Spider-Man is the Only One Who Can Stop the Hulk From Officially Starting the Age of Monsters

Published Oct 2, 2026, 11:56 PM EDT CBR senior staff writer Brian Cronin has been writing professionally about comic books for twenty years now at CBR (primarily with his “Comics Should Be Good” series of columns, including Comic Book Legends Revealed). He has written two books about comics for Penguin-Random House – Was Superman a Spy? And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed and Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent? And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia! and one book, 100 Things X-Men Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, from Triumph Books. His writing has been featured at ESPN.com, the Los Angeles Times, About.com, the Huffington Post, Vulture and Gizmodo. He features legends about entertainment and sports and other pop culture features at Pop Culture References. Follow him on Twitter at @Brian_Cronin and feel free to e-mail him suggestions for stories about comic books that you'd like to see featured at brianc@cbr.com! As we noted recently in a preview of The Infernal Hulk vs. Wolverine #1, the Hulk is in a very different stage in his life right now. The Hulk's body has been possessed by the evil creature known as the Eldest and is now known as the INFERNAL Hulk. Bruce Banner...