For over 50 years, the Incredible Hulk has been smashing his way through the Marvel Universe and into the hearts of fans. Whether you’ve discovered the tale of Bruce Banner and his other self through comics, TV, or film, get the whole story here…

As Bruce Banner and associate Sandra Verdugo ran from the attention of secret government agent Pratt in INCREDIBLE HULK #47, the scientist discovered he could tap into his green alter ego’s strength with transforming. This came into good use when Pratt caught up to them in INCREDIBLE HULK #48 and a battle broke out between him and Banner. The change occurred anyway in INCREDIBLE HULK #49, but Hulk retained Banner’s mind and Pratt lost his life.

The Abomination’s wife, Nadia Blonsky, cozied up to Banner in INCREDIBLE HULK #50 for nefarious purposes, while Home Base, Pratt’s secret organization, met with her incarcerated husband. Nadia handed the scientist over to Home Base in INCREDIBLE HULK #51, and Abomination found himself free to leave his cell.

Incredible Hulk (1999) #47

• Published: January 01, 2003
• Added to Marvel Unlimited: April 28, 2007
• Rating: T
• Writer: Bruce Jones
• Penciller: Stuart Immonen
• Cover Artist: Kaare Andrews

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Nadia began to feel bad for what she’d accomplished in INCREDIBLE HULK #52, and revealed her identity as Blonsky’s wife to Banner in INCREDIBLE HULK #53. The scientist prepared to fight his old foe, and in INCREDIBLE HULK #54 threw down with him for a fiery brouhaha.

“Crusher” Creel, The Absorbing Man, tumbled onto the fact that he could absorb and control human minds in INCREDIBLE HULK #55, and while still in jail caused chaos through surrogates in INCREDIBLE HULK #56. Creel managed to possess Hulk in INCREDIBLE HULK #57, and then utilized a young girl in a blackmail attempt against his enemy in INCREDIBLE HULK #58. The Absorbing Man met with ultimate defeat in INCREDIBLE HULK #59.

Sandra Verdugo caught up with Doc Samson, with whom she shared a child, in INCREDIBLE HULK #60, while Home Base caught up with Bruce Banner. Mr. Blue, Banner’s informant while he’d been held by the organization, approached Nadia Blonsky in INCREDIBLE HULK #61, and later, in INCREDIBLE HULK #62, revealed herself to the scientist as the formally deceased Betty Ross-Banner.

In DEADPOOL THE DUCK—issue #1 on sale January 4—Stuart Moore and Jacopo Camagni re-imagine Deadpool in a world he never made—as a duck! Um, yeah, just like it says in the title: “Deadpool the Duck.” Obviously.

But Deadpool the Duck only scratches the surface of all the alternate reality versions of the Merc with a Mouth over the years, so take a look back at some of his other crazy incarnations.

Headpool
Coming at you from the Marvel Zombies universe, Headpool started out as Deadpool, and then became Zombie Deadpool, and finally, during an invasion of the regular Marvel Universe, sorceress Jennifer Kale reduced him to simply a head. After a brief stint as the god of a Savage Land tribe, Headpool got recruited by Deadpool into the Deadpool Corps—complete with propeller beanie so he could move around on his own.

Lady Deadpool
Wanda Wilson, the Deadpool of Earth 3010, teamed up with rebels on her Earth to battle General America, a fascist version of Steve Rogers. Aided by Headpool and Deadpool, Wanda defeated Rogers, and went on to serve as a member of the alternate-reality spanning team, the Deadpool Corps.

Kidpool
Another member of the Deadpool Corps, Kidpool came from a world where he lived at an orphanage run by Professor X and populated by other young X-characters. He prided himself in terrorizing Scott Summers until the real Deadpool showed up and recruited him.

Dogpool
From Earth-103173, Dogpool received his healing powers after a group of evil scientists used him in their make-up experiments. Deemed a failure, they tossed his presumably dead body into a dumpster, but the canine rose up to become Deadpool: Merc with a Bark. After a stint in the circus and a fight with a Wolverine-inspired dog sent to hunt him down, Dogpool entered Deadpool’s Deadpool Corps.

Dreadpool
In an alternate universe where the X-Men tried to get Wade Wilson the help he needed at a mental hospital the X-Men’s good deed ended up creating the worst Deadpool of them all. His psychiatrist turned out to be Psycho-Man, the Fantastic Four villain, who tried to control Wade’s mind but ended up turning him into Dreadpool. This insane, self-aware version of DP went on to kill all the heroes and villains on his Earth, and went to war against other fictional characters like Captain Ahab and Huck Finn, and eventually all the alternate reality versions of himself.

Galactipool
While Galactipool’s appearance ended up brief, he played a significant role in the defeat of Dreadpool. Lady Deadpool brought the cosmic entity into the Deadpool Corps to help take down their enemy, but later she had to take him down, by crashing the Deadpool ship, the Bea Arthur, into his head. Yes, Galactipool died thanks to a ship named after a Golden Girl, fittingly.

Deadpool Dinosaur and D.E.A.D.P.O.O.L.
We’ve seen a version of Deadpool the Duck before, back in the DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL limited that saw Dreadpool’s forces face off with the Deadpool Corps. While he didn’t last long, the appearance proved memorable, if only because he appeared alongside two awesome yet short-lived renditions of Deadpool: the M.O.D.O.K.-inspired D.E.A.D.P.O.O.L. and Deadpool Dinosaur, who came complete with his own Moon Boy. Moonpool?

Sign up for zany adventure on January 4 with DEADPOOL THE DUCK #1 by Stuart Moore and Jacopo Camagni!

Each week Star Wars Spotlight combs through the digital archives of Marvel Unlimited to showcase one classic story from that distant galaxy filled with Jedi, Sith, princesses, scoundrels and droids.

It’s easy to see a character portrayed on screen and not think much beyond the few minutes you see. In the case of “Return of the Jedi” heavy Jabba the Hutt, we saw a big dude lounging around a palace adorned with Solo-filled artwork who had a nasty temper, enjoyed trips to the Sarlacc Pit, and got strangled to death by Princess Leia.

But there’s so much more to the character as seen in a quartet of separate Jabba one-shots from the mid-90’s by Jim Woodring and Art Wetherell: THE GAAR SUPPOON HIT, THE HUNGER OF PRINCESS NAMPI, THE DYNASTY TRAP, and BETRAYAL. Though not clearly tied together on the surface, each acts as part of a four-part story that should be read in that order.

In GAAR, the infamous gangster met with Gaar for a business ceremony called the Jubjub. After watching some creatures battle one another for sport, the two nasties sat down to go over the terms of their deal. As you might expect, the proceedings veered pretty far away from fair into the arena of treachery. Still, Jabba proved that you cannot trick a trickster as he displayed just how deeply he knew his enemies and the people around him, and used that information for his own gain!

Star Wars: Jabba The Hutt - The Gaar Suppoon Hit (1995) #1

• Published: April 04, 1995
• Added to Marvel Unlimited: May 07, 2015
• Writer: Jim Woodring
• Cover Artist: CAM KENNEDY

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HUNGER picks up immediately after GAAR with Jabba and his crew attempting to take over the Nuffin Freighter they come across. Instead of an easy plunder, though, they came face to face with Princess Nampi, a creature even larger and more grotesque than the Hutt! She tossed Jabba in the brig, wanting both his protected spoils and his number two Scuppa for her bed chamber! Neither quite went according to plan for her and Jabba walked away with a few additions to his own booty.

From there, Jabba traveled into the events of THE DYNASTY TRAP where he fell square into the middle of a family feud of epic and bloody proportions. Finally, the crew returned to Tatooine where Bin Fortuna planned to finally exact revenge on Jabba for years of torment, but plans like that do tend to fall apart—especially when other people try to kill the same target!

From the Jedi Temple Archives

Everyone remembers Bib Fortuna as the Twi’lek who kept a close watch on Jabba the Hutt in “Return of the Jedi.” As the Hutt’s right hand man, he stood by as Luke Skywalker defeated the Rancor and the Sarlacc pit endeavor failed to go as planned. He also appeared in “The Phantom Menace,” once again alongside Jabba the Hutt, this time as they gathered in the gangster’s private box to watch the pod racing scene!

Next, behind-the-scenes hi-jinks return in the second installment of Tag and Bink stories from Kevin Rubio and Lucas Marangon.