Maestro: Symphony in a Gamma Key - Peter David
Intelligent Hulk wakes up and is told by an aged MODOK that he's been held in a bunker during a devastating nuclear war. Rick Jones is old, all the heroes are dead. Mutant animals roam the wastes, but one outpost of civilization is ruled by a figure they call the Maestro. Enraged that the humans all the heroes worked so hard to protect ended up destroying themselves, Hulk decides to take over and rule with an iron fist. Although I'm familiar with the storyline, I haven't read any of the Hulk issues that introduced the Maestro future, so to me this was a bit choppy. I assume that some of the "missing scenes" (Hulk refers to having broken his neck at one point, and he seems to whip up some robotic dogs rather quickly) were actually allusions to things explained in previous issues. It's a fun story regardless, with a couple of twists and great fight scenes. [3.5]
