When the Hulk finally found happiness it was on an alien world, of all places. But fate conspired against him and an explosion in Sakaar‘s main city took the life of his wife and unborn child (during PLANET HULK). When he left Sakaar, seeking revenge against the Illuminati (during WORLD WAR HULK) he didn’t know his son had been ‘born’ and kept alive by the ambiguous Old Power from the spirit of his beloved Caiera.
But the Hulk’s son, Skaar, was a creature of pure rage and hate thanks to a life of pain on Sakaar and he soon found himself expelled from hios home world by his own mother (during SON OF HULK) and sent through a portal to Earth…
Crossover: A prologue issue leads back into Skaar’s ongoing series.
Must Reads: Story arcs marked with a ✔are must-read stories from this time period, along with any key related stories and often-forgotten tales that are worth a read.
Anthology Issues: When an issue contains multiple stories, the relevant story is denoted with square brackets. For example, [2/5] refers to the second story of the five stories in that issue, so you don’t need to read the other four.
Previous events that directly impact this story:
- PLANET HULK – Hulk’s original tenure on Sakaar
- SON OF HULK – Skaar is born on Sakaar and expelled to Earth
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order without story descriptions, or spoilers:
- ✔ Planet Skaar Prologue #1
- ✔ Skaar, Son of Hulk #11-12
- Son of Hulk #13
| Must Read | Title, Issue Number & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Planet Skaar Prologue #1 Kate Waynesboro – now a host to the Old Power – successfully bids for Norman Osborn to pardon the Warbound (for their heroic actions during WORLD WAR HULK: AFTERSMASH!). Elsewhere, the Hulk finds himself compelled to leap across the country to an unknown destination. She-Hulk has the same compulsion to get to Ohio where a portal spits out Skaar. The Fantastic Four intercept She-Hulk who explains the son of the Hulk has arrived on Earth. The Invisible Woman struggles to delay the Hulk and prevent him from reaching Skaar and reasserting his ‘Worldbreaker’ persona. News cameras arrive on the scene as She-Hulk and the Thing try to take down Skaar who demands to see his father. Tapping into the Old Power, Kate Waynesboro reveals to Osborn that Skaar is the son of the Hulk. HAMMER troops drop bombs on Skaar and only his broken sword remains. Skaar is actually in the woods having been returned to his true, childlike form… |
| ✔ | Skaar, Son of Hulk #11 Kate Waynesboro and the Warbound go in search of Skaar, but two kids find Skaar first. One falls off a low cliff and his sister calls the police for help, though they’re more interested in tazing the strange-looking, tattooed child who’s with them. When the cops try to arrest the child, he transforms back into Skaar. The Hulk senses this from miles away. The Warbound arrive, offering Skaar help but he unleashes his rage on them and asks how to kill his father. That’s when the Hulk arrives… |
| Must Read | Title, Issue Number & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Skaar, Son of Hulk #12 The Hulk and Skaar immediately go at each other, but their rage-fueled battle threatens to destroy a nearby nuclear power plant. More interested in violence, the Hulk uses Korg to pummel Skaar. The Hulk looks into Skaar’s eyes, which threatens to bring his fiece Worldbreaker persona to the fore. Skaar tries to taunt the Worldbreaker back out, but the Hulk shifts his focus to help Kate Waynesboro stop the power plant from falling apart. Skaar uses his Old Power to fix the power plant, then stabs Hulk in the chest with his sword. Hulk pulls the sword out while Skaar walks away, warning his father that he will return and that Earth is now his planet. Back on Sakaar, the Silver Surfer discovers Skaar kept his promise and addicted Galactus to the Old Power just as Skaar hurtled through the portal to Earth. Galactus teleports the Surfer to the other side of the galaxy, claiming he no longer needs him. Back on Earth, Skaar once again transforms back to his true, childlike form. |
| Son of Hulk #13 Axeman Bone and Princess Omaka lead escapees from Sakaar aboard a Stone Ship while Galactus consumes the planet and the Old Power. Bone’s daughter Lihla offers companionship to the former-slave Hiro-Kala who is secretly using the Old Power to fly the ship. The addicted Galactus begins consuming other worlds seeded with the Old Power. Hiro-Kala uses the Old Power to fly to Galactus and warn him that he will have his revenge for the loss of his world and reveals himself to be another son of the Hulk and Caiera. Hiro-Kala returns to the stone ship where Old Sam announces him as the ‘Sakaarson’. Having won the loyalty of the crew, Hiro-Kala flies the stone ship to Giausar, a world rich in Old Power where an uneasy peace has somehow held fast for centuries. Hiro-Kala is confronted by warriors from City Fractus and claims they will worship him as a god… |
See how this story fit into the the wider Marvel Universe with these reading orders:
| Must Reads | Issues & Fallout | Event / Crossover |
| ✔ | Son of Hulk #14-17 (2009-2010) As promised, Hiro-Kala exacts his revenge on Galactus, using the Old Power of Giausar to poison him. | |
| ✔ | Incredible Hulk #600 (2009) Bruce Banner loses the ability to transform into the Hulk. | HULK NO MORE |
| ✔ | Incredible Hulk #601-603 (2009) Bruce Banner takes Skaar under his wing; Skaar promises not to kill Banner, waiting instead for his confrontation with the Hulk; Banner and Skaar meet Wolverine and Daken. | SON OF BANNER |
| ✔ | Dark Reign – The List: Hulk #1 (2009) Norman Osborn attempts to drain Kate Waynesboro of the Old Power; Kate is rescued by Bruce Banner and Skaar. | DARK REIGN DARK REIGN – THE LIST SON OF BANNER |
| Siege #4 (2010) Norman Osborn loses control of HAMMER and his position of authority when he’s proven to be a madman. | SIEGE | |
| ✔ | Incredible Hulk #611 (2010) Skaar finally gets his showdown with the Hulk. | WORLD WAR HULKS |
| Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk #1-4 (2010) Hiro-Kala continues his journey, taking Axeman Bone and Liha with him; Hiro-Kala heads to the Microverse and transforms the inhabitants of K’ai into mindless slaves; Hiro-Kala kills Lihla. | REALM OF KINGS | |
| Incredible Hulk #609-611 (2010) Axeman Bone seeks revenge on Hiro-Kila for murdering his daughter. | ||
| ✔ | Incredible Hulks #612-617 (2010-2011) Skaar and Korg unofficially become members of the Incredible Hulks (also referred to as Team Hulk); Hiro-Kala attempts to use K’ai to destroy Earth; Hiro-Kala clashes with the Hulk and the Incredible Hulks; Hiro-Kala is ultimately defeated by Skaar; Axeman Bone remains on K’ai. | DARK SON |
| Incredible Hulks #623-625 (2011) Skaar, Kate Waynesboro and the Warbound relocate to the Savage Land. | ||
| New Avengers #18-23 (2012) Skaar joins Norman Osborn’s new Dark Avengers, but is revealed to be a double-agent working for Steve Rogers. | OSBORN RISES |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| Hulk: Planet Skaar | Planet Hulk Prologue #1 Skaar: Son of Hulk #11-12 |
| Skaar: Son of Hulk – The Complete Collection | Planet Hulk Prologue #1 Skaar: Son of Hulk #11-12 |
| Hulk: Son of Hulk – Dark Son Rising | Son of Hulk #13 |
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