Marvel Knights Hulk 1-4

[Leoparis]

Published Feb-May 2014

Marvel Knights Hulk 1
Hulk
Dyane
George Turner
Nikoleta Harrow
flashback: Dyane and Alain in the Paris subway see a sick Banner.

Marvel Knights Hulk 2
SHIELD agent Molly Fitzgerald
Detective Doinel
Director Maria Hill (mentioned)
Hulk
Nikoleta Harrow
AIM agents
Harrow's splinter AIM group (incl. Pr Mantlo)
flashback: Hulk's origin, Rick Jones

Marvel Knights Hulk 3 "Yesteryear" flashback
Nikoleta Harrow (as teenager)
AIM agent Jonas Harrow
AIM agent Gail Harrow
AIM agents
Dr Midas
MODOK
Dr Doom

Marvel Knights Hulk 3
Nikoleta Harrow
Hulk
flashback: Hulk's origin, Igor, Gen Ross, Betty Ross, Rick Jones
dream: Banner escapes radiation, becomes army's prisoner, Rick, Ross, Betty, gets killed

Marvel Knights Hulk 4
fantasy: Hulk killing heroes (in current costumes, in particular Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel)
Hulk
Nikoleta Harrow
MODOK
AIM agents
SHIELD agent Molly Fitzgerald, "You gonna come home, Banner? Yer goodwill with SHIELD's already on shaky ground."
SHIELD agents
Dr Midas
Dr Doom
Dyane
flashback: Nikoleta Harrow finds a homeless Banner, takes him to a satellite, then Hulk escapes and lands in France.


How old is Nikoleta Harrow? In Morbius (2013) #6 (first appearance) she says, "I don't trust anyone older than 25." and she keeps referring to AIM as "our parents" in MK:H.
Her father, Jonas Harrow, must be the Jonas Harrow from ASM 114 who created Hammerhead. In turn Hammerhead's appearance in SMTGLW 14 (=AFSY 15) means Harrow operated on Hammerhead before the beginning of the Marvel era. By ASM 126 Harrow is not with AIM anymore, putting his appearance in M/K:H 3-FB somewhere between the creation of Hammerhead before AFSY 15 & ASM 126. If she's 25 at the most in Morbius 6, she would be 15 in 1973 stories (shortly before ASM 126). So I would not place the M/K:H 3-FB with 1967 issues. The tensions in M/K:H 3-FB probably lead to Harrow's resignation or dismissal and he returns to enhancing common criminals. Modok's next appearance after the failure of Project: Miru (the creation of Nikoleta) is in IH 167 and the M/K:H series keeps referring to AIM's attempt to replicate the Hulk. (Also note the Dr. Doom-MODOK rivalry in Sub-Mariner 48-50, 1972.)

The appearance of Dr. Midas in M/K:H 4 places this story before the Original Sin crossover (since he turns into a Thing-like monster in OSIN). The total span of M/K:H from the flashback in #4 to the conclusion is at least two weeks. The homeless state of Banner at the beginning does not fit with his status in Indestructible Hulk & Hulk vol. 3. I have not checked his guest appearances in other series to see if a smooth transition is possible. If the series is to be placed close to publication date, a break is needed in INDH 20. The problem is that Banner mentions the pacifying influence of Jessup and the previous issues on pages 18 & 19, leaving only a break between panels 4 & 5 page 19 as a possibility (just before he's shot). On the plus side, the nightmare about being killed for national security reasons in M/K:H 3 resonates with Maria Hill's threat on page 17 of INDH 20.

DOCTOR DOOM
T 183
M/K:H 3-FB
LCHFH 8

DOCTOR MIDAS
IM '00-FB
M/K:H 3-FB
MB2 1
MB2 4
MB2 5
MB2 6
M/K:H 4
OSIN 7-FB

HARROW, DR. JONAS
SMU 2/2-FB
ASM 114-FB
M/K:H 3-FB
ASM 126

HARROW, NIKOLETA
MORB:LV2 8
M/K:H 4-FB
M/K:H 1
M/K:H 2
M/K:H 3
M/K:H 4

HULK/DR. ROBERT BRUCE BANNER
INDH 20 (1 - 19:4)
M/K:H 4-FB
M/K:H 1-FB
M/K:H 1
M/K:H 2
M/K:H 3
M/K:H 4
INDH 20 (19:5 - 20)

MODOK
CLAN 1-FB
M/K:H 3-FB
IH2 167