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Writer Greg Pak says that come May 2007 “There is Hulk smashing to be done.” Following his current planetary-scaled “Planet Hulk” story, Pak will segue into one of Marvel’s biggest events of 2007, titled “World War Hulk,” with none other than artist John Romita Jr.

Marvel announced the series during today’s Retailer Summit in Baltimore, MD.

“Planet Hulk will run on through issue 105, and ‘World War Hulk’ will lead straight into that,” Pak said. “The current Planet Hulk storyline.is totally setting this up.”

“My little head is exploding,” Pak said of the opportunity to work with Romita Jr., whose miniseries The Eternals with writer Neil Gaiman is currently ongoing. “He’s one of the guys whose work I’ve admired for years.”

Pak cited Romita’s “Enemy of the State” storyline from Wolverine with writer Mark Millar as the type of intensity he wants to conceive with Romita’s artwork in “World War Hulk.”

“That kind of mind-blowing, eye-popping action is what he does better than anybody,” Pak explained. “And it’s a perfect match for ‘World War Hulk.’”

As to the ramifications of “Planet Hulk” in the Earthly Marvel Universe, Pak is tight-lipped, but said that clues will be falling back to the Hulk’s home planet very soon. “In issue 100, we’re dropping some hints,” Pak forecasted. “There’s a back-up story drawn by Gary Frank which features some characters from planet Earth finding out about what’s happening to the Hulk. So that might be a helpful story for people to check out.”

Pak’s main goal in the meantime is to continue the unbridled smashing in Incredible Hulk and crescendo into what Joe Quesada has called one of Marvel’s most important events of 2007. “What I can say is that people who were excited to see Hulk cutting loose in ‘Planet Hulk’ will not be disappointed as we move into ‘World War Hulk,’” the writer stated. “There are big things that we’ve been working on in Planet Hulk in terms of a big, emotional story for the Hulk. Is he a hero or a monster? World War Hulk is going to carry on with those questions in the biggest way imaginable.”

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