Writer: Benjamin Percy
Art: Geoff Shaw
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $4.99
Reviewed by: Anonymous
Release Date: July 9th, 2025
RED HULK VS. WAR-WOLF! THUNDERBOLT ROSS is back on U.S. soil – not as a hero, but as a war criminal accused of violating the international treaty with DOCTOR DOOM after bringing down a nuclear warhead on LATVERIA. But this is no ordinary prison he finds himself trapped inside. Instead, it’s a top-secret, gamma-research facility run by none other than…THE WAR-WOLF!
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THE DISPATCH
Benjamin Percy’s Red Hulk has always walked a line between military thriller and monster horror, and with Red Hulk #6, that line disappears completely into full-blown gamma-punk paranoia. After five issues of destructive diplomacy, covert ops gone wrong, and psychological unraveling, Red Hulk #6 finally pits General Thunderbolt Ross against a new gamma-powered threat—the War-Wolf—and it’s just as brutal and bizarre as it sounds.
The premise is a powder keg: Thunderbolt Ross, freshly returned from leveling part of Latveria in defiance of an international treaty with Doctor Doom, has been branded a war criminal. But rather than facing trial, he’s thrown into a clandestine U.S. facility—one that’s less “prison” and more “gamma-powered nightmare lab.” The true horror? The place is run by a monstrous, mutated enforcer known only as the War-Wolf.
Ross, never one for humility or apology, reacts as expected: with teeth bared and fists raised. But Percy, as he’s shown in earlier issues, isn’t interested in glorifying Ross’s raw strength. Instead, he continues to dissect the Red Hulk’s psyche—his addiction to power, his delusions of control, and his deep-rooted fear that he’s become irrelevant in a world of younger, more moral heroes. The irony? The more Ross insists on being the solution, the more he’s becoming the problem.
The big hook of this issue—Red Hulk vs. War-Wolf—does not disappoint. The War-Wolf, a military-engineered gamma hybrid with the savagery of a werewolf and the intellect of a tactician, may be the most unsettling new addition to Hulk lore in years. Percy plays him as a dark mirror to Ross: a loyal soldier twisted by his masters, angry not just at his enemies but at what he’s become.
Their inevitable clash is feral. Artist Geoff Shaw renders the entire sequence with kinetic fury—snarling faces, shredded uniforms, and broken machinery litter every page. But what makes the fight matter isn’t the brutality—it’s the philosophy behind it. Ross is fighting a creature who reflects his worst fears: obedience without purpose, power without direction.
If the earlier issues of Red Hulk flirted with political allegory, Red Hulk #6 dives headfirst into dystopian conspiracy horror. The prison isn’t just a holding cell—it’s a gamma crucible, filled with broken experiments, failed “hulks,” and government cover-ups. You can practically hear the Geiger counters clicking in the background.
Percy’s writing channels a mix of The Thing and Apocalypse Now, with haunting visual callbacks to earlier Hulk transformations and a tone that’s more Cronenberg than classic superhero fare. This isn’t a comic about justice—it’s about containment, and what happens when the people in charge of the cages are monsters themselves.
Geoff Shaw’s work continues to impress. His Red Hulk is pure rage made flesh—every panel pulses with veiny, red-hot energy. The War-Wolf is just as memorable: a grotesque fusion of military hardware and primal beast, his presence shifts the tone from action to terror instantly. Colorist Dee Cunniffe leans into murky greens, radioactive yellows, and deep reds, giving the facility an appropriately sickly, oppressive atmosphere. The gamma glow is omnipresent, and the shadows seem to stretch with menace. It’s claustrophobic, explosive, and immersive.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Red Hulk #6 is the most intense and thematically loaded issue of the series yet. Benjamin Percy continues to evolve the book beyond a standard Hulk spinoff and into something more dangerous, more personal, and more relevant. With shades of Cold War-era paranoia and modern military critique, the book paints Ross as both relic and warning—an embodiment of the unchecked ego that sees violence as a first and only solution. The introduction of War-Wolf adds a terrifying new wrinkle to the gamma mythos, and the prison facility sets the stage for future horrors that may force even Ross to reconsider what kind of beast he’s become.