The Hulk has returned

Issue synopsis: Three years of epic storytelling explodes as Greg Pak and Paul Pelletier bring you the biggest conclusion imaginable--SKAAR, SON OF HULK, finally confronts the father who abandoned him at birth in pain and fire. It's the heartrending, senses-shattering climax to WORLD WAR HULKS--and the Incredible Hulks will never be the same! (INCREDIBLE HULK #611, August 11, 2010)

But, never fear, Greg Pak has a plan!

The Prince of Power on Twitter

Amadeus Cho headlines his own miniseries, HEROIC AGE: Prince of Power, this May!

"The Lion of Olympus has fallen. And as the Heroic Age dawns, the Golden Mace of Hercules passes to a new Prince of Power... who just happens to be Herc's best friend, Korean-American kid genius, Amadeus Cho. But when Amadeus finally reveals what he plans to do with his new power, the heavens themselves may shatter as Marvel's mightiest pantheons are shaken to the core! And wait a minute... what's THOR doing on the cover of this book?

Fan fave writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente and beloved "Thorcules" artist Reilly Brown bring the thunder with the next essential chapter in the mind-blowing, heart-wrenching, and gut-busting epic that is the "Incredible Hercules" experience!"

Check out Amadeus Cho's very own Twitter here.

The Hulk is loose

"Based on Greg Pak's 2006-2007 arc in the 'Incredible Hulk' comic book series...'Planet Hulk' is an excellent addition to Marvel's lineup of animated features, and holds up well as a standalone film...a fun film that should prove entertaining for mainstream audiences and fans of the character."
- Rick Marshall, MTV

DVD, Blu-ray and digital download go on sale today!

Once you go green...

(Exclusive clip via Wired.com)

PLANET HULK is out on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download tomorrow, Feb 2!

Magneto attracts YALSA

Greg Pak and Carmine Di Giandomenico's X-MEN: Magneto Testament receives more acclaim:

The poignant story of villian Magneto has been chosen by The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) as a 2010 Great Graphic Novel for Teens!


In other Pak buzz, IGN has begun its eBay auctions for Haiti relief -- and Greg has donated a signed copy of every comic book he's written that involves the Hulk! All proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity.

Click here for more info on this cool charity event.

Greg Pak nabs 2 besties

Greg Burgas (CBR) posts his Best of 2009 list and double taps INCREDIBLE HERCULES.

Best Ongoing Series:
"a blast to read. Pak and van Lente have been exploring the mythology of Hercules while keeping the action going, and this year saw more problems with the Greek gods and goddesses who were mostly in the background last year"

Best Single Issue:
"[The Incredible Hercules #136 has] phenomenal and hilarious sound effects, which makes this issue a delight. But it's also one of the better superhero fights we've seen in the past few years, and when we get a lot of superhero fights, that's saying something. Pak and van Lente are in top form"

The incredible Planet Hulk premiere

The Planet Hulk DVD had its bicoastal premiere last night in NY and CA!

Check out some online goodies on Greg Pak's website, including a film clip, podcasts, and more.

In other mean, green updates, Newsarama has snuck an early look at INCREDIBLE HULK #606.

Eye sees Greg Pak

ROBOT STORIES is a top 20 film of the decade for Eye On Indies.

"Subtle and sublime presentation of human nature in a technological-worshipping society."

Now, that's what we're talking about!

Mark your calendars

For all you HULK fans out there, New York Comic Con (NYCC) and Newsarama.com are sponsoring a free, exclusive screening of the animated movie that Geek magazine calls "epic!"

PLANET HULK comic book writer Greg Pak will be at the January 14 NYC premiere to meet fans and answer questions about our favorite green hunk.

Hulk on top

Greg Pak's PLANET HULK is one of Comics Should Be Good's "Top 100 Storylines"!

"Planet Hulk was an interesting idea for a storyline in that it tried to finally address the whole "Hulk just want to be left alone" idea. In Planet Hulk, the Illuminati (led by Reed Richards, Tony Stark and Doctor Strange) decided that it would be best if they finally DID put Hulk somewhere where he could be left alone. So they tricked him on to a spacecraft headed for a peaceful uninhabited planet....

Greg Pak did a very impressive job setting up this epic storyline slowly, and he did an especially cool piece of work developing Hulk's "Warbound" compatriots.

The art was strong, from a number of different artists.

The story ends with a cliffhanger leading into the follow-up crossover, World War Hulk (as Hulk gets his revenge)."


And, io9.com selects ROBOT STORIES for their "20 Greatest SF Movies of the Past Decade"!

Meet the minds behind MAGNETO TESTAMENT

From the Simon Wiesenthal Center's official announcement:

Please join us TONIGHT for a conversation with GREG PAK and WARREN SIMONS
Author and Editor of X-MEN: MAGNETO TESTAMENT

Moderated by Mark Weitzman
(SWC Director of Government Affairs and Historical Consultant to X-Men: Magneto Testament)

Today, the whole world knows him as Magneto, the most radical champion of mutant rights that the world has ever seen. But in 1935, he was just another schoolboy - who happened to be Jewish in Nazi Germany. The definitive origin story of one of Marvel's greatest icons begins with a silver chain and a crush on a girl - and quickly turns into a harrowing struggle for survival against the inexorable machinery of Hitler's Final Solution.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 6:30 pm
New York Tolerance Center
$20 per person
The lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing (books will be available for purchase)

To RSVP or for more information, please contact Carly Sorscher at 212-370-0320 / csorscher@swcny.com

First looks

IGN has a preview of BLACKEST NIGHT: Wonder Woman #1, out on Dec. 3.

"Fan-favorite writer Greg Rucka returns to chronicle the adventures of the Amazing Amazon in the DC Universe's darkest hour!

Black Lantern Maxwell Lord has risen and he seeks revenge and retribution for his murder at the hands of Diana. Look for unexpected changes to await Wonder Woman in the course of this series as she plays a major role in the War of Light against the Blackest Night."



Check out the preview of Greg Pak's INCREDIBLE HERCULES #139 at Newsarama too.

"ASSAULT ON NEW OLYMPUS," Part 2 (of 4)
Hercules leads the New and Mighty Avengers against the overwhelming forces of Hera's New Olympus -- but these are no ordinary foes our heroes face, but the gods themselves! Can the superpredator Wolverine outfox an immortal Huntsman? Can Spider-Man out-webspin the divine Arachne? Can Henry Pym outgrow the giant Argus? And with his love Delphyne Gorgon prepared to slay his mentor Athena, Amadeus Cho must make a final, fateful choice!

Outlaw Territory

Ain't It Cool News gives a gold star to Rio Chino", writer Greg Pak and artist Ian Kim's contribution to OUTLAW TERRITORY. A collection of stories from a rougher and grittier time in America, OUTLAW TERRITORY runs wild with tales of the old west from some of the best and brightest writers in the industry, lavishly illustrated by amazing talent both new and experienced. This book is sure to appeal to fans of such television and film as Deadwood and 3:10 To Yuma, as well as the work of No Country For Old Men author Cormac McCarthy.

"[In "Rio China"] More frontier justice and another memorable gunman makes his debut. A “Chinaman” comes across a slaughterhouse of Chinese bodies and a white man caught in the crossfire. Add one bigoted sheriff to the mix and you have the makings of a good old shootout--but the Chinese cowboy has a few tricks up his sleeve. Greg Pak delivers some potent action in this little yarn."

A comic a day...

Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente's INCREDIBLE HERCULES #122 is today's "Cool Comic Moment"... Hercules and Amadeus Cho tangle with the Amazons!

The Hulk gets animated

The first official trailer for PLANET HULK debuted at San Diego Comic-Con 2009! Based on Greg Pak's storyline, the DVD will be available February 2010.

"A whole new world of hurt! Betrayed by Earth’s heroes and exiled into outer space, the man-monster Hulk has landed on the distant planet Sakaar, ruled by the tyrannical Red King. Sold into slavery, Hulk becomes the Green Scar, the planet’s mightiest gladiator – but his new masters get more than they bargained for."

Greg and fellow Marvel scribe Jeph Loeb also give us a taste of the new WORLD WAR HULKS miniseries.

Shortlisted for the summer

Greg Pak's SKAAR is top-notch summer reading.

Ain't It Cool News is excited that "now we get to see the Jolly Green Giant’s Lil’ Sprout tussle with the FF, She-Hulk, Norman Osborn, and allllmost take part in a slugfest with his father. Writer Greg Pak keeps this story moving at a brisk pace. He touches all of the bases in terms of plot. And in the end, this was probably the best gamma powered comic from Pak since PLANET HULK."

"Pak's handle on the characters, especially his usage of the FF makes for some great comic book reading.... This issue certainly has me excited." - ComicPants.com


Although Carrie Stetko, the lead in Greg Rucka's WHITEOUT, is no hulking monster, she's just as tough. The cool hunters at Thrillist.com couldn't agree more, especially when Kate Beckinsale takes on the role.

Catching up after NY Comic Con 2009

In of the top 5 announcements of NY Comic Con 2009, DC Comics reveals that the new arc of DETECTIVE COMICS, by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III, will feature an openly gay Batwoman. Rucka confirms there will be at least 12 issues.

Will Dennis previewed COWBOYS, by Gary Phillips and Brian Hurtt: The forthcoming graphic novel is "in the Elmore Leonard school of kooky character in weird situations." The book was inspired by a conversation between [Will] Dennis and Phillips about the Sean Bell shooting in New York and how those types of things happen...Cowboys challenges "racial perceptions and social perceptions."

Greg Pak talks WAR MACHINE and MAGNETO: TESTAMENT in the Marvel.com studio.

In Philadelphia, Duane Swierczynski's PUNISHER makes a front page statement.

of Birkin bags and Skrull infiltrators

Jo Barrett and Greg Pak have charmed the critics!

Publishers Weekly enjoys "[p]eeking into the misfortunes of formerly rich heirs of Houston's oil barons" in DON'T LET IT BE TRUE. "Barrett discovers a mixed Birkin bag of rueful romance and tongue-in-cheek mayhem. Barrett's wit makes watching these down-on-their-luck bluebloods reclaim their fortunes a fun little diversion."



Greg Burgas at ComicBookResources.com dubs Pak's INCREDIBLE HERCULES the Best Ongoing Series:

"Greg Pak and Fred van Lente’s adventures of Hercules and Amadeus Cho across the Marvel Universe is the best ongoing series out there. It’s very funny, but also filled with intense action and some incredibly devastating moments...it’s little things that make the comic wonderful - the identity of the Skrull infiltrator, the Japanese god who speaks in haiku, Amadeus’s desire for sex overriding his common sense. This is the most consistently entertaining comic on the stands right now, and although others in this category might be more 'classic,' I have a feeling I’ll still be re-reading this in 20 years and loving every panel of it."

These comics are nothing to laugh at...

they are premier series that take things up to a whole 'nother level!


MAGNETO: TESTAMENT is IGN's Best Miniseries of 2008.

"Greg Pak has spent years researching Magneto's past, mapping events in his life with true historical accounts of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The result is a tragic tale that not only respects the horrors of that era but lays down a definitive, sympathetic origin for one of the greatest villains of all time."

Catch up on past issues before #4 comes out this Friday!

Greg Rucka and Duane Swierczynski are also featured in Comic Book Resources' Best 100 Comics of 2008:

CHECKMATE (Written by Greg Rucka & Eric Trautmann)

"A diverse cast, political maneuvering and all-out spy action, all topped off with superheroes... an exciting read each month."

THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST (Written by Ed Brubaker & Matt Fraction, Duane Swierczynski)

"Brubaker, Fraction and Aja's run on “Immortal Iron Fist” established the series as a wildly inventive title that blends Kung-Fu action with a wide variety of genres, and current creators Swierczynski and Foreman haven't dropped the ball. Their run continues to be both fun and fascinating."

Debuts, reviews, and other news

Tom Piccirilli's THE MIDNIGHT ROAD wins the 2008 Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original!
Tom's editor, Caitlin Alexander, accepted the award on his behalf and read a brief note from him. (Even though Tom had lobbied for Caitlin to "entertain [the audience] with guerilla performance art, interpretive dance, the use of sock monkeys, or a karaoke routine of Michael Jackson's Thriller")


Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, in conjunction with Seven Seas Entertainment, have a new project debuting on July 23 in Metromix! The new manga, the NINJA DIARIES, will be the July 23rd cover story for the LA nightlife/social scene paper and will run weekly in print and on the Metromix website.


Greg Pak has a new series - SKAAR, the savage Son of Hulk.
"I could rave on and on about how satisfying and enjoyable this issue was as a die-hard Pak/Hulk fan, and wouldn't even come close to the joy Hulk fans and new readers alike are going to get from this book. It's a blast and I couldn't recommend it more highly! Seriously: check it out!" - Jim Gibbons, WizardUniverse.com


JD Rhoades has a new novel coming out on July 22, 2008. BREAKING COVER is being called "one of those rare thrillers that combine smart, tense prose with a momentum that never quits" by NY Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen and boasts a "Sam Peckinpah–like bloody, bravura finale that will leave even icy-veined thriller fans panting for breath." (Bill Ott, Booklist)


The recently released GO-GO GIRLS OF THE APOCALYPSE is the latest book by Victor Gischler. Steve Ekstrom says "you’ll shudder at the starkness and chortle with laughter at the same time--this is one hellishly good read" while Bill Crider declares that "[GO-GO GIRLS OF THE APOCALYPSE is] bound to be the best title of 2008.. .Gischler's going to be a writer you can't pin down."