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Immortal Hulk reading order

Al Ewing's 50-issue Immortal Hulk run (2018–2021) with its connected one-shots shown as optional side paths. Start with Immortal Hulk #1.

  1. Background: The Hulk returns2018

    1 issue · about 20 min0 essential issues · about 0 min

    Bruce Banner had been dead before this run began, and this issue of the Avengers weekly event shows him coming back. It is useful context, but Immortal Hulk #1 explains everything you need.

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    1. Immortal Hulk Omnibus (2023)Covers Avengers #684Find it

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    1. Avengers (2017)#684May 2018, optional

      Part of the No Surrender event; read it alone for the Hulk's return.

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    Or Is He Both?2018

    5 issues · about 1.5 hours5 essential issues · about 1.5 hours

    Banner is drifting across America. He dies at night and comes back as a cruel, clever Hulk. Reporter Jackie McGee starts following the trail, and the run's horror tone is set from the first page.

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    1. Immortal Hulk Omnibus (2023)Covers Immortal Hulk #1–5Find it

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    1. Immortal Hulk (2018)#1–55 issues
      1. #1August 2018
      2. #2September 2018
      3. #3September 2018
      4. #4October 2018
      5. #5November 2018

  3. The Green Door and Hulk in Hell2018–2019

    12 issues · about 4 hours10 essential issues · about 3.5 hours

    Shadow Base starts hunting the Hulk, and old faces from Banner's past come back. The run's idea of a Green Door between life and death moves to the centre.

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    1. Immortal Hulk Omnibus (2023)Covers Immortal Hulk #6–10; Immortal Hulk: The Best Defense #1; Defenders: Best Defense #1; Immortal Hulk #11–15Find it

    Fewest books first; newer printings are preferred because they're likelier to be in stock.

    1. Immortal Hulk (2018)#6–105 issues
      1. #6November 2018
      2. #7December 2018
      3. #8January 2019
      4. #9January 2019
      5. #10February 2019
    2. Immortal Hulk: The Best Defense (2019)#1February 2019, optional

      Also by Ewing; Banner looks into the death of Doctor Strange in a deserted town. It opens The Best Defense one-shots.

    3. Defenders: Best Defense (2019)#1February 2019, optional

      Ewing's conclusion to The Best Defense, reuniting the Hulk with the other founding Defenders.

    4. Immortal Hulk (2018)#11–155 issues
      1. #11March 2019
      2. #12March 2019
      3. #13April 2019
      4. #14May 2019
      5. #15May 2019

  4. Abomination and Breaker of Worlds2019

    11 issues · about 3.5 hours10 essential issues · about 3.5 hours

    Shadow Base makes its next move against the Hulk. Then a long jump forward in time shows how far this story is prepared to go.

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    1. Immortal Hulk Omnibus (2023)Covers Immortal Hulk #16–20; Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk #1; Immortal Hulk #21–25Find it

    Fewest books first; newer printings are preferred because they're likelier to be in stock.

    1. Immortal Hulk (2018)#16–205 issues
      1. #16June 2019
      2. #17July 2019
      3. #18July 2019
      4. #19August 2019
      5. #20September 2019
    2. Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk (2019)#1December 2019, optional

      Event tie-in from Ewing that follows on from #20; enjoyable, but it does not affect the main story.

    3. Immortal Hulk (2018)#21–255 issues
      1. #21September 2019
      2. #22October 2019
      3. #23November 2019
      4. #24December 2019
      5. #25December 2019

  5. We Believe in Bruce Banner and Hate Machine2020

    12 issues · about 4 hours10 essential issues · about 3.5 hours

    The Hulk goes on the attack against the companies that profit from him. That puts him in the public eye and in front of old enemies.

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    1. Immortal Hulk Omnibus (2023)Covers Immortal Hulk #26–35, 0Find it

    Not in these books: Immortal Hulk: Great Power #1. Look for the single issues.

    Fewest books first; newer printings are preferred because they're likelier to be in stock.

    1. Immortal Hulk (2018)#26–3510 issues
      1. #26January 2020
      2. #27January 2020
      3. #28February 2020
      4. #29March 2020
      5. #30March 2020
      6. #31April 2020
      7. #32May 2020
      8. #33March 2020
      9. #34August 2020
      10. #35September 2020
    2. Immortal Hulk: Great Power (2020)#1April 2020, optional

      Light team-up with Spider-Man by Tom Taylor and Jorge Molina, not part of the main story.

    3. Immortal Hulk (2018)#0September 2020, optional

      Mostly reprints Incredible Hulk #312 and #-1, with new framing pages by Ewing; background on Brian Banner.

  6. Keeper of the Door2020–2021

    6 issues · about 2 hours5 essential issues · about 1.5 hours

    The Hulk's enemies come together, and the run starts heading towards its ending.

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    1. Immortal Hulk Omnibus (2023)Covers Immortal Hulk #36–40; King in Black: Immortal Hulk #1Find it

    Fewest books first; newer printings are preferred because they're likelier to be in stock.

    1. Immortal Hulk (2018)#36–405 issues
      1. #36October 2020
      2. #37November 2020
      3. #38December 2020
      4. #39December 2020
      5. #40January 2021
    2. King in Black: Immortal Hulk (2021)#1February 2021, optional

      Event tie-in by Ewing and Aaron Kuder; read it if you are following King in Black.

  7. The Weakest One There Is2021

    6 issues · about 2 hours5 essential issues · about 1.5 hours

    With the Hulk at a low point, the last stretch is set up.

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    1. Immortal Hulk Omnibus (2023)Covers Immortal Hulk #41–45Find it

    Not in these books: Immortal Hulk: Flatline #1. Look for the single issues.

    Fewest books first; newer printings are preferred because they're likelier to be in stock.

    1. Immortal Hulk (2018)#41–455 issues
      1. #41February 2021
      2. #42March 2021
      3. #43April 2021
      4. #44May 2021
      5. #45June 2021
    2. Immortal Hulk: Flatline (2021)#1April 2021, optional

      Standalone story by Declan Shalvey, separate from the main plot.

  8. Of Hell and of Death2021

    6 issues · about 2 hours5 essential issues · about 1.5 hours

    The final arc: the Hulk goes through the Green Door one last time.

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    1. Immortal Hulk Omnibus (2023)Covers Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters #1; Immortal Hulk #46–50Find it

    Fewest books first; newer printings are preferred because they're likelier to be in stock.

    1. Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters (2021)#1July 2021, optional

      The first Hulk, ten thousand years ago; written by Alex Paknadel from a story with Ewing. Read it before the finale or skip it.

    2. Immortal Hulk (2018)#46–505 issues
      1. #46July 2021
      2. #47August 2021
      3. #48September 2021
      4. #49October 2021
      5. #50December 2021

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