This is the big one from the Hulk's first run and it was a great run at this juncture. What you need to know now is that the Hulk has been on a mental morphing journey. He has been a savage child-like monster before taking some new treatment and becoming a smart man Hulk. The Hulk became smart and has Banner's intellect and personality and in essence become one person, not split anymore
Subsequently, as each issue comes out, we see the Hulk becoming faster to be annoyed and then becoming angry ... and then over the past few months, as we see others becoming concerned, from 299, unfortunately thanks to Nightmare, Dr Strange discovered that Banner has been manipulated and in the end succumbed to his nasty Hulk half!
And in this, issue 300, is basically the one where he becomes fully a monster without even a bit of humanity inside as Banner has disappeared. So he is a real savage now attacking the city. And all the heroes assembled to save the city and stop Banner
Who appears here?
Well you have people like Spider-Man and Daredevil helping the civilians. Then there are the Avengers coming to try to slow down or stop the Hulk before learning he is a full fledged monster. So the only one who can even give him a hard time is Thor and Thor is definitely not up to stopping the Hulk because the angrier he gets, the stronger he gets! There is even Power Man and Iron Fist.
In the end, Dr Strange decided that banishment is the only way. So he sought other worlds that can handle the strength and savagery of the Hulk. However, he found none and so the solution is to cast Hulk to the Nexus of all worlds to let Hulk wonder and find the right world for him
In essence, this ends a long arc for the Hulk and set up 301 as a totally new direction. And this is how the Hulk or any comic should be. There is no need for new number 1 so that fans who enjoys can trace and go backwards and buy other comics to catch up. In addition, as you can see, this is not the first time Hulk has been cast to other worlds except that in the latest round, we have World War Hulk and that is equally good although similar Hulk is sent into space/ beyond
All in all, a good read!
Ratings: 8/10
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