the Hulk is and is fully on board with the plan for revenge.]]

* ContemptibleCover: Volume 2, Issue 13 of ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' tied into this event; it featured a cover more fitting for a {{hentai}} manga than a mainstream superhero comic--Black Cat, Misty Knight, and Colleen Wing are all surrounded by tentacles.

* WhamEpisode: Issue #3 is the one where Hulk crushes Doctor Strange's hands. Up until this point, Bruce Banner had not made an appearance in the story, so the possibility of someone getting through to Banner and stopping The Hulk that way was still open. This issue settled that notion when it revealed that, perhaps for the first time, ''Hulk and Banner were in complete agreement''.

* RealityEnsues: ''The Irredemable Ant-Man'' ties in with the opening issue, where Eric O'Grady gets involved in the fight between Hulk and Iron Man. Eric, an ordinary human with no superpowers, gets beaten all to Hell, and spends months in a coma when struck by an oblivious Hulk.

* AchillesInHisTent: Sentry, one of the few who could potentially calm down or stop the Hulk, spends most of the event sitting on his couch, because he's too afraid of letting the Void lose.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Neither side is entirely free from blame, but neither is entirely in the right, either. The Illuminati had done some shady things and ignored evidence that didn't point to Hulk being an uncontrollable monster, but they were not guilty of the crimes leveled against them by Hulk. And while Hulk may have had a good reason to be angry, he went about getting justice in a profoundly counterproductive manner, all while [[NotSoDifferent ignoring any evidence that said they were not wholly evil]].

* NotSoDifferent:

''World War Hulk'' is a 2007 Marvel CrisisCrossover; it occurs after the events of ''Planet Hulk'' and takes place between ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' and ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''.

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Hulk is the only one Sentry can hit... "[[TalkToTheFist LIKE THIS.]]"

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Professor Xavier tries this tactic hoping to reach the Banner persona and have [[CooldownHug it take over]] but its ultimately subverted; [[spoiler: Banner *is* in there but he's just as mad at the Illuminati as the Hulk is and is fully on board with the plan for revenge.]]

Before the Civil War, the Illuminati--a group consisting of IronMan, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Mr. Fantastic]], Comicbook/DoctorStrange, Prince Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner, [[ComicBook/XMen Professor Xavier]] and [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Black Bolt]]--decided that [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]] was a threat to the world because of his unstable and dangerous mood swings. Instead of killing him, they shot the green giant into space and towards a planet without intelligent life, hoping that he would find peace. But due to a malfunction in the spaceship, The Hulk landed on Sakaar, a harsh world where he was captured, enslaved, and turned into a gladiator. Thus began ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'', where Hulk fought for a living and eventually found friends and true love. He eventually toppled the local tyrannical ruler, effectively becoming the new king, and lived HappilyEverAfter with his allies and his new wife...

-->'''Sentry:''' Well old friend, it's time to play God. *[[LetsGetDangerous charges up and goes to fight the Hulk]]*

* TheWorfEffect: [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Black Bolt]] was considered to be one of the most broken characters in Marvel's cosmic realm. Hulk takes him down first, and almost entirely off panel, to prove how much stronger he had become on Sakaar. [[spoiler:Subverted come ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' -- the Black Bolt Hulk beat down was actually [[ActuallyADoombot a Skrull imposter]].]]

* WorfHadTheFlu: Doctor Strange lost to The Hulk, even though Strange would have won easily if he had been going for the kill. In Strange's defense, the last thing he wanted was to kill his friend Bruce, and his attempt at a non-lethal solution had backfired and left him too crippled for his usual sorcery. He was also struggling to hold Zom back from murdering everyone. When Strange let Zom have control, he was winning, but as soon as he saw that ordinary people were in danger, he got distracted and subsequently lost the fight.

-->'''Hulk:''' [[VerySpecialEpisode Jim died of]] ''[[VerySpecialEpisode AIDS]]''. And the avian flu is not my fault either. But what ''I'm'' wondering is why Jim was living on the streets when I met him? Why he said he was an ''[[IHaveNoSon orphan]]''? Why he never once mentioned '''you?'''

-->'''Hulk:''' Don't like it, do you? It's not fair. Not the whole story. You have excuses. Explanations. You're innocent. These people don't know what really happened. They don't know what's in your heart. Now you know how it feels.

-->'''Hulk:''' [[VerySpecialEpisode Jim died of]] ''[[VerySpecialEpisode AIDS]]''. And the avian flu is not my fault either. But what ''I'm'' wondering is why Jim was living on the streets when I met him? Why he said he was an ''orphan''? Why he never once mentioned '''you?'''

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: This is the basic premise of the storyline.

* UnstoppableRage: Hulk gets stronger when he gets angrier, but the birth of the Green Scar persona is implied to have happened when Hulk reached heights of anger even he had never known before.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Neither side is entirely free from blame, but neither is entirely in the right, either. The Illuminati had done some shady things and ignored evidence that didn't point to Hulk being an uncontrollable monster, but they were not guilty of the crimes levelled against them by Hulk. And while Hulk may have had a good reason to be angry, he went about getting justice in a profoundly counterproductive manner, all while [[NotSoDifferent ignoring any evidence that said they were not wholly evil]].

** No-Name also does this to [[Miek, after his betrayal was revealed. Worse still, in the next panel we see the jelly leak out of his eyeball as he explains himself.]]

** EyeScream: Hulk gets his eyes put out ''twice''--first by X-23, then by Wolverine. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Good thing he can heal]]. He let Logan cut out his eyes so the X-Man would be close enough to grab.

* EyeScream: Hulk gets his eyes put out ''twice''--first by X-23, then by Wolverine. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Good thing he can heal]]. He let Logan cut out his eyes so the X-Man would be close enough to grab.

** In one of the tie-ins, there is also a (probably non-canon) bit of comic relief showing Hulk's fights against weaker Marvel characters. At one point, The Hulk incapacitates one of his foes by flicking them with a finger.

** ComicBook/{{X 23}} lets Hulk grab her to bring her in close, then [[EyeScream puts out his eyes]] with her foot claws. This makes her [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome one of the few people who actually manages to slow him down]], however briefly. Hulk puts her through a wall for her trouble.