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The war ended not with a punch, but with a betrayal. , a member of the Warbound, revealed that he knew the Illuminati didn't cause the Sakaar explosion. He had allowed it to happen—and even helped it along—to keep the Hulk’s "righteous anger" alive.

In the climax, the agoraphobic Sentry finally joined the fray. Their clash was so intense it threatened to level the entire city, eventually reverting both into their human forms—Robert Reynolds and Bruce Banner. The Twist and Aftermath WORLD WAR HULK

However, some fans criticized the ending as anticlimactic. After four issues of Hulk dominating absolutely everyone, the resolution is... a conversation? A confession? Miek as a last-minute traitor felt to some like a cop-out, absolving the Illuminati of full guilt. The war ended not with a punch, but with a betrayal

What followed was a tactical, systematic dismantling of Marvel’s heavy hitters: In the climax, the agoraphobic Sentry finally joined

The X-Men, led by , make a tactical error. They try to intervene, believing the Hulk is just another "giant angry mutant." In one of the most iconic splash pages in modern comics, the Hulk tanks a full optic blast, shrugs, and then levels the Xavier Institute’s entire lawn in a single thunderclap. He defeats Juggernaut in a straight fistfight, sending the unstopable Juggernaut flying miles away. The X-Men withdraw—not defeated, but tactically obliterated.