"The Hulk's archenemy has set his sights on infiltrating the green behemoth's friend group in preparation to enact his nefarious, long-fomenting plans. But can the Leader push the immortal Hulk beyond his breaking point? Meanwhile, when Bruce Banner first came to Shadow Base, he was cut up into pieces and stored in jars - but he was only the second test subject. The first subject has just been freed"--Back cover.

"You'd never notice the man. He doesn't like to be noticed. He's quiet. Calm. If someone were to shoot him in the head...all he'd do is die. Until night falls -and someone else get's up again. The man's name is Banner. The horror is the Immortal Hulk! And trouble has a way of following them both. As reporter Jackie McGee tries to put together the pieces, Banner treads a lonely path from town to town, finding murder, mystery and tragedy as he goes....

"There's a new monster in town. He's cuddly. He's lovable. He's down with the kids. And he's available for your corporate retreat. Yes, there was another Hulk once— the one who made all those nasty threats to end the world. But who needs him? THE LIVING HULK is here. And he's going to save us all— or your money back." --

"It's the rematch everybody wanted -- but not like this! The Hulk is broken, friendless and hunted. In every way, he's a shadow of his former self...but there's nothing like the real Thing! What will happen when Ben Grimm enters the world of the immortal Hulk? As the year comes to an end, costs are counted -- by Jackie McGee, Eugene Judd...and Samuel Sterns. All the Leader's plans have finally come together in what may be his greatest triumph! But...

Stephen Strange is dead. All that is left is a charred skeleton. Bruce Banner wants to know why -- and he won't stop until he knows the truth. The road to answers will lead to the return of the Defenders! Then, the symbiotic nightmares of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE and KING IN BLACK engulf two very different Hulks! And when Jennifer Walters falls in battle during EMPYRE, she steps through the Green Door...and learns the full horror of being an Immortal She-Hulk....