| Hiro-Kala | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Skaar: Son of Hulk #2 (September 2008) |
| Created by | Greg Pak (writer) Ron Garney (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Hiro-Kala Banner |
| Species | Human mutate/SakaaranHybrid |
| Place of origin | Sakaar |
| Team affiliations | Dark Avengers S.M.A.S.H. |
| Partnerships | Skaar Hulk |
| Notable aliases | Son of the Hulk Grayface He of Shadow Hiro King of K′ai Life-Bringer Lord of K′ai Outworlder |
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Hiro-Kala is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an adversary of theHulk. Created by writerGreg Pak and artistRon Garney, he first appeared inSkaar: Son of Hulk #2 (September 2008).[1] He is the son of the Hulk andCaiera and the twin brother ofSkaar.
Skaar: Son of Hulk changed name toSon of Hulk with issue #13 and the series saw a change of focus to Hiro-Kala under new writerPaul Jenkins. The series ran to issue #17.[2]
Following the conclusion of this series, he went on to feature inRealm of Kings: Son of Hulk byScott Reed, with art by Miguel Munera.[3]
The character next features in the "Dark Son" storyline by writersGreg Pak and Scott Redd, which ran bi-weekly inThe Incredible Hulks #611-617, andThe Incredible Hulk comic book, which featured Hulk,Red She-Hulk, Skaar,She-Hulk,A-Bomb, andKorg.[4][5][6]
Hiro-Kala is the twin brother ofSkaar and the son ofCaiera and theHulk. The two are not yet born whenSakaar is devastated by the explosion of the Hulk's ship. Caiera uses her Old Power to protect her womb, saving Skaar and Hiro-Kala from the blast, but landing them in fire. Skaar survives the lava effortlessly, having been born with Hulk's physiology. Hiro-Kala, however, only survives by using the Old Power to protect himself.[7]
Hiro-Kala is enslaved shortly after his birth, but escapes into the desert. He encounters the priest Hiro-Amin, who has been chained to a rock. Hiro-Kala frees Hiro-Amin, who explains that he can obtain the Old Power by killing someone else who possesses it. Hiro-Kala kills Hiro-Amin and sees the Old Power manifest as a blue beam of light, but it flies away instead of going into him. He joins an honor guard led by Axeman Bone, who gave him the axe that he used to kill Hiro-Amin.[8][9]
Galactus later destroys Sakaar, absorbing its Old Power and satiating his hunger for an estimated 10,000 years. Skaar blasts Galactus with a surge of Old Power, giving him an uncontrollable hunger for the Old Power. Following Sakaar's destruction, Hiro-Kala leads the survivors of Sakaar to find a new planet.[10]
During the Sakaarans' search, Hiro-Kala lands on the planetK'ai in theMicroverse, having been summoned there byJentorra. Learning of his father's exploits there, Hiro-Kala attempts to conquer the planet, but ends up saving the dying world and pulling it out of the Microverse. Hiro-Kala then attempted to take control of K'ai's Worldmind. The Worldmind, reaching into Hiro-Kala's mind, attempts to dissuade him from his path by showing him its memories of the Hulk, but is unsuccessful. Hiro-Kala takes control of K'ai's Worldmind, enslaves the inhabitants of K'ai, and plans to destroy Earth.[11]
As K'ai enters theSolar System, Hiro-Kala mentally connects with Skaar, alerting him of his coming. With this knowledge, Hulk gathers his allies to stop Hiro-Kala.[12] Hiro-Kala reveals that he intends to make K'ai collide with Earth, destroying both planets and their Old Power. Skaar is seemingly killed during the battle, but is revealed to have survived and uses the Old Power to enase Hiro-Kala in stone. At the same time, the rest of "Team Hulk" sets off an explosion that knocks K'ai off course, saving Earth. K'ai's Worldmind takes Hiro-Kala into the planet's core to heal it.[13]
InImperial (2025), Hiro-Kala is revealed to have become the leader of Sakaar En Nevo, a planet housing refugees from Sakaar. However, he is fatally poisoned as part of a larger conspiracy targeting galactic leaders.[14][15][16][17]
Being born on a war-torn planet, Hiro-Kala is experienced at unarmed combat and swordsmanship. He quickly matured to his teen years, discovered the Old Power, and combined it with thePower Cosmic into a different form known as the New Power. He has immense strength, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes. His New Power possesses similar qualities to the original set, but on acosmiclevel. This allows him to perform various feats, including power bestowal, force fields,precognitive visions, energy blasts, mental control,technopathy, and generating spatial rifts.[18]
Hiro-Kala's appearances have been collected intotrade paperbacks:
Someone is assassinating the leaders of galactic empires, which include Hulk's son, Hiro-Kala of New Sakaar, and Star-Lord's sister, Empress Victoria of Spartax.
We learn that the game begins with a death, which serves as a nice transition to Hulk, Amadeus Cho, and She-Hulk as they head to mourn the death of Hulk's son Hiro-Kala. The game has begun.
Hulk isn't just smashing his way through the galaxy looking for answers. Hulk and Amadeus Cho speak with medics, collect information, and build a case to help solve the murder of Hulk's son, Hiro-Kala.
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