WWH AFTERSMASH: WARBOUND #1Written by Greg Pak
Art by Leonard Kirk
This was surprisingly good. Anyone remember that Gammaworld Cho developed for Hulk from a few months back? Apparently the Leader got his hands on those plans and put them to use here.
Picking up where Aftershocks left off, Warbound follows the, well, warbound as they flee the SHIELD personnel tasked to hunting them down in the sewers. Unfortunately, the SHIELD taskforce nearly gets eaten by alligators, prompting the warbound to aid them.
In the end, the warbound end up being teleported away by an unknown benefactor, who turned out to be the Leader. Ms MODOK, or Agent Waynesboro as she prefers to be called, is the only SHIELD operative that manages to tag along on this teleport.
The end result of this displacement has Hiroim captured and his Oldstrong powers being used to power a strange machine as the other warbound make their way to his location. Turns out the Leader is using his powers to initiate Gammaworld, a large gamma powered dome that is inpenetrable. I don't know all the details of Gammaworld, outside of what Cho stated a few months back, but the warbound are trapped inside with the Leader. Not sure what's going to come of this, but looks promising so far.
The issue ends with a backup "Tales of the Warbound", which I assume will be featured at the end of each issue. This issue sees Agent Waynesboro interrogating a survivor from WWH about various members of the warbound. The first up, featured in this issue, is Elloe and a tale of her early life. It was the best part of this issue and I really enjoyed. Elloe is one power hungry bitch is all I've got to say about this story.
Oh ya, the survivor being interrogated? None other than Miek, fresh off his Hulk foot to face adventures in WWH. Apparently he survived that final encounter and is in some sort of healing vat in Prison 42 in the Negative Zone. I'm torn on his surviving WWH. On one hand, it was a deciding factor in Hulk's rage and showed him as a true villain for that story and was supposedly the first person he ever killed. This cheapens the only significant thing to come out of WWH. On the other hand, I liked Miek before Pak arbitrarily made him evil and insane and I'm happy to see him alive.
Verdict - Must Read. If you had any interest in World War Hulk, this is book is a must read. Even if you disliked or didn't buy into the hype surrounding that event, I think this issue has a lot to offer and the back up tale is worth the cover price alone if you ask me.
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