The latest to join Sideshow's line of Marvel collectibles is the Planet Hulk: Green Scar VS Silver Savage Diorama. This dynamic scene is inspired by the cover of Incredible Hulk #95, drawn by Carlo Pagulayan, with the two gladiators captured the heat of battle. The Planet Hulk: Green Scar VS Silver Savage Diorama is cast in heavy-weight, high-quality polystone, then hand-finished and hand-painted to exacting standards. Each piece is individually hand-numbered, then packaged in a durable foam shipping interior and beautiful full color box.
When Hulk was jettisoned away from Earth on a S.H.I.E.L.D commissioned space ship, his intended landing place was a lush green planet devoid of any intelligent lifeforms. Unfortunately, the ship was sucked into a wormhole, and Hulk found himself on Planet Sakaar where a corrupt empire oppressed barbarian tribes. Captured by the empire and implanted with a control slug should he decide to disobey, Hulk was thrown into the Imperial Arena to fight as the gladiator Green Scar and was later sent to the most lethal gladiator school on the planet. The Hulk survived the initiation tests and was placed with a group of fellow gladiators. Meanwhile, the Silver Surfer was traveling the Universe defending humanity and his home world, Zenn-La, from harm. During his travels, Surfer was captured by the Planet Sakaar Empire and planted with an obedience disk to ensure he remained loyal to them. He too was made a gladiator, Silver Savage. Hulk and his group of gladiators were sent to the Imperial Arena, where they had to survive three rounds in the ring. In the first round, the Hulk prevented a large bomb from landing on his teammates, seemingly sacrificing himself. Though he was mortally wounded, teammate Lavin Skee led the other gladiators in a last stand, and the Hulk reappeared just as Skee died, killing the rest of the attackers. In their final battle, they were placed against the Silver Savage. The Hulk, believing the Silver Savage a friend, became enraged when the Savage attacked. Fighting with the other gladiators, Hulk destroyed the Savage's implanted control slug, nearly killing him in the process. The Surfer revived and destroyed all of the control slugs of the gladiators and slaves in the arena. Breaking out of the Arena, the Hulk led many others to freedom.
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Estimated to Arrive
2nd Quarter 2009
Price: $284.99
One of the most anticipated new films of the year is Frank Miller's movie adaptation of Will Eisner's comic strip The Spirit, opening Christmas Day. Dark Horse is happy to celebrate the forthcoming release with some very sophisticated limited-edition pieces based on the characters as they appear in the film. 
