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Wednesday 24 November 2021

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS... (2008-2009)

Bruce Banner head to Las Vegas on the trail of the Red Hulk in the hope of figuring out his true identity. Instead, he's faced with a whole herd of rampaging Wendigo and the return of his 'Mister Fixit' persona in the form of the Grey Hulk. So when Moon Knight, Ms Marvel and the Sentry show up, who do you think will face the brunt of their attack?
Stories leading up to this event:
Minor Crossover: The events of the King-Size Hulk one shot hint at the confrontation to come.



King-Size Hulk #1[1/6] (tie-in)
From his cell, Bruce Banner tries to figure out the Red Hulk's identity. Banner is given access to a report that runs through the Red Hulk's fight with a Wendigo right before he killed the Abomination (during GREEN HULK/RED HULK). Red Hulk ended the fight by ripping the Wendigo's head off, unaware that a whole pack of Wendigos were watching...

Hulk #7[1/2]
Much later, having escaped his cell at Gamma Base, Bruce Banner has been tracking the Red Hulk. He arrives in Las Vegas where a pack of Wendigos are running riot. His attempt to stay in control somehow unleashes the grey incarnation of the Hulk - aka 'Mister Fixit' - is back in Vegas! As a smarter Hulk, Joe Fixit quips as he smashes the Wendigos, but his actions are misinterpreted as a rampage by Moon Knight who attacks the Hulk. When Ms Marvel and the Sentry arrive, they find a grey Hulk beating up Moon Knight and come to the wrong conclusion...
Hulk #8[1/2]
'Mister Fixit' hurls Moon Knight to occupy the Sentry, but Ms Marvel punches him into a sign and shorts out the power in the area. When the Hulk emerges, he's green and nowhere near as smart. Moon Knight returns to the fight and plugs sonics into the Hulk's ears to stop him pummelling Ms Marvel. The Sentry flies the Hulk into the Strat tower, causing it to topple. They're all so busy fighting, they fail to notice that the horde of Wendigos is growing...

Hulk #9[1/2]
Hulk smashes a number of Wendigos into the ground and they all fall in with him. Just as Ms Marvel and the Sentry secure the Strat, the 'WendiHulk' emerges from the ground (meaning their bites must've changed the Hulk into a Wendigo which isn't how people become Wendigos at all). Ms Marvel calls up Brother Voodoo who uses Moon Knights mystically-touched blood to instantly cure all the Wendigos, including the Hulk which allows Bruce Banner to slip away while the Avengers deal with all the naked people.




Hulk #10-12 (2009)
Hulk is pitted against the Red Hulk once again, this time by the Grandmaster and the Collector as part of one of their games.

Hulk #23 (2010)
Red Hulk is revealed to be General 'Thunderbolt' Ross - part of a plan by AIM and the Intelligencia during WORLD WAR HULKS.

Chaos War: Alpha Flight #1 (2011)
The other-dimensional Great Beasts transform people who had fallen into the Chaos King's 'eternal sleep' into an army of Wendigo to use against him during CHAOS WAR.

Incredible Hulks #631-633 (2011)
Tyrannus uses a Wendigo as part of a monstrous team he's formed to battle the 'Incredible Hulks' (this may be one of the Wendigo from the previous invasion of Vegas).
Hulk by Jeph Loeb: The Complete Collection vol.1
Hulk by Loeb and McGuinness Omnibus
Hulk: Green Hulk/Red Hulk
Hulk: Red and Green
All include... 
Hulk #7-9
King-Size Hulk #1

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