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Marvel has just made a surpriseMCUstar its new version of theHulk , and now all he needs to do is stamp out the original . The Hulk , fire by anger and rage , has left a trail of destruction across the Marvel Universe . He is in a course of study of his own , but as discover inWerewolf by Night#4 , the nominal quality has received a rage - induced raise .
Werewolf by Night#4 is written by Jason Loo and drawn by Sergio Davila . The Werewolf , along with Elsa Bloodstone , is being held captive by Ka - Zar in the Savage Land . of a sudden , a elephantine ogre emerges from the earth , and rampage through the Land . Ka - Zar ’s force are powerless , but Elsa suggests he free the Werewolf to help . The Werewolf , in a level of sheer rage , manages to kill the monstrosity … as well as many others . Angered , Ka - Zar exile them from the Savage Land , setting them on a course to receive the Hulk in the next issue .
The Marvel Hero Most Like the Hulk is…Werewolf by Night?
The Werewolf and the Hulk Share A Lot in Common
Since his first appearance over 50 class ago , the Werewolf , like the Hulk , has campaign to contain and fit his savage impulses , with varying grade of achiever . The product of a familial nemesis , as opposed to gamma radiation syndrome , the Werewolf has recently struggled even hard against his darker side , particularlyafter the events ofBlood Hunt , which saw Jack Russell go down his darkest track yet , one still playing out in the pages of his novel solo title . Elsa Bloodstone , his best admirer and should - be fan , is attempt to serve Jack in his fight against his nature .
Yet just as the Hulk ’s attack at purdah often met with failure and disaster , so did the Werewolf ’s , lead him to cause as much dying and destruction as the fiend he was fighting .
The Hulk would often flee humanity , taking refuge in upstage street corner of Earth , either to be left alone or assay a cure for his condition , and as seen inWerewolf by Night#4 , Jack is take a Sir Frederick Handley Page out of Bruce ’s playbook by flee to the Savage Land . The Werewolf believe the answers to lifting his curse were to be found there . Yet just as the Hulk ’s attempts at solitude often fill with failure and disaster , so did the Werewolf ’s , leading him to do as much death and destruction as the monster he was fighting .
The Werewolf Is Becoming Even More Like the Hulk
The Werewolf is Fighting a Losing Battle for His Humanity
The Werewolf has occupy on additional Hulk - like traits sinceBlood Hunt , one that make him even deadlier . While he was always on the huge side , recent calendar month have seen the Werewolf “ bulk up , ” grow huge amount of money of muscular tissue batch and taking on an even more feral appearance . This modification in the Werewolf ’s body has been companion by a marked switching in his mental state as well . Like Banner and the Hulk , Russell loses his world when he transform into the Werewolf . Each form of the full moon brings existential apprehensiveness to Jack Russell .
The Hulk and Bruce Banner have been at war over control of their body in Marvel Comics for decades , and now , the Hulk has finally claimed triumph .
late , however , Russell has descended even further into savagery when he makes the translation into the Werewolf . As seen inWerewolf by Night’sfirst issue , someone , or something , savagely slaughtered some people Russell had befriend . While the issue left it shadowy whether Russell really did kill them , it nevertheless serve establish that he is misplace dominance – and it could be only a matter of meter before he really does kill someone innocent . This is a fear that Banner lives with as well , yield the two monsters even more in common .
The Hulk Has a Monster Problem Right Now Too
The Mother of Horrors Is Making the Hulk’s Life Miserable
The Hulk has been dealing with monsters like the Werewolf himself in the Page of his own title . The Mother of Horrors , an ancient , primaeval iniquity , has been gathering Earth ’s behemoth together , to direct them against the Hulk , who she views as “ the Fractured Son . ” The Hulk has already fought several monsters , and now one more is in his sight . WhileWerewolf by Night#4 does not pull out a connection between what is happening to the Hulk and to the Werewolf , the possibility is there . The Mother of repulsion could be behind the Werewolf ’s recent changes .
The Werewolf is lento lose control , and a conflict with the Hulk just might be what it conduct to push him completely over the edge .
These change have made the Werewolf a newfangled , supernatural version of the Hulk , and now he is set to collide with the Jade Giant next calendar month . This battle promises to be one of the braggy , and most vehement , in late Marvel history . The Werewolf is slowly lose ascendence , and a conflict with the Hulk just might be what it aim to push him completely over the edge . If so , then the Hulk will have his work cut out for him as he tries to drink down the Werewolf , whose recent upgrades put him in nearly the same year .
Can the Werewolf Defeat the Hulk? Is it Even Possible?
Despite the Werewolf’s Recent Upgrades, the Hulk Still Has the Edge Over Him
Even though the Werewolf is gaining in power and strength , he will still have his work cut out for him whenhe fight the Hulk . While the Hulk have apparently limitless strength , power by his anger , the Werewolf does not . It would be no problem for the Hulk to simply wear Russell down . The Hulk has also show unmanageable to down , whereas one well - commit facile bullet can do the Werewolf in . Despite these disadvantages , this surpriseMCUstar will prove a worthy resister for theHulk .
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