Skaar: Son of Hulk by Greg Pak and Ron Garney

[TheCorpulent1]

I don't either, but I don't intend to buy it so I don't care.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I just GOT into the book so I'd like to continue, but now I'm unsure. And I don't really want to buy Incredible Hulk because of the $4 price tag. I decided that I was going to drop both, but then Son of Hulk promises a battle with Galactus, and I LOVE cosmic stuff. So I thought I'd read that, but then I saw that cover with Skaar fighting Juggernaut for issue, what... 602? And that has me real curious!

So I don't know what I'm going to be doing yet.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I was always more into the Skaar character than the alien/cosmic aspect of Skaar: Son of Hulk, so switching to Incredible Hulk is a no-brainer for me. I'll continue to get my cosmic fill from Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, and whatever other cosmic crossovers we get.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Oy. Look, for the past few months, we had the following:

- Hulk, featuring the red Hulk, Bruce Banner/the Hulk, and the rest of Loeb's nonsense.
- Skaar: Son of Hulk, featuring Skaar on the planet Sakaar.
- She-Hulk, featuring Lyra, the test-tube daughter of the Hulk and Thundra, raised in Thundra's female-dominated reality and just recently arrived in the mainstream Marvel reality.

Now we've got Planet Skaar, during which Skaar was exiled from Sakaar to Earth, Sakaar was destroyed by Galactus, and Skaar met and fought the Hulk. Then there's Incredible Hulk #600 where some other stuff happens.

After Incredible Hulk #600, we'll have the following:

- Hulk, featuring the red Hulk and the rest of Loeb's nonsense.
- Incredible Hulk, featuring Skaar, Bruce Banner, and She-Hulk back-ups featuring Lyra.
- Son of Hulk, featuring a young Shadow Priest.

Everyone clear now?

Yeah, this makes it all a bit easier to follow, thanks.

Still not clear on why they're continuing Son of Hulk, you know, without Hulk's son actually being in the book. It seems pointless and stupid. I'm assuming there's something to be explained in the next issue but until then I just don't get it.

I dont get it either, it just seems pointless, but who knows.

 

[Silver Knight]

Oy. Look, for the past few months, we had the following:

- Hulk, featuring the red Hulk, Bruce Banner/the Hulk, and the rest of Loeb's nonsense.
- Skaar: Son of Hulk, featuring Skaar on the planet Sakaar.
- She-Hulk, featuring Lyra, the test-tube daughter of the Hulk and Thundra, raised in Thundra's female-dominated reality and just recently arrived in the mainstream Marvel reality.

Now we've got Planet Skaar, during which Skaar was exiled from Sakaar to Earth, Sakaar was destroyed by Galactus, and Skaar met and fought the Hulk. Then there's Incredible Hulk #600 where some other stuff happens.

After Incredible Hulk #600, we'll have the following:

- Hulk, featuring the red Hulk and the rest of Loeb's nonsense.
- Incredible Hulk, featuring Skaar, Bruce Banner, and She-Hulk back-ups featuring Lyra.
- Son of Hulk, featuring a young Shadow Priest.

Everyone clear now?

Thanks makes sense but who is Shadow Priest?

Still not clear on why they're continuing Son of Hulk, you know, without Hulk's son actually being in the book. It seems pointless and stupid. I'm assuming there's something to be explained in the next issue but until then I just don't get it.

Exactly.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The Shadows are a race of aliens on Sakaar (although they come from some unknown other planet). The entire race has the power to tap into some kind of funky geological energy within planets, which they call the Oldpower. One Shadow can and usually does hold the vast majority of the Oldpower, though. The Shadow Priests are a sect of... wait for it... priests who look after the Shadows' cultural history, including their legends of the Sakaarson, and try to guide the Oldpower to those who are worthy of it, like Caiera, the Hulk's queen in Planet Hulk. Since she's also Skaar's mother, that makes Skaar half-Shadow. Skaar got ahold of the Oldpower and used it to horrible ends, nearly destroying Sakaar. His actions drew Galactus' attention, since all that Oldpower energy made Sakaar look pretty appetizing. This in turn forced Caiera--her spirit reanimated via the Oldpower in a body made of dirt and rock from Sakaar--to exile Skaar to Earth, leading into the Planet Skaar mini-event. She then destroyed Sakaar herself (after giving people time to evacuate with the Silver Surfer's help) to keep Galactus from gaining the Oldpower.

Throughout all of this, we followed a young Shadow child who was a member of the Shadow Priest sect alongside Skaar's story. Remember the legend of the Sakaarson I mentioned? Well, that claims that a being will rise from Sakaar to either deliver it from destruction and become the Sakaarson or deliver it into destruction and become the Worldbreaker. During Planet Hulk, they thought the Hulk was the Worldbreaker, then the Sakaarson, then the Worldbreaker again. During Skaar's run in Son of Hulk, we're led to believe that Skaar may be the Sakaarson; but then it turns out that Old Sam, an ex-Shadow Priest and Skaar's confidant and mentor to some degree, made the whole Sakaarson/Worldbreaker myth up many years ago to inspire hope on the very brutal world of Sakaar. Nonetheless, Skaar's actions, which led to the destruction of Sakaar, seemed to indicate he was the true Worldbreaker. Vague hints throughout the run up to that point seemed to indicate that this other Shadow Priest child may in fact be the true Sakaarson. Whether that's actually true, we don't know, but it'll probably be explored in Jenkins' Son of Hulk run, which will follow this young Shadow Priest after Sakaar's destruction.

Geez, that was even confusing to me.

 

[THANOSRULES]

I still believe Sakaar's destruction is BS and it will be shown to eventually be alive and well.

 

[Silver Knight]

The Shadows are a race of aliens on Sakaar (although they come from some unknown other planet). The entire race has the power to tap into some kind of funky geological energy within planets, which they call the Oldpower. One Shadow can and usually does hold the vast majority of the Oldpower, though. The Shadow Priests are a sect of... wait for it... priests who look after the Shadows' cultural history, including their legends of the Sakaarson, and try to guide the Oldpower to those who are worthy of it, like Caiera, the Hulk's queen in Planet Hulk. Since she's also Skaar's mother, that makes Skaar half-Shadow. Skaar got ahold of the Oldpower and used it to horrible ends, nearly destroying Sakaar. His actions drew Galactus' attention, since all that Oldpower energy made Sakaar look pretty appetizing. This in turn forced Caiera--her spirit reanimated via the Oldpower in a body made of dirt and rock from Sakaar--to exile Skaar to Earth, leading into the Planet Skaar mini-event. She then destroyed Sakaar herself (after giving people time to evacuate with the Silver Surfer's help) to keep Galactus from gaining the Oldpower.

Throughout all of this, we followed a young Shadow child who was a member of the Shadow Priest sect alongside Skaar's story. Remember the legend of the Sakaarson I mentioned? Well, that claims that a being will rise from Sakaar to either deliver it from destruction and become the Sakaarson or deliver it into destruction and become the Worldbreaker. During Planet Hulk, they thought the Hulk was the Worldbreaker, then the Sakaarson, then the Worldbreaker again. During Skaar's run in Son of Hulk, we're led to believe that Skaar may be the Sakaarson; but then it turns out that Old Sam, an ex-Shadow Priest and Skaar's confidant and mentor to some degree, made the whole Sakaarson/Worldbreaker myth up many years ago to inspire hope on the very brutal world of Sakaar. Nonetheless, Skaar's actions, which led to the destruction of Sakaar, seemed to indicate he was the true Worldbreaker. Vague hints throughout the run up to that point seemed to indicate that this other Shadow Priest child may in fact be the true Sakaarson. Whether that's actually true, we don't know, but it'll probably be explored in Jenkins' Son of Hulk run, which will follow this young Shadow Priest after Sakaar's destruction.

Geez, that was even confusing to me.

Haha, what do they look like? Got a pic?

 

[ChelseaGrin26]

Wasn't Hiroim from the Warbound a Shadow Priest?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He was, as was Caiera, the Hulk's rival and eventually queen on Sakaar:

Skaar bears some resemblance to the Shadows as well. He's a lighter, greyish green than the Hulk and his eyes are solid black like the Shadows'. He also has Shadow tattoos because he was abducted early on by some crazy Shadows and branded as the Sakaarson or something. That was kind of a weird story so I may be misremembering it.

 

[ChelseaGrin26]

Yeah thats what I thought. I liked Hiroim. Wish he was still around. He could be a good supporting character for Skaar.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I liked him too. Kate Waynesboro's not as cool.

 

[ChelseaGrin26]

Yeah I never got attached to her. Maybe they will ressurect Hiroim. He could Skaar's connection to Sakaar.

 

[Silver Knight]

Someone post a pic of the guy thats takeing over Sons comic.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

http://marvel.com/i/content/st/26318new_storyimage4646102_full.jpg

 

[Silver Knight]

Thanks man! Anywhere I can find the Skarr covers I havent seen the last 6 or so.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=list&title=75237321465&snumber=1

 

[Mr. Green]

It's my theory that Skaar will eventually return to the book after Planet Skaar though.

 

[Silver Knight]

Thanks man, so what exactly is Planet Skarr?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Kind of a mini-event centering on Skaar's arrival on Earth and various Hulk-related characters learning about him. It consists of a prologue issue and #11 and 12 of Skaar's comic.

 

[stingerman]

Son of Hulk #13 Preview:
http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/previews/soh13preview

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Looks decent, actually. I don't think I'll continue with it, though.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Yeah I think I'm just gonna stick with pak's TIH, I may check in with loebs rulk every now and again.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Oy. Look, for the past few months, we had the following:

- Hulk, featuring the red Hulk, Bruce Banner/the Hulk, and the rest of Loeb's nonsense.
- Skaar: Son of Hulk, featuring Skaar on the planet Sakaar.
- She-Hulk, featuring Lyra, the test-tube daughter of the Hulk and Thundra, raised in Thundra's female-dominated reality and just recently arrived in the mainstream Marvel reality.

Now we've got Planet Skaar, during which Skaar was exiled from Sakaar to Earth, Sakaar was destroyed by Galactus, and Skaar met and fought the Hulk. Then there's Incredible Hulk #600 where some other stuff happens.

After Incredible Hulk #600, we'll have the following:

- Hulk, featuring the red Hulk and the rest of Loeb's nonsense.
- Incredible Hulk, featuring Skaar, Bruce Banner, and She-Hulk back-ups featuring Lyra.
- Son of Hulk, featuring a young Shadow Priest.

Everyone clear now?

What book is A-Bomb gonna be in? That's all I care about!

 

[Ahura Mazda]

I hate what they have done to the Hulk. Rulk depowering him is the stupidest thing I have heard because of course Rulk can doo better then Reed and the rest of the super human community.

So no more Hulk?