Courtesy of Marvel Comics we have your first look at December 16th’s Hulk #18, which not only kicks off the Fall of the Hulks storyline in earnest, but features the return of artist Whilce Portacio to Marvel, not to mention the truth behind Doc Samson’s alter-ego, Samson. Whew! Also included below is a Fall of the Hulks checklist which features a March-debuting new title called The Savage She-Hulks. That’s not a typo, that is plural She-Hulk. Oh yeah, it’s on!

 

As Fall of The Hulks, the most important event in Hulk history, descends on the Marvel Universe, the man named Samson is either our last hope…or our greatest threat! In Hulk #18, a can’t-miss prologue to Fall of The Hulks, from superstar, Eisner Award-winning scribe Jeph Loeb, artistic legend Whilce Portacio, inker Danny Miki and colorist Dean White, the truth behind Samson is revealed! Whose side is he really on? What’s his connection to the coming Gamma-charged change in the Marvel Universe? And how does it set the stage for a shocking murder in Fall Of The Hulks Gamma? Find out in Hulk #18!

HULK #18 (OCT090512)
HULK #18 MCGUINNESS VARIANT (OCT090513)
HULK #18 MCGUINNESS SANTA VARIANT (SEP098250)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by WHILCE PORTACIO
Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Santa Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS

Rated T+ …$3.99
FOC—11/23/09, On-Sale—12/16/09